CorpGov, IPO Edge and PE Edge will host the fifth annual Palm Beach CorpGov Forum on Wednesday, Nov. 5 and Thursday, Nov, 6, 2025, at the Palm Beach Lake Pavilion, located waterfront with sweeping views of Palm Beach Island. The Forum will feature panels and firesides from 1pm to 5pm. Networking receptions will follow at The Cove Club West Palm on Nov. 5 and Cucina Palm Beach on Nov. 6.
Preliminary Agenda – Wednesday, Nov. 5
12:00 pm – Registration and lunch – Palm Beach Lake Pavilion
1:00 pm – Forum Starts
Panel: Digital Asset Treasury
- Andrew Keys, Co-Founder and Chairman, The Ether Machine (NASDAQ: ETHM)
- Joseph Quintilian, Partner, Distributed Capital Partners, and Co-Founder, Ajna Labs LLC
- Michael Blankenship, Managing Partner, Houston & Co-Chair, Capital Markets Practice, Winston & Strawn
Panel: Private Equity in Florida Sports
- Rick Horrow, CEO, Horrow Sports Ventures
- Michael Alford, Vice President and Director of Athletics, Florida State University
- Robert DuPuy, Former President and COO, Major League Baseball
Panel: Private Equity Meets Founder and Family-Owned Businesses
- Taylor Ingraham, Partner, ASC Advisors
- Mario Masrieh, Managing Director, Recognition, Trivest
- AUA Private Equity (Speaker TBD)
Panel: Tech-Enabled Private Equity
- Rafique Jiwani, Vice President, Goldman Sachs Private Equity
- Alex Moazed, General Partner, Applico Capital
- Michael Fillios, Founder and CEO, IT Ally
- Adam Doyle, EVP, Head of Technology Finance, Alliance Funding Group
Panel: Governance: The Evolution from Private to Public Markets
- Emma Sissman, Vice President, Impact Investing, Goldman Sachs
- Gabriel Hasson, Global Head of Governance and Shareholder Advisory, ICR
- Alex Knowland, Principal, Comvest Credit Partners
- Marc Yaklofsky, Managing Partner, New York, Forward Global
Panel: Real Estate and Hospitality: An International Perspective
- Ariel Mark, Head of Western US Investments, Tokyu Land US Corporation
- Zach Swartz, Partner, Corporate Real Estate Practice, Vinson & Elkins
- Mark Harms, Chairman and CEO, Global Leisure Partners; Investor and Executive Committee Member, World Gym Corporation (TAI: 2762.TW)
- Jarrett Banks, Editor-at-Large, CorpGov (Moderator)
Panel: Cybersecurity and AI as a Boardroom Issue
- Hooman Shahidi, Managing Partner, Opus Bloom Capital; Co-Founder and Former CEO, EVPassport
- Sher Baig, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Cyber Salus
- Katie Creaser, Partner, ICR
Panel: Governance Over the Long Haul: Maximizing the Value of Directors on Private and Public Boards
- Ryan Keating, Partner – Outsource Accounting Services Practice, EisnerAmper
- Joshua Siegel, General Partner, Acronym Venture Capital
- Ken Traub, Chairman, President and CEO, Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Nasdaq: CMTL)
- Chuck Garske, Senior Managing Director, Okapi Partners
- Paul Quinlan, Founder and CEO, Quinlan Partners
Panel: Investing in Latin America
- Jonathan Lo, VP of Finance, EisnerAmper
- Jarrett Banks, Editor-at-Large, CorpGov (Moderator)
Panel: Media Investing and Dealmaking
- Josh Harlan, Founder & Managing Partner, Harlan Capital
- Daphna Edwards Ziman, Co-Chairman, Project Rise Partners
- Nikesh Desai, Co-Founder and CEO, InvestingChannel, Inc.
