Lila Acharya Partner

Crawford and Acharya

Lila Acharya is an experienced compliance and investigations attorney with a unique skillset developed from private practice, the public sector, and in-house compliance roles in the life sciences and manufacturing sectors.  In her roles as an in-house compliance attorney at Rolls-Royce plc and Pfizer, she investigated significant matters across EMEA and Asia, developed policies and procedures, trained employees and third parties, and led the implementation of an automated third-party due diligence platform.  Before going in house, she was an associate at Ropes & Gray LLP and a state prosecutor in Massachusetts.  She is based in Boston, Massachusetts. 

Charles Basner Head of Third-Party Risk Management Solutions – Americas, KY3P®

S&P Global Market Intelligence

Charles joined the KY3P team in February 2022, where he works with current and prospective customers, strategic partners, and product delivery teams to identify opportunities to maximize the potential of the product in the Americas region. Before joining S&P Global, he spent over 5 years at Morgan Stanley as an operational risk officer in the Wealth Management division, primarily focused on third party risk management and business continuity management.

Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Charles spent 12 years in various roles across the financial services industry codifying policies and procedures, enhancing operational workflows, and implementing technology solutions to streamline or automate existing business processes.

Erin Brown VP, Third-Party Risk Operations Manager

MUFG Bank, Ltd.

Erin Brown earned a bachelor’s degree in International Studies with a focus on economic development in the Middle East and North Africa, and a double minor in Arabic and Anthropology, from Emory University, and her law degree from the University of Georgia.  She is currently a Vice President of Operational Risk Management at Mitsubishi UJF Financial Group (MUFG), providing second line-of-defense governance and oversight for Third-Party Risk and Change Risk Management. 

Erin is an active member of various professional organizations, including the State Bar of Georgia, the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys (GABWA) and Mediators without Borders. She also serves as a Law School Alumni mentor, volunteers with the Georgia Radio Reading Service (GaRRS) and is a member of the Dogwood City Chapter of the Links, Inc.  In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, friends, and pups, as well as cooking, kickboxing and traveling.   

Rodney Campbell Senior Vice President and Head of Third-Party Risk Management

Valley National Bank

Keynote speaker, Rodney Campbell is a recognized industry leader in Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM), Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Global Strategy & Business Operations and Regulatory Compliance.  

Rodney is a business champion, dedicated to empowering organizations and business leaders with industry insights and best practices to ensure both regulatory compliance and operational success. Experienced in developing global programs, processes, cross-functional teams from the ground up and leading projects spanning Asia-Pacific, Latin America, United Kingdom and North America regions, Rodney creates a high-impact, collaborative environment that eliminates silos and cross borders.  

Additionally, Rodney serves on Seton Hall University Customer Experience Advisory Council and The Board of Directors for HANDS Housing and Neighborhood Development. 

Doug Clare Managing Director, Head of Cyber Strategy

ISS Corporate Solutions

Doug leads Cyber Strategy for ISS Corporate Solutions (ICS), providing product management leadership and advisory expertise for clients of the company’s Cyber Risk Solutions, including the Cyber Risk Score. ICS’ Cyber Risk Solutions are widely used in support of enterprise risk self-assessment, third-party risk management, and cyber risk insurance underwriting. Prior to joining ICS, Dougspent more than 30 years with FICO leading product teams responsible for the delivery, operation, and servicing of enterprise software for risk management, leveraging advanced analytics and applied AI. Doug has deep experience in helping banks, insurance companies, retailers and other businesses translate advanced analytics into meaningful results in the management of fraud, credit risk, cyber security, and compliance.

Doug’s experience in cyber risk includes the development of innovative AI solutions for the detection of anomalous network events and the quantification of cyber risk at the enterprise and network level.

