Meet our Speakers
Hear what’s top of mind for business leaders and practitioners across industries in 2026.
Keynote Speaker
Noelle Russell
Noelle Russell is a leading voice in AI and responsible innovation. A TEDx speaker, best‑selling author, and Founder & Chief AI Officer of the AI Leadership Institute, she helps executives scale AI responsibly. Named the #1 Agentic AI Leader in 2025, she has taught millions through LinkedIn Learning and advises global organizations on ethical, high‑impact AI strategy.
Brian Stafford
President & CEO, Diligent
Adam Bailey
General Manager, Platform, Diligent
Scott Bridgen
GM of Risk & Audit, Diligent
Amanda Carty
General Manager, Compliance, Diligent
Nithya B. Das
General Manager, Governance and Chief Legal Officer
Kathryn Henry
Independent Director and Audit and Compensation Committee Member, lululemon
Lavonne Burke
Global Vice President, Legal Security, Resiliency, Digital & AI, Dell
Ashley Dubriwny
Head of Culture and Conduct, DocuSign
Maurice Crescenzi, Jr.
Industry Practice Leader, Moodys Analytics
James Wade
Chief Information Security Officer, Mortgage Contracting Services
Dominique Shelton Leipzig
CEO, Global Data Innovation
Darian Rodriguez Heyman
Founder & CEO, Helping People Help
Tolu Ajimoko
Vice President, Entities Product Management, Diligent
Warren Allen
Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Diligent
Chris Avore
Vice President, Product Design, Diligent
Mike Benevento
Solutions Architect, Diligent
Dana Boyd
Senior Internal Auditor, Novelis
Tracey Brady
Vice President, Entities - Business & Product Strategy, Diligent
Nikki Brittain
Customer Success Manager, Diligent
Merritt Brooks
Customer Success Team Lead, Diligent
Kimberly Brown
Director of Compliance, DigiCert
Jay Cameron
Senior Director, Product Marketing, Diligent
Cathy Cartieri
Vice President, Client Success Advisory, Diligent
Lu Chen
Principal Product Manager, Diligent
Andrew Colvin
Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary , Canal Financial Group, Inc.
Zoe Cunningham
Senior Product Marketing Manager, Diligent
Wendy David
Senior Manager, Solution Engineering, Diligent
Mary Beth DeVries
Senior Training Specialist, Diligent
Debbie Dewar
Chief Compliance Officer / Vice President & General Counsel, SAS
Nicole Di Schino
Principal Compliance Services Consultant, Diligent
Russell Dover
Principal Product Strategy Operations, Diligent
Andrew Dunbar
Senior Vice President, Chief Risk, Ethics & Compliance Officer, Herbalife
James Edwards
Senior Training Manager, Diligent
Tami Evnin
Director, Product Design, Diligent
Tom Faraday
Vice President of Product Management, Diligent
Ben Foss
Compliance Solutions Engineer, Diligent
Kevin George
Senior Product Manager, Diligent
Sarah Gutierrez
Manager, Policy Implementation, Diligent
Patrick Henz
Compliance Advisor Latin America, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America
Katie Hollis
Head of UK Subsidiary Governance, National Grid
Luca Jordan
Director, Product Marketing, Diligent
Curtis Josey
Associate Director of Analytics & Data Strategy, Cornell University
Tom Keaton
Head of ACL, Diligent
Bram Ketting
Vice President of Business & Product Strategy, 3rdRisk
Philipp Kiencke
Global Partner Manager, DAB
Ronald Kohn
Director, Product Management, Diligent
Krystyna Kwintal
Manager of the Executive Office, Flexco
Phil Lim
Director, Product Management, Diligent
Sherry Li
Director, Product Management, Diligent
