Final Agenda: Los Angeles CorpGov Forum Sept 4 Featuring the Finance of Sports and Entertainment

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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.

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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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