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NIRI SRT 2018 Annual Meeting November 28 – 30, 2018

Wednesday, November 28

5:30 – 6:30pm WELCOME RECEPTION (Palladium Pool) Reconnect with friends and colleagues (and meet new ones) over cocktails.

• Matthew Stroud, Chair, NIRI Senior Roundtable

Vice President, Investor Relations, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment

• Gary LaBranche, FASAE, CAE, President & CEO National Investor Relations Institute

6:30 – 8:30pm DINNER (Palladium Pool) Relax with your peers for an evening of networking and conversation. Make new connections during dinner, where you’ll be seated with a mix of Senior Roundtable members.

Thursday, November 29 (All sessions are in Eden Roc Salon II, Ocean Tower, 2nd floor)

8:00 – 8:45am BREAKFAST

8:45 – 9:00am WELCOME

• Matthew Stroud, Chair, NIRI Senior Roundtable Vice President, Investor Relations, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment

9:00 – 10:15am ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE’S (AI) GROWING INFLUENCE

In 2015, six of the top eight hedge funds in the United States earned approximately $8B based largely or exclusively on AI algorithms. It’s estimated that pure-play AI and machine-learning firms managed over $10 billion in assets as of 2017 and that number is projected to grow rapidly in the next five years.

How has this trend impacted trading in your stock? Are these systems set to perform all investing decisions or will investors still need human intervention? Don't miss an engaging conversation on how AI has already impacted trading and how it might impact your interactions with investors and Wall Street analysts.

• Sam Levenson, Chief Executive Officer, Arbor Advisory Group, LLC (moderator)

• Chris Hammond, CFA, Director, Research Signals, Markit

• Evan Schnidman, Founder & CEO, Prattle

• Rob Wertheimer, Founding Partner, Director of Research, Melius Research

10:15 – 10:45am BREAK


10:45 – 12:00pm STATE OF THE SELL SIDE

MiFID II has been the harbinger of fundamental change in the sell-side community. Now that the new rules are fully in play in the EU, we will examine the impact of MiFID II in the U.S., both from an economic and professional standpoint, and what’s likely to happen going forward. This includes trends in equity research and corporate access, along with other potential effects. We will also discuss how IR professionals can best balance sell-side offerings with their strategic IR objectives in this current environment.

• Lee Ahlstrom, IRC, SVP and CFO, RigNet (moderator)

• Scott H. Group, Managing Director, Senior Transportation Analyst, Wolfe Research

• Glenn Novarro, Managing Director, Global Equity Research, RBC Capital Markets

• William Quinn, Head of Corporate Access – Americas, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

• Travis Steed, Vice President, US Medical Supplies & Devices Equity Research, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

• Steven M. Wieczynski, CFA, Managing Director, Stifel

12:00 – 12:20pm NIRI UPDATE

• Gary LaBranche, FASAE, CAE, President & CEO National Investor Relations Institute

12:20 – 1:30pm NETWORKING LUNCH (Spa Garden)

1:30 – 2:45pm U.S. ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: U.S. ECONOMIC GROWTH SAILS ON AMIDST

CHOPPY GLOBAL SEAS

The U.S. and its global trading partners are all riding a wave of global growth, leading them to grow above trend for the first time in years. This wave may have reached its peak, although we don’t foresee it crashing down on the beach just yet. For the U.S., while the economic expansion continues to strengthen, helped by fiscal stimulus in the form of Federal spending and tax cuts, it is tempered by policy risks both in the U.S. and abroad. Despite the private sector’s continued ability to spend, shifting economic tides are keeping the Fed on it toes. Against this backdrop, the overall economic conditions may be giving different signals for companies, consumers, and other key stakeholders to navigate. Key topics will include: where are we in the business cycle, the impact of trade wars, U.S. twin deficits, Federal Reserve monetary policy amidst the economic expansion, and long-term economic growth concerns.

• Beth Ann Bovino, Chief U.S. Economist, Managing Director, S&P Global Ratings

2:45 – 3:15pm BREAK


3:15 – 4:30pm SURVIVING THE SHORT ATTACK: BATTLEFIELD SCARS AND STRATEGIES

From anonymous on-line attacks, to short reports, to short seller activism from prominent hedge funds and “celebrity” activists, it seems “short attacks” are here to stay. In this session, we will discuss several renowned case studies, review various types of attacker playbooks, challenges in defending against such attacks, and discuss best practices for advance preparation. We will also discuss why some activist short campaigns pay off and others don’t, and how to think about your company’s potential vulnerabilities.

• James Golden, Partner, Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher (moderator)

• Amy Greene, VP of Investor Relations, Avon (former VP of IR at Herbalife)

• Clay Jeansonne, VP of Investor Relations, Penn Virginia (former VP of IR, Linn Energy)

• Chris Kutsor, VP of Investor Relations, Motorola Solutions

5:30 – 8:00pm COCKTAILS AND DINNER (Eden Roc Garden)

Enjoy drinks and dinner overlooking the Atlantic to the local sounds of The Cuban Combo. Acoustic guitar and conga drums go beautifully together as The Cuban Combo creates wonderful Spanish rhythms and melodies throughout the evening.

