Compliance Week 2012 speakers will include:

Speaker Bios:

Michael Ellner, VP Internal Audit and Global Financial Compliance, ACE Group        | Top |

Michael Ellner leads the financial audit and compliance teams for ACE Group, a global leader in insurance and reinsurance serving a diverse group of clients. The financial audit team is responsible for SOX testing and conducing financial audits in the areas of financial reporting, treasury, investments, and actuarial. The global financial compliance team provides oversight of corporate wide SOX activities, such as quarterly attestation, control database maintenance, and control deficiency assessments.

Prior to joining ACE, Ellner worked as a senior manager, accounting policy with Fannie Mae in Washington, D.C. He was responsible for managing accounting consultations and guidelines with various business units, developing accounting policies, and monitoring accounting pronouncements. Prior to Fannie Mae, he held the position of audit manager at PwC in the Financial Assurance practice.

Peter Jaffe, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, The AES Corporation        | Top |

Peter Jaffe is the chief ethics and compliance officer of The AES Corporation, a leading international power company with generation and distribution businesses across five continents. Jaffe is responsible for overseeing AES’s worldwide ethics and compliance program and the effective implementation of AES’s values around the globe. Prior to joining AES, Jaffe practiced law at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, the U.S. Department of Justice, and as counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. He has advised numerous leading multinational corporations on the design and implementation of corporate compliance and training programs and the financial controls related to such programs, with an emphasis on the design and implementation of such programs internationally. In addition, Jaffe frequently represented clients before the U.S. Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and other United States and foreign regulatory agencies. Jaffe has particular expertise in anti-corruption laws such as the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the U.K. Bribery Act, securities and accounting matters, officers and directors liability, corporate governance, financial fraud, and other regulatory issues.

Tim Mohin, Director of Corporate Responsibility, AMD        | Top |

Tim Mohin joined AMD as the director of corporate responsibility in December 2009. In this role, Mohin is responsible for the development of the company’s corporate responsibility strategy, oversees program execution, and heads the company’s cross-functional corporate responsibility advisory council.

Mohin is the author of Changing Business from the Inside Out: A Treehugger’s Guide to Working in Corporations (2012 Berrett-Koehler & Greenleaf Publishing). His book is a practical “how-to” manual on the knowledge and skills essential for a career in corporate responsibility.

Prior to joining AMD, Mohin led Apple’s Supplier Responsibility program; spent 12 years in multiple sustainability management positions with Intel Corporation, and worked for ten years in the Federal government with both the U.S. Senate and U.S. EPA.

Mohin serves on the board of directors of Net Impact and the Green Grid.

Sandy Williams, VP Ethics & Compliance and Chief Compliance Officer, American Electric Power        | Top |

Sandra Williams is vice president – ethics & compliance and chief compliance officer. Williams is responsible for designing, implementing, and administering AEP’s ethics and compliance programs.

Williams has directed AEP’s Ethics and Compliance program since 2006. E&C’s program is designed to promote ethical behavior and to ensure compliance with all laws and regulations that affect our business activities and are best reflected in our values. By constantly seeking to keep ethics and compliance issues in front of the workforce, AEP helps convey its sincere purpose in promoting appropriate behavior. The program involves written standards and procedures, high-level management participation, due diligence in delegation of special authority, communication and training, auditing and monitoring, consistent enforcement, program modifications, and risk analysis.

After spending her legal career specializing in telecommunications regulatory matters with both the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio and Sprint, Williams joined AEP in 2000 to provide legal support for AEP Communications and C3 Communications. In 2002, she was named senior counsel in AEP’s Regulatory Services section, representing the AEP operating companies before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Mike Riechers, Software Applications Engineer, Approva | Top |

Mike Riechers is the software applications engineer for Approva.

Jay Cohen, Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, Assurant        | Top |

Jay Cohen is senior vice president and chief compliance officer at Assurant, a premiere provider of specialized insurance products and related services in North America and selected other markets.

Cohen joined Assurant in August of 2008. He began his legal career in 1976 as an assistant district attorney in Brooklyn, NY, and spent twenty years in New York City and state government. Prior to joining Assurant, he served in compliance leadership positions in the financial services, healthcare and information services industries and also had his own compliance consulting practice.

Cohen is a member of the New York State Bar, as well as a member of the editorial board of the Society for Corporate Compliance and Ethics. He is also a member of the executive committee, board of directors, of the George Washington University Alumni Association.

Susan Bounds, Director - Corporate Compliance, AT&T Inc.        | Top |

Susan Bounds has almost 30 years total experience with AT&T and its predecessor companies, on both the wireless and wireline network sides. Since 1999, she has worked on many different aspects of the ethics and compliance programs, from handling hotline investigations, analyzing hotline reporting data, creating the Codes of Conduct, and writing compliance policies, communications programs, and training. She has had risk assessment responsibilities as well for areas ranging from records management to antitrust to social media.

Kathleen Kordek, Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel, BB&T        | Top |

Kathleen Kordek is senior vice president and associate general counsel at BB&T, a financial institution with banks and affiliate companies throughout the southeastern states. Her areas of concentration include federal and state (Virginia, Maryland, Tennessee, and D.C.) banking law and employment law.

Kordek currently serves on and has chaired the American Bankers Association Compliance Executive Committee and the Legal Affairs Committee of the Virginia Bankers Association. She also is a member of the Government Relations Council of the Maryland Bankers Association, the Bank Law Advisory Council of the Tennessee Bankers Association, and the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association.

Kordek has taught banking law and regulatory compliance courses for the American Institute of Banking and the VBA Compliance School and is currently an adjunct professor at George Mason University School of Law.

Laurel Burke, Associate General Counsel – Compliance, Regal Beloit Corporation        | Top |

As the associate general counsel - compliance for Regal Beloit Corporation, a leading international manufacturer of electrical and mechanical motion control components, Laurel Burke leads the compliance and ethics efforts for their with 25,000 employees and facilities in more than twenty-two countries. Working at company headquarters in Beloit, Wis., Burke is enjoying building the compliance and ethics program and meeting employees all across the globe. Before joining Regal in 2011, she was with CenturyLink (formerly Qwest), a Fortune 500 telecommunications company, where advised business units regarding compliance, regulatory, policy, and commercial contract matters and guided public policy. Burke became a Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional through the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics in 2009.

Jeffrey Ritter, CEO and Founder, The Ritter Academy        | Top |

Jeffrey Ritter is the CEO and founder of The Ritter Academy (www.ritteracademy.com). He is recognized as a pioneer in shaping the laws for online commerce and coaches and advises C-level executives on gaining control of their digital assets. The Ritter Academy delivers practice tools and on-demand training that enables corporate and legal teams to use RitterMaps to navigate the complex legal and technical rules for managing digital information as evidence.

Tarik Williams, Sr. Technical Consultant, RSA, the Security Division of EMC        | Top |

Tarik Williams, a 5 year Veteran of the RSA, the Security Division of EMC, brings a wealth of knowledge and experience supporting the Federal Security Market in many of the areas RSA operates, including authentication and authorization, encryption, data protection, SIEM, and GRC. Before joining RSA, Williams filled both network engineering and network administrator roles of a complex campus network, implementing and maintaining technologies for perimeter and internal security, network and application optimization, and network/file services.

Marshall Toburen, eGRC Risk Solutions Manager, RSA-Archer        | Top |

Marshall Toburen currently manages risk-related solutions for RSA-Archer. Prior to joining RSA-Archer, Toburen served as SVP/Enterprise Risk Manager for UMB Financial Corporation, a $12 Billion diversified financial services company based out of Kansas City, MO. In that capacity, Toburen was responsible for the company’s enterprise risk management activities, including its enterprise risk management practices and technology solutions, information security, corporate insurance, loss management, and vendor risk management programs. Marshall has previously held positions in the financial services industry, including as operations risk manager, director of internal audit, and IT audit director.

Toburen has received certifications as a CIA, CISA, and CBA.

Harald Collet, Global Business Manager, Bloomberg.        | Top |

Harald Collet is the global business manager for Bloomberg’s cloud-based regulatory and risk services. He works with global enterprises to help them meet regulatory, compliance, and legal demands. Prior to Bloomberg, he was the vice president of business development at autonomy managing the channel, OEMsales and business development organizations. He also spent 7 years with Oracle, where he was a senior director of governance, risk, and compliance.

(GRC), responsible for global go-to-market programs and product strategy. While at Oracle, Collet was also a principal product manager and a group marketing manager. He is a First Lieutenant and Platoon Commander in the Danish Army.

Stephen Epstein, Chief Counsel, Ethics and Compliance, The Boeing Company        | Top |

Stephen Epstein has been the chief counsel, ethics and compliance at The Boeing Company since September 2009. In this capacity, he oversees Boeing’s Law Department’s work in ethics and compliance matters, supports the Office of Internal Governance, and serves as the Law Department’s principal interface with federal executive and legislative branch ethics officials.

Earlier in his career, Epstein was the director of the Standards of Conduct Office at the Department of Defense, where he oversaw the DoD’s ethics and compliance program, served as the ethics counselor for the secretary of defense and the department’s senior civilian and military leadership, and represented the department in interagency consultations with the Office of Government Ethics, Congress, and the Office of the Counsel to the President.

Mark Patton, Senior Counsel, Anti-Corruption; Regional Counsel, Non-U.S. Americas, The Boeing Company        | Top |

Mark Patton is senior counsel for anti-corruption and regional counsel for the Americas in the Global Law Affairs group of the Boeing Company Law Department. He is based in Washington, DC.

Prior to joining Boeing, Patton served as counsel to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee and as associate general counsel for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, where he led the legal counsel division and oversaw significant litigation involving the department, congressional oversight, legislative counsel matters, and GAO/IG investigations. Before joining DHS, Patton was in private practice in Washington, D.C. with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he litigated a broad range of complex commercial and regulatory matters. Following law school, Patton clerked for Judge David Ebel, of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.

John Hairston, Chief Compliance Officer, Bonneville Power Administration        | Top |

John Hairston joined the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) in 1991 where he initially served as an economist in BPA’s Rates Forecasting and Rate Design organizations. In 1997, Hairston joined BPA’s Energy Efficiency Group where he served as a performance manager responsible for BPA’s Spokane, Washington; Boise, Idaho; Idaho Falls, Idaho; Missoula, Montana and Walla Walla, Washington Energy Efficiency offices.

In 1999, Hairston began serving as Energy Efficiency’s Peak Load Management program manager. During his tenure as program manager, he led BPA’s effort to develop BPA’s Demand Exchange program, focused on the use of load curtailment and back-up generation as tools for peak load management. Hairston successfully led the implementation of BPA’s Internet based auction site, product design, and program marketing efforts.

In 2002, Hairston was assigned to manage a new and innovative power product called “Slice,” in BPA’s Requirements Marketing organization. The Slice product represented 22 percent of BPA’s annual sales and a portfolio of BPA’s largest public customers. Currently, Hairston is BPA’s chief compliance officer, leading BPA’s Agency Compliance and Governance organization which provides overall coordination and management of systems and processes established to assure agency compliance with applicable external and internally driven regulatory rules and standards.

Olga Pontes, Global Head of Enterprise Security, Braskem S.A.        | Top |

Olga Pontes is responsible for Braskem—largest producer of thermoplastic resins in the Americas and the eighth largest in the world—global compliance, internal audit, and ethics line programs. Prior to joining Braskem in 2006, she spent nine years at Ernst & Young , where she served internal audit clients in the energy, chemicals, entertainment, technology, and communications industries. Her experience includes business process re-engineering, risk management, information technology and royalty auditing processes, investigations, anti-corruption, and Information Security program development.

