MFA West 2023 | Managed Funds Association | 6 March 2023 | Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles At Beverly Hills, 300 Doheny Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA

This event delivers unparalleled, peer-to-peer exchanges for fund managers, allocators and institutional investors to evaluate operational, compliance and operational due diligence frameworks. This is THE event where the industry establishes consensus on the ever-changing foundations of: ODD, regulation, operations, compliance, leadership and communications. Industry leaders reveal best practices and lessons learned and active regulators share current areas of focus and what is next on their agenda.

The conference is designed to deliver an open dialogue among all presenters and participants including the following executive titles:
• Chief Operating Officer
• Chief Risk Officer
• General Counsel
• Chief Compliance Officer
• Head of Operational Due Diligence
• Chief Financial Officer
• Head of Human Resources

2023 Speakers

Peter Altman
Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Michael A. Asaro
Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Michael B. Barry
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Samlyn Capital, LLC

Darcy Bradbury
Managing Director and Head of Public Policy, The D.E. Shaw Group

Daphne Chester
President, Ward Ferry Management

Andrew Collins
Director of ESG Investing, San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System (SFERS)

Sarah Curran
Director of Enterprise Risk and CCO, Private Investments, Wellington Management Company

Christopher B. Davis
Managing Director & Deputy General Counsel, Tudor Investment Corporation

Reggie Dodge
Chief Compliance Officer & General Counsel, Emso Asset Management

Saul Farber
Director, Prime Brokerage Sales and Origination, Citi

Michael Fisch
Senior Counsel, Farallon Capital Management

James Gange
Managing Director, Chief Compliance Officer and Legal Counsel, Davidson Kempner Capital Management

Isaac Haas
General Counsel, HBK Capital Management

Chris Hedberg
Chief Operating Officer, AB CarVal

Ryan Hinson
Regulatory Counsel, Division of Examinations, LARO & Co-Coordinator of Private Funds Specialized Working Group, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Edmund Hodgeon
Valuation Partner, PwC

David Hohmann
Director of Operations and Risk, Tufts University Endowment

Justin Holm
Director of Operational Due Diligence, UTIMCO

Jamie Houghtlin
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Whale Rock Capital Management LLC

Sandra Hurse
Chief Human Resources Officer, GCM Grosvenor

Brendan R. Kalb
Global General Counsel, ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP

Mary Kelley
Chief Operating Officer, MPowered Capital, LLC

Michelle Kelner
Senior Partner, Sandglass Capital Advisors, LLC

Tyler Kirk
General Counsel, Alfred I. duPont Charitable Trust

Mioara Larson
Director of Operations, UCLA Investment Company

Christine Lombardo
Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Veena Malpani
Regulatory Counsel, Marshall Wace North America L.P.

Anthony Martinez
Head of Mercer Sentinel Group (Americas), Mercer

Peyton McNutt
Principal and General Counsel, Taconic Capital Advisors LP

Arthur Melkonian
Chief Operating Officer, Equinox Partners

Michael Mendelson
Principal, AQR Capital Management

Julius Mercado
Chief Operating Officer, Columbia Investment Management Company LLC

Steve H. Metzger, Esq
Managing Director, Deputy General Counsel & Deputy Chief Compliance Officer, Two Sigma Investments, LP

Erin Mullen
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Woodline Partners LP

Andrew Nathanson
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Suvretta Capital Management, LLC

Mike Neus
Chief Administrative Officer, Brevan Howard US Investment Management LP

Shaun WT Ng
Managing Director, Cleveland Clinic Investment Office

David Nissenbaum
Partner, Schulte Roth & Zabel

Ginger Norman
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Empyrean Capital Partners, LP

Stephanie Miranda Pries, JD
Director, Investment Legal Affairs, Notre Dame Investment Office

Thomas E. Redburn, Jr.
Partner & Chair, Securities Litigation, Lowenstein Sandler LLP

John Ringwood
Deputy General Counsel & Head of Human Resources, Fir Tree Partners

Dava Ritchea
CFO, Sculptor Capital Management

Mark A. Russo
General Counsel, ZAIS Group, LLC

Jeff Saginor
Chief Technology Officer, EJF Capital, LLC

Adrian Sales
Head of Operational Due Diligence, Albourne

William Saltus
Director, Head of Hedge Fund Business Consulting, Wells Fargo

Heather Traeger
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Teacher Retirement System of Texas

Angela G. Vogeli
Senior Associate General Counsel, Vanderbilt University, Office of General Counsel

Richard Walz
General Counsel, Element Capital Management LLC

Brent Wilner
Assistant Regional Director, Asset Management Unit, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

2023 Sponsors and Partners

PRIME PARTNERS:
• Akin Gump
• BofA Securities
• Barclays
• HSBC
• J.P. Morgan
• Schulte Roth and Zabel
• Wells Fargo

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Lowenstein Sandler
• Sidley

GOLD SPONSORS:
• First Republic
• Morgan Lewis

SILVER SPONSOR:
• US Bank