Kathy Fields Povoas

Kathy Fields Povoas is the founder of STACCS and provides strategic advice and transaction support to companies and investors as they execute on growth and liquidity opportunities, Ms. Fields Povoas currently serve on several boards and also is a senior advisor at JMI Equity, a growth equity firm focused on investing in leading software companies, and […]

Abra Francois

Abra Francois is a supervisory attorney at the US Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR). She oversees compliance reviews and civil rights investigations of educational institutions that receive federal financial assistance and places of public accommodation based on race, color, national origin (Title VI); disability (Section 504/Title II); sex (Title IX), and/or age […]

Deborah Garza

Deborah Garza has been practicing antitrust law for about 40 years in both the private and public sector.  She served three times in the U.S. Justice Department Antitrust Division between 1981 and 1989, as a Special Assistant, Chief of Staff and Counselor to the Assistant Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General and Acting Assistant Attorney General.  […]

Lisa Geller

Lisa Geller has over 25 years of experience practicing intellectual property law and strategy.  She is the principal of Intellectual Property Strategy, LLC, and advises life science and pharmaceutical companies on all aspects of intellectual property including patents, trademarks, and trade secrets, emphasizing both short- and long-term strategies and integration of global intellectual property strategy […]

Luke Goldworm

Luke Goldworm is currently an Assistant United States Attorney with the US Department of Justice. Prior to this role Luke served as an Assistant District Attorney at the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office; serving in a number of different roles including his most recent as the Chief of the Crime Strategies Bureau. In addition, Luke […]

Donald Griffith

Don Griffith is Head of Financial Crimes & Fraud Prevention Compliance, as well as Compliance Counsel, at MassMutual, where he leads several teams handling anti-money laundering, anti-corruption, privacy and information security compliance, and fraud prevention compliance. He has three decades of regulatory enforcement and compliance experience. He started his legal career at Rogers & Wells […]

Erica Hitchings

Erica Blachman Hitchings is a member of the Whistleblower Law Collaborative LLC where she represents in matters involving violations of the federal and state False Claims Acts as well as violations of laws regulating securities, taxes, commodities and futures, customs tariffs and duties, foreign practices, and the banking industry. Prior to joining the Whistleblower Law […]

Ilana Hurwitz

Ms. Hurwitz has taught Trusts & Estates as visiting faculty at Boston University School of Law since 1997. She also taught at Boston College Law School for fifteen years. In addition to Trusts & Estates, Ms. Hurwitz has taught Alternative Dispute Resolution, Negotiation, Advanced Negotiation, and a course in lawyering skills and professional responsibility. Ms. […]