John Waldron, Vice President, Corporate Controller, Campbell Soup Company        | Top |

John Waldron leads the controller's organization at Campbell Soup Company with oversight for accounting, financial reporting, financial systems, shared-services, policies, and controls compliance. Campbell is a global manufacturer and marketer of high-quality foods and simple meals, including soup, sauces, baked snacks, and healthy beverages.

Prior to Campbell, Waldron served as vice president, corporate controller for Navistar, a manufacturer and marketer of medium and heavy trucks and mid-range diesel engines. He was the principal leader for the accounting, control, and reporting function at Navistar and successfully led an enterprise-wide finance transformation initiative.

Waldron has more than 20 years of financial leadership experience. Prior to Navistar, he served as the vice president, assistant corporate controller for RR Donnelly, a full-service provider of print and related solutions. Waldron has held various financial leadership positions at Follett Corporation, Dominick’s Supermarkets, and Arthur Andersen.

Robert Miromonti, VP Ethics & Compliance, Centene Corp.        | Top |

Robert Miromonti has extensive compliance experience in the insurance industry. As Centene Corporation's vice president of ethics and compliance, chief compliance and privacy officer, Miromonti's responsibilities include managing the strategic direction, operations, and oversight of the organization's “A Solid Commitment” ethics and compliance program. In addition, he has responsibility for the organization's fraud and abuse and coding compliance functions.

Cristina Constantini, VP of Enterprise Risk Management, The Children’s Place | Top |

Currently the VP of Enterprise Risk Management, which includes internal audit, loss prevention, and business continuity planning. Constantini joined the Children’s Place in 2004 leading the store operations team. As the vice president of store operations, Constantini was responsible for developing the processes, communication, and tools for the entire field organization. In addition, she spent a year working in the finance department as the vice president of retail operations.

Prior to TCP Constantini spent 16 years at Gap Inc. in field management. Starting as a salesperson, she took on several leadership roles ending as a regional director in the Northeast zone. Constantini was recognized for driving results, as well as people development and retention.

Prakash Rajan, Chief Audit Executive, Cognizant Technology Solutions        | Top |

Prakash Rajan currently serves as the chief audit executive of Cognizant Technology Solutions. He has served in this capacity for over 4 years establishing the internal audit practice globally and taking a lead role in their governance and compliance efforts. Prior to that, Rajan has spent about 2 decades in accounting, controllership, and risk-management roles in a variety of industries with multinational companies in the United States, Europe, and emerging economies.

Vincente Martinez, Director, Whistleblower Office, Commodity Futures Trading Commission        | Top |

Vincente Martinez is the director of the Whistleblower Office for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. He joined the CFTC from the Securities and Exchange Commission, where he most recently served as an assistant director in the Division of Enforcement. While at the SEC, Martinez helped to establish and run the SEC’s Office of Market Intelligence, which handles the collection and analysis of tips, complaints, and referrals from the public, government agencies, and self-regulatory organizations. Prior to joining the SEC, Martinez spent several years in private practice as a litigator and a corporate transactional attorney in Washington, D.C., and New York.

Rick Shimon, Special Agent in Charge, Department of Commerce, Office of Export Enforcement        | Top |

Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Rick Shimon has served as a criminal investigator in the Department of Commerce, Office of Export Enforcement since 2003. He was hired as the assistant director for operations responsible for national security/WMD intelligence assessments, international non-proliferation programs, as well as law enforcement support to the OEE field offices. In December 2006, Shimon was selected as the SAC of the Washington Field Office and oversees criminal investigations in the nine state Mid-Atlantic region and overseas. Shimon is a retired Air Force Space operations officer.

Matt Kelly, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, Compliance Week        | Top |

Matt Kelly is publisher and editor-in-chief of Compliance Week, an information service on corporate compliance and risk. Appointed to the top editorial position in January 2008, Kelly had previously been managing editor of Compliance Week since January 2006. Prior to that, he worked as a writer for Compliance Week for several years, reporting on myriad corporate governance and compliance issues. A frequent speaker and moderator at compliance- and risk-related events around the world, Kelly previously cut his teeth as a writer and contributor to Time Magazine, The Boston Globe, and other regional and national publications.

Joseph McCafferty, Deputy Editor, Compliance Week        | Top |

Joseph McCafferty is deputy editor of Compliance Week, where he manages the editorial coverage of the weekly online newsletter and monthly magazine. Before joining Compliance Week he was editor-in-chief of Directorship, a magazine for corporate board members and the corporate governance community. He was also a senior editor at CFO magazine, where he covered capital markets, banking, insurance, and information technology.

Steven Antonakes, Assistant Director, Large Bank Supervision, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau        | Top |

Steven Antonakes currently serves as the assistant director for large bank supervision for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. In this capacity, he is charged with establishing the consumer protection supervision program for the largest financial institutions in the country which collectively account for over 75 percent of the nation’s banking assets.

Antonakes began his professional career as an entry level bank examiner with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Division of Banks in 1990. He later served in numerous managerial capacities before being appointed by successive Governors to serve as the Commissioner of Banks from December 2003 until November 2010.

Laurel Geise, Chief Compliance and Information Security Officer, CoreLogic        | Top |

Laurel Geise is the chief compliance and information security officer for CoreLogic. She is responsible for the daily operations of multiple global risk-management programs, including the corporate compliance program, enterprise risk management program, information security program and business resiliency program. She also manages several corporate risk committees and reports on corporate risk programs to the CoreLogic board of directors and audit committee.

Geise was previously the chief information security and compliance officer for the First American Information Solutions Company (ISC), which was a key division of the First American Corporation. In this position, she led the development of the risk-management programs CoreLogic has in place today. During her eighteen-year tenure with First American, Geise held senior management positions in client relations, corporate program management, Strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, business development, industry relations, new product development and information technology systems.

Prior to joining First American, Geise managed mortgage information technology delivery systems at Fifth Third Bank and M&T Bank. She was also a consultant to the consumer banking industry.

Geise has been a member of the real estate finance industry for 25 years. She has supported multiple industry initiatives, holding positions with the Mortgage Bankers Association Technology Committee, MORPAC Committee, and MISMO Committees.

Steve Koslow, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, CUNA Mutual Group        | Top |

Steve Koslow is the chief ethics and compliance officer for CUNA Mutual Group in Madison, Wisconsin. He directs the teams that design and implement the controls necessary to ensure compliance with regulatory market conduct requirements. In addition, Koslow oversees employees who assess compliance risk, monitor compliance work being performed across the company, and maintain governance over the company’s documented policies, procedures, and standards. Koslow is also responsible for the team managing the company’s ethics program that includes the Code of Conduct, hotline, training, and investigations.

From 1999 until joining CUNA Mutual in December 2007, Koslow worked as a director in the governance, risk & compliance area for PwC, in Chicago, Illinois. Previously, he held positions as counsel for MetLife and as a lawyer for law firms in Chicago and Denver. Prior to that, Koslow was a teacher in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and Monona, Wisconsin.

Koslow is currently a director on the compliance and ethics forum for life insurance (CEFLI) board of directors. Koslow has published articles in several industry publications, and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences.

Donna Epps, Partner, Forensic & Dispute Services, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP        | Top |

With over 25 years of experience in public accounting and professional services, Donna Epps has provided a variety of services to clients within several industries, including oil and gas, telecommunications, technology, and manufacturing. Her varied client service has included 17 years of auditing public and private companies, including various regulatory filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); leading examinations of regulatory compliance, at the state and federal level; working with client management of multinational public companies in complex, multi-year restatements of financial statements; serving as a partner lead for Sarbanes-Oxley preparation projects for various companies within the communications and media industries; and providing merger and acquisition related services.

Epps currently assists clients in corporate investigations, with a focus on SEC and accounting-related investigations. Using her background gained from auditing, compliance services, and corporate investigations, she helps companies implement, evaluate, and monitor antifraud programs and controls. She also provides litigation support services, particularly in the areas of purchase price, auditing and other accounting and securities related disputes.

Epps also serves as co-leader nationally of Governance & Risk Integrated Market Offerings. In this role, she focuses on helping companies develop and implement sustainable Enterprise Risk Management programs. With a focus on value protection and creation, these programs incorporate strategic, operational, compliance and financial risk.

She is a member of the North Texas Business for Culture and Arts, Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Rob Biskup, Director, Forensic & Dispute Services Practice, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services        | Top |

Rob Biskup is a director in the Forensic & Dispute Services practice at Deloitte Financial Advisory Services. He has more than 26 years of experience serving in both corporate and professional settings, and prior to joining Deloitte served as the global chief compliance officer of a Fortune 10 corporation. Biskup is the leader of our Central Region corporate investigations practice, and focuses his practice on investigations involving fraud, corruption, and financial irregularities. He also works with companies and their boards in the design and implementation of effective compliance programs. In addition, Biskup serves as an adjunct faculty member at NYU teaching corporate investigations to audit, legal, and compliance professionals.

Donna Epps, Partner, Forensic & Dispute Services, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP        | Top |

With over 25 years of experience in public accounting and professional services, Donna Epps has provided a variety of services to clients within several industries, including oil and gas, telecommunications, technology, and manufacturing. Her varied client service has included 17 years of auditing public and private companies, including various regulatory filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); leading examinations of regulatory compliance, at the state and federal level; working with client management of multinational public companies in complex, multi-year restatements of financial statements; serving as a partner lead for Sarbanes-Oxley preparation projects for various companies within the communications and media industries; and providing merger and acquisition related services.

Epps currently assists clients in corporate investigations, with a focus on SEC and accounting-related investigations. Using her background gained from auditing, compliance services, and corporate investigations, she helps companies implement, evaluate, and monitor antifraud programs and controls. She also provides litigation support services, particularly in the areas of purchase price, auditing and other accounting and securities related disputes.

Epps also serves as co-leader nationally of Governance & Risk Integrated Market Offerings. In this role, she focuses on helping companies develop and implement sustainable Enterprise Risk Management programs. With a focus on value protection and creation, these programs incorporate strategic, operational, compliance and financial risk.

She is a member of the North Texas Business for Culture and Arts, Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Sandy Pundmann, Partner, Deloitte & Touche        | Top |

Sandy Pundmann is a partner with Deloitte & Touche and serves on the leadership teams of the Governance, Regulatory & Risk Strategies services offering, Governance and Risk Management practice, and Internal Audit Transformation services. She focuses on helping organizations on their journey to become a Risk Intelligent Enterprise™, where risk considerations are incorporated into strategic decisions.

During her 15-year tenure with Deloitte, Pundmann has provided risk services to organizations throughout the United States and across industries in support of their efforts to develop leading-edge risk-management programs, by conducting strategic assessments, establishing enterprise risk management processes, conducting board training, and leading organizations in identifying critical risks. She has worked with CEOs and their operating teams, chief risk officers, chief audit executives, compliance officers, and other risk constituents to develop company-specific risk-management programs to meet Risk Intelligent Enterprise management goals in identifying risks to value as well as value creation opportunities.

Pundmann is a frequent speaker, author, and contributor of articles and presentations on governance, enterprise risk management, and internal audit.