Karen Coker Director of Third-Party Risk & Vendor Management

LendingPoint

Karen N. Coker serves as Director of Third-Party Risk and Vendor Management at LendingPoint LLC., an Atlanta-metro fintech consumer load firm providing a better borrowing experience for consumers by using proprietary technology and algorithms. Karen oversees all third-party risks practices, and ensures that third-party risk management (TPRM), legal, and compliance concerns are addressed, managed and/or mitigated at time of onboarding throughout the contract lifecycle. Karen also serves as a member of the Shared Assessments Financial  Services Vertical Strategy Committee and Procurement & Sourcing Strategy Group, as well as the Sourcing Interest Group CPO Roundtable. With an extensive procurement background, she has led sourcing, selection, and roll-out of corporate-wide technologies including TPRM platforms and has led and executed complex negotiations for key strategic contracts. She has developed and implemented internships for university students majoring in TPRM and procurement. Karen completed her Bachelor of Arts degree at St. Leo College, and an MBA from Webster University, and Kellogg School of Management – Northwestern University. Karen is also involved in several community organizations, including mentoring rising professionals, and internships and has been acknowledged for her commitment to community service.

Angela Crawford Partner

Crawford & Acharya PLLC

Angela Crawford is an experienced legal and compliance professional who has spent over two decades advising clients in a number of sectors, including life sciences, healthcare, food and beverage, retail, technology, and manufacturing. She regularly conducts investigations for clients based on allegations of compliance and regulatory violations, corruption, bribery, fraud, and employee and third-party misconduct, and advises clients on the development, implementation and enhancement of compliance programs, policies, and training. Angela has led well over 100 investigations, compliance reviews, risk assessments, and trainings in over 20 countries around the world.  Before starting her own law firm, Angela was a partner at two global law firms and a federal prosecutor. She earned her law degree from Northwestern University Law School and a B.S. in Finance from Indiana University. She is based in Miami, Florida. 

Miguel Crespo Global Head of IT Risk Management 

Bristol-Myers Squibb 

Mr. Miguel Crespo is the IT Risk Management Leader for Bristol Myers Squibb where he has responsibility for IT Risk Management, Data/Privacy Operations, Cyber Third-Party Risk Management, Cyber M&A/Integration and Insider/eDiscovery capabilities. Miguel’s team at BMS is responsible for the full supplier management lifecycle for IT partners, vendors, and business development opportunities. 

Miguel is an information security executive with success in guiding, consulting and leading implementation of leading-edge technology solutions while balancing security initiatives to risks, business operations and innovations. Specialties include data protection/privacy, network design, systems architecture, and program management with extensive experience in chemical/pharm, healthcare, and financial sectors. He has over 11+ years in active duty service and over 19 years’ experience as an Information Security professional and intelligence/information warfare leader. Mr. Crespo has proudly served in the United States Navy as Intelligence and Cyber Security Officer at various locations.  Former positions have included Strategic services leader at Mandiant, Big 4 Senior Executive and Technical Director level positions in government consulting IA & Cyber Security.  Other positions include Senior IA Lead and Senior Systems Engineer at ManTech and the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) In terms of management; Mr. Crespo has managed over a combined $115 Million in programs for the US Navy, U.S. Army and DoD. In terms of Cyber Security, Mr. Crespo has been tasked with Cyber Threat Intelligence, Network Security, Security Ops Center Design and Management, Incident Response, Penetration Testing, Systems Security Engineering, Training, Certification & Accreditation (C&A) and Systems Security Engineering. 

Samira Duijnmayer Regulatory & Financial Crime Officer

Booking.com

Samira Duijnmayer is an experienced compliance professional with a legal background focused on third party risks and financial crime areas such as sanctions and export controls, anti-bribery corruption, anti-money laundering and terrorism financing. Her focus at Booking.com is leading and driving end-to-end risk management programs through strategic initiatives and key tasks to combat financial crime and other compliance risks. Samira is leading a growing team responsible for designing and implementing TPRM and FCRM policies and guidelines, counterparty screening and due diligence and control testing and monitoring programs. She has several years of experience in legal and compliance and is passionate about and committed to building regulatory compliance to the highest ethical standards while empowering commercial growth. Prior to joining Booking, Samira spent several years in law firms and advised big corporates on compliance policies and third party and financial crime compliance related risks. Samira has primarily worked in Europe but her scope of work has international outreach.

