Ann M. Cresce is a financial services senior executive with extensive legal, regulatory, business and management experience. In her two most recent positions as general counsel to start-up companies, she has been involved in all business and legal aspects of building and growing a business. This, coupled with her experience … Read more
Industry Experience: Financial Services
Sharon Bowen
Commissioner Sharon Bowen was the first African-American to be appointed as Commissioner of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. She was sworn in on June 9, 2014 and served in the CFTC until 2017.
Prior to her role in the CFTC, Commissioner Bowen was confirmed by the U.S. Senate and … Read more
Wendy Breuder
Wendy Breuder was Arizona President and Head of Corporate Real Estate and Resource Location Strategy. Previously she was Co-General Manager and Head of Midwest General Industries within the US Wholesale Banking Division of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) in the Americas. MUFG in the Americas is a wholly-owned subsidiary of … Read more
Linda L. Addison
Linda Addison is an experienced independent director and chief executive, currently building out her board portfolio with private and PE-backed
companies. She is Lead Independent Director of Globe Life Inc. (NYSE: GL), an S&P 500 company, and a board member of Lexitas, an Apax Partners
private equity portfolio company. She … Read more
Katherine Adkins
As a C-suite executive, board, and audit committee member, Katherine Adkins brings 30 years of experience in the highly dynamic and changing worlds of the automotive, financial services, and fintech. Adkins currently serves as Chief Legal Officer for Affirm Holdings, Inc. and had previously served as a senior executive with … Read more
Marlene Alva
Practice Areas
Asset Management
Assisted private equity and hedge fund sponsors such as DLJ, Credit Suisse, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley in achieving business goals while assuring compliance with federal and state regulatory requirements by analyzing, structuring and drafting the economic and legal terms of partnership and limited liability company … Read more
Abigail Arms
Abigail Arms is Of Counsel at Shearman & Sterling LLP, a global law firm. Abbie is one of the leaders of the firm’s Capital Markets, Corporate Governance and Financial Institutions Advisory & Financial Regulatory practice groups. During her three-decade career, Abbie’s impact on U.S. securities laws has been significant.
Prior … Read more
Valerie Banner
Valerie L. Banner is a member of the Board of Directors and Nominating Committee of Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE:MAIN), an investment firm providing debt and equity capital to lower middle market and middle market companies, and a member of the Advisory Board of the KBH Energy Center in Austin, … Read more
Laurel G. Bellows
Laurel Bellows, managing principal of The Bellows Law Group, P.C., is a preeminent business lawyer, counseling senior executives and corporations on employment, severance and change in control agreements, internal investigations and business disputes. Corporations and executives rely on the firm to craft national and international executive relocation programs.
Laurel created … Read more
Rosemary T. Berkery
Rosemary T. Berkery is Vice Chairman of UBS Wealth Management Americas (WMA) and Chairman of UBS Bank USA (BUSA). With approximately 7,000 of the most productive Advisors in the industry and more than $950 billion in invested assets, WMA provides tailored investment solutions and services to high net worth and … Read more