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

, /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