2026 Conference Agenda

8:00 – 8:05 a.m.

Speaker:

• John Jenkins — TheCorporateCounsel.net
  

8:05 – 8:40 a.m.

Interviewer:

• Dave Lynn — Goodwin and TheCorporateCounsel.net 

Speaker:

• Christina Thomas — Division of Corporation Finance, SEC

BREAK: 8:40 – 8:50 a.m.

8:50 – 9:50 a.m.

Moderator/Speaker:

• Dave Lynn — Goodwin and TheCorporateCounsel.net 

Speakers:

• Michele Anderson — Latham
• Sonia Barros — Sidley
• Tamara Brightwell — Wilson Sonsini
• David Fredrickson — Covington
• Lona Nallengara — A&O Shearman

BREAK: 9:50 – 10:00 a.m.

10:00 – 10:40 a.m.

Moderator/Speaker:

• Ryan Adams — Morrison Foerster

Speakers:

• Allison Handy — Perkins Coie
• Elizabeth Morgan — King & Spalding
• Geoff Walter — Gibson Dunn

BREAK: 10:40 – 10:50 a.m.

10:50 – 11:20 a.m.

Moderator/Speaker:

•  Elizabeth Gonzalez-Sussman — Skadden 

Speaker:

• Sean Donahue — Paul Hastings
• Lina Tetelbaum — Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

BREAK: 11:20 – 11:30 a.m.

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Moderator/Speaker:

• Liz Dunshee — Cooley and TheCorporateCounsel.net 

Speakers:

• Howard Dicker — Weil Gotshal
• Allison Handy — Perkins Coie
• J.T. Ho — Cleary Gottlieb    

LUNCH: 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.

1:30 – 2:10 p.m.

Moderator/Speaker:

• Era Anagnosti — DLA Piper  

Speakers:

• Eun Ah Choi — Nasdaq
• Reid Hooper — Cooley
• Ryan Mitteness — Fenwick 

BREAK: 2:10 – 2:20 p.m.

2:20 – 2:40 p.m.

Moderator/Speaker:

• Meaghan Nelson — Stoel Rives and TheCorporateCounsel.net  

Speakers:

• Liz Dunshee — Cooley and TheCorporateCounsel.net
• Dave Lynn — Goodwin and TheCorporateCounsel.net  

BREAK: 2:40 – 2:50 p.m.

2:50 – 3:30 p.m.

Moderator/Speaker:

•  Ning Chiu — Davis Polk  

• Will Goodwin — Tumelo
• Rob Main — Jasper Street Partners
  
  
  

BREAK: 3:30 – 3:40 p.m.

3:40 – 4:10 p.m.

Moderator/Speaker:

• Maia Gez — White & Case 

Speakers:

• Bob Lamm — Gunster
• Brad Goldberg — Cooley
• Jennifer Zepralka — Mayer Brown

BREAK: 4:10 – 4:20 p.m.

4:20 – 5:00 p.m.

Moderator/Speaker:

• J.T. Ho — Cleary Gottlieb

Speakers:

• Jim Jenkins — Lakeland Industries
• Arden Phillips — Constellation
• David Porteous — Huntington Bancshares
• Brian Short — Ballard Spahr

5:00 p.m.

Speaker:

• Meredith Ervine — TheCorporateCounsel.net

5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

8:15 – 9:15 a.m.

BREAK: 9:15 – 10:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m

Speaker:

• Meaghan Nelson — Stoel Rives and TheCorporateCounsel.net

10:00 – 11:00 a.m.

Moderator/Speaker:

• Dave Lynn — Goodwin and TheCorporateCounsel.net

Speakers:

• Mark Borges — Compensia and CompensationStandards.com
• Brian Breheny — Skadden
• Meredith Cross — WilmerHale
• Ron Mueller – Gibson Dunn

BREAK: 11:00 – 11:45 a.m.

11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

Moderator/Speaker:

• Maj Vaseghi — Latham

Speakers:

• Sheri Adler — Troutman Pepper Locke
• Renata Ferrari — Ropes & Gray
• Brandon Gantus — Wilson Sonsini
• Ali Nardali — K&L Gates

LUNCH: 12:45 – 2:15 p.m.

2:15 – 2:45 p.m.

Moderator:

• Howard Dicker — Weil Gotshal  

Speakers:

• Bindu Culas — FW Cook
• Blair Jones — Semler Brossy
• Tara Tays — Pay Governance 

2:45 – 3:15 p.m.

Speakers:

• Mark Borges — Compensia and CompensationStandards.com
• Kyoko Takahashi Lin — Davis Polk  

BREAK: 3:15 – 4:00 p.m.

4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Moderator/Speaker:

• Ning Chiu — Davis Polk  

Speakers:

• Rick Manley — Glass Lewis
• Kevan Marvasti — ISS

5:00 p.m.

Speaker:

• Liz Dunshee — Cooley and TheCorporateCounsel.net