Ron Schwartz, Partner, Forensic & Dispute Services Practice, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services        | Top |

Ron Schwartz is a partner in the Atlanta office of Deloitte Financial Advisory Services’ Forensic & Dispute Services practice. He specializes in providing forensic investigations (including investigations under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the False Claims Act), internal control consulting, fraud prevention consulting, and arbitration services to his clients. Schwartz has provided forensic and dispute services including expert witness testimony in various industries including financial services, real estate, government contracting, consumer business, manufacturing and distribution, retail, service, insurance, and telecommunications.

Schwartz is a U.S. and Canadian citizen and has conducted forensic investigations and litigation support projects in both countries.

Louis Sapirman, Vice President, Associate General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, The Dun and Bradstreet Corp.        | Top |

Louis Sapirman is vice president, associate general counsel & chief compliance officer for The Dun and Bradstreet Corporation and has been with the company since 2005. In addition to his chief compliance officer duties, Sapirman serves as D&B’s chief litigation officer and chief employment attorney. Sapirman was honored by the ACCA/International Law Office as 2010 International In-house Employment Lawyer of the year. Prior to joining D&B, he practiced with several law firms including Wilmer Hale and Buchanan Ingersoll, where he represented employers in the full range of employment law and employment litigation matters. Sapirman is a trustee of Rutgers and the State University of New Jersey, and he is the past president of the Rutgers Law School Newark Alumni Association. He served for several years as co-chair of the Workplace Harassment sub-committee of the New Jersey Bar Association's Labor and Employment Section. Sapirman is an avid volunteer, including his work with The Giving Network.

Anthony Tocco, Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer, DTE Energy        | Top |

Anthony Tocco is chief compliance and privacy officer and is responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of effective programs and processes to ensure compliance by DTE Energy and its subsidiaries with applicable laws and regulations.

Tocco joined DTE Energy in 2001 as manager of audit services as a result of the merger with MCN Energy Group. In 2002, he was promoted to assistant general auditor and subsequently performed as interim general auditor for a period. During this time, Tocco directed the development and implementation of the independent centralized testing center for Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance and supporting corporate governance policies and procedures.

Prior to joining DTE Energy, Tocco held leadership positions in the MCN Energy Internal Audit department and Michigan Consolidated Gas Company’s Corporate Security department. In total, he has over 20 years of compliance related experience in the utility and energy industry. Tocco also has four additional years of compliance experience working for the Department of Defense in reviewing and auditing defense contracts and also established the internal audit department for a major Michigan public university.

Tocco is a member of DTE Energy’s Chairman’s Ethics Council, the Ethics and Compliance Officer Association (ECOA), the Society for Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE), the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE).

He also has lectured for the Institute of Internal Auditors, the Society for Corporate Compliance and Ethics, the Compliance and Ethics Officer Association and the University of Detroit-Mercy. Tocco is a member of the SCCE CCEP exam writing committee and is a former chairperson for the Ethics and Compliance Officer Association Utility Industry Group, which comprises approximately 55 utility companies nation-wide.

Joe Kale, Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, DynCorp International        | Top |

Joseph Kale Jr. joined DynCorp International in November 2010. As chief ethics and compliance officer he leads DI’s ethics and compliance program to build and sustain a values-based culture. Prior to joining DI, Kale was the director – ethics program operations for Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Solutions (IS&GS). In this position Kale had responsibility for supporting the day-to-day operations and management of the Lockheed Martin ethics program in the corporation’s largest business area.

With 15 years in the ethics and compliance profession spanning a 25+ year career in the aerospace and defense sector, Kale has a broad base of experience and subject matter expertise. In addition to Lockheed Martin, during his career Kale has worked for market leaders Martin Marietta, General Electric, and RCA Aerospace. He served previously as the business area ethics director for two of Lockheed’s other business areas and has been one of the architects for the Lockheed Martin Ethics and Business Conduct program, one of the most highly regarded in business.

Kale is an active volunteer in his community in a variety of organizations. He is also a member in several professional associations including the Ethics and Compliance Officer Association, Society for Corporate Compliance and Ethics, and the Defense Industry Initiative.

Randall Corley, EVP, Global Compliance Officer, Edelman        | Top |

Randall Corley has served as the executive vice president and global compliance officer for Edelman, the world’s largest public relations firm, since joining the firm in 2007. Edelman is a truly global organization with offices in 54 cities and 26 countries worldwide. In his role, Corley is responsible for evaluation of compliance, ethical and financial risks, and ensuring that the firm’s policies and procedures have been designed and implemented appropriately to mitigate those risks, and serves as a resource to support management on related matters.

Before joining Edelman, Corley spent 17 years with the ServiceMaster Company, where he served as the chief compliance officer from 1998 through 2007. He is also a CPA and has previously worked in various financial and audit positions at ServiceMaster and, prior to that, Arthur Andersen. Corley currently serves on the board of directors for the DePaul University Institute for Business and Professional Ethics. He is also Edelman’s representative to the World Economic Forum’s Partnering Against Corruption Initiative.

David Cass, CISO, Elsevier        | Top |

David Cass has extensive experience in IT security, risk assessment, risk management, risk mitigation, business continuity, and disaster recovery, developing security policies and procedures. He has played a key role in leading and building corporate information security organizations in the financial sector.

Cass is presently senior vice president and chief information security officer for Elsevier. Until June Cass was senior director of information security risk and governance for Freddie Mac. He leads an organization of experienced risk and governance professionals that provide risk assessments, methodologies, tools, services, and training to improve the maturity and capabilities of Elsevier’s information security, risk, and governance programs.

Previously, Cass served as vice president - director, global technology infrastructure (GTI) risk management for JPMorgan Chase & Co. He was responsible for providing an accurate assessment of GTI's current risk-management state, contributing to the future direction of risk management, continuity, and disaster recovery capabilities for the organization. He also served as the committee chair for the Risk and Security Management Education Committee within JPMorgan Chase. Before taking on the risk-management role, Cass served as the VP of business continuity and disaster recovery for JPMorgan Chase.

Cass worked for several large companies including UPS, The Interpublic Group, and PwC. Through his increasing levels of responsibility he gained extensive experience in infrastructure planning & design, IT security, risk management, compliance, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning.

He is very active in contributing to the ongoing development and education in the fields of risk and resiliency management. He served as a guest speaker at the 22nd International Monetary and Trade Conference at the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank, CIO Magazine Seminar Series: Key Note Speaker on IT Economics for Wall Street, and the International Symposium on Affordability Management – Prague: The TCO of Business Resiliency and Addressing the Challenges of Global Compliance.

He has been a guest speaker at CPM West, DRJ Spring World, ISACA - NA Computer Audit, Control and Security Conference, and presented at the kick off of ISACA’s IT Governance & Compliance Conference in November 2007. In October 2008, Cass was the keynote speaker for ISACA’s Management Forum on Audit, Security and Governance. In 2009, 2010, and 2011 he was a speaker for ISACA’s Annual Governance, Risk, and Compliance Conference. In addition, he is a member of the adjunct faculty at Drexel University where he teaches Information Assurance, Audit, Risk Management, and Security on a graduate and undergraduate level.

Jim Moran, Executive Director in the Advisory Services Practice, Ernst & Young        | Top |

Jim Moran is an executive director in the advisory services practice of Ernst & Young. His deep industry background includes developing multi-million dollar growth platforms for translational research and helping healthcare organizations improve clinical research operations; improve quality of care; and manage regulatory risk, and identifying innovative opportunities for leading research organizations to capitalize on their clinical research strengths.

Moran has more than 18 years of experience working with universities, hospitals, academic medical centers, and cancer centers, as a research operating officer, chief compliance officer and consultant. Prior to joining Ernst and Young, he served as the clinical research operating officer for Washington University in St. Louis, implemented a compliance program at the University of Pennsylvania, and worked as a consultant for PwC and Huron Consulting Group. Moran is a frequent presenter at national and regional conferences on clinical research operations and regulatory compliance topics.

Andy Reisman, Senior Manager, Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services, Ernst & Young        | Top |

Andy Reisman is a lawyer and compliance officer who focuses on corporate compliance, working with clients to assess legal, regulatory, and reputational risk, and to improve their compliance and ethics programs.

At Ernst & Young, Reisman has led complex assessments of compliance and ethics programs in numerous industries. He has helped clients to align business and compliance strategy, provided advice about program structure and organization, and drafted compliance frameworks, policies, and procedures. He has also assisted compliance officers with change management as they revise their programs.

Reisman has served as chief compliance officer of a global services company, developing a comprehensive compliance and ethics program, overseeing a compliance agreement with the U.S. Army, conducting an ethics attitude survey, and handling internal investigations.

He also served as general counsel of the global distribution and logistics business of one the world’s leading companies, responsible for all legal issues and compliance, while participating as a member of the management team. He developed risk-management strategies and structured transactions for new services, sales channels, and acquisitions, and built a comprehensive compliance program incorporating the corporation’s best practices.

Earlier on, Reisman specialized in antitrust and tender-offer litigation at a major U.S. law firm.

Patrick Carney, Ethics and Compliance Official, Federal Communications Commission        | Top |

Patrick Carney has been an ethics and compliance official at the Federal Communications Commission since 1995. For the past ten years, as assistant general counsel, he has overseen the agency’s ethics program for its 1,700 employees. Previously he was a captain in the Navy, serving in a variety of assignments including head of the Standards of Conduct and Government Ethics Branch of the Office of the Judge Advocate General.

He has conducted courses on various aspects of government ethics for the Department of Justice and the Office of Personnel Management, and has been a panelist at ethics conferences presented by the Office of Government Ethics. He has co-authored articles on “Running an Effective and Efficient Ethics Program,” and “Ethics for Supervisors,” and has played a leading role in the Interagency Ethics Council, an organization of over 500 ethics and compliance officials from some 100 Federal agencies.

Leslie Seidman, Chairman, Financial Accounting Standards Board        | Top |

Leslie Seidman was named chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) by the Financial Accounting Foundation, effective Dec. 23, 2010. She was originally appointed to FASB in July 2003 and was reappointed to a second term in July 2006.

As chairman of FASB, Seidman is responsible for managing the organization’s day-to-day activities and leading the board’s efforts to develop high-quality financial reporting standards that result in decision-useful information for investors and other users of financial statements.

From 1994–1999, Seidman was a member of the FASB staff. She initially joined the organization as an industry fellow, after which she served as a project manager and as the assistant director of research and technical activities. As assistant director, she supervised staff members dealing with implementation and practice issues, including FASB’s Emerging Issues Task Force, and had liaison responsibilities for the Securities and Exchange Commission and the regulators of financial institutions.

In between her two tenures at FASB, Seidman founded and managed a financial reporting consulting firm, serving corporations, accounting firms, and other organizations. Prior to her fellowship at FASB, Seidman was a vice president in the accounting policies department of J.P. Morgan & Co., where she was responsible for establishing accounting policies for new financial products, particularly securities and derivatives, and analyzing and implementing new accounting standards. Seidman started her career at Arthur Young & Co. (now Ernst & Young), as a member of the audit staff, serving clients in the retail, publishing, and venture capital industries.

Seidman is a member of the AICPA, the American Women’s Society of CPAs, and the Institute of Management Accountants.

Marie Hollein, CTP, President, and CEO, Financial Executives International and Financial Executives Research Foundation        | Top |

Marie Hollein, CTP was named president and CEO of Financial Executives International and Financial Executives Research Foundation in January 2009. FEI is the professional association of choice for senior-level corporate financial executives and the leading organization dedicated to advancing ethical, responsible financial management.

