Faculty & Speakers

 

Walter Zebrowski JD, CPA
Senior Managing Director, Hedgemony Partners
Chairman, RCA

 

Carlo di Florio, JD,LL.M

Director

Office of Compliance Inspection and Examination

Securities and Exchange Commission
Past Speaker

 

Kevin O'Connor, JD
Associate Attorney General
U.S. Department of Justice (Former)

Past Speaker

 

Nora Dannehy, JD
Acting United States Attorney
District of Connecticut
Past Speaker

 

Joan McKown, JD
Chief Counsel, Division of Enforcement
Securities and Exchange Commission
Past Speaker

 

Robert Kaplan, JD
Co-Chief, Asset Management National Unit
Securities and Exchange Commission
Past Speaker

 

Gene Gohlke, PhD, CPA
Associate Director
Office of Compliance Inspection and Examination
Securities and Exchange Commission
Past Speaker

 

Thomas Biolsi
Associate Regional Director, New York Region
Securities and Exchange Commission (Former)
Past Speaker

 

Julie Riewe, JD
Branch Chief, Division of Enforcement
Securities and Exchange Commission
Past Speaker

 

Charlotte Buford, JD
Assistant Chief Counsel, Division of Enforcement
Securities and Exchange Commission
Past Speaker

 

Meyer Eisenberg, JD
Deputy General Counsel,
Securities and Exchange Commission (Former)
Sr. Research Scholar, Columbia Law School
Past Speaker

 

Andrew Shrimpton
Head of Hedge Fund Manager Supervision (Former)
Financial Services Authority

 

Bruce Robson
Manager, Asset Management Sector
Financial Services Authority

 

William Meck, CPA
Senior Assistant District Administrator, Philadelphia District
Securities and Exchange Commission (Former)

Past Speaker

 

Sherman Boone
Assistant Director, Office of International Affairs
Securities and Exchange Commission
Past Speaker

 

Stephen Obie, JD
Director of Enforcement
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Past Speaker

 

Sabeth Siddique
Banking Supervisory & Regulation
Federal Reserve Board
Past Speaker

 

Brian Valenti
Banking Supervisory & Regulation
Federal Reserve Board
Past Speaker

 

Jonathan Kay, JD
Regional Director, NY Regional Office
EBSA, Department of Labor
Past Speaker

 

Salvatore Scotto

Department of Treasury

 

Virginia Smith
Department of Labor, Director of Enforcement
Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)
Past Speaker

 

Dan Driscoll
Executive Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer
National Futures Association
Past Speaker

 

Thomas Sexton, JD
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
National Futures Association
Past Speaker

 

Regina Thoele
Senior Vice President of Compliance
National Futures Association
Past Speaker

 

Cheryl Tulino
Director
National Futures Association
Past Speaker

 

Patricia Cushing, CPA
Associate Director
National Futures Association
Past Speaker

 

Howard Altman, CPA
Co-Managing Principal
Rothstein Kass

 

Kip Allardt
Chief Compliance Officer
Discovery Capital Management

 

Jonathan Ansbacher, CPA
Assurance Partner
Ernst & Young

 

Matt Auriemma, CPA
Head of Operational Due Diligence
Barclays Global Investors

 

Marc Baum, JD
Partner and General Counsel
Offit Capital Advisors

 

Gary Berger, CPA
Principal
Rothstein Kass

 

Gus Black
Partner
Dechert

 

Daniel Byrne, CPA, JD, LLM
Tax Principal
Rothstein Kass

 

Vince Calcagno, CPA
Principal
Rothstein Kass

 

Keith Caplan

Executive Director

Advisory Services

Ernst & Young

 

James Cass
Vice President & Managing Director
SEI

 

Timothy Clark, JD
Partner
Proskauer Rose

 

Roderick Cruz, JD
Dechert

 

Marie DeFalco, JD
Partner
Lowenstein Sandler

 

Helaine Dryden, JD
General Counsel
Episteme Capital Partners

 

Matthew Eisenberg, JD
Partner
Finn, Dixon & Herling

 

Harold Finn, JD
Partner
Finn, Dixon & Herling

 

Alan Fish, CPA
Partner
Ernst & Young

 

Larry Friend, CPA
Partner, Pricewaterhouse Coopers (Retired)
Securities and Exchange Commission (Former)
Chief Accountant, Division of Investment Management,

Past Speaker

 

Nathan Greene, JD
Partner
Shearman & Sterling

 

Peter Greene, JD
Partner
Lowenstein Sandler

Todd Groome, JD

Chairman

AIMA

 

Roy Gurny
Managing Director
Ramius

 

Desmond Holmes
Managing Director, Banking & Asset Management
Qatar Financial Centre Authority