5:00 pm – Trolleys depart for reception at The Cove Club
Preliminary Agenda – Thursday, Nov. 6
12:00 pm – Registration and lunch – The Palm Beach Lake Pavilion
1:00 pm – Forum Starts
Panel: Capital Markets Assessment and Private to Public Company Readiness
- Karen Snow, CEO, Rose & Co Capital Advisors; Former Global Head of Listings, Nasdaq
- Tad Nacheff, Head of East Coast Capital Markets and Financial Sponsor Coverage, NYSE
- Craig DeDomenico, Managing Director, Equity and Equity-Linked Capital Markets, Stifel
Panel: Trading Action: Managing Risk and Execution in Public Markets
- John Marchisi, Executive Director – Capital Markets, Artex Risk Solutions
- John Grau, President, InvestorCom
- Patrick Murphy, Head of NYSE Market Making, GTS
Panel: IPO Prep: Navigating Regulations and Execution
- Michael W. Robinson, Chairman and CEO, The Montgomery Strategies Group
- Mark Martini, Founder and CEO, WimbledonGlobal, Inc.
- Steve Parish, Managing Partner, Equity Capital Markets, ICR Capital
Panel: Hedge Fund Crisis Management
- Steve Bruce, Managing Partner, ASC Advisors
- John Jannarone, Editor-in-Chief, CorpGov (Moderator)
Panel: Barbarians at the Gate: An International Perspective
- Ira Gorsky, Managing Director, Edelman Smithfield
- Francisco Morales, Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity, Vinson & Elkins
- Brenda Gosselin, Partner, Goodmans LLP
- Christine Carson, President and CEO, Carson Proxy
Panel: 2026 Proxy Season Outlook
- Randall Adams, Partner, Seward & Kissel LLP
- Bruce Goldfarb, President and CEO, Okapi Partners
- Brendan Foo, Co-CEO and Co-Founder, Forward Risk
- Ron Orol, Senior Editor, The Deal (Moderator)
Panel: Contested M&A
- Sebastian Tiller, Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets, Vinson & Elkins
- Christopher Young, Investment Banker, Formerly Director of M&A and Proxy Fight Research, ISS
- Heath Winter, Partner, Corporate Governance & Shareholder Engagement, Longacre Square Partners
- Adam Kommel, Shareholder Activism Development Lead, Bloomberg LP
Panel: Innovation in Hospitality
- Mark Harms, Chairman and CEO, Global Leisure Partners; Investor and Executive Committee Member, World Gym Corporation (TAI: 2762.TW)
- Mary Allen Saunders, Vice President, Strategic Alliances, Toast, Inc. (NYSE: TOST)
- John Jannarone, Editor-in-Chief, CorpGov (Moderator)
Panel: Keynote Fireside with Trian
- Josh Kosman, Chief Reporter, CorpGov (Moderator)
- Josh Frank, Partner and Co-Investment Officer, Trian Fund Management
5:00 pm – Trolleys depart for reception at Cucina Palm Beach
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Our audience will include approximately 300 attendees including institutional investors, board directors, family offices/HNWIs, attorneys, investment bankers and key advisors.
The event will be digitized into a report published on CorpGov and by its content partners (under relevant company stock tickers) Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg Terminals, Reuters via LSEG Workspace, and AlphaSense, and filmed with multiple 4K video cameras and professional editing.
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5th CorpGov Forum 2025 Preliminary Speakers:
Keynote: Josh Frank, Partner and Co-Investment Officer, Trian Fund Management
Andrew Keys, Co-Founder and Chairman, The Ether Machine (NASDAQ: ETHM)
Ken Traub, Chairman, President and CEO, Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Nasdaq: CMTL)
Randall Adams, Partner, Seward & Kissel LLP
Michael Alford, Vice President and Director of Athletics, Florida State University
Sher Baig, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Cyber Salus
Rich Bello, Founder and CEO, Arootah; Co–Founder and COO, Blue Ridge Capital
Michael Blankenship, Managing Partner, Houston & Co-Chair, Capital Markets Practice, Winston & Strawn
Steve Bruce, Managing Partner, ASC Advisors
Christine Carson, President and CEO, Carson Proxy
Peter Clarke, Senior Director, Roberts & Ryan Investments Inc.