Hollein has over 30 years of extensive corporate and financial services experience. She was previously a managing director of financial risk management for KPMG, where she led the treasury practice and provided treasury and risk management advisory services to U.S. and global corporations and banking institutions. Prior to joining KPMG in 2005,Hollein held senior financial executive management positions at Ruesch International, ABN Amro Bank, Citibank, and Westinghouse Electric Corporation.

A noted speaker and author, Hollein has published articles on risk management in a number of leading industry publications. She has been a member of FEI since 2000, most recently serving as the organization’s national area director at large for the Midwest. She also served as Financial Executives Research Foundation’s vice chair, board trustee member, and development committee chair, and president of FEI’s Chicago Chapter from 2004-05.

Francine McKenna, Blogger at ReTheAuditors.com and a frequent contributor to American Banker and Forbes magazines        | Top |

Francine McKenna is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in the FT, Accountancy Age, The Columbia Journalism Review, and Boston Review. American Banker publishes her weekly column “Accountable.” “Accounting Watchdog” appears at Forbes.com. re: The Auditors is her specialized news site about the business of the Big Four auditors.

Her experience includes twenty-eight years in professional services firms. She was a director for PwC and started consulting at KPMG including directing the Y2K PMO for JP Morgan Latin America. She was BearingPoint’s first female managing director in Latin America. She began her career in internal audit at Chicago’s Continental Bank.

McKenna was quoted in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The FT, BusinessWeek, The Sunday Times of Dublin, "Background Briefing" by Australian Broadcasting, and Times of London. Speaking invitations have included the NY County Lawyers Association and the NY State Society of CPAs.

Mario Mancuso, Former Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security; Chair of International Trade and Investment Practice, Fried Frank | Top |

Mario Mancuso is a leading authority on the U.S. regulation of international business. A former undersecretary of commerce for industry and security, Mancuso works closely with clients on cross-border matters. His particular expertise is conducting multi-jurisdictional internal investigations and audits, drafting integrated compliance programs, and conducting risk-based transactional due diligence with respect to anticorruption (FCPA), economic sanctions (OFAC), export controls (ITAR, EAR), and anti-boycott requirements. At Fried Frank, Mancuso serves as the chair of the International Trade and Investment practice.

In addition to his role as undersecretary, Mancuso’s government experience includes positions as deputy assistant secretary of defense for special operations and counterterrorism and as special counsel to the secretary of defense. Prior to joining the government, he spent a decade in private practice as an international corporate lawyer. A former U.S. Army officer, he is a combat veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Steven, Witzel, Co-Head of Anti-Corruption Practice, Fried Frank | Top |

Steven Witzel is co-head of Fried Frank's Anti-Corruption Compliance and Enforcement practice. He is also the co-head of the Internal Investigations and Monitoring practice. He has defended public companies, private equity firms, and individuals in criminal and regulatory investigations. Witzel has represented several boards and committees of public and private companies in conducting confidential internal investigations into allegations of domestic and foreign accounting frauds, financial crimes, and anti-corruption violations. He has extensive trial and appellate experience in a wide range of cases, including securities fraud, accounting fraud, money laundering, bank fraud, public corruption, and tax evasion. He was an assistant United States attorney in the SDNY and served as the acting chief of the Public Corruption Unit. He was also a partner at PwC. He is currently serving as an independent monitor of the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department.

William Johnson, Co-Head of White-Collar Criminal Defense, Securities Enforcement, and Internal Investigation Practices, Fried Frank        | Top |

William Johnson is head of Fried Frank’s White-Collar Criminal Defense practice. He is also co-head of the White-Collar Criminal Defense and Securities Enforcement practice group and is co-head of the Internal Investigations and Monitoring practice. He represents institutions and individuals in white-collar criminal and regulatory matters, including investigations and litigation involving the DoJ, the SEC, and other agencies. He conducts internal investigations and advises on anti-corruption matters. Johnson served a combined total of nearly 17 years as a prosecutor at the USAO for the SDNY and as an attorney at the SEC. During his tenure as chief and deputy chief of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force in the USAO for the SDNY, he oversaw the investigation and prosecution of many notable cases, including Galleon Group, Bernard Madoff, Marc Dreier, Refco, and Adelphia. He is currently serving as an independent monitor of the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department.

Thomas Fox, Lawyer, Independent Consultant, Anti-Corruption, Anti-Bribery Corruption        | Top |

Thomas Fox has practiced law in Houston for 25 years. He is now an independent consultant, assisting companies with anti-corruption and anti-bribery compliance and international transaction issues. He was most recently the general counsel at Drilling Controls Inc., a worldwide oilfield manufacturing and service company. He was previously division counsel with Halliburton Energy Services Inc. where he supported Halliburton’s software division and its downhole division.

Fox is the author of the award-winning FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog and the recently published book “Lessons Learned on Compliance and Ethics.” He writes and lectures on anti-corruption and anti-bribery compliance programs.

Lupe Garcia, Associate General Counsel, Integrity & Compliance, Gap Inc.        | Top |

Lupe Garcia is associate general counsel, integrity & compliance for Gap Inc. She has been with Gap for over 12 years and has led the company’s Integrity Program since January 2006. In her current role, Garcia focuses on promoting the company’s integrity value, and enhancing its compliance around the world. She is also on the Steering Committee for Gap’s Latino Employee Resource Group.

Prior to 2006, Garcia was a senior corporate counsel at Gap, focused on employment law matters, and she established the company’s International Employment Law practice. She is also on the board of directors for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, and a member of the Bay Area Ethics & Compliance Association.

Before joining Gap, Garcia was an associate at Lafayette and Kumagui, practicing employment law.

Mark Monday, Vice President, Internal Audit, Hasbro Inc.        | Top |

Mark Monday has over 29 years of audit and audit consulting services experience. He has been with Hasbro since July 2005. Previous experience includes start up of internal audit functions for Filene’s Basement and Albany International Corp. Other past employers include: Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Federated Department Stores, Melville Corp., and IBM. He has spoken on several topics for both the Institute of Internal Auditors and MIS Training Institute.

Gay Ann Williams, Vice President and Medicare Compliance Officer, Health Net Inc.        | Top |

As the Medicare compliance officer, Gay Ann Williams is responsible for ensuring implementation of and compliance with Medicare Advantage and Part D program regulatory requirements. She directs Health Net’s relationship with CMS and reports to the Health Net board of directors and senior management on the effectiveness of the Medicare compliance program. Williams previously served as the vice president of State Government Affairs for Health Net of Arizona, and led the Regulatory and Government Affairs Department to ensure implementation of and compliance with state and federal healthcare laws and regulations. She lobbied on behalf of Health Net before the state legislature and regulators and guided the analysis of state and federal legislation to determine the impact on the healthcare industry.

Williams has over 35 years of experience in the insurance industry, including 13 years as a regulator at the Arizona Department of Insurance, and four years as the executive director of the Arizona Association of Health Plans and the Georgia Association of Health Plans.

Carl Lackstrom, Vice President of Risk Management and Internal Audit, HMS Inc.        | Top |

Carl Lackstrom is the vice president of risk management and internal audit for HMS, Inc., a leader in healthcare cost containment solutions for government-funded, commercial, and private entities. He is responsible for HMS’s enterprise risk management and internal audit programs and is a leader of GRC coordination in the company.

Prior to joining HMS in 2011, Lackstrom was an associate director at Protiviti where he specialized in enterprise risk management and IT governance consulting. In his over 18 years of experience, he has held consulting and management positions at a variety of firms including, Booz, Allen & Hamilton, RSM McGladrey, Citigroup, Aetna, and The Hartford.

Lackstrom is a member of a number of industry and professional organizations and holds CIA, CISA, CISSP and CFE certifications. He has been a frequent speaker on risk management and audit topics and has authored several articles on fraud risk management.

James Rose, Chief Audit Executive, Humana        | Top |

James Rose is the chief audit executive of Humana, a publicly traded health benefits company headquartered in Louisville, Ky. In addition to his CAE role, Rose helped establish and currently leads the organization’s enterprise risk management program. Recently, Rose spearheaded the implementation of an enterprise governance, risk, and compliance technology platform that will integrate compliance, risk, and controls processes across Humana. Rose began his career as a foreign service officer with the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Agency for International Development, reviewing foreign economic assistance programs in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia. He also worked as director of financial audit with the Auditor of Public Accounts of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, leading the effort to create the department that now conducts performance and operational reviews of state programs. A member of The Institute of Internal Auditor’s Louisville chapter, Rose currently serves as vice chairman of the IIA’s International Professional Issues Committee which drafts the practice guidelines for the profession worldwide. Beginning in 2011, Rose will begin a three year team on the Audit Committee of the Rome, Italy-based United Nations World Food Programme.

Kenneth Jones, Corporate Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, Huron Consulting Group        | Top |

Kenneth Jones is currently corporate vice president and chief compliance officer for the Huron Consulting Group, a leading provider of business consulting services. He has over thirty years of executive experience in finance and healthcare positions, including serving as CEO of Legacy Health Services in Portland, Oregon, providing post-acute care services in a multi-hospital system; and serving as the budget officer and later director of management services for the City of Portland.

Jones has spoken at various national conferences, has written a bi-weekly column for the Portland Business Journal on management practices, and has authored chapters in three books and numerous professional journals articles on financial management and healthcare strategy and administration.

Bruce Beck, Sales Director, Infor        | Top |

Bruce Beck has held executive level positions in software companies focused on helping their customers cost effectively address their regulatory and compliance obligations for the last seven years. Prior to Approva, the leader in Continuous Control Monitoring (CCM), he was a founder and executive at Avior Computing who is a pioneer in delivering GRC solutions as a Software-as-a-Solution offering.

In his 30+ year career, he has been an executive at organizations that include IBM Tivoli and Wang Laboratories. In addition, Beck was a co-founder of a software company, later sold to IBM, and has been an executive at three technology companies that have had initial public offerings.

Sarah Flanagan, Senior Antitrust Compliance Counsel, Intel        | Top |

Sarah Flanagan is senior antitrust compliance counsel in Intel Corporation’s Ethics and Legal Compliance group. In this position, she leads internal investigations and antitrust compliance audits and, as part of the team responsible for Intel’s global antitrust compliance program, her responsibilities include risk assessments, policies, training, and communications. Flanagan developed and is responsible for Intel’s Ethics and Compliance Line.

Before joining Intel in 2005, Flanagan was counsel in Chevron Corporation’s Global Downstream Legal Department, supporting Chevron’s sales and marketing business in the United States and Latin America.

Mark Koczela, Vice President Compliance, Johnson Controls Inc.        | Top |

Mark Koczela is vice president compliance of Johnson Controls Inc., a diversified manufacturing and services company with operations in over 150 countries and more than 140,000 employees. He has been with JCI since 2000 serving in a variety of senior roles. He was general counsel of the Building Efficiency business unit when JCI acquired York International which became the subject of a Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the DoJ arising out of York’s violation of the FCPA in connection with the UN Oil for Food Program. Koczela played a lead role in improving and enhancing JCI’s anti-corruption compliance program which was certified in October 2010 by a Monitor appointed by the DoJ pursuant to the DPA.

Koczela was an M&A partner at Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. and executive vice president of ARI Network Services prior to joining JCI.

Bruce Pounder, Director of Professional Programs, Loscalzo Associates (a Division of SmartPros)        | Top |

Bruce Pounder is the director of professional programs for Loscalzo Associates (a division of SmartPros).