Melanie Gallagher Head of Third-Party Risk Management

Intuit

Melanie Gallagher is the Head of Third Party Risk Management at Intuit. She has a passion for GRC and building programs that are both effective and efficient – managing risk and delivering for regulators while enabling the business to be nimble and innovative. She has spent her 20+ year career in high tech companies in Silicon Valley beginning with KPMG where she worked with clients that included Apple, Acer, and Network Computing. Prior to Intuit, Melanie worked for Visa International, Apple, and a start-up, Riffage.com. Melanie is a CPA, CFE, CIA, and CISA. Melanie loves music, hiking, and animals. In her free time, you can find Melanie enjoying wide open spaces, listening to her husband playing his guitar, and petting any animal that will let her.

Kristy Grant-Hart Founder and CEO

Spark Compliance Consulting

Kristy Grant-Hart is an expert at making compliance officers in-demand business assets.  She's the author of the best-selling book, “How to be a Wildly Effective Compliance Officer” and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Compliance Week, and on the cover of Compliance and Ethics Professional Magazine. She is CEO of Spark Compliance Consulting, and a former professor at Delaware School of Law, Widener University, teaching Global Compliance and Ethics. 

Before launching Spark Compliance, Ms. Grant-Hart was the Chief Compliance Officer at United International Pictures, the joint distribution company for Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures in 65+ countries, where she was shortlisted for the Chief Compliance Officer of the Year at the Women in Compliance Awards.

Debra Hennelly Founder & President

Resiliti

Debbie advises executives and boards on enhancing organizational resilience by creating cultures of candor, inclusion, integrity, and innovation. She engages stakeholders directly to identify ethical, compliance, and environmental/social/governance (ESG) risks and opportunities, integrating those insights into operations and culture. Debbie helps leaders and teams address obstacles to ethical decision-making and psychological safety, increasing collaboration, wellbeing, and productivity.  

Debbie is the founder and president of Resiliti, providing advisory services and experiential learning, focusing on ethical leadership, culture, and holistic risk management. She also advises and coaches ethics and compliance professionals, helping them lead effectively and develop strategies for personal resilience.  

For more than 25 years, Debbie has been creating innovative approaches to fostering ethical leadership—from boardrooms to break rooms—with organizations ranging from small nonprofits to some of the largest multinationals. Her pragmatic approach is informed by her engineering and legal background and decades of corporate leadership, C-suite, and advisory roles in compliance and ethics, legal, environment and safety, and strategic management. Prior to her corporate experience, Debbie practiced environmental law with firms in Washington, DC, and New Jersey. Before practicing law, she was a civil/environmental engineer and supervised construction in the oil and gas industry.  

Debbie is an adjunct professor in Fordham University Law School’s Program on Corporate Ethics & Compliance, a Master of Studies in Law (M.S.L.) program. She frequently speaks at conferences, has been interviewed on several podcasts, and writes on several platforms. Most recently, she co-authored two articles for Harvard Business Review: “Resilient Organizations Make Psychological Safety a Strategic Priority” and “Bridging Generational Divides in Your Workplace.” She is also the author of the book, "Presence in Chaos - 365 Mindful Moments."  

She earned her B.S.E. In Civil/Environmental Engineering from Duke University and her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. 

David S. Huntley Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Compliance Officer

AT&T

David was appointed to this role after serving as Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel - AT&T Services. In this role, he oversaw a nationwide team responsible for providing legal support to the Home Solutions and Global Marketing organizations. He was also responsible for Legal administration. Previously, David served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for Advertising Solutions and Interactive Operations. He also has served as Senior Vice President - Mobility Customer Service Centers, where he led a team of more than 30,000 employees. In addition, David has served as Senior Vice President of E-commerce, Direct Mail and Customer Information Services and has held significant positions in External Affairs, wireless operations, M&A and data operations.

David currently serves on the boards of Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc., AT LAST!, the Baylor Scott & White Dallas Foundation, the Dallas Citizens Council, and the National Urban League and Methodist Health System. In addition, he is a Trustee of the Southern Methodist University Board, a public trustee for Dallas Medical Resources, a Member at Large and on the Executive Committee of the Texas Business Hall of Fame, and a member of the Executive Leadership Council and the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA) Executive Steering Committee. He is also a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation.

