Believers in Intelligent Discussion Staff Bios

Robert Rosenkranz

Robert Rosenkranz has, as principal, overseen the growth of varied businesses over the course of his career, in fields as diverse as lawn and garden products, home improvement, natural gas utilities, investment management, and insurance. Most recently, he sold Delphi Financial Group, an NYSE listed insurance company he controlled, to Tokio Marine Group. He serves on the board of directors for the Manhattan Institute and the Film Society of Lincoln Center. He is also a member of the Yale University Council, the Yale School of Architecture Dean’s Council, the Council on Foreign Relations and of the Visiting Committee for the Department of Asian Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. A graduate of Yale University (A.B., summa cum laude, 1962) and Harvard Law School (J.D., 1965), he was a tax lawyer with the New York law firm of Cahill, Gordon & Reindel and an economist with The RAND Corporation, where he was engaged in research on foreign policy issues and municipal finance. In 1969, he joined Oppenheimer & Company, where he was a general partner, when he left to form Rosenkranz & Company in 1978. Mr. Rosenkranz lives in Manhattan in an apartment that reflects his interests in Asian art and modern design. He has two adult children, Nicholas and Stephanie, and is married to Alexandra Munroe, Ph.D., a senior curator at the Guggenheim Museum.

S. Dana Wolfe

Executive Producer of Intelligence Squared U.S. debate series and Executive Director of The Rosenkranz Foundation. Ms. Wolfe is a five-time Emmy Award-winning journalist who spent over a decade as a producer for Ted Koppel’s Nightline on ABC News. During the course of her career, she has conducted interviews with leading newsmakers, heads of state, and celebrities, including Salman Rushdie, Henry Kissinger, Madeleine Albright, Yasser & Suha Arafat, and Yitzhak Rabin. After her Nightline tenure, Ms. Wolfe became an independent media consultant. Prior to Nightline, she worked for then-Ambassador Benjamin Netanyahu at Israel’s United Nations Mission and later became assistant managing editor at the Washington, DC-based foreign policy journal The National Interest. A Canadian native, she began her television career in Toronto at CTV’s Canada AM. Ms. Wolfe received her B.A. from York University in Toronto and her M.A. in International Studies from New York University.

Clea Conner Chang

Director of marketing and production for Intelligence Squared U.S. Formerly the director of marketing for a celebrity speakers bureau, Clea has led national campaigns for renowned journalists, best-selling authors and public officials. Previously, she worked in direct marketing for BMG/Columbia House and launched public advocacy campaigns for The Center for Arts Education. Clea studied communications at American University and holds a B.A. from The New School University.

Kris Kamikawa

Director of research for Intelligence Squared U.S. and has been with the series since its start in 2006. Prior to this, she worked in book publishing for five years at St. Martin’s Press. She is a graduate of Stanford University (AB) and Pratt Institute (MLIS).

Lia Macko

Producer for Intelligence Squared U.S. and is a writer and media consultant. She has served as a senior producer at CNN, MSNBC, and COURT TV and is the co-author of a book about Gen X working women titled “Mid-Life Crisis at 30: How the Stakes Have Changed for a Generation” (Rodale Press: March 2004). She holds a law degree from Georgetown University and has contributed to the National Law Journal and other national legal publications and provided a law and technology column to MSNBC.com.

Dayana AZUAJe

Event production coordinator for Intelligence Squared U.S. She previously worked as an Event Coordinator Assistant at the Office of University Events at New York Univeristy.  During the summer of 2011, Dayana interned at the White House. As an undergraduate student, she was a disc jockey for WBAR. Dayana has an M.A. in International Relations from New York University and a B.A. in Political Science from Columbia College, Columbia University.

Adelaide Mandeville

Operations coordinator for Intelligence Squared U.S. Adelaide holds a B.A. in Religious Studies from Brown University. Her previous professional experience includes assisting in galleries and to art consultants, managing a pop up commercial art space, and archiving the works of writers and artists.

Maureen McMurray

Monthly radio producer for Intelligence Squared U.S. since September 2008. She started her radio career in 2002 as the Associate Producer of WNYC’s The Leonard Lopate Show. She has produced segments for WNYC’s Soundcheck and PRI’s Marketplace and was a Supervising Producer on Martha Stewart Living Radio. She currently produces a program on The Catholic Channel, Sirius/XM Satellite Radio. Maureen McMurray graduated from Wesleyan University in 2001 with a degree in film and history.

Damon Whittemore

Chief audio engineer and on-location recordist for IQ2US, Damon has been with the show from its inception in 2006. His work as an audio engineer spans the globe and includes recordings for grammy winning musical artists, corporate giants Nike, Dell, Hewlett-Packart and Intel and work in renowned halls such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and St. Paul’s Cathedral. Damon owns his own studio in New York’s East Village (www.valvetone.com). Damon graduated from the University of North Carolina Asheville with a B.S. in Audio Engineering and Computer Science and holds a Masters in Television, Radio and Film from Syracuse University.