Jonathan Poling, Trial Attorney for the Counterespionage Section (CES), National Security Division, U.S. Department of Justice        | Top |

Jonathan Poling currently serves as a trial attorney for the Counterespionage Section (CES) of the United States Department of Justice’s National Security Division. He works for the National Export Coordinator and supervises investigations and prosecutions of export control-related crimes and other national security investigations and prosecutions. Poling has taught and lectured U.S. and foreign law enforcement and prosecutors at export and trade courses. He has also handled a number of trade investigations and prosecuted violations, including those involving violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the Arms Export Control Act, Trading with the Enemy Act, and violations of regulations administered by the United States Departments of Commerce, State, and Treasury. Some of his recent prosecutions include United States v. Online Micro, LLC; United States v. Larijani; United States v. Balli Aviation; United States v. Aviation Services Internationl and United States v. Mac Aviation Group. Prior to assuming his position at the Department of Justice, Poling worked as an associate at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy.

Adam Safwat, Deputy Chief in the Fraud Section, U.S. Department of Justice        | Top |

Adam Safwat is a deputy chief in the Fraud Section of the U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division. Safwat joined the Fraud Section in June 2006, and he handles investigations involving corporate securities fraud and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. While at the Fraud Section, Safwat has worked on investigations involving accounting fraud related to the improper use of special purpose entities by a financial services subsidiary of American International Group and was a member of the trial team in a securities fraud trial of former executives of AIG and General Re, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, who were alleged to have engaged in a sham transaction designed to window-dress AIG’s financial statements. Safwat was also involved in the Department’s investigation of a financial institution’s representations to shareholders about its credit default swap accounting.

More recently, Safwat was involved in the FCPA resolutions against Panalpina World Transport and Transocean. Safwat previously clerked for the Honorable Walter K. Stapleton, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Subsequently, Safwat was an associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York and then Wilson, Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto. Prior to joining the Fraud Section, he was an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Delaware, where he served from September 2002 until June 2006.

Stephen Shelton, Vice President Audit Services and Chief Audit Executive, KBR        | Top |

Stephen is vice president audit services and chief audit executive for KBR in Houston. He is responsible for KBR’s global Audit Services function including anti-corruption (FCPA) compliance, operational audits of multi-billion dollar construction projects, joint ventures, corporate and financial audits, government contract compliance, and independent SOX testing. Previously, Shelton was senior vice president, internal audit, for Blockbuster in Dallas, where he established a new internal audit function; led an outsourced internal audit function; reduced SOX compliance costs by approximately 40 percent; re-engineered the audit process and developed the IT audit function. Prior to Blockbuster, he was vice president, internal audit, at Belo, one of the nation’s largest media companies and also worked previously as vice president – internal audit at SkyTel Communications. He also had prior experience as director internal audit services with PwC in Dallas where he provided outsourced internal audit services and consulted on risk assessments, implementing ERM, and reengineering business processes.

William Brown, Chief Compliance Officer, Knights of Columbus        | Top |

William Brown joined the Knights of Columbus staff as chief compliance officer in December 2010. As CCO, Brown operates within the Legal Department and reports directly to the chief executive officer and board of directors.

Between 2000 and 2010, Brown served as both an assistant United States attorney and assistant attorney general in Connecticut. As a federal prosecutor, Brown prosecuted a wide variety of federal criminal and civil cases including narcotics trafficking, government and corporate fraud, and environmental and immigration-related crimes.

Since 1992, he has served as judge advocate in the U.S. Marine Corps. In 2005, Brown deployed to Iraq and commanded a detachment of Marines assigned to support Iraqi officials in Fallujah and Ramadi. Brown has also served as a military judge and currently holds the rank of colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve.

Tim Murphy, Director – Advisory, KPMG        | Top |

Tim Murphy is a director with KPMG’s Advisory Services practice and has nearly 13 years of experience related to risk and compliance and internal control with a particular focus on controls automation and governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) technology. He has extensive experience assisting clients with automating financial and supply-chain business processes and designing controls to prevent and detect inappropriate activities. This has also included assisting several companies in designing and implementing business process automation and controls within the Oracle GRC Controls suite of products.

Murphy has obtained Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) and Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) designations from the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA). In addition, he is a certified Oracle Financials implementation consultant. Murphy also serves as the lead IT director for a number of KPMG’s large multi-national internal audit and external audit clients in the life sciences and industrial manufacturing industries.

Michael Garson, Chief Compliance Officer and Technology Control Officer, LGS Innovations (an Alcatel-Lucent subsidiary)        | Top |

Michael Garson is the chief compliance officer and technology control officer for LGS Innovations, the independent subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent dedicated to serving the U.S. Government. In his role as CCO, Garson is responsible for the oversight and operation of the LGS compliance program and ensuring that the company and its personnel conduct themselves in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations impacting federal government contractors (as well internal control requirements for LGS as a subsidiary of a publicly traded company). Garson is also responsible for ensuring LGS’ compliance with various security agreements with the U.S. Government (a National Security Agreement and Special Security Agreement). As the company’s technology control officer, Garson manages LGS’ adherence to export control laws and its processes and procedures for protection of company intellectual property and non-public information in the hands of LGS personnel.

Garson is the former general counsel at LGS Innovations, where he provided guidance on all issues related to the company formation, operation, and performance of U.S. Government contracts. His career with LGS and its legacy companies began seven years ago with Lucent Technologies Inc., where he served as corporate counsel for the Lucent Government Solutions business unit. Garson was significantly involved in Lucent’s negotiations with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States and the Defense Security Service concerning the establishment of LGS as an independent subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent.

Prior to joining Lucent in 2003, Garson engaged in private legal practice.

Mitch Avnet, Senior Vice President and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, Lincoln Financial Group        | Top |

Mitch Avnet is senior vice president and chief ethics and compliance officer at Lincoln Financial Group in Radnor, Pa. Avnet is responsible for enterprise compliance and ethics at Lincoln Financial, having direct oversight of the company’s anti-money laundering, privacy, ethics, and compliance risk-management programs.

In addition, Avnet works closely with the Lincoln Financial business law and compliance teams to ensure continuity and consistency in the company’s strategic delivery of compliance resources/services throughout the Lincoln Financial footprint.

Over the span of Avnet's 18-year career in the financial services industry, he has developed an extensive knowledge of both buy-side and sell-side businesses, with a deep understanding of equity and fixed income carkets, derivative instruments, structured products, and variable products.

Over the past 11 years, Avnet has built compliance risk management programs to support the manufacturing/origination and distribution of proprietary products (closed architecture), as well as, source third-party products on behalf of customers/client relationships. (open architecture). During this timeframe, Avnet has served in a leadership role, building and integrating compliance teams to be a meaningful and sought-after component of the business process.

Matteson Ellis, Founder and Principal, Matteson Ellis Law | Top |

Matteson Ellis is an FCPA attorney with extensive experience in all areas of international anti-corruption compliance and enforcement. Before forming Matteson Ellis Law, he worked on FCPA and anti-corruption matters at the Washington, D.C. offices of two prominent international law firms and The World Bank. Ellis has helped build compliance programs under some of the largest FCPA settlements to date; performed complex, independent, and on-site internal investigations in over 20 countries throughout the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Africa considered “high corruption risk” by international monitoring organizations; and investigated fraud and corruption and supported administrative sanctions and debarment proceedings for The World Bank and The Inter-American Development Bank. Ellis focuses particularly on the Americas, having spent several years in the region working for a Fortune 50 multinational corporation and a government ethics watchdog group. He is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, and is editor of the FCPAméricas Blog.

Lamond Kearse, Chief Compliance Officer, Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York)        | Top |

Lamond Kearse is the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (New York) first chief compliance officer.

He established a corporate compliance department to manage MTA’s governance, risk, and compliance programs. Kearse advises the board of directors on corporate governance, ethics, internal control, regulatory disclosure, and compliance issues.

He created the MTA’s first comprehensive Code of Ethics, Board Member Code of Ethics and Vendor Code of Ethics. Kearse established a confidential ethics helpline for employees to report violations or seek advice. These efforts lead to the MTA receiving the Theodore Roosevelt Ethics Award in 2007.

Before joining the MTA he served as an enforcement attorney with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and as the department advocate for the New York City Department of Finance.

Salman Haider, Chief Compliance & AML Officer, Mizuho Saudi Arabia Co.        | Top |

Salman Haider is the chief compliance & AML officer of Mizuho Saudi Arabia. The Mizuho Financial Group is one of the largest financial institutions in the world, offering a broad range of financial services including banking, securities, trust and asset management, credit card, private banking, and venture capital through its group companies. Under the umbrella of the holding company Mizuho Financial Group, the principal group companies include Mizuho Corporate Bank, Mizuho Bank, Mizuho Securities, and Mizuho Trust & Banking. Mizuho Saudi Arabia is subsidiary of Mizuho Securities.

Prior to joining Mizuho Saudi Arabia, Haider served as the compliance head, compliance division of Bank Albilad, a Shariah-based Bank which commenced its business operation in 2005 and became one of the new & important players of Saudi financial industry.

Haider is a member of the American Academy of Financial Management and a fellow of the American Academy of Financial Management.

Brian Roman, Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, Mylan Inc.        | Top |

Brian Roman is senior vice president and chief compliance officer of Mylan Inc. Mylan is among the world's largest generic and specialty pharmaceutical companies, with more than $6 billion in revenue, nearly 20,000 employees, and sells its products in more than 140 countries and territories around the world. As chief compliance officer, Roman has overall responsibility for designing and implementing Mylan's global compliance and security programs. He previously served as general counsel for Mylan's North America business segment. Roman began his legal career as a business litigator at Kirkpatrick & Lockhart in Pittsburgh.

Scott Mitchell, Chair, OCEG        | Top |

Scott Mitchell serves as chair of OCEG, a think tank that provides open source standards to help organizations achieve Principled Performance by integrating the governance, assurance and management or performance, risk and compliance (GRC). OCEG’s global community includes 30,000+ practitioners from a number of professions and industries.

He has been recognized by Directorship, Business Finance Magazine, Treasury and Risk Magazine, and Human Resource Executive Magazine as a top influencer and thought leader. He and his work have been featured in USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Compliance Week, Institutional Investor, Inside Counsel, Inc. Magazine, and other publications.

Mitchell serves as chair of LoopLogic and on the boards of EventDay, Walk with a Doc, and the Children’s Museum of Phoenix.

Barry Greenhut, Manager, Governance, Risk, and Compliance Product Strategy, Oracle | Top |

Barry Greenhut’s work at Oracle focuses on identifying fundamental problems in business application governance, risk management and compliance, and defining enterprise applications that tame these complex and often unwieldy challenges. Of special interest are the diverse and dynamic challenges presented by waste, error and fraud, and the rationalization of tactics for compliance, governance, and business optimization.

Adam Schwartz, Principal Sales Consultant, GRC Applications, Oracle | Top |

Adam Schwartz is a principal sales consultant, GRC applications at Oracle.

Patrick Palmer, Manager, Internal Audit, Oxbow Carbon | Top |

Patrick Palmer serves at Manager, Internal Audit for Oxbow Carbon, a company that engages in mining, production, marketing, and distribution of solid fuel and other carbon-related products, including coal, natural gas, and petroleum to customers worldwide—primarily in the cement, utilities, steel, and home heating industries. Oxbow Carbon also operates four bulk shipping terminals, located on the Gulf Coast and the West Coast of the United States, the Caribbean, and South America. Palmer’s past responsibilities included developing and implementing a Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) framework solution with ROI utilizing the Oracle GRC Application Controls suite. He has also developed, documented, implemented, tested, and maintained a comprehensive internal audit plan and system of internal controls to help provide assurance that company regulation, policies, and procedures are complied with judiciously. This includes evaluating financial and operational procedures to ensure adequate internal controls are present.