Yu-Kuan Lin
Vice President, Product Management, Diligent
Brandie Llewelyn
Senior Manager, GRC , SunRun
Maria Lopez
Director, Product Marketing, Diligent
Corey Lowry
Internal Audit Manager, Crown Castle
Cory McBain
Vice President, Product Management, Diligent
Kevin McLean
Director, Product Management, Diligent
Curtis McNeil
Risk Management Officer, Architect of the Capitol (AOC)
Sarah Merkle
Attorney, Civility, LLC
Sarah Miller
Manager, Customer Success, Diligent
Pam Nason
Director, Customer Success, Diligent
Dale Pearson
Senior Manager, Product Marketing, Diligent
Michele Paoli
Assistant General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, National Grid
Tori Reichman
Senior Director, Business & Product Strategy, Diligent
Diana Roadcap
Training Manager, Diligent
Andrew Robinson
Solutions Engineer II, Diligent
Pia Roper
Customer Success Manager, Diligent
Dr. Bradford Saron
Superintendent, Sun Prairie Area School District
Jeff Schaefer
Regional Vice President of Customer Success, Diligent
Dottie Schindlinger
Executive Director, Diligent Institute
Jennifer Schwartz
Director, Product Marketing, Platform & AI, Diligent
Johannes Schwele
Chief Revenue Officer, DAB
Neha Sharma
Senior Solutions Engineer, Pre-Sales, Diligent
April Skipp
Principal Product Compliance Advisor, Diligent
Steve Schroeder
Former Board President, Sun Prairie Area School District
Suzanne VanSligtenhorst
Director, Corporate Governance & Assistant Corporate Secretary, Discovery Silver Corporation
Chandu Vemuri
Former Executive Assistant for Board and Superintendent Leadership, Sun Prairie Area School District
Jason Venner
Solutions Sales Director, Diligent
Savannah Washco
Senior Associate, Paralegal, Barings
Emily Williams
Director of Client Growth, Diligent
Robert Williams
Senior Director of Customer Success, Oracle NetSuite
Susan Zagorski
Legal Operations Manager, FMC Corporation
Daniel Zmak
Senior Director, Business & Product Strategy
Brian Stafford
President & CEO, Diligent
Adam Bailey
General Manager, Platform, Diligent
Scott Bridgen
GM of Risk & Audit, Diligent
Amanda Carty
General Manager, Compliance, Diligent
Nithya B. Das
General Manager, Governance and Chief Legal Officer
Kathryn Henry
Independent Director and Audit and Compensation Committee Member, lululemon
Lavonne Burke
Global Vice President, Legal Security, Resiliency, Digital & AI, Dell
Ashley Dubriwny
Head of Culture and Conduct, DocuSign
Maurice Crescenzi, Jr.
Industry Practice Leader, Moodys Analytics
James Wade
Chief Information Security Officer, Mortgage Contracting Services
Dominique Shelton Leipzig
CEO, Global Data Innovation
Darian Rodriguez Heyman
Founder & CEO, Helping People Help
Tolu Ajimoko
Vice President, Entities Product Management, Diligent
Warren Allen
Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Diligent
Chris Avore
Vice President, Product Design, Diligent
Mike Benevento
Solutions Architect, Diligent
Dana Boyd
Senior Internal Auditor, Novelis
Tracey Brady
Vice President, Entities - Business & Product Strategy, Diligent
Nikki Brittain
Customer Success Manager, Diligent
Merritt Brooks
Customer Success Team Lead, Diligent
Kimberly Brown
Director of Compliance, DigiCert
Jay Cameron
Senior Director, Product Marketing, Diligent
Cathy Cartieri
Vice President, Client Success Advisory, Diligent
Lu Chen
Principal Product Manager, Diligent
Andrew Colvin
Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary , Canal Financial Group, Inc.
