Matt Joanou is the co-founder and CEO of Stakeholder Labs, an enterprise software company helping public companies engage their shareholders, and has over 10 years of experience working with digital loyalty, community, and marketing products. Matt’s career as an entrepreneur started in his Cal Poly dorm room when he helped launch a customer loyalty company called Punchd, which was quickly acquired by Google. Matt went on to lead Punchd’s national expansion and eventual integration into Google Wallet and then worked across Google’s suite of advertising products with some of the world’s top brands and agencies. Matt later joined Reddit, where he worked alongside the founders to accelerate revenue growth, which gave him a front row seat to the evolution of dynamic retail investor communities and their potential impact on our global financial system. Matt brings his unique experiences from Google and Reddit to Stakeholder Labs along with a network of investors and teammates who share his passion and dedication to the evolution of corporate ownership as a solution for our global challenges.

Kaitlin Kikalo is a Managing Director at Joele Frank where she helps companies navigate dynamic and complex communications situations, including corporate crisis issues, M&A, and shareholder activism. In the times that matter most, her focus is on leveraging each client’s unique stakeholder landscape to drive support, mitigate risk and best control the narrative. Kaitlin joined Joele Frank in 2015 following the opening of the firm’s San Francisco office. Previously, she served as a Teach for America corps member in the Bay Area.

T.J. O’Sullivan is a Managing Director at Joele Frank, advising companies across industries and in a wide range of special situations, including mergers and acquisitions, shareholder activism and crisis management. In addition, he works extensively with clients to develop and refine their investor and public relations programs. T.J. joined Joele Frank in 2019 from PG&E Corporation, where he served on the investor relations team through several crises, including the 2017 Northern California wildfires, the 2018 Camp Fire and PG&E’s Chapter 11 filing in 2019

Daniel is a VP Finance at Unity/ironSource. In this role he deals with both IR, ESG and Finance functions. Prior to ironSource he held senior IR and finance positions at both HP Inc and DSP Group. In the past he was a  senior sell-side research analyst for 16 years at Lazard, JPMorgan, Ladenburg and WRHambrecht covering the technology sector. Daniel has a BA and MA in International Relations and Economics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a MBA from UCLA.

Lori Keith is the Director of Research and Portfolio Manager of the Parnassus Mid Cap Fund with responsibility for portfolio management for the firm’s Mid Cap strategy. She joined Parnassus Investments in 2005 after serving as a Parnassus research intern. Before joining the firm, Ms. Keith was a Vice President of Investment Banking at Deloitte & Touche Corporate Finance LLC and was a Senior Associate in Robertson Stephens & Company’s investment banking division. Prior to that, she worked in the management consulting practice at Ernst & Young. Ms. Keith received her bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles and her master’s degree in business administration from Harvard Business School. 

Katrina Rymill is the SVP of Corporate Finance & Sustainability, and leads Equinix’s global Investor Relations, Treasury, and Sustainability departments.  Joining Equinix in 2011, her focus areas include leading the company’s award-winning IR program, elevating and expanding sustainability efforts across the company and industry, and positioning the company long-term with a strong and optimized balance sheet.  Katrina is an avid advocate of Equinix to investors, customers, and industry groups to elevate the company’s leadership position, and she is passionate about the intersection of Sustainability, capital investment, and customer needs.

Prior to Equinix, Mrs. Rymill was Director of Investor Relations at CyberSource, an e-commerce payment gateway, which was acquired by Visa in 2010.  Previously, Mrs. Rymill was the Head of Investor Relations at Redback Networks, and started her career at Merrill Lynch in Investment Banking, where she worked on various leveraged finance and debt deals.

Mrs. Rymill earned an M.B.A. from MIT Sloan and a B.A. in Biology from Harvard University.

Laurence Taylor is a content researcher and conference producer at IR Magazine and Corporate Secretary where he is responsible for crowd-sourcing intelligence on global issues facing public companies. In this role, Laurence creates industry-wide conferences overseeing the event all the way from conception to completion.

Prior to this role, Laurence held similar roles with Westminster insight, A UK based policy organisation for both private and public sector. Laurence also produced events for Metal Bulletin, American Metal Market, and Industrial Minerals market.

Lisa Rubinger joined Ashler Capital, one of Citadel’s four equities businesses, in late 2019 as Head of Broker and Corporate Relations, a role that ensures Ashler’s investment teams have the best possible access to corporate management. To support the rapid growth of Ashler’s business, Lisa helped build a sustainable corporate access strategy, focusing on thoughtful process and long-term partnerships. Lisa collaborates closely with the Portfolio Managers and continuously develops her team’s strategy as Ashler’s business needs evolve.

Lisa joined Ashler with more than a decade of experience in corporate access. She previously served as a Director at UBS and a Vice President at Deutsche Bank, and she began her career as an analyst at Morgan Stanley. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Amherst College.

Erik Carlson is chief operating officer and chief financial officer at Notified, a technology partner for investor relations, public relations and marketing professionals. He brings over 10 years of M&A, strategic finance and business transformation experience across private equity portfolio companies in technology, media, pharmaceuticals and consumer products. Prior to Notified, he was senior vice president of M&A integration at Intrado and director of M&A and strategy advisory at PwC.

Lauren McDonald is a conference producer at IR Magazine and Corporate Secretary. She brings a wealth of experience from her past roles in campaign organizing for The Labour Party in Leeds and Tower Hamlets.

Lauren holds a Masters degree in the History of Race & Resistance and a Bachelors degree in American History & Politics, both from prestigious universities. She uses her expertise and knowledge to inform her current work and ensure high quality outcomes.

In her free time, Lauren is actively involved in a number of charitable causes. She has volunteered with the Girl Guides, the Los Angeles LGBT Center, and regularly donates her time to political campaigns in and around London.

In her role as conference producer at IR Magazine and Corporate Secretary, Lauren is passionate about providing the best experience to all stakeholders and ensuring all events she produces are of the highest quality.