David previously served on the executive committee of the United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast and the government relations committee of the Greater Houston Partnership. He also served as a board member of the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau and the 2004 Houston Super Bowl Host Committee, as well as on the board of trustees of the Texas Bar Foundation.

David holds a law degree from the Benjamin Cardozo School of Law in New York and a bachelor’s degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

Ali Ikram Chief Operating Officer for the Office of Ethics and Compliance

SAP

Ali Ikram is Chief Operating Officer for the Office of Ethics and Compliance at SAP. He is an accredited Chartered Accountant, Chartered Professional Account and Certified Internal Auditor with extensive program and project management experience. He currently manages a global team with focus on technological improvements and innovation, partner due diligence and transactional compliance checks, and ethical leadership.

Tim Johannessen Head of Sales

Compliance Solutions

Tim Johannessen is Head of Sales at Compliance Solutions. He has in-depth experience supporting companies in the implementation of compliance topics using IT-supported compliance solutions, with a special focus on Third Party Risk Management.

Compliance Solutions is a leading provider of digital legal & compliance solutions. It’s third party risk management solution is used by globally operating corporations, in public institutions and organizations as well as medium-sized companies worldwide. With the powerful MCS Compliance Platform, Compliance Solutions offers a selection of over 20 innovative IT systems that digitally map all relevant areas of corporate compliance.

Gary Kalman Executive Director

Transparency International U.S.

Gary Kalman is the Executive Director of Transparency International U.S. He oversees the organization’s U.S. operations focusing on illicit finance and the U.S. role in global anti-corruption efforts. He was a founding member the Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition, a nonpartisan alliance promoting policies to combat the harmful impacts of corrupt financial practices and served as Executive Director from 2016 to 2019. He was also a founder of Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition that, in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, led the successful campaign for the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill. Shortly after coming to Washington, he directed the federal legislative office for the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG). While at U.S. PIRG, he was a leading voice for congressional ethics and lobbying reform having sat on a bipartisan task force convened by the Speaker of the House. He is currently an Advisory Council member for the International Coalition Against Illicit Economies.  He has testified before Congress on numerous occasions on financial accountability and is a regular speaker and commentator on anti-corruption and transparency issues at conferences, events and in the media.

Ramsey Kazem Regional Compliance Officer — North America

Andritz (USA) Inc.

Ramsey Kazem is Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional and an accomplished attorney.  As Regional Compliance Officer – North America for Andritz, Ramsey has a broad range of responsibilities including preparing risk assessments, implementing program improvements, investigating claims of misconduct, and managing third-party risk.  His expertise includes designing, assessing, and implementing third-party risk management programs.   

Prior to his work in compliance, Ramsey was a practicing attorney in Atlanta, Georgia.  His legal practice focused on construction law, government contracts, and commercial litigation. During this time, he gained extensive experience assisting businesses with risk management, claims avoidance, and dispute resolution.  Ramsey attended law school and business school at Emory University, where he earned his J.D. and M.B.A. 

Holly K. Kulka EVP, Global Chief Compliance and Risk Officer

S&P Global Ratings

Holly Kulka is Global Chief Risk and Compliance Officer for S&P Global Ratings. Based in New York, she leads our globally integrated risk and compliance teams, including the criteria and model validation groups. Holly’s group works with senior leadership to ensure compliance with all relevant laws and regulations, as well as with internal policies and industry best practices. Holly and her team manage relationships with more than 20 regulators around the world, including the SEC, ESMA, FCA, HKSFC and the JFSA. She is a member of S&P Global Ratings’ Executive Committee. Holly is also Chairman of the Board of CRISIL Ratings.

Previously, Holly served as Executive Vice President, Deputy General Counsel for Intercontinental Exchange Inc., which acquired NYSE Euronext. As a member of the executive leadership team, she was responsible for regulatory strategy, litigation, investigations, antitrust, insurance, privacy and human resources legal matters. Before that, she was a partner at the law firm of Heller Ehrman LLP, representing and advising companies and individuals in state and federal commercial and regulatory investigations, corporate governance questions and litigations through trial. Earlier in her career, Holly was a federal prosecutor.