Katie Creaser, Partner, ICR
Craig DeDomenico, Managing Director, Equity and Equity-Linked Capital Markets, Stifel
Phil Denning, Partner, ICR
Nikesh Desai, Co-Founder and CEO, InvestingChannel, Inc.
Adam Doyle, EVP, Head of Technology Finance, Alliance Funding Group
Robert DuPuy, Former President and COO, Major League Baseball
Daphna Edwards Ziman, Co-Chairman, Project Rise Partners
Michael Fillios, Founder and CEO, IT Ally
Brendan Foo, Co-CEO and Co-Founder, Forward Risk
Chuck Garske, Senior Managing Director, Okapi Partners
Bruce Goldfarb, President and CEO, Okapi Partners
Ira Gorsky, Managing Director, Edelman Smithfield
Brenda Gosselin, Partner, Goodmans LLP
John Grau, President, InvestorCom
Josh Harlan, Founder & Managing Partner, Harlan Capital
Mark Harms, Chairman and CEO, Global Leisure Partners; Investor and Executive Committee Member, World Gym Corporation (TAI: 2762.TW)
Gabriel Hasson, Global Head of Governance and Shareholder Advisory, ICR
Rick Horrow, CEO, Horrow Sports Ventures
Taylor Ingraham, Partner, ASC Advisors
Rafique Jiwani, Vice President, Goldman Sachs Private Equity
Ryan Keating, Partner, EisnerAmper
Alex Knowland, Principal, Comvest Credit Partners
Adam Kommel, Shareholder Activism Development Lead, Bloomberg LP
Jonathan Lo, VP of Finance, EisnerAmper
John Marchisi, Executive Director – Capital Markets, Artex Risk Solutions
Ariel Mark, Head of Western US Investments, Tokyu Land US Corporation
Mark Martini, Founder and CEO, WimbledonGlobal, Inc.
Mario Masrieh, Managing Director, Recognition, Trivest
Alex Moazed, General Partner, Applico Capital
Francisco Morales, Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity, Vinson & Elkins
Patrick Murphy, Head of NYSE Market Making, GTS
Tad Nacheff, Head of East Coast Capital Markets and Financial Sponsor Coverage, NYSE
Steve Parish, Partner, ICR
Paul Quinlan, Founder and CEO, Quinlan Partners
Joseph Quintilian, Partner, Distributed Capital Partners, and Co-Founder, Ajna Labs LLC
Michael W. Robinson, Chairman and CEO, The Montgomery Strategies Group
Mary Allen Saunders, Vice President, Strategic Alliances, Toast, Inc.
Hooman Shahidi, Managing Partner, Opus Bloom Capital; Co-Founder and Former CEO, EVPassport
Joshua Siegel, General Partner, Acronym Venture Capital
Dana Simberkoff, Chief Risk, Privacy and Information Security Officer, AvePoint
Emma Sissman, Vice President, Impact Investing, Goldman Sachs
Karen Snow, CEO, Rose & Co Capital Advisors, Former Global Head of Listings, Nasdaq
Zach Swartz, Partner, Corporate Real Estate Practice, Vinson & Elkins
Sebastian Tiller, Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets, Vinson & Elkins
Heath Winter, Partner, Corporate Governance & Shareholder Engagement, Longacre Square Partners
Marc Yaklofsky, Managing Partner, New York, Forward Global
Christopher Young, Investment Banker, Formerly Director of M&A and Proxy Fight Research, ISS
Ron Orol, Senior Editor, The Deal (Moderator)
Jarrett Banks, Editor-at-Large, CorpGov (Moderator)
John Jannarone, Editor-in-Chief, CorpGov (Moderator)
Josh Kosman, Chief Reporter, CorpGov (Moderator)
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