Invited and Confirmed Speakers

Jeff Blumberg
Partner
Fox, Hefter, Swibel, Levin & Carroll

Rick Cohen
Partner
Buchalter Nemer

Beth Ann Coleman
Deputy Chief Compliance Officer, VP
Allianz Global Investors Capital

Christopher Crossan
Global Chief Compliance Officer, VP
Dimensional Fund Advisors

Carlo V. Di Florio
Director, OCIE
U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission

Allison Fraser
Senior Compliance Officer
Northern Trust Global Advisors

John Gentile
Partner
Ascendant Compliance Management

Kevin Goodman
Associate Regional Director (Denver)
U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission

Barry Greenberg
General Counsel and CCO
Swank Capital

Jackie Hallihan
Partner
Ascendant Compliance Management

Chris Hardy
Consultant/Partner
Ascendant Compliance Management

Michelle Jacko
CEO
Core Compliance & Legal Services

Chris Jackson
Sr. VP & General Counsel
Calamos Asset Management

Brian Kawakami
Managing Director
Ascendant Compliance Management

Katie Kloster
Chief Compliance Officer
Varde Partners, L.P.

Korrine Kohm
Vice President
Ascendant Compliance Management

Steven Lentz
Partner
Faegre & Benson LLP

David Lui
Chief Compliance Officer & Principal
Galliard Capital Management

Keith Marks
Consultant/Partner
Ascendant Compliance Management

Richard Marshall
Partner
Ropes & Gray, LLP

Stephanie Monaco
Partner
Mayer Brown

Ann Oglanian
President & CEO
ReGroup, LLC

Brian Rubin
Partner
Sutherland Asbill

John Reed Stark
Managing Director, Deputy General Counsel
Stroz Friedberg

Jonathan Stokes
Director, Standards of Practice Development & Education
CFA Institute

Marianne Smythe

Todd Spillane
Chief Compliance Officer
INVESCO

Mike Suppappola
Associate
Proskauer Rose LLP

John Walsh 
(Former Associate Director/Chief Counsel, OCIE, SEC)
Partner, Sutherland Asbill

EJ Yerzak
Compliance Services Consultant
Ascendant Compliance Management

Dianna Zentner
Director, Global Manager Oversight & Due Diligence
Russell Investments