Final Agenda: Los Angeles CorpGov Forum Sept 4 Featuring the Finance of Sports and Entertainment
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CorpGov is pleased to announce the final agenda for the inaugural LA CorpGov Forum on Thursday, September 4, 2025, at 1500 N El Centro Ave, Los Angeles, California, in the heart of Hollywood. The forum will start at 2:00pm featuring an afternoon of panels and networking. A reception will follow from 5:00pm to 6:30pm with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres.
Agenda:
1:00PM: Registration Opens
2:00PM: The Burgeoning Business of Sports
-- David Carter, Principal, The Sports Business Group -- Baird Fogel, Partner, Eversheds-Sutherland -- Marcus Lollie, Managing Director, Moelis -- Noah Francis, Banker, J.P. Morgan Private Bank
2:30PM: Maximizing Value from Private Boards
-- Michael Blankenship, Managing Partner, Houston & Co-Chair, Capital Markets Practice -- 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 -- Hooman Shahidi, CEO, Opus Bloom -- John Marchisi, Executive Director - Capital Markets, Artex Risk Solutions
3:00PM: Entertainment and Media
-- 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
3:30PM: Capital Markets: M&A and Private to Public Company Readiness
-- 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
4:00PM: Role of Boards in Shareholder Activism
-- Jonathan Feldman, Partner, Goodmans LLP -- Jon Solorzano, Partner, Governance and Sustainability, Vinson & Elkins -- Sagar Gupta, Portfolio Manager, Anson Funds -- John Jannarone, Editor-in-Chief, CorpGov (Moderator)
4:30PM: International Business in the Trump 2.0 World
-- 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
5:00PM: Fireside Chat: Governance in Los Angeles
-- Fred Rosen, CEO, NMFR Entertainment; Former CEO, Ticketmaster Corp. -- John Jannarone, Editor-in-Chief, CorpGov (Moderator)
The event follows 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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