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2009 Speaking Faculty

2009 Speaking Faculty

Charles Cassidy, Director, CAMBRIDGE ASSOCIATES
Joel Press, Managing Director, MORGAN STANLEY PRIME BROKERAGE
Lauri Martin, Deputy Head of Structural Risk, UBP ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS
Bob Montay, Head of Operational Due Diligence, THE ATLANTIC PHILANTHROPIES
Chad Elson, Chief Operating Officer, SOUTH STREET CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP
Barrett C. Brown, Partner – Alternative Investments, PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, LLP
Jay Nicholas, Executive Director and Senior Investment Officer, ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS
Angelique Sellers, Principal & Portfolio Manager, ANCHOR POINT CAPITAL LLC
Eric S. Lazear, Head of Operational Due Diligence, FIM (USA) INC.
John Ward, Chief Operating Officer, NOMURA FUNDS RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGIES AMERICA, INC.
Jeffrey J. Green, Principal - Financial Services, Regulatory & Capital Markets Consulting, DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Bernard Bachmann, Head of Operational Due Diligence, RMF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
George Covo, US Head of Operational Due Diligence, HSBC ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT GROUP
Marina Lewin, Managing Director, Alternative Investment Services, THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
Marc Blieden, Global Head Business Risk Group, FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT (FRM)
Mike Garvey, Managing Director, JP MORGAN ASSET MANAGEMENT
Neill Ebers, Chief Operating Officer & Director, LIONHART INVESTMENTS LTD
John M. Budzyna, Managing Director and Head of Hedge Fund Consulting, DEUTSCHE BANK
Michael G. Tannenbaum, Partner, TANNENBAUM HELPERN SYRACUSE & HIRSCHTRITT LLP
Jack McDonald, President and Chief Executive Officer, CONIFER SECURITIES, LLC
Sella Yavin, Head of Operational Due Diligence, PARTNERS ADVISERS
Alan D. Swersky, Head of Operational Due Diligence, OLYMPIA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
Leor Shapiro, Head of Operational Due Diligence, LA FAYETTE MANAGEMENT USA, INC.
Greg Ciaverelli, Head of Operational Due Diligence, INTERNATIONAL ASSET MANAGEMENT
Doug Cardoni, Managing Director, FORTRESS INVESTMENTS
Christopher Kundro, Co-CEO, LACROSSE GLOBAL FUND SERVICES
Julia Herr, Head of Operations, CADOGAN MANAGEMENT LLC
Patricia Watters, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Managing Director, PAAMCO
Dan Federmann, Chief Financial Officer, PROTÉGÉ PARTNERS LLC
Greg Robbins, General Counsel, MESIROW ADVANCED STRATEGIES, INC.
Satish Ramakrishna , Head of Prime Services Risk/Global Market Equity, DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC
Glen Dailey, Managing Director and Head of Prime Brokerage, JEFFERIES & COMPANY INC
Jim Purnell, Head of Risk, TREMONT CAPITAL
Beth Kaiser, Investment Performance Specialist, CFA INSTITUTE
Sidney Wigfall, Managing Partner, BARGE CONSULTING-SCA GROUP
Lisa Ambrosia, Head of Business Development, Infrastructure, PERELLA WEINBERG PARTNERS
John Tassone, Director of Operational Due Diligence, GENSPRING FAMILY OFFICES
Kyle McDaniel, Director of Risk Management, AUSTIN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
Bill Bassin, Managing Member, BASSIN CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC
Ed Rogers, CEO, ROGERS INVESTMENT ADVISORS
George Roeck, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, AGAMAS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
Stephen Kane, Principal, OPHEDGE INVESTMENT SERVICES, LLC
Jack McDonald, President and Chief Executive Officer, CONIFER SECURITIES, LLC
Jason Scharfman, CEO, LEGION CONSULTING GROUP
Ranjan Bhaduri, PhD CFA CAIA, Managing Director - Head of Research, ALPHAMETRIX ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC
Louis Rodriguez, Head of Operational Due Diligence, ARDEN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC
Kostas Iordanidis, Managing Director, Head of Hedge Funds, UNIGESTION
Paul Tiranno, Vice President and Head of Operational Due Diligence, ING INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
Stacie Yates, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, PROCTOR INVESTMENT MANAGERS LLC
Uzi Rosha, Chief Compliance Officer, CARVAL INVESTORS
Robert Nisi, Partner, COO and General Counsel, CYRUS CAPITAL PARTNERS
Barrett C. Brown, Partner – Alternative Investments, PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, LLP
Kip Allardt, Chief Operating Officer, DISCOVERY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
Ted Dougherty, Partner – Tax, DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Dan Levinson, Partner, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, ATALAYA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
Greg Robbins, General Counsel, MESIROW ADVANCED STRATEGIES, INC.
David Zales, General Counsel, TREMBLANT CAPITAL
Chris Addy, President and CEO, CASTLE HALL ALTERNATIVES
Gregory M. Dowling, CFA, CAIA, Director of Hedged Strategies, FUND EVALUATION GROUP LLC
Jeff Klink, President, KLINK & CO
Andrew Rabinowitz, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, MARATHON ASSET MANAGEMENT
Marc Abrams, Partner, TITAN CAPITAL GROUP LLC
Sam Weiser, Chief Operating Officer, SELLERS CAPITAL LLC
Harry Davis, Partner, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
Nigel Farr, Partner, HERBERT SMITH LLP
Gary Linford, Founder of DMTC GROUP and Former Head of Investments and Securities Division, CIMA
Bill Grayson, President, FALCON POINT CAPITAL, LLC
Lloyd Lipsett, Senior Vice President & ACG, EVERGREEN INVESTMENTS
Murray Grenville, Chief Executive Officer, STERLING VALUATION GROUP, INC.
Andrew D. Smith, President, HOULIHAN SMITH & COMPANY, INC.
Robert Proctor, Vice President, Compliance and Reporting, LINEDATA SERVICES 
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