Clyde “Sonny” Ellis, General Counsel, Parsons Corp. | Top |

Clyde (“Sonny”) Ellis is senior vice president, general counsel, and secretary of Parsons Corp., an international engineering, construction, technical, and management services firm headquartered in Pasadena, Calif., with more than 10,500 employees and revenues of $2.7 billion in 2010.

Ellis joined Parsons in 2005 as senior legal counsel for Parsons Transportation Group, one of Parsons’ global business units. Prior to that he was counsel for General Electric Company’s transportation business, with legal responsibility for the division’s business activities in Canada, Mexico, Latin America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the CIS states. Ellis also served as the Division's anti-boycott coordinator, export control coordinator, and anti-money laundering coordinator.

During the previous twelve years, Ellis was an associate and then partner with the international law firm of Brian Cave, where he specialized in corporate and international business transactions, technology transfers, and regulatory trade matters. During part of that time, Ellis was the managing attorney of the firm's Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, office. Prior to that, Ellis was an associate at the St. Louis law firm of Peper, Martin, Jensen, Maichel & Hetlage.

Peter Agnoletto, Chief Audit Executive and ERM Leader/Senior Director of Internal Audit, Par Pharmaceutical Companies        | Top |

Peter Agnoletto is the chief audit executive and ERM leader/senior director of internal audit at Par Pharmaceuticals Companies Inc. Par Pharmaceutical Companies develops, manufactures, and markets generic drugs and innovative branded pharmaceuticals for specialty markets.

Agnoletto is a senior financial professional with over 20 years experience with multibillion dollar international public companies and professional service organizations. Agnoletto has significant experience and expertise in developing and implementing enterprise risk management programs as well as: Risk and Control Analysis: identifying and analyzing key business risks, evaluating existing control structures, and developing processes to mitigate risk impact. Process Analysis and Redesign: analyzing and redesigning financial and operational processes to maximize effectiveness and efficiency. Change and Program Management: effecting change by providing leadership, program management expertise, analytical capabilities, and facilitation skills. Financial Analysis: analyzing financial results to support operating management in directing the business to achieve strategic and tactical objectives.

Prior to joining Par, Agnoletto was a finance director and audit director with Schering-Plough and a senior manager with PwC where he delivered risk and control consulting services. He also held finance management positions with British Airways, and Unilever.

Nigel Benstead, Vice President and Chief International Compliance & Ethics Officer, PepsiCo’s Europe Sector and Asia, Middle East & Africa Sector        | Top |

Nigel Benstead is the vice president and chief international compliance & ethics officer for PepsiCo’s Europe Sector and Asia, Middle East & Africa Sector. He is responsible for designing, implementing, and administering PepsiCo’s compliance programs in those international sectors and ensuring that senior management exhibits the appropriate tone from the top by supporting and sponsoring robust compliance programs and demonstrating a strong ethical tone through PepsiCo’s “Performance with Purpose” agenda.

Benstead joined PepsiCo’s London office in 1993 and has 17 years’ experience in the Middle East & Africa, where he was PepsiCo’s general counsel for South Asia, Middle East & Africa until 2009. Since then he has managed PepsiCo’s international ethics & compliance programs, including implementing its anti-bribery and sanctions training and compliance programs and running PepsiCo’s Values, Code of Conduct, and Speak-Up programs. Prior to joining PepsiCo, Benstead worked for the U.K. law firm Freshfields, in their London, Hong Kong, and New York offices.

Frank Fiorille, Director of Enterprise Risk Management, Paychex        | Top |

Frank Fiorille is the director of risk management at Paychex, a leading provider of payroll, human resource, and benefits outsourcing solutions for small- to medium-sized businesses. Fiorille has over 20 years experience in risk management and credit and joined Paychex in 2002 to lead the company’s initiative to build an enterprise wide risk apparatus.

Before joining Paychex he spent four years with PNC Financial working in their Corporate Credit Policy area. Prior to his work with PNC, he spent twelve years with Citigroup holding various risk-management and credit roles. He is a graduate of the inaugural 2007 class at the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania advanced risk-management program.

He was named as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Finance-Treasury & Risk Magazine in 2008 and 2009. He is credited for leading successful projects to build the first risk and retention models in both the educational lending and payroll outsourcing industries.

Ray Purcell, CPA, Pfizer        | Top |

Ray Purcell is a CPA with over 30 years in various finance leadership roles in industry, with experience in controllership, business process redesign, shared services, and internal controls. For most of his career, Purcell worked in the industrial gases industry, starting in cost accounting, moving on to budgeting and forecasting, and to divisional controllership in BOC Gases, a division of The BOC Group. He moved to Honeywell and played a leadership role in the Shared Services organization, with responsibility for accounting services in the United States and Mexico. Since 2005, Purcell has been with Pfizer, where his focus has been on SOX compliance and financial controls. In that role, Purcell has recently played a significant role in the development and implementation of a new governance, risk controls, and compliance function at Pfizer, and will lead the new center of excellence for financial controls, within that organization.

In his work with FEI, Purcell has participated in several working groups, including the group that reviewed and commented on the COSO Guidance on Monitoring Internal Control Systems. He is currently serving as the FEI representative on the Advisory Council to the COSO project to update the 1992 Internal Controls – Integrated Framework.

Karen Handelsman Moore, Director of Compliance, Philip Morris International        | Top |

Karen Moore is currently the director of compliance at Philip Morris International, a global tobacco company incorporated in Virginia and listed on the NYSE. She is based in the company’s operations center in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Prior to taking on her current role in the compliance department, Moore held various positions in the company’s law department, including leading a regional group as vice president and associate general counsel. She joined Philip Morris International in 1999 from private practice in the Moscow office of Baker & McKenzie.

Sally Bernstein, Principal, Advisory Practice, PwC | Top |

Sally Bernstein is a principal in PwC’s advisory practice in Boston. She brings over 20 years experience providing advisory services to clients in the areas of corporate governance, compliance, and risk management (GRC). She brings a unique blend of project management, process improvement, and technology knowledge and experience to help her clients as they establish processes that support the achievement of their objectives. Her client work includes a range of engagements focused on helping clients assess and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of their ethics, compliance, ERM, BCM, and other risk-management programs. Her approach brings a practical and achievable perspective to implementing workable process. She also has experience across a range of industries having worked with companies both large and small. Bernstein’s core strength is supporting clients in understanding and managing risks related to complex issues such as, business transformations, systems implementations, complex compliance initiatives, or changing business structures. Bernstein is also co-leader of PwC’s partnership with Compliance Week on the State of Compliance Survey which debuted in 2011 at the Compliance Week event in Washington, D.C.

Barbara "Bobby" Kipp, Partner, Risk Assurance Services, PwC        | Top |

Barbara ("Bobby") Kipp is a Boston-based partner in PwC's Risk Assurance Services Practice. As the former global and U.S. ethics & business conduct leader, and U.S. chief privacy officer for PwC, she led the development and operation of PwC’s U.S. and Global Ethics & Business Conduct Programs and U.S. Privacy Program. She led the first compliance risk assessment for PwC and created the initial blueprint for PwC’s current Ethics & Compliance Program. She also led a multi-year engagement to develop and implement a global data protection and privacy program for PwC in 150 countries. As such, Kipp brings a unique practical perspective to her work with clients. Her client work includes a range of engagements focused on helping clients assess and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of their ethics, compliance, privacy, ERM, and other risk-management programs, as well as enhancing their corporate sustainability and responsibility efforts. She frequently speaks and writes on risk management, business ethics, and compliance topics at leading conferences, events, and publications.

PwC was the recipient of the 1998 American Business Ethics Award. Prior to assuming the role of ethics & business conduct leader in 1996, Kipp was an audit partner with the firm. She is a CPA in Massachusetts.

Kipp’s professional and community activities have included the board of directors and executive committee of the Ethics & Compliance Officer Association (now Director Emeritus); treasurer and member of the board of directors of the Ethics Resource Center; Walmart Better Living Business Plan Competition judge; Bentley College Center for Business Ethics executive fellow; Open Compliance and Ethics Group (OCEG) Capability Assessment Working Group; New England Ethics Forum; University of Massachusetts, Accounting Advisory Council; Bedford Education Foundation; Bedford Patrons of Music Students Executive Committee; board of directors of the Chamber Music and Composers’ Conference of the East; treasurer and member of the board of directors of the Boston Center for the Arts; Member of the Wellesley Symphony Orchestra; and Bedford Youth Softball Coach. She is a graduate of the FBI Citizens’ Academy.

Steve Zawoyski, Risk Assurance Partner, PwC        | Top |

Steve Zawoyski has been with PwC since 1989 serving primarily as a risk assurance partner. He began his career in Chicago and has been based in Minneapolis since 2005. He has extensive knowledge and experience in providing risk assurance, enterprise risk management, and internal audit services to clients across the retail, consumer, and industrial product industries.

Zawoyski serves as a risk assurance partner. He supports clients in a variety of functions, including internal audit co-sourcing, internal controls evaluation and design, enterprise risk management, and process improvement. He also performs strategic and benchmarking assessments of leading internal audit departments.

Zawoyski leads PwC’s Minneapolis based Risk Assurance Services team and is the leader of PwC’s national Risk Assurance Services Enterprise Risk Management practice.

He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Minnesota Children’s Museum and the Edina Soccer Association.

James Doty, Chairman, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board        | Top |

James Doty was appointed by the Securities and Exchange Commission as the chairman of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board in January 2011.

From 1990 to 1992, Doty served as general counsel of the SEC. In that role, he advised the Commission on matters of law and regulatory policy related to the Commission’s oversight of U.S. securities markets, including initiatives relating to the integrity of financial reporting and disclosure standards in the context of the globalization of capital markets, enforcement practices and policies in the wake of the savings-and-loan crisis, international technical assistance and coordination efforts, and adoption of the Remedies Act of 1990.

Prior to and following his SEC service, Doty was a partner at the law firm of Baker Botts LLP, which he first joined in 1969. At Baker Botts, he practiced securities and corporate law and counseled boards of directors and audit committees on regulatory and compliance matters, including matters arising under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. He also represented the PCAOB in obtaining a successful result in the United States Supreme Court in the landmark challenge to its constitutionality, Free Enterprise Fund v. PCAOB.

Bob McDonald, Chairman, President & CEO, Procter & Gamble        | Top |

Bob McDonald is the chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of Procter & Gamble. With more than 30 years of brand-building, market development, global business unit, and global operations leadership experience across the company and throughout the world, he is the most broadly experienced CEO in P&G history.

McDonald is purpose-driven … and his strategy for P&G’s growth is linked tightly to the company’s purpose. He has committed to build P&G’s business by touching and improving more consumers’ lives in more parts of the world … more completely—a strategy that will help P&G reach five billion consumers in the decade ahead, roughly double the number of consumers P&G was reaching a decade ago.

McDonald’s belief in the power of purpose and commitment to service defines him as an individual and a global business leader.

Wesley Curl, Vice President, Ethics and Conflict Resolution, Prudential Financial Global Business Ethics & Integrity        | Top |

Wesley Curl is vice president, ethics and conflict resolution for Prudential Financial Global Business Ethics & Integrity with lead responsibility for case management and conflict resolution.

