Select Recent M&A Conference Speaking Faculty
Aaron Friedman
Vice President, M&A
Walgreens Boots Alliance
Connie Chen
Head of M&A Legal
Broadcom
Adam Fliss
General Counsel
TPG Capital
Auria Styles
Associate Director M&A
Intel Corporation
Albert Lee
Corporate Development Director
Alicia Rosenbaum
Associate General Counsel
Salesforce
Ana Dutra
Board Director
CME Group, First Internet Bank, Elkay Manufacturing
Stephen Lam
General Counsel
SoftBank Group International
Kellie Kemp
Senior Counsel, Competition & Litigation
Uber
Alan Konevsky
Chief Legal Officer
tZERO
Jelena Guzenko
Head of M&A Americas
Siemens Energy
Anthony Milinowicz
Senior Director, Acquisitions & Divestitures
Johnson & Johnson
Arindam Guha
Corporate Development, M&A, Investments and Strategy
IBM
Ashley Rice
Director, M&A HR
Cisco Systems
Asim Bhatia
Senior M&A Leader
DuPont
Atul Tiwary
Vice President Corporate Development
Barracuda Networks
Andrey Galiuk
VP - Corporate Development and Investor Relations
Dover Corporation
Barnaby Gibson
Senior Director, Legal - Mergers & Acquisitions
ServiceNow
Bashar Nejdawi
Chief Strategy Officer, Head of M&A
CS Wireless
Oscar Ledezma
Global Corporate Development - M&A
The Clorox Company
Bob Zapata
General Counsel, Corporate Development
TIAA
Cassie Chong
SVP, Associate General Counsel, Transactions
Bristol Myers Squibb
Branko Svec
Head of Global M&A
American Express
Brett Shawn
SVP - Assistant General Counsel
Warburg Pincus
Brian Crannell
SVP, Corporate Development
Knowles Corporation
Chandradev Mehta
Director M&A
Lyondell Basell
Brian Hanigan
Chief Counsel, Securities and M&A
Colfax Corporation
Cara Babbiani
Senior Director, Corporate Development
Hewlett Packard Enterprises
Casey Nault
General Counsel
Coeur Mining
Brad Marzullo
VP and Group General Counsel
Davita Venture Group
Chad Klutts
Director - M&A Integration
Walmart
Brian Davison
SVP, Corporate Strategy
Conagra
Christie Corbett
Managing Director Transactions
FTI Consulting
Chris Ries
Director & Associate General Counsel - Competition Law
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Christian McGrath
General Counsel
GTCR
Chris Hecht
Head of Corporate Development
Atlassian
Christie Stahlke
Director & Senior Counsel for Antitrust
Raytheon Technologies
Christina Ungaro
Head of Global Corporate Development
JLL
Chuck Webb
Lead Antitrust Counsel
FedEx
Claudia Gast
Chief Strategy Officer & Head of M&A
AM General
Abdou Gueye
Senior Director, M&A HR
Zebra Technologies
Corbin Walburger
Vice President Corporate Development
Stanley Black & Decker
Danielle Clark
Global Antitrust Counsel
HP Inc.