Friday, November 30 (All sessions are in Eden Roc Salon II, Ocean Tower, 2nd floor)

7:45 – 8:30am BREAKFAST

8:30 – 8:45am OPENING REMARKS – PASSING THE TORCH TO THE 2019 SRT CHAIR


• Idalia Rodriguez, Senior Advisor, Arbor Advisory Group

8:45 – 10:00am TIMELY TOPICS

Facilitated group discussion in four lightning rounds on some of the most topical issues facing IR professionals.

1. ESG TOPICS – Is It Real? Why Should I Care? What’s the Business Case?

Pamela Styles, Principal & Founder, Next Level Investor Relations

2. SOCIAL MEDIA – When Good Intentions Turn Bad or How to Keep the C-Suite

in Line Nils Paellmann, Vice President IR and Head of Investor Relations, T-Mobile US


3. CONSTRUCTIVISTS AND SUGGESTIVISTS – The New Breed of Activists

John Chevalier, Vice President, Global Investor Relations, The Procter & Gamble Company

4. TIMELY TRENDS – Hedge Fund Fade and MiFID II

Deborah K. Pawlowski, IRC, Chairman and CEO, Kei Advisors LLC

10:00 – 10:30am BREAK

10:30 – 11:45am CONVERSATION WITH BRETT REDFEARN, SEC DIRECTOR OF TRADING

AND MARKETS

• Chris Stent, Founder, Mission Street Capital Advisors, LLC (moderator)

11:45 – 12:00pm CLOSING REMARKS


12:00 – 2:00pm LUNCH (Spa Garden)

Thank You to the 2018 Senior Roundtable Sponsor


Speakers

Lee M. Ahlstrom, IRC is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at RigNet. Prior to this, he served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Paragon Offshore from November 2016 until the company’s sale in March 2018. He also served as Senior Vice President of Investor Relations, Strategy and Planning of Paragon since its founding in 2014. He served as Senior Vice President – Strategic Development of Noble Corporation since May 2011 and in this capacity, Ahlstrom was responsible for evaluating and developing strategic alternatives and initiatives for the Company. He joined the company in May 2006 and served as Vice President of Investor Relations and Planning.

Prior to joining Noble, Mr. Ahlstrom served as the Director of Investor Relations at Burlington Resources, Inc. which was acquired by ConocoPhillips Company in March, 2006. Before joining Burlington, Mr. Ahlstrom worked for Unocal Corporation in a variety of roles including the Manager of Strategy and Planning for the Deepwater, U.S.A. business unit, Manager of Investor Relations, and Executive Assistant to the President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Ahlstrom led the effort to integrate Unocal’s North American assets and people into Chevron’s upstream business when those businesses were merged in 2005. From 1998 to 2002, he was a consultant with McKinsey & Company, the premier management consulting firm, serving clients in the petroleum, services, and venture capital industries. Mr. Ahlstrom began his career with Exxon where he held a variety of engineering positions. He holds both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Delaware. Mr. Ahlstrom serves on the board of directors for the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) and holds NIRI’s Investor Relations Charter (IRC) credential.

Beth Ann Bovino is the U.S. Chief Economist at S & P Global Ratings Services, based in New York. In this position, she develops S&P’s U.S. economic forecasts and authors the quarterly U.S. Economic Forecast, the biweekly Financial Notes and the Business Cycle Barometer. Beth Ann has written timely research reports on long-term economic trends and has created industry drivers for analyst research. She is quoted regularly in the press and has appeared on many major television programs. Further, she has written many articles for popular and professional publications. Before joining Standard & Poor’s in February 2004, Beth Ann spent over ten years doing economic and market

research with Sungard Institutional Brokerage, UBS Warburg, and the Federal Reserve. The Wall Street Journal recognized Beth Ann as the most accurate forecaster of the U.S. economy in 2013. Beth Ann holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, a master's degree in International and Development Economics from Yale University and a Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University.

John Chevalier is Vice President, Global Investor Relations at The Procter & Gamble Company. John joined The Procter & Gamble Company in 1989. He is currently the Vice President of Investor Relations for P&G. John joined the P&G IR team in 2002, and since that time, P&G has been recognized as “Best Investor Relations Program in the Consumer Sector” for ten consecutive years by Institutional Investor Magazine. In 2011-2016, John was recognized as Institutional Investor Magazine’s “First Team All-America Investor Relations Officer”. John has served on the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) Board of Directors. He has been a member

of NIRI since 2002, and has served as President and Program Chair of the Cincinnati Tri-State NIRI Chapter. Prior to working in Investor Relations, John was Finance Manager of P&G’s Baby Care, Feminine Care and Tissue & Towel businesses in Northeast Asia, based in Kobe, Japan. His earlier assignments with P&G included Global Strategic Planning and Financial Analysis in the Baby Care Business, finance leader for two acquisition integrations, and finance manager of two manufacturing facilities. John has been recognized as P&G “CFO Circle Fellow” - the highest award within P&G Finance & Accounting’s technical mastery recognition program. John graduated from Miami University in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration-Finance and a minor in Decision Sciences. He is married with three children.