 

Natalie Deak Jaros, JD

Partner

Financial Services

Ernst & Young

 

Jim Kickham

Manager

Ernst & Young

 

Anthony Kirby
Director
Ernst & Young

 

Jeffrey Kollin
Director of Financial Advisory Services
Rothstein Kass

 

Steve Ku, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
Visium Asset Management

 

Patricia Kuhn, JD
Shearman & Sterling

 

Michael Leahy

Vice President and Managing Director

SEI

 

Lawrence Levine, CPA
Director, Financial Advisory Services
RSM McGladrey

 

Leslie Lake
Managing Director
Invus Financial Advisors, LLC

 

Lloyd Lipsett, JD
Senior Vice President / Associate General Counsel
Evergreen Investments

 

Simon Lorne, JD
Vice Chairman and Chief Legal Officer
Millennium Partners

 

Desmond Low-Kum
Senior Manager, Operation Risk Management & Compliance
Stanford Management Company

 

Michael Lynch
Head of Operational Risk Management
Fauchier Partners

 

Donald MacNeal, CPA
Partner
Ernst & Young

 

Richard Maloy Jr.
Chief Executive Officer
Maloy Risk Services

 

Phil Masterson, JD
Managing Director
SEI

 

George Mazin, JD
Partner
Dechert

 

Stephen McCaffrey, JD
Senior Counsel for Plans
National Grid Corporation

 

Yolanda McCoy
Head Investment & Securities Division
Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA)

 

 

Stephen McShea, JD
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer
Larch Lane Advisors

 

Chris Mears, CPA
Principal
Rothstein Kass

 

Daniel New
Senior Manager
Ernst & Young

 

Samer Ojjeh
Partner
Ernst & Young

 

Michael Oates, CPA
Principal
Rothstein Kass

 

Matthew Oliver, JD
Partner
Lowenstein Sandler

 

Joseph Pacello, JD, CPA

Principal

Rothstein Kass

 

Dana Pawlicki, JD
Managing Director
Evercore Partners

 

Stuart Pearce
CEO and Director General
Qatar Financial Centre Authority

 

Ingrid Pierce, LLB (Hons)
Partner
Walkers

Mark Polemeni, JD

Chief Compliance Officer
Alexandra Investment Management

 

Dave Racich, CPA
Partner
Ernst & Young

 

Barnabas Reynolds
Partner
Shearman & Sterling

 

Eric Roper, JD
Partner
Gersten Savage

 

Uzi Rosha, JD
Chief Compliance Officer
CarVal Investors

 

Kirk Rule, JD
Chief Compliance Officer & Senior Counsel
TPG-Axon Capital

 

Kevin Scanlan, JD
Partner
Dechert

 

Mark Schein, JD
Chief Compliance Officer
York Capital

 

Martin Schwartz, JD, CPA
Chief Compliance Officer
Millennium Partners

 

Michael Serota, CPA
Partner
Ernst & Young

 

Sal Shah, CPA
Partner
McGladrey & Pullen

 

Jesse Shapiro, CPA
Senior Manager
Ernst & Young

 

Steven Siesser, JD
Partner
Lowenstein Sandler

 

Amarjit Singh, ACA

Partner

Ernst & Young

 

Steven Skolnick, JD
Partner
Lowenstein Sandler

 

Rohan Small, CA, AABS
Partner
Ernst & Young

 

Ashleigh Swayze, Esq.
Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel
Gleacher Fund Advisors

 

Rob Sutton, JD
Partner
Kirkland & Ellis

 

John Thomas, CPA
First Vice President & Senior Compliance Officer
BNY Mellon Asset Management

 

Phillip Thorpe
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority

 

Nicholas Tsoudis, JD
Associate Director
JP Morgan (Former)

 

Arthur Tully, CPA
Partner
Ernst & Young

 

Donald Vangel
Partner
Ernst & Young

 

Robert Van Grover, JD
Partner, Seward & Kissel

 

Christopher Wells, JD
Partner
Proskauer Rose

 

Andrew Woosey, ACA
Partner
Ernst & Young

 

Steven Yadegari, JD
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Cramer Rosenthal McGlynn

 

Bernard Adams, JD
Adjunct Professor
College of Regulatory Compliance

 

John Adams
Senior Associate
Shearman & Sterling

 

Christopher Addy

President & Chief Executive Officer

Castle Hall Alternatives

 

Aatif Ahmad,

Shearman & Sterling

 

Azam Aziz, JD
Partner
Shearman & Sterling

 

Andrew Balduaf
Senior Vice President of Global Compliance
Bank of America

 

Timothy Barefield
Chief Operating Officer
Pershing Square

 

Gregg Berman, PhD
Founder
RiskMetrics Group (Former)

