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Geri Weinfeld, Stratos Advisors
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Geri Weinfeld is a seasoned investor and public relations consultant with over 25 years of expertise in investor relations, finance, and corporate communications. In 2022, she joined Snyk, a leading cybersecurity company, to establish and run their investor relations program in advance of their IPO. Prior to this, Geri was the Vice President of Investor Relations at Xperi, where she played a key role in managing communications for the company's major corporate milestones. She previously led investor relations for DTS, an audio technology company, which was acquired by Tessera in December 2016 and subsequently renamed Xperi Corporation. In December 2019, Geri oversaw communications for the merger of Xperi with TiVo Corporation and managed investor relations for the combined company, Xperi Holding Corporation, until March 2022. From 2011 and 2014, Geri served as an Investor Relations consultant for Nexon Co. Ltd., a Tokyo-based online gaming company, where she helped guide the company through its $1.2 billion IPO in 2011. Earlier in her career, she was Senior Manager of Investor Relations at Activision Blizzard (2004-2009), Director of Investor Relations at Autobytel.com, and Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications at Buy.com. Geri began her career as a NASDAQ market-maker at a full-service brokerage firm in Washington, D.C. She is an active board member of both the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) Los Angeles chapter and the Cancer Support Community of Los Angeles.

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Katina Metzidakis, Vice President, Investor Relations & Corporate Communications
Topgolf Callaway
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Katina Metzidakis is a senior investor relations leader who brings nearly a decade of experience in equity research on Wall Street and a deep understanding of the global consumer sector to her role. Throughout her career, Katina has worked with various consumer companies across the beauty, apparel, and footwear sectors. She has had the pleasure of having a front row seat in companies managing complex corporate transactions, such as IPOs, spin-offs, and acquisitions, as well as activist investor campaigns, C-suite transitions and strategic reviews. After nearly 17 years in NYC, Katina, along with her husband and two young children, made a life-changing decision to relocate to sunny Santa Monica in 2021, where they are thoroughly enjoying spending time outside biking, hiking and going to the beach!

Chair, Programs Committee

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Jason McGruder, Head of Investor Relations
Newmark Group
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Jason McGruder is the Head of Investor Relations for Newmark Group, Inc. He is responsible for maintaining and expanding relationships in the investment community while communicating the company’s business model, long-term strategy, governance and financial performance. McGruder is a seasoned industry expert with nearly two decades of experience building relationships and engaging with investors and analysts. McGruder joined Cantor Fitzgerald in 2006, liaising with capital markets regarding the company and its subsidiaries, including BGC Partners, eSpeed and GFI Group, in addition to Newmark. His extensive knowledge of corporate governance practices and SEC regulations ensured the highest communication standards with the company’s community of investors. McGruder earned a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance from NYU Stern School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Economy of Industrialized Societies from the University of California, Berkeley.

Programs Committee

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Dilek Mir, Managing Director
Corporate Profile
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Dilek Mir is Managing Director at Corporate Profile, a New York-based IR firm focused on tech and life science companies. As a trusted advisor to CEOs, CFOs & VPs, Dilek guides clients’ market positioning in the investment community. She has supported 50+ companies in realizing substantial increases in share price, trading volume, and fund raising through strategic guidance, persuasive investment narrative, carefully crafted, clearly articulated IR communications, and investment community networking including non-deal roadshows.

Additionally, Dilek has identified and executed tech transfer and patent licensing from institutes and universities into early-stage companies. Early in her career, she founded an English and foreign language school in Russia serving the corporate training and childhood education markets. After building a roster of Fortune 500 clients, she sold the business to Nord Anglia Education, the world’s leading premium international schools organization. Dilek has an MBA from Babson College and a BS in Finance and Political Science from the University of Massachusetts.

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Erik Randerson, CFA, SVP, Investor Relations
Revolve Group, Inc.
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Erik Randerson serves as SVP, Investor Relations for Revolve Group (NYSE: RVLV), a leading ecommerce retailer for premium fashion.