Jim Golden is Partner at Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher. He provides communications counsel for clients across a wide spectrum of industries, with a particular focus on the financial services sector. His areas of expertise include Mergers & Acquisitions, Shareholder Activism (including short defense), Restructuring & Bankruptcy, and Investor & Public Relations. Jim joined Joele Frank in 2005. Previously he worked in Deutsche Bank’s Institutional Client Sales Group and prior to that he was with Standish Mellon Asset Management of Boston on its fixed income trading desk. He received a B.S. in organizational communications, cum laude, from Northeastern University.

Amy Greene is VP of Investor Relations at Avon. A seasoned financial communications professional, Amy led investor relations and corporate engagement at Herbalife Ltd. and GNC Holdings Inc. following a 10-year career publishing investment research on consumer products companies. Amy Greene brings two decades of experience as an industry analyst and as in-house investor relations executive. She built an award-winning investor relations programme at Herbalife Ltd. optimizing the investor base, during her tenure as Senior Vice President of Global Engagement and Senior Vice President of Investor, Government & Community Relations, as the company grew from a small to mid-cap business. Amy served as

Vice President of Investor Relations & Government Relations at GNC Holdings Inc., the global vitamin and supplements retailer, where she led the external engagement with investors, analysts and various Congressional offices and industry groups, to change the narrative around topics such as wellness and care. Earlier in her career Amy spent more than 10 years as an equity analyst at Avondale Partners LLC and First Union Securities, covering the direct selling, personal care and restaurants and beverage sectors. Most recently she founded and served as Chief Strategy Officer of LAILA Strategic Consulting, an independent consulting company that assists corporate executives in designing and implementing investor and public affairs strategies. She received a BS in Politics from Randolph-Macon Women’s College.

Scott H. Group is a Managing Director and Senior Analyst with Wolfe Research, covering more than 30 Transportation related stocks across the Rail, Trucking, Truck Machinery, and Airfreight & Logistics sectors. He is one of the founding members of Wolfe Research and serves on the company's Executive Committee. Scott has been ranked as the #1 Airfreight & Surface Transportation Analyst for three straight years in Institutional Investor’s All-America Research Poll. He has been voted onto the All-America Research Team for the past five years, and was previously recognized by Institutional Investor as a Rising Star in 2010.

Prior to joining Wolfe Research at its inception in 2008, Scott spent over three years as a research associate and Vice President covering Transports at Bear Stearns. Before joining Bear Stearns, Scott worked for two years as a fixed–income research analyst at Merrill Lynch. Scott earned his B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Chris Hammond, CFA, executive director at IHS Markit, heads the Research Signals product that provides quantitative factors, models and solutions to institutional clients worldwide. He leads the team's research and new product development. He is a current member of the CFA Society of Chicago and the Chicago Quantitative Alliance. As a graduate in 2007, Mr. Hammond joined Quantitative Services Group, which in 2011 was acquired by Markit, and is now part of IHS Markit. He earned his B.S.B.A. in Finance from Washington University in St. Louis, US.


Clay Jeansonne recently joined Penn Virginia as Director of Investor Relations. He previously was with Al Petrie Advisors after spending the last ten years as Vice President Investor and Public Relations at LINN Energy. Prior to joining LINN, he served as Vice President of Investor Relations at Pogo Producing Company and Investor Relations Specialist at Burlington Resources. Clay began his career at Louisiana Land & Exploration where he held several positions in the corporate finance function. Clay earned his Bachelor of Sciences in Computer Science from the University of Louisiana, Lafayette and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Southern Mississippi.

Chris Kutsor is Vice President of Investor Relations for Motorola Solutions. Kutsor was named to Institutional Investor's All-America Executive Team for 2018 as one of three top IR professionals in telecom. His prior leadership roles include global business units, venture capital investing, strategic sales support and customer negotiations, start-up organizations, and acquisition analysis and integration. Chris also serves on the board of directors for First Light USA, a privately held military supplier and is a board adviser to the University of Illinois Hoeft Technology and Management Program.

Chris earned his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and holds a BS in Corporate Finance and Investments from the University of Illinois.

Gary LaBranche, FASAE, CAE, is the President & CEO of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI). As CEO, LaBranche provides strategic executive leadership to advance the NIRI’s mission and goals. He represents NIRI to regulators, lawmakers, the media and other audiences. Before joining NIRI in March 2017, he was CEO of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG). ACG serves 90,000 investors, lenders, executives and advisors to middle market companies, including 1,000 private equity firms.