Curl joined Prudential in July 2001. Prior to Prudential, he was employed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Washington, D.C. where he served for three and a half years as attorney advisor to the EEOC’s general counsel. He began his professional career in 1986 as an employee relations attorney in the Solicitor’s Office of the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington. Over the next 11 years he served in a number of capacities with the Solicitor’s Office, including chief of employee and labor relations and EEO coordinator. His last position at DoL, from 1992 to 1997, was deputy director of the Office of Administration, Management, and Litigation Support.

At both the EEOC and the DoL, Curl held leadership roles in the management of those organizations’ nationwide legal programs, serving as the offices’ representative in employment disputes in all non-litigation forums and in formal and informal negotiations with union representatives. Much of his work involved facilitating and negotiating resolutions to employment-related disputes, as well as advising managers and employees on ways to avoid them.

Noreen Fierro, Vice President, Corporate Counsel, Enterprise Regulatory Law Group, Prudential Financial        | Top |

Noreen Fierro is vice president, corporate counsel in the enterprise regulatory law group of Prudential Financial. She is responsible for providing legal advice on a variety of regulatory topics that impact the global organization, and she acts as primary counsel for anti-corruption regulations, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. In addition to her law department responsibilities, Fierro maintains supervisory oversight responsibilities for the anti-money laundering compliance unit. Prior to transitioning to the law department, Fierro served as the AML/OFAC/FCPA compliance officer for Prudential Financial. Prior to joining Prudential Financial in 2006, she worked as a senior manager for Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, in their forensic and dispute services, anti-money laundering group.

Michael Wood, Vice President, Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer, Raytheon Company        | Top |

Michael Wood is vice president, controller, and chief accounting officer of Raytheon Company. Raytheon Company, with 2010 sales of $25.2 billion, is a technology leader specializing in defense, homeland security, and other government markets throughout the world. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 72,000 people worldwide.

Wood is responsible for the company’s global accounting and financial reporting. He joined Raytheon in October 2006.

Wood brings more than 20 years of accounting and audit experience. He came to Raytheon from KPMG where he was an audit partner supporting several of the firm's large international and Fortune 500 clients including companies in the aerospace and defense industry. He brings extensive experience leading account teams for many U.S.- and foreign-based SEC registrants.

Howard Sklar, Co-Host of This Week in FCPA, Author of an anti-corruption column at Forbes.com, and Author of Open Air Blog        | Top |

Howard Sklar is the co-host of the weekly video series “This Week in FCPA” and writes on anti-corruption issues on the Forbes.com platform and at his own site, Open Air Blog. He is currently senior counsel at Recommind Inc. Prior to joining Recommind, Sklar ran the global anti-corruption compliance program at Hewlett-Packard Co., and served as counsel to the Global Trade division, giving advice on compliance with U.S. sanctions. Before HP, Sklar ran anti-corruption compliance at American Express Co., and served as the chief of compliance for three operating divisions comprising 22,000 employees in 40 countries. Before moving in-house, Sklar spent six years as a senior counsel of enforcement at the Securities and Exchange Commission, and six years as an assistant district attorney in Bronx County, New York.

Bill Spoehr, Vice President – Financial Compliance, Safeway Inc.        | Top |

Bill Spoehr has been vice president - financial compliance for Safeway Inc., a food and drug retailer with 2011 sales of $44 billion, since 2005 and is responsible for ensuring compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and other reporting and governance requirements. He previously served as vice president - finance in Safeway’s Portland, Ore., retail operating division for five years. Prior to his work at Safeway, Spoehr was vice president - finance for a publicly traded specialty retailer where he was responsible for SEC financial reporting, financial planning and analysis, and internal audit. He began his career with Price Waterhouse in Providence, R.I., and, after moving west, was an audit senior manager in the Phoenix, Ariz., office. He is a member of FEI’s National Committee on Governance, Risk, and Compliance.

Colin Campbell, Global Head, GRC Product Management, SAI Global        | Top |

Colin Campbell heads the product management of SAI Global’s governance, risk, and compliance solutions globally. Campbell has over 20 years experience working with clients to utilize technology in automating key business processes such as risk & compliance management, travel and expense management, and financial reporting solutions. During this time Campbell worked in a variety of roles, including sales, development, consulting, and product management within the United States and the APAC regions.

Karl O’Connor, EU Legal Counsel, Sanmina-SCI        | Top |

Karl O’Connor is legal counsel (Europe) with Sanmina-SCI, based in Ireland. Sanmina-SCI has operations in eighteen countries across four continents providing contract manufacturing and design solutions to OEMs primarily in the communications, defense, aerospace, medical instrumentation, multimedia, storage, renewable energy, and automotive technology sectors.

O’Connor is admitted as solicitor in Ireland, England, and Wales and is a trade mark agent with the Irish Patents Office. He advises Sanmina-SCI on a wide range of commercial transactions, disputes, and EU compliance with a particular emphasis on data privacy in which he has a particular interest.

Terry Thompson, General Auditor, Santee Cooper        | Top |

Terry Thompson is general auditor for Santee Cooper. Thompson has obtained over 23 years of experience as an audit and compliance professional working for several fortune 500 and private companies including Bank of America, Duke Energy, Food Lion, Wachovia, and Santee Cooper.

Thompson has held various staff and management positions over the course of his career ranging from staff auditor to general auditor. He currently maintains the general auditor position at Santee Cooper. His job responsibilities require oversight of Santee Cooper’s internal audit department and presentations to senior management and the board of directors.

Bruce Carton, Founder & Editor, Securities Docket        | Top |

Bruce Carton is the founder and editor of Securities Docket, a leading online publication covering securities litigation, enforcement, and white-collar issues on a global basis. An attorney since 1992 and former senior counsel in the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, Carton has experience in almost all areas of the securities litigation industry.

From 1998 to 2003, Carton was in private practice at Piper Rudnick (now DLA Piper), most recently as a partner whose practice focused on securities litigation and SEC enforcement. From 2003 to 2008, Carton worked on the business side of the securities class action industry, including over three years as vice president of ISS’ Securities Class Action Services.

A “blawg pioneer” according to The Wall Street Journal, Carton was the creator of Securities Litigation Watch, a blog that he wrote while at ISS. He also is a featured columnist for Compliance Week on securities enforcement and litigation issues, the author of Compliance Week’s “Enforcement Action” blog, and the co-author of American Lawyer Media’s “Legal Blog Watch” column.

Nili Shah, Deputy Chief Accountant - Policy, Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporation Finance        | Top |

Nili Shah is the deputy chief accountant – policy in the Division of Corporation Finance’s Office of Chief Accountant. Her current responsibilities include facilitating the sharing of broad-based technical accounting and disclosure-related trends, issues, and experiences to promote consistent reviews of registrant filings by Division staff and the timely provision of decision-useful information to users of financial statements. Prior to this role, she spent over four years in the Commission’s Office of the Chief Accountant, working on registrant consultations, following standard setting, and assisting with special projects under both U.S. GAAP and IFRS. She has also served as an accounting branch chief in the Division of Corporation Finance.

Prior to joining the Commission in 2004, Shah spent eight years with PwC, most recently as a senior manager in London, U.K, assisting European companies with adoption of IFRS and accounting, auditing, and regulatory issues associated with capital-raising transactions in the United States.

Jane Norberg, Deputy Chief, Office of the Whistleblower, Securities and Exchange Commission        | Top |

Jane Norberg is the deputy chief of the Office of the Whistleblower, which oversees the Securities and Exchange Commission’s whistleblower program.

Norberg comes to the SEC after 14 years of experience at her own law firm and at Shearman & Sterling. In these capacities, Norberg advised major public corporations regarding executive compensation disclosure, corporate governance issues and other securities laws matters. She also negotiated and drafted severance arrangements for senior executive officers and provided guidance regarding non-competition and non-solicitation covenants.

Prior to her private law experience, Norberg served as a special agent for the U.S. Secret Service where she worked with confidential informants in planning, organizing, and conducting investigations of federal crimes including telecommunications and bank fraud, counterfeiting of U.S. currency, and forgery of federal checks and bonds.

Kirsten “Kerry” David, Chief Compliance Officer, The Shaw Group Inc.        | Top |

Kirsten (“Kerry”) David is the chief compliance officer of The Shaw Group Inc., headquartered in Baton Rouge. She has held the role for 6 years. She is a licensed attorney and has a business degree. She formed and has lead the compliance and ethics program at Shaw including programs to manage export controls, global anti-corruption, employee data privacy, Code of Corporate Conduct, and various other compliance initiatives. She has been employed with Shaw for over 11 years and worked in various business units within the company. She has published articles on compliance and been a speaker at conferences on various compliance issues.

Honorable Judge Jed Rakoff, Southern District of New York        | Top |

United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York. Entered on duty, March 1, 1996. Born August 1, 1943 in Philadelphia, PA. B.A., Swarthmore College, 1964. M.Phil., Oxford Univ.,1966. J.D., Harvard Law School, 1969. LL.D. (Hon.), Swarthmore College, 2003. LL.D. (Hon.), St. Francis University, 2005.

Law Clerk to Hon. Abraham L. Freedman, U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit, 1969-70. Associate, Debevoise, Plimpton, et al., 1970-72. Asst. U.S. Attorney, S.D.N.Y. 1973-80 (Chief, Business & Securities Fraud Prosecutions, 1978-80). Litigation Partner, Mudge, Rose, et al., 1980-90; Litigation Partner, Fried, Frank, et al., 1990-96.

Co-author of five books; author of over 100 published articles, over 360 speeches, and over 800 judicial opinions. Co-editor, Sand, et al., Modern Federal Jury Instructions. Adjunct Professor of Law, Columbia Law School, 1988-present, teaching courses on white collar crime, interplay of civil and criminal litigation, and science and the courts. Board of Managers, Swarthmore College, 2004-2008. Trustee, William Nelson Cromwell Foundation, 2009-present. Governance Board, MacArthur Foundation Initiative on Law and Neuroscience, 2007-2010. Chair, Criminal Justice Advisory Board, SDNY, 1998-2011. Chair, Grievance Committee, SDNY, 2001-present. Chair, Second Circuit Bankruptcy Committee, 2003-present. Chair, Honors Committee, New York City Bar Assn., 2006-09. Fellow (now Judicial Fellow), American College of Trial Lawyers, 1987-present (Chair, Downstate New York Chapter, 1993- 94). Chair, Criminal Law Comm., New York City Bar Assn., 1986-89. Fellow (now Judicial Fellow), American Board of Criminal Lawyers, 1995-present.

Sanjay Singh, Vice President of Internal Audit, Starbucks Coffee        | Top |

Sanjay Singh serves as the vice president and global leader for the internal audit function at Starbucks. His U.S., international, and emerging markets experience includes over two decades in diverse areas of business and corporate finance at a number of large and predominantly multinational corporations in a variety of industries. Over the last five years, Singh has done considerable work to develop process efficiency and standardization to facilitate efficient and effective operations for smaller, U.S.-based multinational not-for-profit organizations. He also serves as an adviser to Kids with Destiny, a not-for-profit that evolved from the Oscar-winning documentary “Born into Brothels,” narrating the conditions for the children in a red light district of Kolkata, India.

Sandra Carson, Vice President of Enterprise Risk Management and Compliance, Sysco Corp.        | Top |

Carson has been employed in several managerial positions in risk management for over 22 years. She is an active member of several leadership and professional organizations of which she holds office on local and state boards and national committee assignments.

Tony Heredia, Vice President of Compliance, Target Canada        | Top |

Prior to joining Target in 2005, Heredia spent 5 years as a management consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton in McLean, Va. and 13 years in California Law Enforcement as an officer, sergeant, and lieutenant.