He brings extensive IR and financial analysis experience to the role, including leading IR programs for public companies in the consumer, technology and telecommunications industries and guiding a large private company through pre-IPO equity raises and preparing for an IPO. Early in his career. Randerson also served as an investment research analyst and an investor relations counselor.

He earned a CFA Charter in 2006 and currently serves as a board member for the National Investor Relations Institute, Los Angeles Chapter. Career highlights include receiving IR Magazine’s award for best investor relations at a small cap company and being recognized as a top investor relations professional in Institutional Investor’s All-America Executive Team awards.

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

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Anne McGuinness, Vice President
ADDO IR
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Anne is a seasoned professional with nearly 20 years of expertise in investor relations. She joined ADDO in 2022, bringing her extensive background and strategic insights to enhance the team’s impact. Anne supports full-service investor relations programs for small to mid-cap companies across various industries. Prior to ADDO, Anne led the investor relations efforts at a pre-IPO real estate technology company that focuses on providing innovative home buying and selling solutions. She also held key investor relations roles, including IR manager at a leading large-scale single-family rental real estate investment trust (REIT), where she played a crucial role in the company's success developing and implementing all aspects of its investor relations program. Her experience extends to investor relations roles for a managed care organization that delivers comprehensive healthcare services, as well as for a prominent provider of high-definition entertainment audio solutions.

Anne holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University, Northridge, and a certificate in investor relations from the University of California, Irvine. She is an active member of the investor relations community, serving as a board member of the Los Angeles Chapter of NIRI, The Association for Investor Relations, and participating in NIRI's Senior Roundtable.

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Matt Joanou, Co-founder and CEO
Stakeholder Labs
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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 build out the business, 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 is bringing 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.

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Max Goldstein, VP, Content
Stocktwits
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Max Goldstein is the VP of Content at Stocktwits, where he leads the company’s rapidly growing original programming and premium video division. With over 15 years of experience in marketing, content strategy, and community engagement across emerging industries and capital markets, Max is a recognized NIRI “Under 40” Rising Leader.

At Stocktwits, Max spearheaded the launch of several successful live shows for modern investors, including Daily Rip Live, Weekend Rip with Ben & Emil, and a series of exclusive CEO interviews that bring C-suite insights directly to the retail audience. His work is contributing to the redefinition of how market narratives are delivered through accessible, personality-driven video formats built for today’s social-native investing community.

Prior to Stocktwits, Max was Head of Marketing at Stakeholder Labs, where he co-created After Earnings in partnership with Morning Brew—an interview show that bridged public company executives with digitally fluent retail shareholders. He began his career at Google, where he helped develop early strategies for social and local product adoption and digital community growth.

Chair, Membership

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Jenn Kettnich, Vice President, Investor Relations
Mattel
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Jenn Kettnich serves as Vice President, Investor Relations at Mattel. Her team acts as an intermediary between Mattel and key members of the financial community, including Wall Street analysts and investors, and works closely with internal stakeholders to develop and articulate the company’s messaging on strategic and financial objectives. After graduating from the University of North Carolina, Jenn began her career in investment management, with a focus on the TMT (telecom, media, tech) sectors. She then completed her MBA at Wharton, and joined Disney’s Corporate Treasury group in 2014. In 2018, Jenn joined the Investor Relations team, where she played a vital role in managing the narrative around Disney’s strategic initiatives, financial results, and the company’s ESG (environmental, social, governance) efforts.

Membership Committee

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Nicole Bronstein, Senior Manager, Investor Relations
The Walt Disney Company
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Nicole Bronstein serves as Senior Manager, Investor Relations at The Walt Disney Company. Her team is responsible for the information flow between the company, the investment community, shareholders, and other stakeholders. She works closely with internal partners across finance, communication, and segment leadership (Entertainment, Sports and Experiences) to align on strategic direction and craft the narrative of “the Disney story” to share with Wall Street. Nicole graduated from University of Southern California and joined Disney’s Corporate Strategy & Business Development team, where she focused on pivotal M&A including the acquisition of 21st Century Fox. She joined the Investor Relations team in 2021. 

Treasurer / Sponsorship

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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.