An association professional for 37+ years, LaBranche has served as CEO for three other organizations and as a senior executive at the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Prior to joining ACG, LaBranche was CEO for the Association Forum of Chicagoland. At the Forum and ASAE he was responsible for identifying, developing and sharing best practices, models and innovation in association management, professional development and meeting planning. At ASAE he was responsible for the 6,000 attendee “Super Bowl of Conventions,” launch of e-learning and modernization of the Certified Association Executive (CAE) program. He was named an ASAE Fellow (FASAE) in 1995. He was the ASAE Key Award winner for 2007, the highest award in the profession. ASSOCIATION TRENDS named him the 2012 Association Executive of the Year. He is a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Association Committee of 100 and is past chairman of the Chamber’s Institute of Organization Management. LaBranche has served on ASAE’s 4 governing boards and continues to serve on the board of ASAE’s for-profit subsidiary, ASAE Business Services, Inc. of which he is past chairman. He serves on the Advisory Board of the Kogod Cybersecurity Governance Center at American University. He is the author of 300+ articles, podcasts and columns, including “The Association CEO Succession Toolkit” published by ASAE in 2018. He authored the chapter, “Managing the Complex Association Enterprise” in ASAE’s Handbook on Professional Practices in Association Management, 3rd edition. He has consulted/presented to 300+ associations. LaBranche was profiled as an innovative leader in the book, Hope: How Triumphant Leaders Create the Future, by Andrew Razeghi. He has also been featured in Strategic Transformation: How Boards Achieve Extraordinary Change.


Sam Levenson is the Founder and CEO of Arbor Advisory Group, a bespoke investor relations and corporate communications advisory firm comprised exclusively of seasoned executives, each of whom possess decades of experience overseeing communications for publicly traded corporations. Mr. Levenson was inducted as a Fellow to the National Investor Relations Institute in 2015. Prior to Arbor, Mr. Levenson’s experience included overseeing North American investor relations for Sony Corporation, managing global IR and communications in the wake of fraud found at Cendant Corporation and implementing the first IR program at Staples, Inc. He has served on the Board of the National Investor

Relations Institute (NIRI), as Chair of its Senior Roundtable, as Chair of its External Affairs Committee, as Co-Chair of its Annual Conference as well as on its Subject Matter Expert Committee. For the Investor Relations Association, Mr. Levenson served in each of the officer roles, including President, as well as a Director. Mr. Levenson previously served on the FASB’s Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Committee as well as the Client Advisory Board of IPREO LLC. He is also the recipient of numerous awards from IR Magazine and Institutional Investor Magazine, a guest lecturer at universities and a frequent speaker at professional conferences. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from Boston University with a concentration in Accounting.

Glenn Novarro is Managing Director, Global Equity Research, at RBC Capital Markets. Glenn has over twenty years of experience covering the healthcare sector. He started his career on the sell-side in 1994 as an associate working on a top-ranked pharmaceutical research team. He was promoted to a senior analyst in 1998 and started covering the Medical Supplies and Devices sector in 1999. Glenn is known for his in-depth coverage of industry leading companies such as Abbott Labs, Johnson & Johnson and Medtronic. He has also been associated with some of the most significant Initial Public Offerings (IPO’s) in the sector, such as Edwards Lifesciences and Nuvasive.

Glenn’s industry knowledge spans multiple sub-sectors, including cardiovascular, orthopedics, spine and robotics. As a result, he has become a trusted source for portfolio managers and buy-side analysts. Glenn joined RBC Capital Markets in 2008 as a Managing Director to assume coverage of the Medical Supplies and Devices sector. Prior to joining our research department, he worked for five years at Banc of America Securities. He also worked for three years at Credit Suisse and for five years at Schroders plc. Glenn holds an MBA from the University of Michigan and a BA from Vassar.

Nils Paellmann, based in New York, is the Vice President IR and Head of Investor Relations of T-Mobile US (NASDAQ: TMUS) since April 2013. Previously Nils was Vice President, Investor Relations of Deutsche Telekom (Bloomberg: DTE GY, DTEGY US). Nils had been heading up the New York investor relations office of Deutsche Telekom since its inception in 1998. Nils served as a Director on the Board of NIRI (National Investor Relations Institute) from 2013 to 2017. He served as President of the New York chapter of NIRI in 2008/9. He is also a member of NIRI's Senior Roundtable. Nils has a PhD in Finance from the Stern School of Business of New York University and an MBA from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) with a specialization in Finance and Marketing Research.

Nils was ranked No. 1 IR professional in Telecommunications in the 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 All-America Executive Team rankings by Institutional Investor Magazine. T-Mobile US received the IR Award for "Best use of social media" in the IR Magazine Awards - US 2015, the IR Award for best IR in the telecommunications sector in the IR Magazine Awards - US 2017, and the IR Award for best IR in the communications sector in the IR Magazine Awards - US 2018. T-Mobile US also received the award for best fixed-income IR program in Telecommunications in the 2018 All-America Fixed-Income IR Rankings.


