Watch 1st LA CorpGov Forum Highlights:
CorpGov will host the second LA CorpGov Forum on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026 at The Huntington Library in San Marino, California. The forum will begin at 2:00pm and feature an afternoon of panels, firesides and networking, followed by a networking reception at 5:00pm with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres.
This event will bring together members of the financial community from both LA and beyond to join panels focused on the finance of entertainment and media, sports, along with capital markets and shareholder activism.
We invite institutional investors and corporate executives to attend. For information on being a speaker or sponsorship, please email Editor@CorpGov.com.
Registration is now open for this event: REGISTER HERE.
The forum 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.
Preliminary Panels Second LA CorpGov Forum 2026:
Sports Investing – Youth to Pro
Venture Capital and PE: A California Perspective
Entertainment Industry: AI in Focus
Capital Markets Assessment and IPO Readiness
The Board’s Role in Shareholder Activism
Business and Governance in LA
Preliminary Speakers Second LA CorpGov Forum 2026:
Paul Haaga, Former Chairman, Capital Research and Management Company; Chair of the Board, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation; Board Director, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
David Carter, Principal, The Sports Business Group
Thomas Courtney, Jr., President and CEO, The Courtney Group
Craig DeDomenico, Managing Director, Equity and Equity-Linked Capital Markets, Stifel
Dick Drobnick, Former USC Vice Provost for Globalization and IBEAR MBA Program Director, Asia Society Southern California Chairman Emeritus
Daphna Edwards Ziman, Co-Chairman, Project Rise Partners
Jon Feldman, Partner and Business Law Group Head, Goodmans LLP
Joseph Fish, CEP, Managing Director, Stock Operations, Infinite Equity
Baird Fogel, Partner, Eversheds-Sutherland
Noah Francis, Banker, J.P. Morgan Private Bank
Sagar Gupta, Portfolio Manager, Anson Funds
Ryan Keating, Partner, Industry Leader, Venture Services, EisnerAmper
Thomas W. Hulick, CEO, Managing Partner, Strategy Asset Managers
Rafique Jiwani, Head of GTM Value Creation, Operating Advisor, Goldman Sachs Private Equity
Jarrett Banks, Editor-at-Large, CorpGov (Moderator)
John Jannarone, Editor-in-Chief, CorpGov (Moderator)
