2021 Leadership Conference

• Karen L. Barr, President & CEO, IAA
• Alison E. Baur, Deputy General Counsel, Franklin Templeton, and IAA Vice Chair
• Gail C. Bernstein, General Counsel, IAA
• Neil Simon, Vice President, Government Relations, IAA

• Elizabeth Lowrey, IIDA, RDI, Principal, Elkus Manfredi Architects
• Vanessa Ruda, Senior Partner, RHR International
• Cheryl Pipia, Head of US Intermediaries – Integrated Sales, T. Rowe Price Investment Services, Inc., T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (MODERATOR)

• Under $1 Billion AUM
• $1 Billion – $5 Billion AUM
• $5 Billion – $15 Billion AUM
• Over $15 Billion AUM

The Past is Never Dead. It’s Not Even Past. Lessons from Past Pandemics — and this One.
John Barry has devoted a sizeable amount of his career to studying disasters, including the 1918 influenza pandemic, the 1927 Great Mississippi Flood, and 2005’s Hurricane Katrina. He has been involved in setting national policy for both pandemic preparedness and response and flood protection. The COVID pandemic has delivered another set of fodder for Mr. Barry to dive into to try to untangle its lessons. In this session, he will share reflections on the pandemic and look ahead to its potential impact on politics, virology, and international relations.

Sponsored by ACA Group

• Seth Carpenter, Managing Director and Chief Global Economist, Morgan Stanley
• Kelly Williams, CPA, President and Chief Operating Officer, Atlanta Capital (MODERATOR)

• Simon Hallett, CFA, Vice Chairman, Harding Loevner LP
• Jaime Steinhardt, CFA, Executive Director, Investment Specialist – U.S. Equities, J.P. Morgan Asset Management
• Ravi Venkataraman, CFA, Global Head of Investment Solutions, MFS Investment Management
• T. Williams (Bill) Roberts, III, Partner, Co-President, GW&K (MODERATOR)

2. How We Make it Work: Internal Succession Stories from Those Who’ve Lived Them
Any “next chapter” for advisory firm leadership has major implications for the firm itself, and for all who will carry the business into the future. These pros will reveal how management successfully navigated the challenges of remaining independent and the rewards their firms’ efforts have yielded, both for employees and their clients.

• Andrea Stimmel, Chief Operating Officer, Mairs & Power, Inc.
• Maureen E. Quigley, CFA, Partner, Portfolio Manager, Chief Compliance Officer, Howland Capital Management LLC
• Mike Brown, JD, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Boston Financial Management
• Rebekah Kohmescher, CFP, CPA, Chief Executive Officer, Altair Advisers (MODERATOR)

• Regulation. With the change in administration, the SEC is reorienting its approach to ESG. How can advisers prepare for new rules and new enforcement priorities? How will the SEC’s approach mesh with Europe’s, and what’s the litigation outlook?
• Climate change. More than 100 firms have become signatories to the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative. We’ll talk about how firms are managing the oversight challenges, along with other trends in the climate change arena.
• DE&I. How are advisers managing the intersection between their proxy voting policies, their investment approach, and their firms’ internal diversity, equity, and inclusion policies?
• Alexandra N. Farmer, J. D., Partner, ESG & Impact, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
• Dan Mistler, Partner, Head of ESG Services, ACA Group
• Paul Hilton, CFA, Portfolio Manager & Research Analyst, Trillium Asset Management
• David King, Head of Environmental, Social and Governance Stewardship Fidelity Investments
• Theresa Hamacher, CFA, President, Versanture Consulting, Author, Independent Director (MODERATOR)