Deborah K. Pawlowski, IRC, is Chairman and CEO of Kei Advisors LLC. Ms. Pawlowski has more than thirty years of experience in management, strategic planning, investor relations, marketing and communications. Ms. Pawlowski’s breadth of experience and dynamic energy combine to provide counsel to executive management and Boards of Directors in investor relations initiatives and capital markets positioning. Known for strategic foresight, she coaches executives through challenging issues with develop crisis planning ingenuity. She has experience with numerous debt and equity offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic shifts, as well as a wide variety of corporate crisis events. Investor relations programs she has managed have been awarded the prestigious Association for Investment Management and Research Award

for Excellence in Corporate Reporting and Investor Relations. Her experience base comes from both the corporate perspective, while leading the investor relations program at National Fuel Gas Company (NFG), a diversified energy company, and American Precision Industries Inc., a diversified manufacturing company, and as an advisor with more than seventeen years as founder of Kei Advisors LLC. Ms. Pawlowski is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, where she received her B.S. in General Engineering. She received her M.B.A. from the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. She is a former member of the Board of Directors of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI), past President of the NIRI Virtual Chapter and current Advocacy Ambassador for the NIRI Virtual Chapter. Ms. Pawlowski passed the inaugural NIRI Investor Relations Charter exam in March 2016, earning the right to use the Investor Relations Charter (IRC™) credential. She also serves as President of the West Point Society of Western New York and leads the Founding Committee of the Western New York Investors Conference. She serves as a member of the Board of Directors for Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge, Inc. and is Treasurer of the Calvary Episcopal Church of Williamsville, NY. Ms. Pawlowski founded Kei Advisors LLC in July 2000.

William Quinn is Head of Corporate Access – Americas, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. Bill leads DB’s Corporate Access effort for the Americas. The effort organizes and executes DB’s offering of conferences, non-deal roadshows, corporate field trips and research analyst marketing. Bill also manages client strategy execution, MIS, MIFID and consumption data as it pertains to these efforts. Bill joined Deutsche Bank in 2013 from Morgan Stanley, where he was the Head of North American Corporate Access. He also had the same role at Cowen, where he launched their dedicated Corporate Access effort in 2008 while working in Institutional Sales.

Prior, Bill was a Senior Managing Director and Partner of Van der Moolen Specialists, a former NYSE specialist firm, where he spent 11 years and managed Research, Sales and Corporate Relations efforts. He started his Wall Street career at PaineWebber in Equity Research. Bill graduated from Susquehanna University. He is based in New York.

Brett Redfearn was named the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Director of the Division of Trading and Markets in October 2017. Mr. Redfearn joined the SEC from J.P. Morgan, where he was Global Head of Market Structure for the Corporate and Investment Bank. Mr. Redfearn has a long history in the U.S. equity markets, having worked with investors, exchanges and broker-dealers. During his career, he has focused on how technology, regulation and business trends are changing trading patterns across asset classes and geographic regions. He has helped build electronic trading products, worked closely with exchanges and other trading venues as these products evolved, and engaged

with global asset managers on major regulatory developments. He has also been a frequent contributor at policy forums surrounding U.S. equity markets, and has been an active participant at several meetings of the SEC's Equity Market Structure Advisory Committee. He has served as Chairman of SIFMA’s Equity Markets and Trading Committee and was a participant on the Security Traders Association (STA) Market Structure Analysts Committee and the Canadian STA (CSTA’s) Trading Issues Committee. Previously, Mr. Redfearn has served on the boards of Bats Global Markets, BATS Exchange, the National Organization of Investment Professionals, the Chicago Stock Exchange, and BIDS Trading. Mr. Redfearn earned his M.A. in political science from the New School for Social Research and his B.A. from the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington.


Evan A. Schnidman is the founder and CEO of Prattle. Previously a noted academic, he earned his BA and MA from Washington University in St. Louis and his Ph.D. from Harvard University; Evan was also on faculty at Brown University. As an academic, Evan was widely published in political economy, game theory, finance, and public policy. His book, How the Fed Moves Markets, is a must-read for academics and practitioners seeking to understand how Federal Reserve communications influence financial markets. In addition to his academic work, Evan has served as a political and economic risk consultant to large corporations and financial institutions. Evan’s time as a consultant was heavily influenced by his experiences

working on Capitol Hill.

Travis Steed is a Vice President at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in equity research on the #2 Institutional Investor (II) ranked medical technology team. He was named an All-America Research Team Rising Star by Institutional Investor in 2017. He previously worked in healthcare equity research at Macquarie Capital and Cantor Fitzgerald. Travis holds a bachelor's degree in chemical and biomolecular engineering from Georgia Tech and a master's in finance from Georgia State University. He is based in New York.

Chris Stent is the founder of Mission Street Capital Advisors. Previously, Chris served as Vice President of Investor Relations at McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) where he led the Company’s financial communications and interactions with Wall Street. As McDonald’s IRO, Chris was consistently named to Institutional Investor’s “All America Executive Team.” Chris also served on the Listed Company Advisory Board at the New York Stock Exchange. Prior to joining McDonald's, Chris worked as an investment banker at William Blair. Chris earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

Chris currently serves on the Advisory Council of the College of Arts & Letters at Notre Dame and is a past President of the Notre Dame Club of Chicago.

