Final Agenda: 2nd LA CorpGov Forum Sep 18 Featuring Activism, Sports, Entertainment

CorpGov is pleased to share the final agenda for the 2nd LA CorpGov Forum , to be held on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026 at The Huntington Library in San Marino, California. The conference registration will begin at 1:00pm and feature an afternoon of panels, firesides and networking, followed by a reception at 5:00pm with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres in the Garden Court.

This event will bring together members of the financial community from both LA and beyond to join panels focused on the finance of entertainment and media, sports, along with capital markets and shareholder activism.

We invite institutional investors and corporate executives to attend and they may register at the link below. For more information, please email Editor@CorpGov.com .

Registration is open for this event: REGISTER HERE .

2:00PM: Best Practices in Sports Investing

Thomas W. Hulick , CEO, Managing Partner, Strategy Asset Managers ​

Baird Fogel , Head of Global Sports Practice, Partner, Eversheds-Sutherland

Noah Francis , Banker, J.P. Morgan Private Bank ​

David Carter , Principal, The Sports Business Group

2:30PM: Shareholder Activism: Media and Entertainment Focus

Sagar Gupta , Portfolio Manager, Anson Funds ​

Jon Feldman , Partner and Business Law Group Head, Goodmans LLP

Pete Michelsen , Leader, Activism and Shareholder Advisory Practice, Qatalyst​

John Jannarone , Editor-in-Chief, CorpGov (Moderator)

3:00PM: Entertainment in the AI Era: Music, Games and Film ​

ElizBeth Jones , Founder and CEO, Atomic Venus Media

Travis Cloyd , Director of Digital Research Entertainment Arts Media Storytelling, California Institute of the Arts​

Jason Alejandre , President, Founder and Creative Director, Game Mechanic Studios (GMS)

JL Pomeroy , Founder and CEO, BRIDGELINE Media

Evan Hainey , Partner, Untitled Entertainment

Daphna Edwards Ziman , Co-Chairman, Project Rise Partners

3:40PM: Capital Markets Assessment and IPO Readiness ​

Nicolle Brady , Managing Director, Protiviti ​​

Joseph Fish , CEP, Managing Director, Stock Operations, Infinite Equity

Jeff Meyer , Managing Director, Protiviti ​

Ramey Layne , Partner, Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions, Vinson & Elkins

4:10PM: Venture Capital and PE: A California Perspective on Governance

Ryan Keating , Partner, Industry Leader, Venture Services, EisnerAmper ​

Brent Granado , Partner, Sweetwater Private Equity

Thomas Courtney, Jr. , President and CEO, The Courtney Group ​

Jarrett Banks, Editor-at-Large, CorpGov (Moderator) ​​​​​

4:40PM: Keynote Fireside: Business and Governance in LA​