Zoe Cunningham
Senior Product Marketing Manager, Diligent
Wendy David
Senior Manager, Solution Engineering, Diligent
Mary Beth DeVries
Senior Training Specialist, Diligent
Debbie Dewar
Chief Compliance Officer / Vice President & General Counsel, SAS
Nicole Di Schino
Principal Compliance Services Consultant, Diligent
Russell Dover
Principal Product Strategy Operations, Diligent
Andrew Dunbar
Senior Vice President, Chief Risk, Ethics & Compliance Officer, Herbalife
James Edwards
Senior Training Manager, Diligent
Tami Evnin
Director, Product Design, Diligent
Tom Faraday
Vice President of Product Management, Diligent
Ben Foss
Compliance Solutions Engineer, Diligent
Kevin George
Senior Product Manager, Diligent
Sarah Gutierrez
Manager, Policy Implementation, Diligent
Patrick Henz
Compliance Advisor Latin America, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America
Katie Hollis
Head of UK Subsidiary Governance, National Grid
Luca Jordan
Director, Product Marketing, Diligent
Curtis Josey
Associate Director of Analytics & Data Strategy, Cornell University
Tom Keaton
Head of ACL, Diligent
Bram Ketting
Vice President of Business & Product Strategy, 3rdRisk
Philipp Kiencke
Global Partner Manager, DAB
Ronald Kohn
Director, Product Management, Diligent
Krystyna Kwintal
Manager of the Executive Office, Flexco
Phil Lim
Director, Product Management, Diligent
Sherry Li
Director, Product Management, Diligent
Yu-Kuan Lin
Vice President, Product Management, Diligent
Brandie Llewelyn
Senior Manager, GRC , SunRun
Maria Lopez
Director, Product Marketing, Diligent
Corey Lowry
Internal Audit Manager, Crown Castle
Cory McBain
Vice President, Product Management, Diligent
Kevin McLean
Director, Product Management, Diligent
Curtis McNeil
Risk Management Officer, Architect of the Capitol (AOC)
Sarah Merkle
Attorney, Civility, LLC
Sarah Miller
Manager, Customer Success, Diligent
Pam Nason
Director, Customer Success, Diligent
Dale Pearson
Senior Manager, Product Marketing, Diligent
Michele Paoli
Assistant General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, National Grid
Tori Reichman
Senior Director, Business & Product Strategy, Diligent
Diana Roadcap
Training Manager, Diligent
Andrew Robinson
Solutions Engineer II, Diligent
Pia Roper
Customer Success Manager, Diligent
Dr. Bradford Saron
Superintendent, Sun Prairie Area School District
Jeff Schaefer
Regional Vice President of Customer Success, Diligent
Dottie Schindlinger
Executive Director, Diligent Institute
Jennifer Schwartz
Director, Product Marketing, Platform & AI, Diligent
Johannes Schwele
Chief Revenue Officer, DAB
Neha Sharma
Senior Solutions Engineer, Pre-Sales, Diligent
April Skipp
Principal Product Compliance Advisor, Diligent
Steve Schroeder
Former Board President, Sun Prairie Area School District
Suzanne VanSligtenhorst
Director, Corporate Governance & Assistant Corporate Secretary, Discovery Silver Corporation
Chandu Vemuri
Former Executive Assistant for Board and Superintendent Leadership, Sun Prairie Area School District
Jason Venner
Solutions Sales Director, Diligent
Savannah Washco
Senior Associate, Paralegal, Barings
Emily Williams
Director of Client Growth, Diligent
Robert Williams
Senior Director of Customer Success, Oracle NetSuite
Susan Zagorski
Legal Operations Manager, FMC Corporation
Daniel Zmak
Senior Director, Business & Product Strategy
Brian Stafford
President & CEO, Diligent
Adam Bailey
General Manager, Platform, Diligent
Scott Bridgen
GM of Risk & Audit, Diligent
Amanda Carty
General Manager, Compliance, Diligent
Nithya B. Das
General Manager, Governance and Chief Legal Officer
Kathryn Henry
Independent Director and Audit and Compensation Committee Member, lululemon
Lavonne Burke
Global Vice President, Legal Security, Resiliency, Digital & AI, Dell
Ashley Dubriwny
Head of Culture and Conduct, DocuSign
Maurice Crescenzi, Jr.
Industry Practice Leader, Moodys Analytics
James Wade
Chief Information Security Officer, Mortgage Contracting Services
Dominique Shelton Leipzig
CEO, Global Data Innovation
Darian Rodriguez Heyman
Founder & CEO, Helping People Help
Tolu Ajimoko
Vice President, Entities Product Management, Diligent
Warren Allen
Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Diligent
Chris Avore
Vice President, Product Design, Diligent
Mike Benevento
Solutions Architect, Diligent
Dana Boyd
Senior Internal Auditor, Novelis
Tracey Brady
Vice President, Entities - Business & Product Strategy, Diligent
Nikki Brittain
Customer Success Manager, Diligent
Merritt Brooks
Customer Success Team Lead, Diligent
Kimberly Brown
Director of Compliance, DigiCert
Jay Cameron
Senior Director, Product Marketing, Diligent
Cathy Cartieri
Vice President, Client Success Advisory, Diligent
Lu Chen
Principal Product Manager, Diligent
Andrew Colvin
Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary , Canal Financial Group, Inc.