Dan Connolly
Managing Director and Co-Head of Global M&A
William Blair
Dan Menge
Director, Head of M&A Integration
Xilinx
Dan Vaughn
Senior Director - Associate General Counsel - M&A and PayPal Ventures
PayPal
Marilyn O'Hara
Global M&A integration Lead
Block
Craig Payne
Managing Director
Blackrock Private Equity
Dawn Bartholomew
Head of Corporate Development
L.E.K. Consulting
David Breach
Chief Legal Officer
Vista Equity Partners
David Emanuelson
Global Antitrust Counsel
Intel Corporation
David Le
VP, Corporate Development & Strategy
Lyft
Darin Bassin
EVP General Counsel and Corporate Development
ViacomCBS
Dawn White
Senior Manager Optimization & Change Management
Corning
Andrew Gratz
Associate General Counsel, Strategic Transactions
LyondellBasell
Derek Vander Heide
Executive Counsel, Mergers & Acquisitions
GE Healthcare
Desiree Castillejos
VP Corporate Development and M&A
Kimball Electronics
Devin Schaffer
VP Corporate M&A Legal
Cardinal Health
Didier Vandenbroeck
Director of M&A Security
Salesforce
Dana Hughes
Partner and Associate Director, Transactions and Integration
Boston Consulting Group
Diwakar Rao
VP of Corporate Development & Strategy
Zynga
Doug Barnard
SVP General Counsel
CF Industries
Doug Jackson
Co-Managing Director, Co-Head of US M&A
Greenhill & Co
Doug Ujdur
Chief Counsel, M&A
Mondelez International
Elizabeth Cheever
VP - Corporate Development
Vontier
Dustin Inithar
Corporate Development Strategy and M&A
Lubrizol
Eileen Kamerick
Board Director
Associated Banc-Corp, Legg Mason, AIG Funds, Hochschild Mining
Elik Folks
SVP Corporate Development
Rockwell Automation
Felipe Heiderich
Senior Counsel
Moderna
Eric Talley
Professor
Columbia Law School
Eric Warren
Partner, M&A Advisory Services
Mercer
Dina Kallay
Head of Antitrust
Ericsson
Frank Jaehnert
Board Director
Itron, Nordson, National Material, Briggs & Stratton
Gina Sandon
Director Global M&A Synergy
IBM
Georg-Michael Siedlaczek
VP Global Post Merger Integration
Bayer
Gil Ohana
Senior Director, Antitrust and Competition
Cisco Systems
Hugo Dubovoy
Chief Corporate Counsel
WW Grainger
Greg McCurdy
Director - Litigation and Global Competition Law
Uber
Hans Grong
Senior Counsel, M&A
3M
Hiran Thacker
M&A Integration
Salesforce
Hugh Boston
SVP Corporate Development
Interpublic Group of Companies
Jen Maki
Managing Director Transactions
FTI Consulting
Inchan Hwang
Director & Assistant General Counsel M&A
3M
J. Neely
Managing Director and Global Leader M&A Practice
Accenture
Jaakko Sulander
Head of M&A Legal
Nokia
James Harris
Principal Corporate Development Integration
James Wallace
Associate General Counsel M&A
Raytheon Technologies
Jamilla Ferris
Partner Antitrust
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Jann Lau
Corporate Development - Senior Deal Lead
Block
Jared Sine
Chief Legal Officer
Match Group
Jeff White
Managing Director
Skyview Capital
Jeffrey Sherry
Senior Director, Strategy
Lowe's Companies
Deidre McEvoy-Cappock
Principal US Antitrust
Siemens
Eric Weiss
Managing Director, Mergers & Acquisitions
Accenture
Jennafer Watson
Managing Counsel
Occidental Petroleum
Jenny Schwab
Antitrust & Global Competition Counsel
United Airlines
Jeremy Segal
SVP Corporate Development
Progress
Jerry Will
SVP Corporate Development
3M
Jim Buckley
VP M&A Integration
VMWare
Jim Terpstra
VP Corporate Development
Cameo
Johanna Tseng
Corporate Development M&A Integration
Coinbase
John O'Brien
VP of Corporate Development
Brooks Automation
Linday Seefeldt
Director of Corporate Development Integration
Meta
Lindsey Wilson
Corporate Counsel, Antitrust
Masco Corporation
Lisa Hageman
General Counsel
Diageo North America
Kathie Buono
General Counsel
Briggs & Stratton
Marc Teillon
Senior Managing Director
Vista Equity Partners
Margot Miller
Head of Legal for Growth
Anehuser-Busch InBev
Jonas Marson
VP - M&A Legal and Associate General Counsel
Salesforce
Jonathan Duckles
Partner, Senior Legal Counsel
Softbank
Joseph Tedeschi
Head of M&A Legal
