Wall Street Veterans and Award-Winning Authors to Speak at Business and Faith Seminar

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Peter Ressler and Monika Mitchell

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Wall Street veterans and award-winning authors will speak at the “Business 101: What’s Faith Got to Do with It?” seminar, sponsored by the student organization Future Professionals for Faith and Spirituality and the Tyson Center for Faith and Spirituality in the Workplace in the Sam M. Walton College of Business.

Peter Ressler, the chief executive officer of Ressler Mitchell Group, New York; and Monika Mitchell, executive director of Good Business International, will discuss how a spiritual renewal in our society can questions of faith left in the wake of the current economic disaster.

The Wall Street financial crisis disrupted some Americans’ faith in their leaders and their business community. Ressler and Mitchell will address how this great American tragedy can be used to re-establish faith and spirituality as the centerpiece for business and working lives. The conference will be held free of charge to students, faculty, staff, business leaders, faith leaders and community members from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 7, in Willard J. Walker Hall, Room 203.

Ressler Mitchell Group is a premier Wall Street search firm serving the investment banking community. With 30 years of experience, Ressler is an expert on human capital in institutional debt and equity markets. He has been front and center in the mortgage securities markets for years representing Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, Bank of America and multi-billion dollar hedge funds. Ressler is a renowned expert and media personality on business ethics. He holds a degree in business from Cornell University.

Good Business International is a new media company dedicated to Better Business for a Better World and named by the Washington Post as Standout Company of 2010. Mitchell pens the popular “Economy of Trust” blog. Mitchell is an active leader of women’s economic advancement and a member of the Values & Business non-governmental organization at the United Nations. She holds a management degree from State University of New York and is completing her master’s degree in economic history at Skidmore College. Mitchell was the chief operating officer of the Ressler Mitchell Group for 11 years with Ressler.

Ressler and Mitchell are married and co-authors of the award-winning book, Spiritual Capitalism: How 9/11 Gave Us Nine Lessons on Work and Business. They are also the co-authors of the e-book to be released in June, Conversations with Wall Street: How to Fix the Financial System from Inside the Industry that Broke It.

Established in 2009 through a $2 million gift from the Tyson Family Foundation and Tyson Foods Inc., the Tyson Center for Faith and Spirituality in the Workplace serves as a resource center for business leaders, academics, spiritual and faith leaders and practitioners. Its mission is to advance the state of research, practice and teaching in the field of faith and spirituality in the workplace.