CorpGov is pleased to share video highlights of the first LA CorpGov Forum held on Sept. 4, 2025, at 1500 N El Centro Ave, Los Angeles, California, in the heart of Hollywood. The event was hosted together with Edelman Smithfield and featured over a hundred institutional investors, corporate executives, and USC alumni in an afternoon of panels, firesides and networking.
The forum focused on IPOs, shareholder activism, media and entertainment, governance in Los Angeles, sports business, private boards, and international business.
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Links to Full Panels:
Fireside Chat: Governance in Los Angeles – LA CorpGov Forum
Entertainment and Media – LA CorpGov Forum
International Business in the Trump 2.0 World – LA CorpGov Forum
Maximizing Value From Private Boards – LA CorpGov Forum
The Burgeoning Business of Sports – LA CorpGov Forum
Capital Markets: M&A and Private to Public Company Readiness – LA CorpGov Forum
Role of Boards in Shareholder Activism – LA CorpGov Forum
Speakers and Notable Attendees
- 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
- Paul Rubens, Managing Member, Tamarack Investment Partners, LLC
- Fred Rosen, CEO, NMFR Entertainment; Former CEO, Ticketmaster Corp.
- Jarrett Banks, Editor-at-Large, CorpGov (Moderator)
- John Jannarone, Editor-in-Chief, CorpGov (Moderator)
The event followed the 4th Annual Palm Beach CorpGov Forum, which attracted hundreds of attendees for in-depth panels and extensive networking with guests from around the world, and the first Princeton CorpGov Forum in May.
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