Speakers:

Jack Carlson, Founder and Creative Director, Rowing Blazers

Jason Cohen, CEO, MyBundle​

Mary Ellen Coyne, CEO, J.McLaughlin

Bradley Heppner, CEO, Beneficient​​

Tom Nolan, CEO, Kendra Scott​

Christine Schindler, Co-Founder and CEO, PathSpot​

Hooman Shahidi, CEO, EVPassport

Justin Kenna, CEO, GameSquare

Tim Hentschel, CEO, HotelPlanner and Meetings.com

Keith Rosenbloom, Founder, Cruiser Capital

Josh Harlan, Founder & Managing Partner, Harlan Capital​

Leonardo Anselmi, Partner, CFGI, a Portfolio Company of Carlyle & CVC

Jeanne Carr, Managing Director, Mackenzie Partners

Christine Carson, President and CEO, Carson Proxy

Jonathan Costello, Managing Partner, Devon Park Advisors​

Craig DeDomenico, Managing Director, Equity and Equity-Linked Capital Markets, Stifel​

Phil Denning, Partner, ICR​

Lawrence Elbaum, Partner, Co-Head of Activism Defense, Vinson & Elkins 

Cato Felán, Managing Partner, La Hoja Capital Partners​

Jonathan Feldman, Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions, Goodmans

John Ferguson, Senior Partner, Saratoga Proxy Consulting

Brendan Foo, Co-CEO and Co-Founder, Forward Risk

Andrew Freedman, Co-Managing Partner, Olshan Frome Wolosky

Chuck Garske, Senior Managing Director, Okapi Partners

Bruce Goldfarb, President and CEO, Okapi Partners

Ira Gorsky, Managing Director, Edelman Smithfield

John Grau, President, InvestorCom 

Mark Harms, Chairman and CEO, Global Leisure Partners

Syed “Raj” Imteaz, Head of Convertible and ED Advisory, ICR Capital

Taylor Ingraham, Partner,  ASC Advisors​

Rafique Jiwani, Vice President, Goldman Sachs Private Equity​

Arrun Kapoor, Managing Director, SJF Ventures

Ryan Keating, Partner, EisnerAmper

Katie Keohane, Executive Director, Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation

Alex Knowland, Principal, Comvest Credit Partners

Adam Kommel, Shareholder Activism Development Lead, Bloomberg ​​

Ramey Layne, Partner, Capital Markets and M&A, Vinson & Elkins

Jonathan Lo, VP of Finance, EisnerAmper – Mexico 

Shari Mager, Partner, National Capital Markets Readiness Leader, KPMG

​John Marchisi, National Director, SPAC Segment, Gallagher

Greg Marose, Managing Partner, Longacre Square Partners

Mary Matyas, COO, Ironbound Group

Jessica McDougall, Partner, Corporate Governance & Shareholder Engagement, Longacre Square Partners

Ted McHugh, Managing Director, Edelman Smithfield

Kelly McKenna, Director, Cliffwater

Mark Meltz, Former COO and General Counsel, Kinnate Biopharma

Patrick Murphy, Head of NYSE Market Making, GTS

Tad Nacheff, Head of Financial Sponsor Coverage – Capital Markets, NYSE

Ron Orol, Senior Editor, The Deal

Jim Palmiter, CEO, DragonGC

Steve Parish, Partner, ICR

​​​Michael Partridge, Partner, Goodman

Seth Potter, Founder, Business Development, OpenWater

Nicholas Petruska, Partner, Vine Hill Capital Partners

Michael W. Robinson, Chairman and CEO, The Montgomery Strategies Group, former Chief ​Spokesman & Policy Director, The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ​​

Brad Ross, Partner, Goodmans 

Lou Schwartz, President, GameSquare

Joseph Semsar, Regional Head, East Coast Capital Markets, NYSE

Rob Sender, Senior Director of Brand & Marketing, Dallas Cowboys

John Prince, Co-CEO,  HotelPlanner

Emma Sissman, Impact Investing, Goldman Sachs​

Jon Solorzano, Counsel – Environmental, Social & Governance, Vinson & Elkins

Brice Soucy, Principal, Argo Infrastructure Partners (Owner of Ice Energy)

Zach Swartz, Partner in the Corporate Real Estate Practice, Vinson & Elkins ​​

Michael Weiksner, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder, DragonGC

Jeff Welday, Head of Originations & Distribution, Beneficient

Kurtis Wolf, CIO, Hestia Capital Management

Steve Wolosky, Chair Emeritus, Olshan Frome Wolosky 

Christopher Young, Global Head of Contested Situations, Jefferies 

Eric Yunag, EVP Product and Services, Convergint

Paul Zederbaum, Private Equity Risk Advisors Practice Leader, McGriff​​

Jarrett Banks, Editor-at-Large, CorpGov, IPO Edge and PE Edge (Moderator)​

John Jannarone, Editor-in-Chief, CorpGov, IPO Edge and PE Edge (Moderator)