Matthew V. Stroud is Vice President, Investor Relations at SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment and Chair of NIRI’s Senior Roundtable. Mr. Stroud is a senior investor relations practitioner with over 25 years of corporate finance experience including more than 20 years of investor relations practice. Before joining SeaWorld in late 2017, he was a senior advisor at Arbor Advisory Group since 2015. In addition, he is the founder and principal of Stroud Investor Relations, LLC. Prior to starting his own firm, Stroud led the investor relations program at Darden Restaurants for more than 15 years, where he gained experience with M&A, divestitures, crisis

communications, leadership transitions, proxy contests and activist investors. While there, he earned four nominations to Institutional Investor magazine’s “All-America Executive Team for Best Investor Relations Officer” in the restaurant sector winning twice and was twice a finalist in IR Magazine’s annual award for best “Investor Relations Officer in a Mid-Cap company.” Mr. Stroud served a four-year term on the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) Board of Directors including a one-year term as Chairman of the organization. In 2014, he was named a NIRI Fellow, an honor bestowed upon a select few investor relations practitioners who “epitomize the leadership, integrity, involvement, and contributions of investor relations professionals.” He is a frequent speaker at professional conferences and holds a BA and MBA degrees from Brigham Young University.


Pamela Styles is Principal & Founder at Next Level Investor Relations LLC. She is a senior Investor Relations and Corporate Communications practitioner, with a background in finance and strategy. In addition to traditional IR/CC consulting, she actively consults, writes and speaks on the rapidly evolving field of Sustainability. Previously, Pam was head of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications, and member of the executive team, at Crane Co. (NYSE: CR), an aerospace, electronics and industrial manufacturing supplier.

She also served as director of investor relations for Starwood Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: HOT) and RJR Nabisco (NYSE: RN), where she facilitated establishment of post-merger (Starwood/ITT) and post-IPO (Nabisco – NYSE: NA) investor relations department functions and initial analyst coverage. She also worked for Continental Bank and FMC Corporation in positions, including audit, operational finance, capital investment analysis, financial and strategic planning. Over the years, Pam has been instrumental in the development of multiple investor relations functions, including mergers, pre- and post-IPO. She has managed company investor relations communications through various strategies, both offensive and defensive, and through crises communications situations including: proxy fights, tobacco and asbestos-related liability, settlement and government actions, and potentially catastrophic product failures. More recently, she has been a leading counselor to companies on competitive positioning, benchmarking and strategy for ESG/Sustainability, as growing mainstream interest and applicability is rapidly expanding across companies’ internal and external stakeholder groups. Pam has extensive experience in diverse industries, including lodging and leisure, aerospace and defense, electronics, food and tobacco, and general industrial manufacturing. She is a Fellow with the Governance and Accountability Institute and a long-standing member of the National Investor Relations Institute (“NIRI”) and the NIRI Senior Roundtable. She is also active in the international Independent SRI Consultants Network and serves on the board of the NIRI Capital Area chapter and previously served on the board of the NIRI Fairfield / Westchester chapter. Pam holds an MBA in finance and strategy from the University of Chicago and a BMA from the University of Michigan.

Rob Wertheimer is a founding partner of Melius Research, where he serves as the Director of Research and lead research analyst for the global machinery sector. He brings more than a decade of machinery research experience to Melius, and has been recognized as a top three analyst by Institutional Investor at both Barclays and Morgan Stanley. Most recently, Mr. Wertheimer was the lead machinery analyst at Barclays. Prior to Barclays, he led the machinery coverage at Vertical Research and Morgan Stanley and started his career covering beverage and retail across Latin America as an associate on a top-ranked team. He also worked for several years as a

strategy consultant for small businesses in manufacturing and retail. Mr. Wertheimer began his career in the Peace Corps in Niger, West Africa, working with agriculture, forestry, and water resources in a small rural village. He earned a B.A. in Geology from Carleton College in 1994 and an MBA from Duke’s Fuqua school of business in 2002. Mr. Wertheimer speaks French and Hausa. He lives in Brooklyn with his family.

Steven M. Wieczynski, CFA is a Director of Equity Research at Stifel Nicolaus & Company, where he is the firm’s Gaming & Leisure research analyst. Mr. Wieczynski joined Legg Mason/Stifel Capital Markets in December 2000. Prior to initiating coverage of the Gaming& Leisure industry in May 2004, he worked as an associate analyst in the Industrial Group covering homebuilding and construction material companies. Prior to joining Legg Mason/Stifel Nicolaus, Mr. Wieczynski worked at T. Rowe Price Associates and Bear Stearns for two years each in their investment-grade and equity research departments. Mr. Wieczynski received a BS in Finance and Accounting from Clemson University. He is a CFA charter holder and a member

of the Baltimore Security Analysts Society. Mr. Wieczynski has earned multiple FT/StarMine Awards for earnings estimates and stock picking.


List of Attendees Name

Title

Company

City

State

Lee Ahlstrom, IRC SVP & CFO RigNet, Inc. Houston TX

Elizabeth Allen Director, Investor Relations FedEx Corporation Memphis TN

Nahla Azmy Vice President, Investor Relations

PQ Group Holdings, Inc.

