GAIM Ops 2021 - West | Informa Connect | 5 December 2021 | Monarch Beach Resort, 1 Monarch Beach Resort N, Dana Point, CA 92629, USA

GAIM Ops West brings together 300+ leading COOs, CFOs, CCOs, GCs, Head of ODD and more to discuss trends, challenges, share experience and expertise. Creating a sustainable and successful alternatives industry.

Meet operations and compliance leaders from hedge funds, private equity, venture capital and multi-strategy/hybrid funds, as well as the largest community of heads of ODD and operations from US and international institutional investors.

2021 Speakers

Soon Yu
Best-Selling Author, Iconic Advantage, former Global Vice President of Design, VF Corporation

Dabney O’Riordan
Co-Chief of the Asset Management Unit, Division of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Joshua Barlow
Managing Director, Valhalla Fiduciary, LLC

Michael Barry
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Samlyn Capital

Romulad Beneche
Director, AIMA

Mathilde Beniflah
Director, Beyond Capital Ventures

Justin Benshoof
Managing Director, Caltius Equity Partners

Peter Bergren
Empyrean Capital Partners, LP

Unmesh Bhide
Managing Director, J.P. Morgan and Co-Founder of PricingDirect

Barbara Bickham
Founder & Managing Director, Trailyn VC

Larry Block
MD, CCO, Island Capital Group LLC

Jeffrey Blockinger
Chief Legal Officer, CrossTower

Michelle Bond
CEO, Association for Digital Asset Markets (ADAM)

David Bradley
Chief Operating Officer & CCO, Hawk Ridge Capital Management

Jeremy Broker
Director, Private Equity, Moss Adams

JonMarc Buffa
Assistant Chief, Office of Cooperative Enforcement, .S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Noramay Cadena
Managing Partner, Supply Change Capital

John Canorro
Partner and Director of ODD, Pathstone

Joe Cassano
Partner, Financial Services, Withum

Jimmy Castro
Director of Investment Transactions & Operations, Regents of the University of California

Claire Chang
Founder and Managing Director, Ignite XL Ventures

Luke Cherrington
Founder & GP, Latitude Ventures

Greg Ciaverelli
Partner & Chief Operating Officer, PA Capital

David Claypoole
Founder & President, Claypoole Executive Search

Mitchell Clayton
Director, The Rohatyn Group

Adam Cohen
Managing Director, Head of ODD, Agility

Rory Cohen
General Counsel, Varadero Capital, L.P.

Brian Collet
Co-Founder, Tenkara Capital

Brynn Coursey Heegan
Managing Director, Operational Due Diligence, Lyxor Asset Management Inc.

Mei-Li da Silva Vint
Chief Compliance Officer, Brevet Capital

William de Cordova
Editor-in-Chief, The Hedge Fund Law Report

Katelyn Donnelly
Founder and General Partner, Avalanche VC

Helaine Dryden
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Episteme Capital

Gerry Esposito
Managing Director, CFO & CCO, Newbury Partners

Joseph Farias-Eisner
Co-Founder, Tenkara Capital

Samantha Fasone
Human Resources Manager, Marshall Wace North America L.P.

Carlos Ferreira
Founder, Capital Governance Partners

Richard Foelber
Chief, Office of Cooperative Enforcement, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Nicole Ford
Operational Due Diligence Consultant, RVK Capital,

David Geffen
President, Geffen Advisors

Maneesh Goyal
Chief Operating Officer, Mayo Clinic Platform, Mayo Clinic

Lorelei Graye
President, ADS Initiative, Inc.