Heredia serves on several non-profit boards, including the Metropolitan Economic Development Association, a Minnesota-based non-profit that helps entrepreneurs of color succeed; the Hamline University Board of Trustees; and the Hispanic Scholarship Fund.

Bruce Ackerman, Director of Sales - Securities, Investments, Insurance & Government, Thomson Reuters Accelus/World-Check – Governance, Risk & Compliance        | Top |

Bruce Ackerman has worked for World-Check (now Thomson Reuters) for more than 6 years. His expertise in the AML/KYC space is primarily focused on securities, investments & insurance and, the government sector (Federal). Ackerman has used his extensive knowledge to speak at many conferences.

Michael Osajda, Ethics & Anti-Corruption Consultant, Thomson Reuters Accelus/World-Check        | Top |

Michael Osajda is an attorney and consultant with highly diversified experience and expertise in FCPA, corporate ethics, and compliance. Formerly Lead Counsel for Motorola Broadband Mobility Solutions, he drafted Motorola’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) policy to efficiently minimize risk and ensure government compliance. In addition to numerous presentations on the FCPA and Motorola anti-corruption policy internally within Motorola, Osajda has also been a guest lecturer on “Ethics and Business Practices in an International Business Environment” at Dominican University in Chicago and Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

Prior to Motorola, Osajda served as assistant general counsel at Midway Airlines and senior judge advocate for the United States Marine Corps. A trusted adviser to many senior executives and senior officials, Osajda is viewed as an expert consultant with the ability to analyze and mitigate issues with high consequence to business.

Jeff Solomon, Major Account Director, Corporate Markets, Thomson Reuters Accelus/World-Check - Governance, Risk & Compliance | Top |

Jeff Solomon has been in business development for over twelve years, while specializing in FCPA and anti-corruption due diligence for the last six. Solomon has been focusing on emerging markets since 2004, developing strategic partnerships across industries such as software, petroleum, automotive, electronics, and international banking. He has worked extensively with government agencies, fraud investigations, SIU, law enforcement, and corporate due diligence. In his current role as major account director, corporate markets at Thomson Reuters Accelus/World-Check, he is focusing on anti-corruption and risk intelligence solutions for major, multi-national, non-financial companies that include—but aren’t limited to—the manufacturing, petroleum, mining, pharmaceutical, aerospace, defense, software, telecommunications, utilities, and construction industries.

James Swenson, Head of IntegraScreen Operations & Delivery, Thomson Reuters Accelus/World-Check - Governance, Risk & Compliance | Top |

James Swenson is the head of operations and delivery for the IntegraScreen business, a division of Thomson Reuters responsible for proving enhanced due diligence services to clients worldwide. Swenson oversees the day-to-day operations of the business including research, productivity analysis, workflow efficiency, knowledge gathering, case management, and product delivery. He is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and has substantial experience designing due diligence programs complying with FCPA, the U.K. Bribery Act, AML, and other compliance programs.

Swenson originally joined IntegraScreen in 2006 as a case manager based in Hong Kong. In 2009, he relocated to London to oversee IntegraScreen’s expansion in the European market after the company was acquired by World-Check. During this period, he was responsible for substantial growth in the region. Following Thomson Reuters’ acquisition of World-Check in 2011, Swenson assumed his new role managing the division on a global scale.

Prior to joining IntegraScreen, he worked as a political risk consultant in Washington D.C., advising clients on political and security risks across Latin America and the Caribbean. He is originally from Virginia, but has lived and worked in Mexico, Panama, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, and South Korea. Swenson is currently based in London.

David Baker, Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, Group General Counsel, The Travelers Companies Inc.        | Top |

David Baker joined Travelers in 2005 as the chief compliance officer. While in this role, Baker is responsible for providing legal counsel and support to the organization in a variety of areas. Some areas of responsibility include compliance with antitrust and competition laws, information security and privacy (chief privacy officer), competitive intelligence, conflicts of interest, market regulation and analysis, business conduct practices, agency relationship administration, consumer complaints, notification and compliance with state rules and regulations, code of business conduct and ethics, and records management.

Prior to joining Travelers, he served as the global compliance leader (chief compliance officer) and Six Sigma Black Belt for the insurance division of General Electric. While at GE, Baker used qualitative and quantitative statistical analysis to oversee implementation of compliance metrics, dashboards, score card reviews, and risk identification. Baker began his legal career in 1989 prosecuting felony offenses on behalf of the State of Missouri. He served in the role of chief deputy prosecutor running the day-to-day operations until he left in 2002 to join General Electric.

Peter Bernstein, Senior Counsel, Corporate Compliance, The Travelers Companies Inc.        | Top |

Peter Bernstein is senior counsel, corporate compliance, at The Travelers Companies Inc. He reports to the senior vice president, chief compliance officer and group general counsel, corporate compliance. Bernstein provides legal counsel for compliance-related issues such as antitrust, competitive intelligence, conflicts of interest, data security, market conduct/market regulation practices, consumer affairs, marketing and advertising, and last, but not least, the Travelers Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.

Prior to joining Travelers, Bernstein worked as a consultant after serving as an assistant attorney general to then-New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. Before accepting his appointment from Spitzer, Bernstein spent ten years in private practice in Washington, D.C.

Sam Sommers, Author, Situations Matter: Understanding How Context Transforms Your World and Associate Professor of Psychology, Tufts University        | Top |

Situations Matter: Understanding How Context Transforms Your World, was written for a general audience and released in December 2011 (for details, see: www.samsommers.com).

Sommers has won multiple research and teaching awards, including being named Professor of the Year by the Tufts Student Senate in 2009. He has testified as an expert witness in criminal trials in five states and he blogs regularly about behavioral science perspectives on human nature for Psychology Today and Huffington Post.

Steven Hendrix, Director of Special Investigations, Time Warner Inc.        | Top |

Steven Hendrix currently serves as the director of special investigations at Time Warner Inc. and has worldwide management responsibility for the prevention, detection, and investigation of financial crimes and public corruption throughout each of the divisions of Time Warner. These divisions include Warner Bros. Entertainment, Home Box Office, Time Inc., and Turner Broadcasting System. Hendrix also has responsibility for the company’s worldwide risk-assessment efforts as it relates to fraud and anti-corruption legislation compliance.

Prior to joining Time Warner, Hendrix served as an investigations manager for Altria Corporate Services Inc. and had investigative management responsibility for Kraft Foods Inc. affiliates on a global basis. He was also responsible for the presentation of fraud prevention and awareness seminars to employee groups throughout the world.

Prior to joining Altria, he served as the operations manager for the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners in Austin, Tex. where he was responsible for a variety of research, administrative, and teaching assignments. Hendrix lectured extensively on a wide range of fraud related topics throughout the United States and Canada.

He has more than 28 years of law enforcement and financial crimes investigation experience, with 23 of those years specific to conducting investigation in a corporate setting. He is a former police officer with the Kalamazoo (MI) Township Police Department and also served as a Corporate Investigator with Electronic Data Systems (EDS).

Kelli McTaggart, VP, Associate General Counsel & Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, Time Warner Inc.        | Top |

Kelli McTaggart is vice president, associate general counsel, and chief ethics and compliance officer for Time Warner Inc. McTaggart oversees Time Warner’s Ethics and Compliance program for 30,000+ employees worldwide.

Prior to joining Time Warner in 2005, McTaggart was an attorney at WilmerHale in Washington D.C. where she represented individuals and companies in white-collar criminal investigations and complex civil litigation. McTaggart started her legal career at Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin (now part of Baker Botts) in Washington D.C., representing individuals and companies in criminal matters, congressional investigations, and complex commercial disputes. McTaggart has also served as an assistant federal public defender in the District of Maryland, where she represented clients on a range of criminal matters, including fraud and financial crimes, drug and firearms offenses, and immigration matters.

Paul Robert, Associate General Counsel and Director, Contracts and Compliance, United Technologies Corp.        | Top |

Paul Robert is associate general counsel and director, gontracts and compliance for United Technologies Corporation (UTC) in Hartford, Conn. Its operating companies include Pratt & Whitney, Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, UTC Fire & Security, UTC Power, Carrier Corporation, and Otis Elevator Co.

He concentrates his practice in the areas of U.S. and international contracts, compliance, and business practices. He is responsible for contract training and policy, government acquisition advocacy, and for UTC’s relationships with external organizations such as industry, trade, and professional associations. He is responsible for coordinating UTC’s obligations as a signatory to the “Defense Industry Initiative on Business Ethics and Conduct.”

He has been a member of UTC’s Legal Department since August 1987, previously serving as associate counsel-compliance & director, government contracts at UTC’s Pratt & Whitney Division (1993-1998); senior counsel on the corporate headquarters staff (1991-1993); and as assistant counsel to the Hamilton Standard Division (1987-1991). Prior to joining UTC, he was legal counsel to the U.S. Navy’s TRIDENT missile program in Washington, D.C. (1980-1987), and served as a legal assistant to the New York State attorney general in New York City (1978-1980).

He is a member of the bars of Massachusetts, Virginia, New York, the U.S. Supreme Court, Courts of Appeals for the D.C. and Federal Circuits, and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. He is an authorized house counsel in Connecticut. He is a Fellow of the Ethics Resource Center in Washington, D.C. and a past member of the National Contract Management Association’s Board of Directors.

Bobby Butler, VP, Chief Compliance Officer, and Director of Internal Audit, Universal Weather and Aviation Inc. | Top |

Bobby Butler is vice president, chief compliance officer, and director of internal audit for Universal Weather and Aviation Inc. based in Houston, Texas.

Butler has extensive experience with developing global compliance programs and is a regular speaker on subjects such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, global anti-bribery, business ethics, economic sanctions, export controls, anti-boycott, policy management, and the like.

Butler is a member of the Houston District Export Council and holds membership positions with the NBAA Regulatory Committee, the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics, the Ethics and Compliance Officers Association, the Greater Houston Business Ethics Roundtable, the American Bar Association, the Institute of Internal Auditors, and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

Bob Ernst, Senior Vice President & Chief Compliance Counsel, Verizon        | Top |

Bob Ernst is chief compliance counsel at Verizon Communications, and prior to assuming that position was head of litigation at Verizon Wireless. Prior to joining Verizon in 1997, Ernst was an assistant U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey.

Laura Merten, Chief Compliance Officer, Walgreen Co.        | Top |

Laura Merten is the chief compliance officer for $70+ billion Walgreen Co. She is their privacy officer and is the vice president for its Loss Prevention and Asset Protection Divisions. In these roles, she also oversees business continuity, records management, and vendor social responsibility for Walgreens. After originally joining Walgreens as an attorney, she was promoted in 2000 to director of new business development in Walgreens Corporate Strategy Division. She returned to the legal division as director of Walgreens Health Services’ Legal in 2004 and became divisional vice president of health law before assuming her current positions.

Deborah Penza, Chief Compliance Officer, Watson Pharmaceuticals        | Top |

Deborah Penza joined Watson Pharmaceuticals as chief compliance officer in January 2011. Penza has 20 years of experience as both a consultant and a compliance professional implementing and operating compliance programs in the healthcare industry. She previously served as the vice president, corporate compliance for Elan Corporation, where she led the company’s global compliance program. Before joining Elan, Penza was the vice president of Strategic Management Systems Inc., where she developed and implemented compliance programs for healthcare clients and provided guidance on compliance program management. Penza is a member of numerous industry and professional associations, and is a frequent speaker on compliance and risk management matters.