Princeton NJ

David Banks, IRC SVP, Investor Relations SendGrid Denver CO

Michael Becker EVP, International Business Strategy

Business Wire New York NY

Karen Bergman VP, IR & Corporate Communications

FibroGen, Inc. San Francisco CA

Maili Bergman SVP, Investor Relations Live Nation Entertainment

Beverly Hills CA

Sena Beyli Product Manager, Global Products & Applications

Ipreo New York NY

Suresh Bhaskaran Director, Investor Relations Xilinx, Inc. San Jose CA

Beth Ann Bovino Managing Dir., U.S. Chief Economist

S&P Global Ratings Services

New York NY

Robert Brunn VP, Investor Relations, Corporate Strategy & Product Strategy

Ryder System, Inc. Medley FL

Donald Bullock Senior Vice President, Investor Relations

Eaton Corporation Cleveland OH

Elise Caffrey Senior Vice President, Investor Relations

iRobot Corporation Bedford MA

Kimberly Callahan Senior VP Investor Relations Camden Property Trust

Houston TX

John Chevalier Vice President, Global Investor Relations

The Procter & Gamble Company

Cincinnati OH

John Chironna VP Investor Relations and Treasurer

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc.

Davidson NC

Mary Conway Principal Conway Communications

Wellesley Hills MA

Susan Conway Senior Director of Investor Relations

COGNEX Corporation Natick MA

Jacqueline Cossmon, IRC

Executive Director of Investor Relations and Communications

Tricida, Inc. Emerald Hills CA

Julie Creed Vice President, Investor Relations

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.

Evanston IL

Sally Curley, IRC CEO Curley Global IR Savannah GA


Carole Curtin Jorgensen Strategic Investor Relations Advisor

Consultant Denver CO

Karen David-Green Vice President of Investor Relations, Marketing and Communications

Weatherford International Ltd.

Houston TX

Patrick Davidson Senior Vice President, Investor Relations

Oshkosh Corporation Oshkosh WI

Heather Davis Vice President, Head of Investor Relations

Groupon, Inc. Chicago IL

Julie Dewey, IRC Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer

Wright Medical Group N.V.

Tracy CA

Jennifer DiBerardino Vice President, Investor Relations

Cotiviti Holdings, Inc. Wilton CT

Mark Donohue, IRC Vice President, IR and Corporate Communications

Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Bridgewater NJ

Jennifer Driscoll, IRC Director of Investor Relations DowDuPont Wilmington DE

Suzanne DuLong, IRC VP IR F5 Networks Seattle WA

Shep Dunlap Vice President, Investor Relations

Mondelēz International

Deerfield IL

Hala Elsherbini Senior Vice President & COO Halliburton Investor Relations

Richardson TX

J.T. Farley Managing Director, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications

Investment Technology Group, Inc.

New York NY

Mickey Foster Vice President, Investor Relations

FedEx Corporation Memphis TN

Joanne Freiberger, CPA, CTP, IRC

Vice President & Treasurer Masonite, Inc. Tampa FL

Kellie Friery Senior Vice President Dix & Eaton Cleveland OH

Stacy Frole Vice President, Investor Relations

Cedar Fair Entertainment Company

Sandusky OH

Barbara Gasper Senior Advisor Arbor Advisory Group Berwyn PA

James Golden Partner Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher

New York NY

Gerry Gould VP-Investor Relations Haemonetics Corporation

Braintree MA

Amy Greene Vice President, Investor Relations

AVON Rye NY

Karen Greene Managing Director, Investor Relations

Hamilton Lane Bala Cynwyd PA

Scott Group Managing Director, Sr. Transportation Analyst

Wolfe Research, LLC New York NY

Valerie Haertel, IRC Mahwah NJ


Chris Hammond, CFA Director, Research Signals Markit Chicago IL

Deborah Hancock Vice President, Investor Relations

Hasbro, Inc. Pawtucket RI

Susan Hardy Corporate Vice President, Investor Relations

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.

Wilmington MA

Clay Jeansonne Vice President, Investor Relations

Penn Virginia Corporation

Houston TX

Lisa Kampf Managing Director, Investor Relations

Ambac New York NY

Katharine Kenny Vice President, Investor Relations

CarMax, Inc. Richmond VA

Kevin Kim Global Director of Investor Relations

Molson Coors Brewing Company

Denver CO

Christina Kmetko, CPA, IRC

President Evergreen Consulting & Associates, L.L.C.

Sagamore Hills OH

Jenny Kobin Partner IR Advisory Solutions Ponte Vedra FL

Deborah Koopman Vice President, Investor Relations

Cboe Global Markets Chicago IL

Heather Kos, CPA, CMA, IRC

Vice President, IR and Corporate Communications

Ingredion Westchester IL

Chris Kutsor Vice President, Investor Relations

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

Chicago IL

Linda Lennox Vice President, Investor Relations & Corporate Communications

AMAG Pharmaceuticals

Waltham MA

Sam Levenson Chief Executive Officer Arbor Advisory Group Westport CT

Terri MacInnis VP of Investor Relations Bibicoff + MacInnis, Inc.

