CII Spring Conference 2019 | The Council of Institutional Investors | 4 March 2019 | Mandarin Oriental Hotel, 1330 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20024, USA

CII holds two conferences a year for current members. Our conferences offer unprecedented opportunities to interact, share best practices and learn from representatives from major institutional investors, regulators, legislators and other corporate governance professionals. These events bring together CII members from across the globe.

2019 Speakers

Jerry Albright
Chief Investment Officer, Teacher Retirement System of Texas

Donna Anderson
Vice President and Head of Corporate Governance, T. Rowe Price

James Andrus
Investment Officer, California Public Employees' Retirement System

Jeff Bailey
Former Senior Director, Benefits, Target Corporation

Ken Bertsch
Executive Director, Council of Institutional Investors

Michael Beschloss
Presidential Historian and Bestselling Author

Amy Borrus
Deputy Director, Council of Institutional investors

Tom Byrne
Managing Director, Head of Equity Portfolio Management, Byrne Asset Management

Andrew Cave
Head of Governance & Sustainability, Baillie Gifford

Bob Dannhauser
Head, Global Private Wealth Management, CFA Institute

Yves Denizé
Senior Managing Director and Division General Counsel, Nuveen

Rick Fleming
Investor Advocate, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Peggy Foran
Chief Governance Officer, Senior vice President and Corporate Secretary, Prudential Financial

Jeff Gramm
Co-Founder and Portfolio Manager, Bandera Partners

John Griswold
Senior Consultant, Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges

Sandra Guerra
Board Member, Copel S.A., Vix Logística S.A. and Global Reporting Initiative

Karina Litvack
Board Member, Eni S.p.A. and Business for Social Responsibility

Jon Lukomnik
Managing Partner, Sinclair Capital

Jeff Mahoney
General Counsel, Council of Institutional Investors

Aeisha Mastagni
Portfolio Manager, CalSTRS

Hiro Mizuno
Executive Managing Director and CIO, Government Pension Investment Fund of Japan

Simiso Nzima
Investment Director-Global Equity, Head of Corporate Governance, California Public Employees' Retirement System

Hester Peirce
Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Don Pontes, Jr.
Investment Director, California Public Employees Retirement System

Christine Poon
Chair of the Compensation Committee, Regeneration Pharmaceuticals

Tobias Read
Oregon State Treasurer, Oregon State Treasury

TerriJo Saarela
Corporate Governance Director, State of Wisconsin Investment Board

Bonnie Saynay
Global Head of Responsible Investment, Invesco

Kurt Schacht
Managing Director, CFA Institute

John Schwall
Chief Operating Officer, IEX Group

Anne Sheehan
Chair, SEC Investor Advisory Committee

Brendan Sheehan
Vice President-Senior Analyst, ESG, Moody's Investors Service

Mark Smith
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Symbiont

Margriet Stavast-Groothuis
Senior Advisor, Responsible Investment, PGGM Investments

Tracy Stewart
Senior Corporate Governance Analyst, Florida State Board of Administration

Nandini Sukumar
Chief Executive Officer, The World Federation of Exchanges

Gabrielle Sulzberger
Board Member, Mastercard and Acorns

John Trentacoste
Partner and Chief Operating Officer, Farient Advisors

Susannah Vickers
Trustee, New York City Comptroller's Office

Glenn Welling
Chief Investment Officer, Engaged Capital

Ash Williams
CII Board Chair and Executive Director & CIO, Florida SBA

Sarah Williamson
Chief Executive Officer, FCLTGlobal

Timothy Youmans
Director, Hermes EOS

2019 Sponsors

PLATINUM:
• Center for Aduit Quality
• EY
• Iex
• Innisfree

GOLD:
• ISS
• MSCI
• Parametric
• World Gold Council

SILVER:
• FTSE Russell
• Robbins Geller Rudman & Down