Speaker Faculty

OFA 2016 is pleased to announce our confirmed faculty to date, specifically selected to engender thought-provoking discussions and to provide insightful advice and practical strategies

David Chaves
Special Agent,
Financial Industry Liaison
FBI

Jessica M. Weissman
Assistant Director – Asset Management Unit
Division of Enforcement
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Kathleen McGovern
Senior Deputy Chief, Fraud Section
U.S. Department of Justice

John F. Tobon
Assistant Special Agent in Charge,
Financial Investigations Division,
Homeland Security Investigations
Department of Homeland Security

Jason Cowley
Chief, Money Laundering and Asset Forfeiture Unit
U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York

Vanessa Van Brunt
U.S. Head of Alternatives
Liquidity Sales
BlackRock

James L. Koutoulas
Chief Executive Officer
Typhon Capital Management, LLC

Thomas Hess
COO & CCO
Corsair Capital Management, L.P.

Mark Varacchi
CEO
Sentinel Growth Fund Management LLC

Joshua Barlow
Head of Accounting & Operational Due Diligence
PAAMCO

Mark Rubin
Partner, Chief of Finance and Operations
Stride Capital Group

Paul Roth
Partner
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP

David Bradley
COO and CCO
Hawk Ridge Partners

David Campbell
GC and CCO
Silvercrest Asset Management Group

Mahsa Zeinali
Chief Operating Officer
Rosen Capital Advisors

Brian S. Traficante
Senior Vice President, Investment Counsel
York Capital Management

Robert Jee
Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer
Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC

Daniel Strachman
Co-Founder
Operations for Alternatives
Managing Director
A&C Advisors LLC

Ajai Thomas
Managing Director
Head of Investor Relations
Hollis Park Partners LP

Sean Perrotta
Managing Director, Head of Portfolio Finance
MKP Capital Management, L.L.C.

Steven M. Simmons
Partner, Head of Alternative Investments
Sideris Capital Partners

Gregory J. Moroney
Principal, Operational Due Diligence
ABS Investment Management LLC

David B. Charnin
Managing Director, General Counsel and CCO
Strategic Value Partners, LLC

Marshall Terry
Managing Director, COO & CCO
Rotation Capital Management

Matthew Kosara
Client Portfolio Manager
HGK Asset Management

Adam Nadborny
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer
Atalaya Capital Management LP

Chad S. Elson
Chief Operating Officer
South Street Capital Management

Steven A. Yadegari
Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel
Cramer Rosenthal McGlynn, LLC

Tony McDonnell
Managing Director, HSBC
Securities Services Ireland
HSBC

Elly Wordsworth
Senior Operations Executive
Crestbridge Limited

Meredith Moss
CEO and Founder
Finomial

Len Lipton
Managing Director
GlobeTax

Boris Onefater
Managing Partner
Constellation Advisers LLC

Rainford M. Knight, Ph.D.
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Florida Institute of Finance, LLC

Joseph Kirkpatrick
Managing Partner
KirkpatrickPrice

Kenny Springer
Senior Vice President
Corporate Resolutions Inc.

Todd Cipperman
Principal
Cipperman Compliance Services

Patrick Travers
Managing Director, Head of Distribution
Wells Fargo Prime Services

Paul J. Marino
Managing Partner
Marino Partners LLP

Maury Cartine
Partner
Marcum LLP

Scott Budner
Chief Executive Officer
Opworks

Matthias Knab
Director
Opalesque Ltd.

Deborah Buscema
Director of Sales
Apex Fund Services

Michelle Chopper, CPA
Director of Consulting & Advisory
Arthur Bell CPAs

Jeff Bedser
CEO & Founder
iThreat Cyber Group Inc.

Jonathan Bain
Director
Crestbridge Limited

William M. Steers
CEO
Gunn Steers & Company, LLC

Derbhil O'Riordan
Partner
Dillon Eustace

Joel A. Wattenbarger
Partner
Ropes & Gray LLP

Sarah Davidoff
Partner
Ropes & Gray LLP

Robert Goldbaum
VP of Product and Market Strategy
Backstop Solutions Group

Yehuda M. Braunstein
Partner
Sadis & Goldberg LLP

Jay B. Gould
Partner
Winston & Strawn LLP

Peter Tannenbaum
CEO
Ramax Search, Inc.