Tarzana CA

Thomas McCallum, IRC VP of Investor Relations Red Hat Incorporated Morrisville NC

Raj Mehan VP, Finance and Treasurer Steelcase Inc. Grand Rapids MI

Carol Merry Senior Vice President Fahlgren Mortine Columbus OH

Lisa Miles Senior Vice President, IR and Corporate Communications

Maximus, Inc. Reston VA

Michael Monahan SVP External Relations Ecolab Inc. Saint Paul MN

Carol Murray-Negron President Equanimity, Inc. Middletown NJ

Glenn Novarro Managing Director, Global Equity Research

RBC Capital Markets New York NY

Jane Okun Bomba President Saddle Ridge Consulting, LLC

Denver CO

Sean O'Neill

President & Founder SPO Advisors Houston TX


Jason Oury Executive Director, Global Markets Intelligence/Targeting

Ipreo by IHS Markit Raleigh NC

Nils Paellmann Vice President IR and Head of Investor Relations

T-Mobile US New York NY

Ron Parham Vice President, Investor Relations

Cura Cannabis Solutions

Portland OR

Jennifer Park, CPA, IRC VP, Investor Relations Sotheby's New York NY

Deborah Pawlowski, IRC Chairman Kei Advisors LLC Buffalo NY

Gregory Peterson, IRC Vice President, Investor Relations

AGCO Corporation Duluth GA

Melissa Plaisance GVP, Treasury & Investor Relations

Albertsons Companies Pleasanton CA

Eleanor Powell Executive Director, Investor Relations

The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.

New York NY

Sam Ramraj Vice President, Investor Relations

Edison International Rosemead CA

C. Tait Ratcliffe Chairman and Representative Director

Investor Impact, Inc. Tokyo JAPAN

Brett Redfearn Director, Division of Trading and Markets

U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission

Washington DC

Idalia Rodriguez Senior Advisor Arbor Advisory Group Westport CT

Lucy Rodriguez Director of Investor Relations CEMEX New York NY

Nicholas Rolli Vice President, IR and Financial Communications

Philip Morris International

Lausanne SWITZERLAND

Lisa Rose, IRC President Dix & Eaton Cleveland OH

Kevin Roy Director, Global Markets Intelligence

Ipreo New York NY

Katie Royce Senior Director, Investor Relations

Cognizant Technology Solutions

Teaneck NJ

Nicole Russell Vice President, Investor Relations

Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc.

Overland Park KS

Neil Russell Vice President, Investor Relations, Communications and Treasurer

Sysco Corporation Houston TX

Karen Sansot, CFA Director, Investor Relations Zendesk Inc San Francisco CA

Evan Schnidman Founder & CEO Prattle St. Louis MO

Jeffrey Schoenborn Principal Casteel Schoenborn IR Williamsville NY

Darby Schoenfeld Vice President, Investor Relations

PRA Group Norfolk VA

Andy Schulz Executive Director, Investor Relations

RE/MAX Holdings, Inc. Parker CO


Greg Secord Vice President, Investor Relations

Open Text Corporation

San Mateo CA

John Shave, IRC SVP, Investor Relations & Corporate Communications

Safeguard Scientifics, Inc.

Radnor PA

Jeremiah Sisitsky Vice President, Investor Relations

Carbonite Boston MA

Jeffrey Smith, CFA, IRC Director, Investor Relations FedEx Corporation Memphis TN

Travis Steed VP, US Medical Supplies & Devices Equity Research

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

New York NY

Gary Stein Head of Investor Relations & Corporate Communications

Apollo Global Management

New York NY

Christopher Stent Founder Mission Street Capital Advisors, LLC

Oak Brook IL

Matthew Stroud VP, Investor Relations SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment

Orlando FL

Pamela Styles Principal Next Level Investor Relations, LLC

Vienna VA

Christopher Symanoskie, IRC

Vice President, Investor Relations

American Public Education, Inc.

Charles Town WV

Edward Vallejo, IRC VP, Investor Relations American Water Voorhees NJ

Ruth Venning Executive Director, Investor Relations

Horizon Pharma Lake Forest IL

Joshua Wannarka, IRC Vice President, Investor Relations

Crestwood Midstream Partners

Houston TX

Deb Wasser, IRC VP, Investor Relations Etsy, Inc Brooklyn NY

Rob Wertheimer Founding Partner, Director of Research

Melius Research New York NY

Steven Wieczynski, CFA Managing Dir., Equity Research, Gaming & Leisure

Stifel Baltimore MD

Wendy Wilson Investor Relations and Corporate Communications

Evinrude/BRP Mount Pleasant WI

Brook Wootton, IRC VP, Investor Relations InfraREIT, Inc. Dallas TX

Richard Yerganian Vice President of IR and Corporate Communications

Xcerra Corporation Medfield MA

Joshua Young Vice President of Investor Relations

Sensata Technologies Attleboro MA

Tabitha Zane Vice President, Investor Relations

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