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Kimberly Esterkin, President
Addo Investor Relations
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Kimberly Esterkin is a Managing Director at Addo Investor Relations, a strategic investor relations and financial communications firm in Los Angeles. Kimberly has more than 15 years of experience in investor relations, finance and corporate communications across industry sectors. She was part of the inaugural class of NIRI’s top “40 under 40” in investor relations in the country.

Kimberly began her career in New York in management consulting focusing on the fixed income markets. After moving to Los Angeles in 2009, she then worked as an associate for Goldman Sachs' Private Wealth Management Division. In 2011, she joined Addo Investor Relations for the first time, managing and supporting over a dozen IR campaigns. In 2015, Kimberly joined Tetra Tech, (Nasdaq: TTEK) a $6 billion market cap engineering and consulting firm in Pasadena, as the Manager of Investor Relations. During her time at TTEK, Kimberly supported an IR program that saw the company nearly triple its market cap. She has also served as Vice President of Investor Relations for a pre-IPO financial services company and Senior Vice President at a full-service investor and public relations firm both located in Los Angeles.

Kimberly holds a Bachelor’s degree in History and English from the University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated summa cum laude, and is an active volunteer for the University of Pennsylvania Alumni Secondary School Committee. Kimberly is also Board Secretary for Hesby Oaks Leadership Charter in Encino, California.

Immediate Past Presidents

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Anne McGuinness, Vice President, ADDO IR Email

Anne McGuinness is Vice President Investor Relations at ADDO IR. Prior to joining ADDO, Anne led the investor relations function at Knock, a pre-IPO real estate technology company focused on providing convenience, certainty, and cost savings for buying and selling homes. Previously she was investor relations manager at American Homes 4 Rent, an internally managed Maryland real estate investment trust, focused on acquiring, developing, renovating, leasing, and operating attractive, single-family homes as rental properties. Anne also held investor relations positions at Health Net, Inc., a managed care organization that delivers health care services through health plans and government-sponsored managed care plans, and DTS, Inc., a premier audio solutions provider for high-definition entertainment experiences. Anne received a Bachelor of Arts in Music from California State University Northridge and a certificate in investor relations from University of California Irvine. She is a board member of the Los Angeles Chapter of NIRI, The Association for Investor Relations, and is an active member of NIRI’s Senior Roundtable.

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Sam Ramraj, Vice President, Investor Relations
Edison International
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Sam Ramraj is vice president of Investor Relations for Edison International, the parent company of Southern California Edison, one of the nation’s largest electric utilities. In addition to the utility, Edison International has subsidiaries that are competitive businesses providing commercial and industrial customers with energy management and procurement services and distributed solar generation. He is responsible for strategic and tactical leadership of the company’s communications and interaction with the investment community, in addition to building and managing relationships with investors, sell-side analysts and other investment community stakeholders and influencers.

Ramraj has more than 20 years of experience in corporate investor relations and sell-side equity research. Prior to joining Edison International in 2017, he served as vice president of Investor Relations for Tesoro Corporation, a Fortune 100 company that is an independent refiner and marketer of petroleum products.

Previously, Ramraj was at URS Corporation in San Francisco where he worked in investor relations for 12 years, including as vice president of Investor Relations and director of Investor Relations. Before joining URS, he was an equity research analyst with a number of investment banks, including Lehman Brothers, Salomon Smith Barney, and Dresdner Kleinwort Benson.

Chair, Programs Committee

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Taylor Abbey, Vice President,Institutional Marketing and Investor Relations
Ariel Investments
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Taylor Abbey serves as vice president of institutional marketing and investor relations at Ariel Investments. In this capacity, she is based in Los Angeles and responsible for overseeing Ariel’s sales and expansion on the west coast. Taylor joined Ariel in 2017 to support the firm’s President and Co-CEO. For 3 years, she focused on strategic initiatives aimed to advance the President and Co-CEO’s business development goals and objectives. She serves on the board of directors of Jazz at the Lincoln Center, a not-for-profit organization which seeks to entertain, enrich and expand a community for jazz through performance, education and advocacy across the globe. Prior to this, she served on the board of Step Up Chicago, which provides social and educational programs for high school girls in Chicago. In addition, she served on the associate’s board of Sarah’s Circle, an organization dedicated to improving the lives of homeless women in Chicago. Taylor currently holds her Series 24, 7, and 63 FINRA licenses. She is originally from New Haven, Connecticut and earned her Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Smith College.