Brian Guzman
Founder & Partner, Guzman Advisory Partners, LLP

Chris Hayes
Senior Policy Counsel, Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA)

Robert Herin
Chief Information Officer, Canyon Partners LLC

Ted Hill
Partner and Chief Operating Officer, B Capital Group

Stella Ho
Managing Director, Chief Compliance Officer & Head of Business Operations, LightBay Capital

Eliot Hodges
CEO, Anduin

Abbey Holm
Director, Private Markets, SS&C

Justin Holm
Director of Operational Due Diligence, UTIMCO

Minnie Ingersoll
Partner, TenOneTen Ventures

Jacqueline Johnson
Head of Fund Administration Sales, Juniper Square

Matt Jones
CCO and Director of Finance, K1

Brendan Kalb
General Counsel, ExodusPoint Capital Management LP

Courtney Kent
Managing Director, Admired Leadership

Mayor Farrah N. Khan
Mayor, City of Irvine

Sylvia Kim
General Partner, CerraCap Cares

Edward Klees
Partner, Hirschler

Eric Lazear
Chief Operating Officer, Adit Ventures, LLC

Justine Leung
Deputy CCO & General Counsel, Hawk Ridge Capital Management

Courtney Lewis
Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel, Marshall Wace North America, LP.

Emily Locher
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Summit Rock Advisors

Nick Lotysz
Director of Operational Due Diligence, First Trust Capital Solutions

Irina Ludkovski
Partner, ODD, Albourne Partners

Christopher Lutton
Co-Founder & CEO, HonTe Advisors, LLC

Sean Madnani
Founder & CEO, Twist Capital

Yogesh Malhotra
Founder & CEO, Global Risk Management Network

Chris Mattke
Senior Director, Operations and Administration, UNC Management Company

Benjamin Melnicki
Chief Compliance Officer, Robinhood

Giselle Melo
Founder and General Partner, Matr Ventures

Chris Mendez
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Commonwealth Asset Management LP

Andrew Mittendorf
CEO, Edendale Capital

Chris Montclare
CFO, Fisher Lynch

Dan Morad
Managing Partner, Terpsi Capital

Benjamin Murray
Chief Operating Officer, Cypress Creek Partners

Shila Nieves Burney
Founder and Managing Partner, Zane Venture Fund

Ginger Norman
Deputy General Counsel, Canyon Partners LLC

Michael O'Neill
Assistant Chief, Fraud Section, Criminal Division

United States Department of Justice
Jennifer Pearson, Head of Human Resources and Employment Counsel

Deerfield Management
Frank Perez, Makena Capital Management

Adam Pierce
Co-founder, Tenkara Capital

David Poulten
Partner, Inceptiv

Mark Robertson
GC/CCO, Eagle Capital Management, LLC

Suzan Rose
Senior Adviser, Government and Regulatory Affairs, AIMA

Craig Rudin
Managing Partner, Terpsi Capital

Gayatri Sarkar
Founder and General Partner, She-VC and Advaita Capital

Andrew Sczygielski
Supervisory Special Agent, Virtual Currency and Evolving Threats Team, FBI

Luke Sedler
Director, BlackRock

Matthew Siano
Managing Director, General Counsel, Two Sigma

Julie Siegel
MD, Chief Administrative Officer, and Deputy Chief Legal Officer, Sculptor Capital Management

Alixandra Smith
Chief of Business and Securities Fraud, U.S. Department of Justice

Daniel Strachman
Co-Founder, IMDDA

Saurabh Suri
Managing Partner, CerraCap Ventures

Ryan Teal
Partner, Head of ODD Americas, Albourne Partners

Serge Todorovich
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Shenkman Capital Management, Inc

David Warsoff
Executive Director, J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management

Heath Weisberg
General Counsel, CAM Capital

Per Welinder
General Partner, Welinder Shi Capital

Gale Wilkinson
Founder & Managing Partner, Vitalize

Dawn Wilson
Investment Operations Director, Group Health Foundation

2021 Sponsors and Partners

SILVER SPONSORS
• Anduin Transactions
• Citco
• Diligence Vault
• Intelligo
• Juniper Square
• Withum
• OpEff Technologies
• SS&C

BRONZE SPONSORS
• BNY Mellon | Pershing
• Hirschler
• Intertrust
• MSCI
• Portfolio BI
• SEI
• US Bank

DATA PARTNER
• Preqin

ASSOCIATION AND MEDIA PARTNERS
• AIMA
• Albourne Village
• CAASA
• CIO Review
• Hedge Fund Alert
• ILPA
• IMDDA
• NAFAA
• NY AIR
• PFA Solutions