Holly holds a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School and a B.A. from Williams College. She is admitted to the bars in New York, New Jersey, California and Washington, D.C.

Paul Kurtz Director of Third-Party Risk Management

MerchantE

Paul Kurtz is the Director of Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) at MerchantE, an end-to-end payment platform leader that provides flexible, secure payment processing for in-person and online payment acceptance. With three decades of experience in financial services, Paul’s Third-Party Risk experience dates to 2012 when he was asked to help build the TPRM program at SunTrust Bank, now Truist. Paul has held first and second line of defense TPRM roles with banks and financial service providers serving clients and financial institutions worldwide. Additionally, Paul has experience in card issuing and merchant services in both the private and public sectors with prior responsibilities in both client and vendor relationship management, loss prevention, fraud investigation and program management, including oversite of the State of Georgia’s purchasing card program. Paul holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia, and he and his wife live in metro Atlanta and have a son at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte.  

Gwendolyn Lee Hassan JD, CCEP, Founder and Host

Hidden Traffic Podcast

With more than two decades of experience in compliance, Gwen’s practice areas include: compliance program design, structure and operation; corruption prevention; trade compliance; and supply chain integrity. She currently serves as Interim Chief Compliance Officer and provides compliance consulting work for multiple companies including a $28B retail pharmacy, a private equity held medical laboratory and pharmacy operator - Cordant Health Solutions, a new fintech startup, as well as multiple compliance consultancies and a training content provider. She previously served as Global Director of Compliance for CNH Industrial, the world’s third largest capital goods maker and second largest manufacturer of farming equipment where she lead the compliance program globally. Areas of specific experience include global compliance investigations, enterprise risk assessment and management, third party due diligence, cross border transactions, human trafficking prevention, ESG program design and operation, policy development and compliance education. Gwen is the founder and host of the “Hidden Traffic” podcast designed to keep corporate compliance professionals updated about new developments in human trafficking prevention and regulation. She also serves as an adjunct professor for the Loyola University School of Law where she teaches courses on ESG and corporate compliance law. She is a graduate of DePaul University School of Law and the University of Wisconsin - Madison. 

Bets Lillo Independent Director

River Logic

Bets Lillo is an Executive in Residence and Adjunct Professor for the Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University, teaching Global Supply Chain, Global Business Ethics, and Sustainable Business. She is a patent holder and advisor to technology companies in cyber, software and hardware sectors, serving on the board of directors for River Logic, and the advisory boards of Entara, Skylark Wireless and LOOMIA.   

A sought-after speaker on supply chain and the boardroom, her 2022 audiences included the National Association of Corporate Directors, the Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance, Women Corporate Directors, the Private Directors Association and the German Marshall Fund. Her civic leadership includes board service for the World Affairs Council of Dallas Ft. Worth and the International Women’s Forum.  

Ms. Lillo’s corporate executive career included finance, operations and technology leadership roles at IBM, AT&T, Abbott Laboratories and AbbVie. As the Vice President of Global Purchasing Systems, Operations and Compliance at AbbVie, she oversaw compliance and global operations for over one million transactions and $15B in spend across 100+ countries.  

Recent professional accolades include Chairman’s Awards for M&A at Abbott Laboratories and business transformation at AbbVie, and the Global Innovation Award from the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals.  

Anil Markose Chief Strategy Officer

Abacode Cybersecurity & Compliance 

Anil has over 20 years of experience as a strategic advisor to Fortune 250 clients and the US Government. Focused on helping CXO and Board of Directors address complex trust issues that arise during business led digital transformations. 

Anil is currently the Chief Strategy Officer of Abacode, responsible for setting the future product and services direction of the company. In this capacity, he spends time understanding customer and market needs to inform the company’s vision and overall growth strategy. He is a part of the Executive Management Team and directly interacts with investors and the Board of Directors. Prior to Abacode, Anil was at Amazon Web Services (AWS) – the world’s largest hyperscale cloud provider. At AWS, Anil was the Global Head of AWS Security Trust Programs. He led a global team to scale AWS’ capabilities globally in addressing security expectations in today’s digital supply chain from customers and regulators. Anil’s team was critical to increasing customer confidence with the cloud, and enabling innovation around regulated workloads. 

