Finance & Leadership Podcast

Dominique Shelton Leipzig is a Mayer Brown Privacy & Cybersecurity Partner. Leading Global Data Innovation, she counsels CEOs and Board Members on smart digital governance. She has trained 50,000+ professionals in AI, privacy and cyber. For decades, Dominique has studied legal trends to accurately forecast digital risks and opportunities. Companies, with a collective market cap of 3 trillion USD have benefited from her insights. Trust is her fourth book. Her articles include a Financial Times op-ed concerning cross-border transfers, that the White House adopted. She founded the Digital Trust Summit for leaders to reimagine effective data oversight. Named a Diligent Modern Governance 100 leader and a LA Times "Legal Visionary," she has won 24 awards. A board member of the AI Governance Center and the International Association of Privacy Professionals, she is certified in privacy and board governance. Dominique is the co-founder of NxtWork, dedicated to diverse leadership.

Melvin Kirk served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Ryder System, Inc., a FORTUNE 500® commercial fleet management, dedicated transportation, and supply chain solutions company. He was a member of Ryder’s Executive Leadership Team and is responsible for all aspects of Ryder’s IT organization, including technology vision and strategy, operations and project management, infrastructure and software development, resource optimization, and systems development lifecycle.

Paul Linton serves as FTI Consulting’s Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer and is based out of the Company’s executive headquarters in Washington, D.C. Mr. Linton is responsible for supporting FTI Consulting’s business segments as they develop and drive their near-term and medium-term agendas.

Matthew Bisanz is a partner in Mayer Brown’s Financial Services Regulatory & Enforcement practice. He counsels domestic and global financial services firms on a variety of banking and derivatives regulatory issues.

David N. Feldman is a partner in the prominent boutique law firm of Hiller PC in New York. He is also CEO and co-founder of the cannabis and psychedelics consulting firm Skip Intro Advisors LLC. His law practice focuses on corporate and securities matters and general representation of public and private companies, investment banks, private equity firms and high net worth individuals.

Simone leverages over two decades of experience in the global capital markets and banking to manage money for small businesses, foundations and successful families. Success in achieving important financial goals, no matter the client profile, starts with a comprehensive wealth strategy.

Stella Mendes leads FTI Consulting’s Financial Services practice, focusing on financial institutions, bank governance, and regulations. She has more than 25 years of diverse banking industry experience.

Jordan Rae Kelly is the Head of Cybersecurity for the Americas at FTI Consulting. With more than 15 years of experience coordinating incident response and managing cyber policy planning. Ms. Kelly advises clients on a broad range of cybersecurity and data privacy matters.

Matt Bell is the Global Leader of the Export Controls, Sanctions, and Trade practice at FTI Consulting. Matt specializes in international trade compliance including export controls, economic sanctions, anti-boycott, import, customs, and similar global and related U.S. regulations. He helps his clients build or enhance their trade compliance programs through procedural enhancements, audits, and trainings that are properly benchmarked to leading practices.

Amber Vitale is a Managing Director with FTI Consulting specializing in OFAC and anti-money laundering (AML) matters. Amber has more than 17 years of experience that includes roles in OFAC enforcement, in-house compliance, legal practice, and consulting from which she brings multiple perspectives and insights to projects involving financial crimes-related regulation and compliance, risk management, and internal controls.

Cleve Mesidor is the founder of THE CLEVOLUTION, a blockchain consulting firm. Previously, she was an Obama Presidential Appointee, working as Director of Public Affairs for the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration, where she was charged with promoting White House economic programs and national public-private partnerships to advance innovation and entrepreneurship.

Dan represents clients in state, federal, and foreign regulatory enforcement actions, and provides assistance in establishing, maintaining, and monitoring Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering (BSA/AML) compliance programs.

Rob Nichols is the president and CEO of the American Bankers Association, which represents banks of all sizes and charters and is the voice for the nation’s $23.3 trillion banking industry. Rob joined ABA in August 2015 following ten years at the helm of the Financial Services Forum, a non-partisan financial and economic policy organization.

Tiffany J. Smith has over a decade of experience advising and representing broker-dealers and other financial institutions, including financial technology companies, regarding compliance with the federal securities laws and regulations and the rules of self-regulatory organizations.

Derrick Cephas is a member of the Financial Services Practice. He has more than 40 years of experience as a financial services lawyer with particular emphasis on the regulation of US and non-US banks, bank holding companies, and their affiliates. As a lawyer, senior bank regulator, and CEO of a US $4.5 billion asset New York City bank, Derrick has been involved in many of the most important developments in US bank regulation for more than 35 years.

Carol Van Cleef is an internationally recognized authority and pioneer in legal issues involving cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. As chair of the firm’s Blockchain and Digital Assets practice, Carol leads the firm’s virtual currencies and blockchain work to help clients navigate the complex, dynamic, and rapidly evolving issues in these areas. With a focus on regulatory, compliance, and enforcement matters, Carol has built a global reputation as a leading attorney, counselor, and problem solver.

Dan is the Global Head of Restructuring at J.P. Morgan, focusing on advising and raising capital for distressed companies. Dan has led numerous DIP, Exit, and distressed financings and prepackaged plans of reorganization, and has advised on several liability management and out-of-court restructuring transactions. Dan has been with J.P. Morgan for over 20 years. Prior to joining the Restructuring Group, Dan was a senior member of J.P. Morgan’s Leveraged Finance team.

Rachel Rodman is an experienced litigator who focuses her practice on defending banks, specialty finance companies, and other financial services institutions in investigations and enforcement actions by federal and state agencies, supervisory actions, and consumer protection civil litigation.

Precious L. Williams is the CEO of Perfect Pitches by Precious. She is a world-class master communicator who works with successful women entrepreneurs and helps them take their professional pitching and speaking skills to the next level. With over 25 years of experience in creating unique branding, speaking, and marketing techniques, Williams trains her clients and sales teams at Fortune 100 companies how to remain authentic and transparent when presenting to distinctive audiences.

Kimberly Allman is the Director of the Credit Counseling Initiative at Capital One. She runs a philanthropic program at Capital One which provides funding and support to non-profit credit counseling agencies, nationwide. Kimberly started her career as a securities lawyer, advising clients on a variety of investment products including hedge funds, private equity funds, mutual funds, and real estate investment trusts. Kimberly has been featured in Black Enterprise, Bankrate.com, and ForbesWoman.

Kris D. Kully is a partner in Mayer Brown’s Washington DC office and a member of the Consumer Financial Services group. She concentrates her practice on federal and state regulatory compliance matters affecting providers of consumer financial products and services. Her practice includes advising clients on compliance with licensing, consumer protection, and other practice requirements facing mortgage and consumer lenders/brokers, servicers, and investors.

Jeffery J. Weaver is an Executive Vice President at KeyCorp, a $171 Billion commercial bank. In his present role, Mr. Weaver is responsible for the ongoing enhancement of firm-wide non-financial risk appetite and risk assessment of the qualitative processes used to quantify measure, and control risk across the enterprise. He is a seasoned Finance & Risk Management executive recognized for driving transformational change.

Terry Gilroy is a partner in the New York office of Baker McKenzie and a member of the Compliance and Investigations Practice Group. Prior to joining the Firm in 2018, Terry served as Americas Head of the Financial Crime Legal function at Barclays. Terry advises businesses and individuals on white-collar and financial crime issues and has significant experience conducting compliance investigations. Terry spent six years on active duty in the United States Army as a Field Artillery officer.

Joe Knight conducts a comprehensive exploration of artificial intelligence and offers valuable insights for organizations navigating AI integration complexities.