Citigroup
Katie Nicoletti
Senior Director, Mergers & Acquisitions
Qualcomm
Justin Smith
Director, Corporate Development, Integration
Lisa Marchese
Head of Corporate Development
American Express
Rory O'Halloran
M&A Partner
Shearman & Sterling
Kevin Freeman
Chief Counsel Securities & Transactions
Tenneco
Leigh Avsec
VP & Associate General Counsel
Fortune Brands
Kevin Jacques
Global Head
Visa Ventures
Khozema Shipchandler
Chief Financial Officer
GE Digital
Kimberly Baird
Corporate Development Integration Lead
Cisco Systems
Ken Bond
Head of Corporate Development
Cetera Financial
Gundeep Kaur
Senior Director, Corporate Development and Acquisition Strategy
Salesforce
Stacy Grant
Vice President & General Counsel, M&A and Ventures
Honeywell
John Mazzuca
Executive Director
J.P. Morgan
Robert Miklautsch
Director, Senior Legal Counsel, M&A and Venture Capital
Bosch Group
Greg Psihas
Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Development & Ventures
Visa
Kiran Adabala
Senior Manager Acquisition Integration
Cisco Systems
Kurt Roth
SVP, Corporate Development & Strategy
Sotera Health
Lara Mouritsen
Director & Senior Corporate Counsel, Ventures
Salesforce
Kevin Hutchins
SVP Strategy and Corporate Development
Juniper Networks
Leo Flynn
VP, Strategy & Corporate Development
CDW
Linda Sharaby
Managing Director, General Counsel
Neuberger Berman
Maria Green
Board Director
Littelfuse; WEC Energy Group
Marie Quintero-Johnson
Director, Global M&A
The Coca-Cola Company
Marilyn Adan
Senior Director - M&A Integration
Citrix
Duane Nelles
SVP Corporate Development
Qualcomm
Maritza Gibbons
VP, M&A and Financial Strategy
Brunswick Corporation
Mark Legaspi
Director, Legal - Corporate
Massimo Malizia
Director Corporate Development Integration
Cisco Systems
Meaghan O'Grady
Director, Private Equity
Palladium Equity Partners
Melissa Scanlan
Vice President, Antitrust
T-Mobile
Michael DeVita
M&A Transformation
Salesforce
Michael Guo
Deputy General Counsel
TPG Capital
Michael Hartman
SVP - Assistant General Counsel
AT&T
Michael Jones
Senior Managing Director, Corporate Development
GE
Michael Kelchen
Director - M&A and Tax Planning
Keysight Technologies
Michael Wolf
VP - Deputy General Counsel
Baxter International
Michele Welsh
VP, Assistant General Counsel
Carlisle Companies
Miles Delaney
EVP - Corporate Development & Strategy
Lionsgate
Mohit Singh
SVP Business Development and Exploration
BP
Morgan Frontczak
Senior Antitrust Counsel
Shell Oil
Naomi O'Brien
Senior Director, Integration and M&A
Honeywell
Nichelle Maynard-Elliott
Board Director
Xerox Corporation, Lucid Motors, Element Solutions, and The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II
Nicolas Moiseeff
Global Head of Corporate M&A
Bunge
Nicole Kelsey
General Counsel and Secretary
Amyris
Perry Ballard
Managing Director
Flexpoint Ford
Oliver Vivell
VP - Corporate Development
SAP
Bob Horack
Managing Director
Lincoln International
Pat Belotti
Vice President of Corporate Development Integration
Zendesk
Patrick Bombach
Associate General Counsel - Corporate Legal Group
Intel Corporation
Noni Ellison
General Counsel - Chief Compliance Officer
Carestream Dental
Peter Anderson
Senior M&A Counsel
IBM
Philip Whitchelo
Fellow, M&A Research Centre
City, University of London
Rachael Dugan
Chief Strategy and M&A Counsel
Marsh & McLennan
Rachel Masory
Managing Director and Deputy General Counsel
Golden Gate Capital
Ray Veldman
SVP and General Counsel
Leidos
Renee Scherrer
Senior Director - Acquisition Integration
Cisco Systems
Rob Friedman
Senior Counsel - Antitrust
ExxonMobil Corporation
Richard Buchband
Chief Legal Officer, SVP, General Counsel and Secretary
ManpowerGroup
Richard Davies
Global Chief Compliance Officer
Avon
Rhonda Rein
Director - Corporate Development
Thomson Reuters
Rob Hogan
Managing Director
Shorehill Capital
Roberta Chen
Group Manager
Intuit
Robyn Lahlein
M&A HR Lead
Walmart
Rocky Daehler
Director, Corporate Development
Motorola Solutions