He started his career in the United States Air Force as a Communications Engineering Officer with multiple combat deployments supporting IT Operations and Information Security mission needs. After exiting the military, he has operated at the Senior Executive / Partner level at multiple global consulting firms, including EY, Mandiant, and Booz Allen Hamilton. Anil has built a track-record in helping companies drive accelerated growth through security solutions development and building high performing customer facing teams. His prior roles have been focused on transforming business functions through process standardization, metrics, and digital enablement to drive scale and improve customer experience. 

Anil has a BS in Computer Systems Engineering from Boston University and an MS in Management from Florida Institute of Technology.  He is also a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). In addition, Anil also volunteers as an Advisory Board Member at NYU and Le Moyne College. 

Kyle Martin Associate Vice President, Customer Success, IRM

NAVEX

Kyle has over a decade of leading risk and compliance professionals across multiple industries. With consulting and implementation experience, he works directly with customers and his teams to create the ideal customer experience. Kyle leverages his product management background to coach efficient Integrated Risk Management (IRM) use and adoption, while his project management and customer service background allows him to communicate goals through all levels of the customer organization. At NAVEX, Kyle interacts with all aspects of the Customer Success Organization, directly managing both the Customer Success and Professional Services teams. His cross-functional alignment with each department at NAVEX is critical to the success of his teams, and he takes on all challenges to improve Lockpath and the experience of the customers that use our IRM platform. 

Amy Mertz Brown Chief Compliance Officer

Gurstel Law Firm

Amy Mertz Brown has over 30 years of experience as a leader, lawyer, and compliance professional. Amy currently serves as Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) at Gurstel Law Firm, P.C., a creditors’ rights law firm headquartered in Golden Valley, Minnesota and practicing in nine states. Amy leads both the Firm’s regulatory compliance with federal and state law concerning creditors’ rights and consumer rights, as well compliance with operational requirements for the Firm such as business and attorney licensing. 

Prior to joining Gurstel in 2020, Amy was CCO at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), leading a team of compliance attorneys and professionals to oversee government ethics compliance for all SEC employees and managing several large dollar value IT projects. Amy developed and implemented the enterprise ethics and compliance program at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a financial services federal agency. She joined CFPB in 2010 in its start-up phase and over the course of eight years helped establish and build CFPB’s in-house legal department. Amy also has served in legal department management positions at the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).  

Amy is a national public speaker on compliance program and risk management, regulatory compliance, and creditor’s rights, for groups such as National Creditors Bar Association (NCBA), Receivables Management Association International (RMAI), Compliance Week, and Great Women in Compliance Podcast. Since October 2022, Amy has served on the NCBA Board of Directors and co-chairs NCBA’s Advocacy Committee. Amy also is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), and Chief, a private network of executive women. 

Amy is a graduate of Washington College of Law, The American University, in Washington, DC, and is licensed in California. She holds a Leadership Professional in Ethics and Compliance (LPEC) Certification from the Ethics and Compliance Initiative (ECI), and an individual Certified Receivables Compliance Professional (CRCP) certification from RMAI. 

Colleen Milazzo Senior Vice President, TPRM Software Products

Shared Assessments

Colleen is the Senior Vice President of Third-Party Risk Software Products at Shared Assessments, where she leads the TPRM software team in the development of the software products/tools for third party risk assurance.

Colleen has over 20 years of experience within the financial services industry and consulting. She has led programs associated with risk management, procurement/contract negotiation, mergers and acquisitions, and business process reengineering. She has regulatory and global experience executing portfolios to meet the corporate strategy.

Recently, Colleen managed the Third-Party Security Risk Assurance team for a bank where she reported to the CSO and ensured all due diligence, continuous monitoring, and privacy requirements were met for the third-party inventory. She also was the Chair for the BITS Third Party Risk Committee with representation from multiple firms addressing the best practices and increased regulatory focus on fourth parties. She also managed the Cyber Delivery Management team executing the projects including third parties.

