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Sarah Bauer
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Colleen Bell
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Benjamin Biard
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Shawn Bostic
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Director, Regulatory Compliance
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Dale Brown
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President & CEO
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Dana Burkhardt
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Vice President, Head of Business Consulting
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Dan Burkott
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Christine Byrne
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Chair, FSI Board; Partner & Wealth Advisor
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Mike Byrnes
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Owner
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Brian Carter
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VP, Technology
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Alex Chan
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Director, Advisory Compliance
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Clayton Chandler
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Chief Data and Analytics Officer
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Kim Chapman
Berthel Fisher & Company
Chief Compliance Officer
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Robert (Bob) Coppola
Sanctuary Wealth
Chief Technology Officer,
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Kevin Crowe
SEI Investments
Senior Vice President and Head of SEI Access
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Kosha Dalal
FINRA
Vice President & Associate General Counsel
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Dr. Tyler De Haan
Sammons Institutional Group i
Director - Advanced Sales
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Alex Doll
Blackrock
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Bill Dwyer
Praxis Solutions, Inc.
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Rob Erzen
Arthur J Gallagher
Area Executive Vice President
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Brady Brady Finta
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Founder and CEO
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Kenneth Fischer
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Chief Technology Officer
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Ruth Flynn Raftery
APEG
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Erinn Ford
Osaic
EVP, Advisor Engagement
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Holly Framsted
Capital Group
Head of Product
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Robert Francis
FINRA
Senior Director
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Brooks Friederich
Envestnet
Principal Director, Investment Solutions Strategy
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Betsey Grover
Fidelity Investments
SVP, Head of Wealthscape Products and Platforms
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Rob Guldner
Steward Partners
Chief Compliance Officer
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Suneel Gupta
Bestselling Author | Harvard Med School Visiting Scholar
Opening General Session: Momentum: The Energy to Step into the Future

Jonathan Habberson
Fidelity Investments
VP, Senior Business Consultant
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Matthew Hamilton
BNY Mellon
Head of Advisory Solutions
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Scott Hicks
Crowe LLP
IT Assurance Partner
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Jeff Hoenle
APEG
Co-Founder
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Cynthia Jeffries
Commonwealth Financial Network
Vice President, Compliance
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Gregg Joyce
Commonwealth Financial Network
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Ellie Jurado-Nieves
The Guardian Life Insurance Company
Head of Strategic Public Policy & Assistant General Counsel, Government Affairs
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Jeremi Karnell
Envestnet
Head of Data Solutions
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Kevin Keefe
Independent Financial Group (IFG)
President & COO
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Michael Kim
AssetMark
President & CEO
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Cliff Kirsch
Eversheds-Sutherland
Partner
Charting the Future: Responsible AI Innovation in Financial Services

Sarah Jill Kreisman
Independent Financial Group, LLC, (IFG)
SVP & General Counsel
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Rob Krugman
Broadridge
Chief Digital Officer
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Joseph Kuo
Haven Tower
CEO
Bridging the Generational Divide: Effective Communication Among Clients, Advisors and Teams

Tom Lakatos
Lincoln Investment
SVP, Employee Advisor Group and Recruiting
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Shannon Larson
Osaic
SVP, Platform & Product Solutions
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Cody Lawler
Principal Securities, Inc.
Chief Supervision Officer & Head of PSI Operations
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Judy Lee
Fidelity Investments
VP, Team Lead, Platform & Ops Consulting
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Mike J Matkovic
SEI
Managing Director, National Accounts
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Laura McElroy
Fidelity Investments
VP, Business Consulting
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Rob Milmore
First Command Financial Services
District Advisor
Leadership Makes the Difference: Using AI to Complement Your Firm’s Strengths

A. Valerie Mirko
Armstong Teasdale
Partner & Leader, Securities Regulation and Litigation Practice
Guardrails & Growth: AI’s Role in Risk, Compliance and Trust

Carmi Moser
FINRA
Director, Cybersecurity Group
Strengthening Resilience Against Agentic AI Attacks

Andrea Mullen
AssetMark
SVP, Co-Head of Product
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Daniel Ortega
B. Riley Wealth
Chief Compliance Officer
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Brent A Owens
cfd Investments
President
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Namita Patel
Osaic
SVP Advisor Experience - Center of Excellence
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Clint Joseph Pogemiller
MWA Financial Services
President & CEO
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Mark Quinn
Cetera Financial Group
Director of Regulatory Affairs
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Abid Rahman
Cetera Financial Group
Director, Tech Risk & Business Continuity
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Alicia Rich
Broadridge
Head of Advisor, Investor and Operations Experience
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Ann Robinson
Farmers Financial Solutions
Chief Compliance Officer
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Jeremy M Robson
Ameritas
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Tim Ryder
First Command Financial Services, Inc.
Senior Vice President, Wealth Solutions
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RP Sandilya
Broadridge
Chief Growth Officer, Wealth Management
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Shawn Scholz
AE Wealth Management
Executive Head of Compliance & Chief Compliance Officer
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Michael Schwartzberg
Winget Spadafora & Schwartzberg, LLP
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Andrea Shafer
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Executive Vice President & Chief Supervision Officer
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Kristy Smith
Broadridge
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Frank Smith
First Command Financial
SVP, Chief Information Security Officer
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Tori Snow
PFS Investments Inc.
AVP, Compliance Data & Regulatory Reporting
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Mark Steffe
First Command Financial Services
President & CEO
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Matthew Sugden
Commonwealth Financial Network
SVP, Chief Compliance Officer
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John Sweeney
Praxis Solutions, Inc.
CEO
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Tiffany Swindell
First Command Financial Services
Senior Vice President, Chief Risk Officer
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Cherry Rose Tan
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Sami Tarazi
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Noam Tasch
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Darren Tedesco
Advisor360
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Sean Van Moorleghem
Cambridge Investment Research, Inc.
Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer
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Matthew Watts
Raymond James
Senior Vice President
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Chad Weaver
Freeman, Mathis & Gray
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Tarah Williams
Prospera Financial Services
President & COO
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Gregory Wilson
Docupace
Chief Information Security Officer
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Mike Wood
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John Yaros
VirFin Solutions
President
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Steve Youhn
Cambridge Investment Research, Inc.
SVP & CCO
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