Speakers
Conference Co-Chairs

Brian Reissaus
Senior Advisor, National Security
Freshfields LLP
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Investment Security Operations
U.S. Department of the Treasury

Anne Salladin
Partner
Hogan Lovells US LLP
Former Senior Counsel
U.S. Department of the Treasury

Janine Slade
Special Counsel
Covington & Burling LLP
Former Deputy Director, Foreign Investment Risk Management
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Government Speakers

Irmie “Ike” Blanton
Deputy Director, Economic Security, Office of Global Investment and Economic Security
U.S. Department of Defense

Dan Burke
Director, Foreign Investment Risk Review
U.S. Department of the Air Force

Elizabeth Cannon
Executive Director, Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services (OICTS), Bureau of Industry and Security
U.S. Department of Commerce

Geoffrey Irving
Director, Technology Division, OICTS
U.S. Department of Commerce

Nicholas Jackson
Chief, Foreign Investment Unit
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

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

Jamieson McKay
Director General, Foreign Investment Review and Economic Security Branch (FIRES)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, Government of Canada

Charles Morrison
Policy Director
House Select Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party Committee

Jennifer Danner Riccardi
Senior Advisor
Delegation of the European Union in Washington DC

Timothy Varley
Deputy Director, DON Foreign Investment Review, Research, Development, and Acquisition (RD&A)
U.S. Department of the Navy

Widad E. Whitman
Economic Security and Global Investments Program Manager, Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC)
U.S. Department of Energy
Distinguished Faculty

Scott Boylan
Partner
StoneTurn

Ryan Brady
Partner
White & Case LLP

Charles L. Capito
Partner
Morrison & Foerster LLP

John P. Carlin
Partner
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP
Former Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division U.S. Department of Justice

Randall Cook
Managing Director
Alvarez & Marsal

Shawn B. Cooley
Partner
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP

Sarah Bauerle Danzman
Associate Professor of International Studies
Indiana University, Bloomington

Zachary N. Eddington
Counsel
Latham & Watkins LLP

MaryJean Fell
Vice President, Legal
T-Mobile

Nancy A. Fischer
Partner
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Nathan D. Fisher
Managing Director
StoneTurn
Former Unit Chief, Directorate of Intelligence, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Robert A. Friedman
Partner
Holland & Knight LLP

Jerry Fowler
Director, CFIUS and National Security
Control Risks

Geoffrey M. Goodale
Partner
Duane Morris LLP

Zack Hadžismajlović
Partner, Head of Global Trade Group
McCarter & English LLP

Steven Klemencic
Managing Director
Berkeley Research Group LLC (BRG)

Michael Knipple
CISO
Summit BHC

Alexandra López-Casero
Partner
Nixon Peabody LLP

Neil H. MacBride
Partner
Davis Polk & Wardell LLP
Former General Counsel, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Mario Mancuso, P.C.
Partner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Paul D. Marquardt
Partner, Financial Institutions
Davis Polk & Wardell LLP

Eric Matrejek
Managing Director
Berkeley Research Group (BRG)

Vincent Mekles
Managing Director
Alvarez & Marsal

Nathan Mitchell
Counsel
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP

Christopher B. Monahan
Partner
Faegre Drinker LLP

John C. Rood
CEO and Chairman
Momentus Space
Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, U.S. Department of Defense

Jared Roscoe
Partner, Deputy General Counsel
SoftBank Group International

Paul Rosen
Partner
Latham & Watkins LLP
Former Assistant Secretary, Investment Security
U.S. Department of Treasury

Ivan A. Schlager, P.C.
Partner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Pierce Scranton
Deputy Head North America/Managing Director
Temasek

Evan Sills
Counsel
Kabealo Law
Former Attorney Advisor, U.S. Department of Justice

John J. Vecchione
Senior Litigation Counsel
New Civil Liberties Alliance

Malcolm (Mick) J. Tuesley
Partner
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Christina Zanette
Assistant General Counsel, Export Compliance
Honeywell