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Chair, Communications Committee

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Stacy Feit, Vice President, Investor Relations
Aurora Innovation
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Stacy Feit is Vice President, Investor Relations at Aurora Innovation. Previously, Stacy served as Vice President, Investor Relations at The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated and a Senior Vice President in the investor relations and financial communications division of MWW.

Stacy has guided numerous companies through major milestones, including initial public offerings, spin-offs, acquisitions and restructurings, while also developing and implementing ongoing investor relation programs. Stacy has worked with companies across industries including alternative energy, consumer, healthcare, industrial, lodging, mining, media, real estate and technology.

Prior to joining MWW, Stacy was an associate at Citigroup Global Markets in their middle market institutional equity sales group. Earlier in her career, Stacy was an analyst in the global corporate and investment banking division at Bank of America where she covered companies in the gaming and leisure industry.

Stacy holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Wisconsin - Madison and earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation in 2005. She is a member of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI), the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of Los Angeles.

Communications Committee

Isaac Garden, PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. and PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust
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Isaac J. Garden is First Vice President, Investor Relations for PennyMac Financial Services, Inc., a recognized leader in the U.S. residential mortgage industry. Additionally, PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. manages PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust, a real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on investing primarily in residential mortgage loans and mortgage-related assets. He is responsible for the successful execution of the companies’ investor relations responsibilities and efforts, which includes earnings-related materials and communication with sell-side analysts and other stakeholders.

Prior to joining PennyMac in 2018, Mr. Garden served as manager of investor relations at Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., a major entertainment company with market leading businesses in concerts, ticketing, and sponsorship.

Mr. Garden holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder where he was a member of the University of Colorado Buffalo football team.

Membership / Sponsorship

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Anne McGuinness, Vice President
ADDO IR
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Anne McGuinness is Vice President Investor Relations at ADDO IR. Prior to joining ADDO, Anne led the investor relations function at Knock, a pre-IPO real estate technology company focused on providing convenience, certainty, and cost savings for buying and selling homes. Previously she was investor relations manager at American Homes 4 Rent, an internally managed Maryland real estate investment trust, focused on acquiring, developing, renovating, leasing, and operating attractive, single-family homes as rental properties. Anne also held investor relations positions at Health Net, Inc., a managed care organization that delivers health care services through health plans and government-sponsored managed care plans, and DTS, Inc., a premier audio solutions provider for high-definition entertainment experiences. Anne received a Bachelor of Arts in Music from California State University Northridge and a certificate in investor relations from University of California Irvine. She is a board member of the Los Angeles Chapter of NIRI, The Association for Investor Relations, and is an active member of NIRI’s Senior Roundtable.

Treasurer

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Geri Weinfeld, Vice President, Investor Relations
Snyk
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Geri Weinfeld is Vice President of Investor Relations at Snyk. Geri has over 25 years of experience in investor relations, finance and corporate communications. Prior to joining Snyk in 2022, Geri was Vice President of Investor Relations at Xperi. Prior to Xperi, she ran investor relations for DTS, an audio technology company, which was subsequently acquired by Tessera in December 2016. Following the acquisition, the company was renamed Xperi Corporation. In December 2019, Geri led the communications around the merger of Xperi with TiVo Corporation and ran investor relations for the combined company, Xperi Holding Corporation until March 2022. From 2011 to 2014, she worked as an Investor Relations consultant for Nexon Co. Ltd., a free-to-play online gaming company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and helped bring the company public in 2011, raising $1.2 billion. Prior to working with Nexon, Geri was Senior Manager of Investor Relations at Activision Blizzard from 2004-2009, Director of Investor Relations at Autobytel.com and Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications at Buy.com. She started her career as a NASDAQ market maker working at a full-service brokerage firm in Washington, DC.

Advisory Committee

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Andrea Teodorescu, Senior Analyst, Investor Relations
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated
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Andrea Teodorescu is a Senior Analyst, Investor Relations at The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated. Andrea joined The Cheesecake Factory in 2018 on the Financial Planning & Analysis team. She worked on restaurant budgeting and forecasting, menu pricing, and various analytical projects. After almost three years on the FP&A team, Andrea’s skillset and internal knowledge of the company enabled her to transition to Investor Relations, where she works closely with management to convey The Cheesecake Factory’s story to external stakeholders. She also previously held a position at Guitar Center working in accounting.


Andrea received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and her Master of Business Administration (MBA) degrees from California Lutheran University. She is a member of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI).

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