William Nelson Associate General Counsel

Investment Adviser Association

William Nelson is an Associate General Counsel at the Investment Adviser Association (IAA), whose member firms manage more than $35 trillion in assets for a wide variety of individual and institutional clients. Prior to joining the IAA, William served as Chief Compliance Officer for Mercer Advisors, one of the largest independent SEC-registered investment advisers in the US, where he served as the subject matter expert on legal and regulatory compliance issues. William previously served as Assistant General Counsel and Public Policy Counsel for CFP Board and has held multiple roles as an attorney with both the U.S. Departments of Justice and Veterans Affairs. He has served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, teaching securities regulation, and George Washington University Law School and currently serves as Vice Chair for the DC Bar’s Corporation, Finance and Securities Law Community. He has been published in several scholarly law journals and his work has been cited in legal treatises and state and federal court decisions. William received his undergraduate degree from the University of Tulsa, his JD with Honors from the University of Tulsa College of Law, and his LLM from the George Washington University Law School.   

Kasey O'Day Managing Consultant

Tutela Solutions

Kasey has over 20 years of Governance, Risk, and Compliance experience. She has 10 years of experience owning risk management software and 20 years in the financial services industry. She is passionate about compliance, process simplification and is an expert at relationship management. Her strength is understanding how all of the risk processes come together for a GRC Program. With experience across multiple industry verticals, she assists businesses from the risk program development phase through the implementation of robust risk management technical solutions, inclusive of management, Board of Directors, and regulatory relations and reporting. 

Michael Pacella Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer   

Dentsply Sirona

Mike Pacella is a Vice President at Covetrus, where he serves as the Global Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer.  Based in Portland, Maine, Mike was hired to design, build and implement the Company’s global ethics and compliance program largely from scratch following Covetrus’ creation in February 2019.  He is established himself as a pragmatic and trusted partner to the business, regularly providing legal advice and compliance counsel on a variety of anti-bribery and anti-corruption, antitrust/anti-competition, data privacy, and trade compliance matters globally. In addition to his compliance responsibilities, Mike also leads Covetrus’ environmental, social, governance (ESG) and inclusion & diversity programs globally. 

Prior to joining Covetrus, Mike spent seven years with a multinational medical device manufacturer—four years in Washington, D.C., leading the global compliance operations and investigations functions and serving as the company’s global anti-corruption counsel, and three years on secondment in Singapore serving as regional Legal & Compliance Director for the Asia Pacific region.   

Mike started his legal career handling numerous white-collar crime and anti-corruption compliance matters, including conducting hundreds of internal investigations for Fortune 100 clients around the world, at three different international law firms.  Mike is a graduate of Georgetown University and William & Mary Law School. 

Chris Paterson Director of Strategy, Third-Party Risk Management

OneTrust

Chris Paterson serves as Director of Strategy, Third-Party Risk Management at OneTrust, the Trust Intelligence Platform, unlocking every company’s value and potential to thrive by doing what’s good for people and the planet. OneTrust connects privacy, GRC, ethics, and ESG teams, data, and processes, so all companies can collaborate seamlessly and put trust at the center of their operations and culture. In his role, Chris supports the OneTrust GRC & Security Assurance Cloud where he advises companies on how to reduce third party risks and build mutual trust between the business and its vendors. Chris is a Certified Information Privacy Professional and holds CIPP/E, CIPM certifications from the IAPP. 

Peter Pernebo Managing Director, Global Head of Third-Party Risk Management Solutions, KY3P®

S&P Global Market Intelligence

Peter Pernebo is the Global Head of Third Party Risk Solutions for KY3P, S&P Global Market Intelligence, where he is leading the commercial, strategy and client delivery of third-party risk management solutions. KY3P is designed in close cooperation with large financial institutions to provide efficiencies and standardization to the third-party due diligence process.

Before joining S&P Global, Peter spent eight years leading various engagements within Goldman Sachs third party risk management office, establishing vendor management policies, procedures and infrastructure to support the firm’s program.

Prior, he was recruited to head the US NE region for Totality, a silicon valley technology upstart providing operational support for major ecommerce clients. His responsibilities included sales, client service delivery and consulting. As part of the executive leadership team, Peter was responsible for product and growth strategies. Totality was acquired by Verizon Business and he led the integration of Totality services.