 

Mark Berman
Chief Executive Officer
CompliGlobe

 

Peter Brady

Director of Sales & Marketing

Larch Lane

 

Peter Bresnan, JD
Deputy Director of Enforcement
Securities and Exchange Commission (Former)

Past speaker

 

David Brown, JD
Bureau Chief
Division of Investment Protection
New York Office of Attorney General (Former)

 

John Budzyna
Managing Director
Deutsche Bank

 

Daniel Byrne, CPA, J.D., LL.M.
Tax Principal
Rothstein Kass

 

Rory Cohen, JD
Partner
Venable

 

Martin Cornish, JD
Partner
Katten Muchin Rosenman Cornish

 

Caroline Crisa

SSARIS Advisors (a State Street Global Alliance Company)

 

Ian Davies
Vice President
J.P. Morgan Asset Management

 

Robert Duggan
Partner
Walkers

 

Jeremy Ellermeyer
Director
MetLife

 

Darren Fox
Partner
Simmons & Simmons

 

Steven Felsenthal, JD, LLM, GC & CCO
Millburn Ridgefield Corporation

Antony Freeman,

Head of Industry Relations

Omgeo

 

Victor Frye
Chief Compliance Officer
ProFunds

 

Rebecca Fuller, LLB,
GC & Head of Compliance
Citadel Europe

 

Clem Geraghty
Head of Compliance (Europe)
Millennium Capital Partners

 

Geoffrey Goldman, JD
Partner
Shearman & Sterling

 

Adam Hakki, JD
Partner
Shearman & Sterling

 

Blair Hedges
Head of Operational Due Diligence
Liongate Capital Management

 

Darrin Henderson
Ernst & Young

 

Bruce Kahne, JD
General Counsel
EnTrust Capital

 

Roseanne Kelly
Head of Investment Fund Listing
Irish Stock Exchange

 

Erica Laudano, JD
Sherman & Sterling

 

Eugene Major
Chief Investment Officer
Dunbar Capital Management

Peter Mastriano

Citco Fund Services (USA)

 

Kenneth McDonald

Head of Operations

Due Diligence

SkyBridge Capital

 

Phoebe Moreo, JD
Deloitte & Touche

 

Daniel Munley, JD
Corporate Counsel
Cohen & Company

 

Ross Munro, JD
Partner
Harney Westwood & Riegels

 

Allison Nolan
Managing Director
Athena International Management

 

Marran Ogilvie, JD
Partner & Chief Operating Officer
Ramius Capital Group

 

Matthew Oswald
Deputy Head of Compliance, Citadel Europe

 

Michael Pereira
Hedge Fund Law Report

Chris Pickles,

BT Global Services

 

David Pollok, JD
Legal Counsel
Lighthouse Investment Partners

 

Thomas Quinn
Chief Operating Officer
DiFiglia Capital Management

 

Gil Raviv, JD
General Counsel
Millennium Partners

 

Chris Rexworthy
Head of Supervision
Wholesale Investment Firms
Financial Service Authority, UK (Former)

 

Walter Ricciardi, JD
Deputy Director, Division of Enforcement
Securities and Exchange Commission (Former)
Past Speaker

 

Michael Robinson, JD
General Counsel
Millennium Management

 

Colin Sanderson, CA
Director
McGladrey & Pullen

 

Peter Santori, JD
Chief Counsel, Market Regulation
National Association of Securities Dealers

 

Aba Schubert, JD
General Counsel-Europe
Eton Park

 

Amy Segal
Director of Operations
Crossfields Capital Management LLC

 

James Shannon
Chief Compliance Officer & Chief Operating Officer,
Private Advisors

 

Khizar Sheikh, JD
Lowenstein Sandler

 

Jeffrey Shapiro, JD
Member
Lowenstein Sandler

 

Navin Sharma
Deputy Director
PRMIA

 

Melissa Slade
Senior Manager, Compliance
National Futures Association

 

Neil Steiner, JD
Partner
Dechert

 

James Tomeo
Chief Operating Officer and Senior Portfolio Manager
SSARIS Advisors (a State Street Global Alliance Company)

 

Brian Tsai
Chief Operating Officer
Equinox Partners

 

Sherri Venokur
Partner
Lowenstein Sandler

 

Andrew Weir
Manager, Operational Due Diligence
Stenham Advisors Plc.

 

Amy Yates
Managing Director
Highbridge Capital Management

 

Allan Yip
Partner
Simmons & Simmons

 

Christopher Zaback, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
DE Shaw Group

 

David Zales, JD
General Counsel
Tremblant Capital

 

Jill Zelenko, CPA
Chief Financial Officer / Chief Risk Officer
EnTrust Capital