Roger Spitz
Managing Director
BNP Paribas
Rohit Dave
Head of Corporate Development
Block
Ron Williams
Head of Corporate Development
Masonite International
Rupa Mehta
VP - Corporate Development
Groupon
Sam Rexon
Manager, M&A Tax
Amazon
Sanil Padiyedathu
Counsel - M&A and Strategic Transactions
Verizon
Sanjay Kacholiya
VP - Corporate Development & Strategic Investments
Citrix
Sarah Arendsen
Senior Director Corporate Development
Kellogg Company
Sarah Hughes
Head of M&A
Atlassian
Sarah Salomon
Principal, M&A and Human Capital Consultant
Mercer
Saswat Bohidar
Associate General Counsel - M&A and Ventures
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Scott Callard
VP, Corporate Development
American Express
Andrew Owen
Director of M&A and Integration
Autodesk
Sarah Salomon
Principal, M&A and Human Capital Consultant
Mercer
Saswat Bohidar
Associate General Counsel - M&A and Ventures
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Sean Kim
 Group Lead, Corporate Development - M&A Execution
American Express
Sergio Letelier
Deputy General Counsel, Corporate, Securities and M&A
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Shahzia Rahman
Head of Corporate Legal
Square
Siran Tanielyan
SVP Corporate Development
Paramount
Sonalee Parekh
SVP - Corporate Development and Investor Relations
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Soumya Dutta Roy
VP, Global Integration - M&A Integration and Carve-Out/Divestiture Planning and Execution
Baxter International
Stacey Doynow
Director - Deputy General Counsel
Intuit
Stacy Frazier
Executive Counsel - Competition Law and Policy
General Electric
Stephen Diamond
Assistant General Counsel, M&A
Pfizer
Stephen G. Morrissette, Ph.D,
Adjunct Associate Professor of Strategic Management
University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Steve Reeder
Lead Antitrust Counsel
TikTok
Gaurav Sud
Partner & Co-Practice Leader, Transaction Liability
Lockton
Susan Meisel
Corporate Deputy General Counsel
Sony Music Entertainment
Tiffany Wu
M&A HR Due Diligence & Integration Planning
Tim McBride
Director - M&A Strategy and Integration
Todd Manley
Senior Director - M&A Integration
Marvell Semiconductor
Todd Manning
Vice President - Corporate Development / M&A
American Express
Val Rupp
HR Transformation and M&A Strategy
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Vanessa McKenzie
Group Leader, Legal - M&A
Emerson Electric
Vishal Dave
Counsel Lead, M&A and Antitrust
Block
Venkat Paruchuri
Senior Director, Corporate Development
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Vishal Bhagwati
Head of Corporate Development
NVIDIA
William Strauss
Senior Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Yvonne Gyimah
Senior Managing Director Corporate Finance
FTI Consulting
Brian Leung
Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel
Vox Media
Chris Fisher
Global Head of M&A and Ventures
Xerox
Mike Powell
Deputy General Counsel, M&A
Fifth Third Bank
Anthony Cardona
Private Equity Principal
Pritzker Private Capital
Nadine Thornton
Vice President and Counsel
Stone Point Capital
Steven Davidoff Solomon
Faculty Co-Director
Berkeley Center for Law and Business
Pat Maloney
General Counsel
Morningstar
Jonathan Zhou
Corporate and M&A Partner
Freshfields
Scott D'Angelo
General Counsel
CTS Corporation
Graeme Hunter
Antitrust, Merger Review, Cartel Litigation
NERA Economic Consulting
Beau Buffier
Partner, Antitrust and Competition
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Daljeet Saran
Senior Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development
Moody's
Paul Kibbe
Partner, M&A Leader and Business Transformation Lead
Mercer
Zarifa Reynolds
Head of Strategic Growth Markets
Guardian Life
Francesca Campbell
Vice President, Chief M&A Counsel
Carrier
Ian Nussbaum
M&A Partner
Cooley
Chris Evans
Head of Corporate Development Integration
Amazon
Hemant Hebbar
Vice President, Global M&A and Integration
Hewlett Packard Enterprise