Before joining Totality, Peter was a senior Director at Accenture, leading global supply chain projects for clients in the US, Canada, Japan, UK, Sweden and many other locations.

Peter holds a BSc in Business and Strategy from Lund University as well as minors in History and Sociology. He is also ITIL certified.

Jessica Sanderson Partner

The Volkov Law Group

Jessica Sanderson, Partner at The Volkov Law Group, provides litigation, investigation, and legal and compliance advisory services to clients primarily in the areas of anticorruption, trade sanctions, export controls, and white collar crimes. Ms Sanderson has more than 25 years’ experience in private practice, as a litigator and as a leader on ethics and compliance monitorships. Ms. Sanderson has extensive experience working with clients and as in-house counsel in the evaluation, design, and implementation of effective ethics and compliance programs.  Among other things, Ms. Sanderson regularly designs third-party due diligence policies and procedures, and she has conducted third-party compliance audits in several high risk countries. Before joining the Volkov Law Group in 2019, Ms. Sanderson spent five years as in-house counsel at Innospec Inc. (NASDQ: IOSP) a publicly traded, global specialty chemicals company under an FCPA and UKBA monitorship.  Among other things, at the Monitor’s insistence, Ms. Sanderson spearheaded a project to classify hundreds of products (chemicals) under U.S. and EU export control laws, and to substantially revise the Company’s compliance policies and program.  Before that, Ms. Sanderson was a litigator at Gibson Dunn, where she represented clients in complex white collar and securities fraud investigations and litigation and served on FCPA compliance monitorships. 

Debra L. von Storch EY Partner- retired

Board of Directors

Debra is a senior executive with 4 decades of experience guiding companies through their growth journey – from early stage to rapid growth, to market leadership.  She has in-depth knowledge of the business issues faced by high-growth companies, having served companies from start up to global Fortune 500 enterprises.   

Seated in the board room of both public and private companies, Debra has experience as Chair of the Audit Committee, and Chair of the Compensation Committee of NASDAQ listed companies.  She is qualified to serve as a Financial Expert under SEC and NYSE/NASDAQ listing rules.  Currently, Debra serves on the Board of Directors for Canoo, Inc.  (NASDAQ:  GOEV) and Vari/VARIDESK.  She Chairs the Women’s President Organization Zenith Chapter comprised of 21 dynamic CEOs from 5 countries.  Debra also serves on the Board for the North Texas Chapter of NACD, and United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Foundation.   

Debra is a graduate of the University of North Texas and she is a Certified Public Accountant.  Debra completed the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management Executive Program and the Harvard Business School Strategic Leadership Program through EY. 

Jeff Williams Director, Import/Export Compliance

Southwire Company, LLC

Jeff is responsible for trade compliance and third-party diligence and compliance risk management for Southwire Company.  Jeff has a broad range of responsibilities including trade administration and compliance with U.S. import and export regulations for the company, broker management, free trade agreements within the scope of company business, as well accurate material classification and documentation.  With regard to third-party risk, Jeff manages Southwire’s screening policy for compliance risk including sanction cooperation and derogatory media analysis to ensure no reputational harm comes to the company.  Jeff has written and published the Southwire Supplier Code of Conduct as well as the company’s Third-Party Compliance Risk Screening policy, UFLPA/Forced Labor guidelines, and other regulatory guidelines.

Prior to joining the Southwire Legal department, Jeff managed the Transportation and Logistics group for Southwire adding to an excellent career in both domestic and international logistics in other industries. His degree work included Shorter University (Rome) and The University of Georgia (Athens) as well as multiple certificates for inventory management, security, international trade, and compliance.

Adam Wyrick Enterprise Sales Director

Venminder

A native to North Carolina, Adam has 6 years’ experience consulting and advising risk, security, and compliance teams in the development and optimization of their third-party risk management (TPRM) programs. Adam is particularly experienced in cybersecurity / risk data implementation, workflow optimization through automation, and migration from excel/email/folders. When not at a computer, Adam can be found in the yard or woods with his girlfriend, their two kids, dog, and something motorized.