CorpGov is pleased to provide complete video coverage of the inaugural LA CorpGov Forum held on Sept. 4, 2025, at the Edelman Headquarters in the heart of Hollywood. The forum featured over a hundred institutional investors, corporate executives and USC faculty/alumni in an afternoon of panels, firesides and networking.
Michael Blankenship, Managing Partner, Houston & Co-Chair, Capital Markets Practice, Winston & Strawn LLP
Ryan Keating, Partner, EisnerAmper
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 at the Smithsonian Institution
John Marchisi, Executive Director – Capital Markets, Artex Risk Solutions
David Carter, Principal, The Sports Business Group
Baird Fogel, Partner, Eversheds-Sutherland
Noah Francis, Banker, J.P. Morgan Private Bank
Michael Blankenship, Managing Partner, Houston & Co-Chair, Capital Markets Practice, Winston & Strawn LLP
Ryan Keating, Partner, EisnerAmper
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 at the Smithsonian Institution
John Marchisi, Executive Director – Capital Markets, Artex Risk Solutions
Mark Young, George Bozanic and Holman G. Hurt Chair in Sports and Entertainment Business, USC Business School
Andy Howard, Partner and Member of the Executive Committee, Shamrock Capital
John Nendick, Founder, Malaga Consulting
Jack Cassel, Senior Vice President, Head of Listings – Western US, Nasdaq
Shari Mager, Partner, U.S. National Leader, Capital Markets Readiness, KPMG US
Logan Tiari, Partner, Cooley LLP
Noelle Amos, Executive Vice President, Edelman Smithfield
Jonathan Feldman, Partner, Goodmans LLP
Jon Solorzano, Partner, Governance and Sustainability, Vinson & Elkins
Sagar Gupta, Portfolio Manager, Anson Funds
Dick Drobnick, Former USC Vice Provost for Globalization and IBEAR MBA Program Director, Asia Society Southern California Chairman Emeritus
John Evans, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Tractus Asia
Ariel Mark, Head of Western US Investments, Tokyu Land US Corporation
Fred Rosen, CEO, NMFR Entertainment; Former CEO, Ticketmaster Corp.
Jarrett Banks, Editor-at-Large, CorpGov (Moderator)
John Jannarone, Editor-in-Chief, CorpGov (Moderator)


