Past Speakers

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 and Senior Treasury Representative
Embassy of Australia

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Irmie “Ike” Blanton

Deputy Director, International and Strategic Engagement Office of Foreign Investment Review
U.S. Department of Defense

Matthew S. Borman

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce
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Ty Brown

Deputy Chief
National Security Division, Foreign Investment and Review
U.S. Department of Justice

Daniel Burke

Director, Foreign Investment Risk Review, Mitigation, Compliance and Monitoring
United States Department of the Air Force
United States Department of the Space Force

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 D. Jividen, Esq

CFIUS/TT Senior National Security Advisor
White and Case LLP
Former Deputy Director, Office of Global Investments and Economic Security, U.S. Department of Defense

Eric S. Johnson

Principal Deputy Chief, National Security Division, Foreign Investment Review Section
U.S. Department of Justice

Brandon Kealiher

Special Agent, Unit Chief of Foreign Investment Unit
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Eileen Keenan

Attorney Advisor, National Security Division, Foreign Investment Review Section
U.S. Department of Justice

Thomas Liu*

Deputy Director, Monitoring and Compliance
Office of Global Investments and Economic Security (GIES)
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy (OASD (IBP)
Office of the Undersecretary of Defense, Acquisition & Sustainment (OUSD (A&S)

Eric Longnecker

Director, Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security, Bureau of Industry and Security
U.S. Department of Commerce

J. Philip Ludvigson

Partner
King & Spalding LLP
Former Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary/Director, Office of Investment Security (CFIUS),
U.S. Department of the Treasury
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Sarah Montgomery

Counsellor of Trade and Economic Policy
U.K. Department of International Trade (DIT)

Andrew J. Pahutski

Director, Foreign Investment Review
U.S Department of Defense
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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
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Brian Rohde*

Deputy Director, Mitigation
U.S. Department of Defense CFIUS
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Amy Schultz

Senior Trade and Industry Analyst Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security Bureau of Industry and Security
U.S. Department of Commerce
Meena Sharma

Meena Sharma

Director, Office of Investment Security Policy and International Relations
U.S. Department of Treasury

David Shogren

Director for Monitoring and Enforcement, Office of Investment Security
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 L. Capito

Partner
Morrison & Foerster LLP

Damara Chambers

Partner
Vinson & Elkins LLP

Randall H. Cook

Senior Managing Director
Ankura

Shawn B. Cooley

Partner
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP

Doreen M. Edelman

Partner
Chair, Global Trade & Policy
Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Heather L. Finstuen

Partner
Covington & Burling LLP

Nancy A. Fischer

Partner
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Chris Griner

Chris Griner

Partner
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

Stephenie Gosnell Handler

Partner
Gibson Dunn

David R. Hanke

Partner
ArentFox Schiff LLP

Benjamin Heywood

General Partner - SkyRiver Ventures
Co-Founder - PatientsLikeMe

Samuel P. Jacobs

Managing Director, Cyber Risk
Kroll

Steven Klemencic

Managing Director
Berkeley Research Group LLC (BRG)

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

Bridget R. Reineking

Special Counsel
Cooley LLP
Former Senior Counsel and Co-Lead CFIUS Counsel, Office of the General Counsel
US Department of the Treasury

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

Vice President
Charles River Associates

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Brandon L. Van Grack

Partner
Morrison & Foerster LLP

Jeremy B. Zucker

Partner
Dechert LLP