Zoe Cunningham
Senior Product Marketing Manager, Diligent
Wendy David
Senior Manager, Solution Engineering, Diligent
Mary Beth DeVries
Senior Training Specialist, Diligent
Debbie Dewar
Chief Compliance Officer / Vice President & General Counsel, SAS
Nicole Di Schino
Principal Compliance Services Consultant, Diligent
Russell Dover
Principal Product Strategy Operations, Diligent
Andrew Dunbar
Senior Vice President, Chief Risk, Ethics & Compliance Officer, Herbalife
James Edwards
Senior Training Manager, Diligent
Tami Evnin
Director, Product Design, Diligent
Tom Faraday
Vice President of Product Management, Diligent
Ben Foss
Compliance Solutions Engineer, Diligent
Kevin George
Senior Product Manager, Diligent
Sarah Gutierrez
Manager, Policy Implementation, Diligent
Patrick Henz
Compliance Advisor Latin America, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America
Katie Hollis
Head of UK Subsidiary Governance, National Grid
Luca Jordan
Director, Product Marketing, Diligent
Curtis Josey
Associate Director of Analytics & Data Strategy, Cornell University
Tom Keaton
Head of ACL, Diligent
Bram Ketting
Vice President of Business & Product Strategy, 3rdRisk
Philipp Kiencke
Global Partner Manager, DAB
Ronald Kohn
Director, Product Management, Diligent
Krystyna Kwintal
Manager of the Executive Office, Flexco
Phil Lim
Director, Product Management, Diligent
Sherry Li
Director, Product Management, Diligent
Yu-Kuan Lin
Vice President, Product Management, Diligent
Brandie Llewelyn
Senior Manager, GRC , SunRun
Maria Lopez
Director, Product Marketing, Diligent
Corey Lowry
Internal Audit Manager, Crown Castle
Cory McBain
Vice President, Product Management, Diligent
Kevin McLean
Director, Product Management, Diligent
Curtis McNeil
Risk Management Officer, Architect of the Capitol (AOC)
Sarah Merkle
Attorney, Civility, LLC
Sarah Miller
Manager, Customer Success, Diligent
Pam Nason
Director, Customer Success, Diligent
Dale Pearson
Senior Manager, Product Marketing, Diligent
Michele Paoli
Assistant General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, National Grid
Tori Reichman
Senior Director, Business & Product Strategy, Diligent
Diana Roadcap
Training Manager, Diligent
Andrew Robinson
Solutions Engineer II, Diligent
Pia Roper
Customer Success Manager, Diligent
Dr. Bradford Saron
Superintendent, Sun Prairie Area School District
Jeff Schaefer
Regional Vice President of Customer Success, Diligent
Dottie Schindlinger
Executive Director, Diligent Institute
Jennifer Schwartz
Director, Product Marketing, Platform & AI, Diligent
Johannes Schwele
Chief Revenue Officer, DAB
Neha Sharma
Senior Solutions Engineer, Pre-Sales, Diligent
April Skipp
Principal Product Compliance Advisor, Diligent
Steve Schroeder
Former Board President, Sun Prairie Area School District
Suzanne VanSligtenhorst
Director, Corporate Governance & Assistant Corporate Secretary, Discovery Silver Corporation
Chandu Vemuri
Former Executive Assistant for Board and Superintendent Leadership, Sun Prairie Area School District
Jason Venner
Solutions Sales Director, Diligent
Savannah Washco
Senior Associate, Paralegal, Barings
Emily Williams
Director of Client Growth, Diligent
Robert Williams
Senior Director of Customer Success, Oracle NetSuite
Susan Zagorski
Legal Operations Manager, FMC Corporation
Daniel Zmak
Senior Director, Business & Product Strategy
Atlanta GA