CFIUS Speaker Hall of Fame
ACI’s CFIUS Conference has featured a distinguished faculty of senior government officials, leading outside counsel and in-house executives. Past speakers have included:
Government Representatives
Dr. Bastian Alm
Counselor
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
Ian Beckett
Minister-Counsellor (Treasury)
Embassy of Australia to the United States
Laura Black
Director, Office of Investment Security, Policy and International Relations
U.S. Department of Treasury
Irmie “Ike” Blanton
Deputy Director, International and Strategic Engagement Office of Foreign Investment Review
U.S. Department of Defense
Ty Brown
Deputy Chief
National Security Division, Foreign Investment and Review
U.S. Department of Justice
Katherine Burke
Director, Investment Review Division
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Michael Considine
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Office of Foreign Investment and National Security
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Andrew Fair
Acting CFIUS Staff Chair and Acting Director of the Office of Investment Review & Investigation
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Jess Henson
Deputy Director, Office of Investment Security
Investment Review & Investigation
U.S. Department of Treasury
Adam Hickey
Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the National Security Division
U.S. Department of Justice
John Isbell
Director of Strategic Analysis Division Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security
U.S. Department of Commerce
David Jividen
Deputy Director, CFIUS Foreign Investment Review
OSD, Industrial Policy
U.S. Department of Defense
Eric S. Johnson
Deputy Chief, Compliance and Enforcement National Security Division
Foreign Investment Review Section
U.S. Department of Justice
Eileen Keenan
Attorney Advisor
U.S. Department of Justice
National Security Division
Foreign Investment Review Section
J. Philip Ludvigson
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary
Office of Investment Security
U.S. Department of Treasury
Sarah Montgomery
Counsellor of Trade and Economic Policy
U.K. Department of International Trade (DIT)
Brian Reissaus
Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Assistant Secretary for Investment Security
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Jennifer Danner Riccardi
Senior Trade Policy Advisor
Delegation of the European Union to the United States
Meena Sharma
Deputy Director, Office of Investment Security Policy and International Relations
U.S. Department of Treasury
David Shogren
Deputy Director, Office of Investment Security, Investment Review and Investigation
U.S. Department of Treasury
Sarah Sullivan
Deputy Director, Office of Investment Security, Investment Review & Investigation
U.S. Department of Treasury
Captain Colin Supko
Director
U.S. Department of Defense Trusted Capital
Distinguished Faculty
Scott Boylan
Partner
StoneTurn
Dr. Harry G. Broadman
Partner, Managing Director and Chair of Emerging Markets and CFIUS Practices
Berkeley Research Group LLC (BRG)
Faculty Member
Johns Hopkins University
Charles Capito
Partner
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Damara Chambers
Partner
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Randall H. Cook
Senior Managing Director
Ankura
Shawn Cooley
Partner
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
Doreen M. Edelman
Partner
Chair, Global Trade & Policy
Lowenstein Sandler LLP
Heather Finstuen
Partner
Covington & Burling LLP
Nancy A. Fischer
Partner
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Chris Griner
Partner
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
David R. Hanke
Partner
ArentFox Schiff LLP
Benjamin Heywood
General Partner - SkyRiver Ventures
Co-Founder - PatientsLikeMe
Samuel P. Jacobs
Associate Managing Director
Kroll
Steve Klemencic
Managing Director
Berkeley Research Group LLC
Josh Larocca
Senior Managing Director
Stroz Friedberg, an Aon company
Renee A. Latour
Partner
Clifford Chance US LLP
John Medel
Vice President, International Government Affairs
Goldman Sachs
Aimen Mir
Partner
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Laura J. Molinari
Director, Global Trade Policy
Boeing
Karen Plonty
Security Officer & Director of National Security Compliance
HCL Technologies
Benjamin Powell
Partner
WilmerHale
Ambassador Miriam Sapiro
Vice Chair, SVC Public Affairs
Former Acting and Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
Sard Verbinnen & Co.
Keith Schomig
Partner
White & Case LLP
Anne Salladin
Partner
Hogan Lovells US LLP
Waqas Shahid
Senior Managing Director, Corporate Regulatory Compliance; Program & Project Management
Ankura
Richard C. Sofield
Partner
Wiley Rein LLP
Brandon L. Van Grack
Partner
Morrison & Foerster LLP
