Investor Advisory Committee Members Biographies
May 30, 2024
Officers
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Brian L. Schorr, Chair Brian L. Schorr is a Partner and has been Chief Legal Officer and a member of the investment team of Trian Fund Management, L.P. (“Trian Partners”) since November 2005. Schorr oversees Trian Partners’ legal matters. Trian Partners is an investment management firm based in New York City. Trian Partners manages capital for institutional investors, including pension plans, endowments/foundations, sovereign wealth funds, funds of funds and family offices. Read more Membership Term: May 27, 2022 – May 26, 2026 |
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Colleen Honigsberg, Secretary Colleen Honigsberg is a Professor of Law and Associate Dean of Curriculum at Stanford Law School, where her research is focused on the empirical study of corporate and securities law. Read more Membership Term: May 27, 2022 – May 26, 2026 |
Members
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James Andrus James leads the Global Sustainability Strategy Team at Franklin Templeton. The team focuses on stewardship, data and research, communications, innovation and impact in product development, and financial policy engagement. Read More Membership Term: May 27, 2022 – May 26, 2026 |
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Cristina Martin Firvida Cristina Martin Firvida was appointed as the Investor Advocate and Director of the Office of the Investor Advocate at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in January of 2023. As the Investor Advocate, Ms. Martin Firvida leads an office that advocates for investors, assists retail investors in interactions with the Commission and with self-regulatory organizations (SROs), analyzing the impact on investors of proposed rules and regulations, identifying problems that investors have with financial service providers and investment products, and proposing legislative or regulatory changes to promote the interests of investors. Read More Membership Term: Statutory |
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Gina-Gail S. Fletcher Gina-Gail S. Fletcher, a scholar of complex financial instruments and market regulation, is a Professor of Law at Duke University School of Law. Professor Fletcher is nationally recognized for her research on financial regulation and market manipulation. Her recent scholarship focuses on the interplay between public regulation and private ordering in balancing financial innovation against market stability and integrity. Read more Membership Term: May 27, 2022 – May 26, 2026 |
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George S. Georgiev George S. Georgiev is a law professor at Emory University School of Law. His research examines topics at the intersection of corporate governance and securities law, including questions about the design, performance and evolution of the disclosure regime, the rise of private capital, the breakdown of the public-private divide, and the development of systems for sustainability accounting and disclosure. Read more Membership Term: September 6, 2024 – September 5, 2028 |
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R. Craig Knocke, CFA Mr. Knocke was born in 1969. He is a graduate of Texas A&M University, having earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with a concentration in Finance in 1992. From 1992 to 1999 he served as a securities analyst at Salomon Brothers in New York. From 1999 to 2007 he was a portfolio manager at the Dallas office of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. Mr. Knocke is a Principal of the firm, overseeing all investment management activities. He is a portfolio manager of Turtle Creek Management, LLC and a member of the Board of Directors of Turtle Creek Trust Company, LTA, a state-chartered trust company and an affiliate of Turtle Creek Management, LLC. Membership Term: September 6, 2024 – September 5, 2028 |
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Christine Lazaro Christine Lazaro is a Professor of Clinical Legal Education and Director of the Law School’s Securities Arbitration Clinic. She came to St. John’s in 2007 as the Clinic's Supervising Attorney. She is also a faculty advisor for the Corporate and Securities Law Society. Lazaro holds a B.A. from New York University and a J.D. from Fordham Law School. Read more Membership Term: May 27, 2022 – May 26, 2026 |
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Nancy LeaMond Nancy LeaMond is a nationally recognized leader on health, retirement security and other issues important to older Americans. Her career spans nearly 40 years in the government and nonprofit sectors and as AARP’s chief advocacy and engagement officer, she is responsible for driving the organization’s social mission on behalf of Americans 50-plus and their families. Read more Membership Term: Statutory |
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Amy C. McGarrity Amy C. McGarrity was named Chief Investment Officer (CIO) in 2017, Chief Operating Officer (COO) in 2022, and served as Interim Executive Director from June 2023 to May 2024. As CIO and COO, Ms. McGarrity is responsible for managing an investment portfolio of $61.5 billion for the defined benefit plans and $5.9 billion for the defined contribution plans in accordance with the Board of Trustees’ policies and state statutes. Read more Membership Term: September 6, 2024 – September 5, 2028 |
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Andrew Park Andrew Park is an Associate Director for Private Equity & Capital Markets, Americans for Financial Reform where leads the organization's work around non-bank financial institutions such as hedge funds and private equity firms. Read more Membership Term: May 27, 2022 – May 26, 2026 |
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Dr. David Rhoiney, D.O. United States Naval Academy graduate, former two-sport NCAA Division 1 athlete, applied mathematician, cryptologist, cyber security specialist, and robotic general surgeon all before the age of 35, Dr. David Rhoiney arose from poverty and homelessness as a child to create a type of success that serves as a blueprint for others to follow. Dr. David is a passionate advocate for the voiceless who uses his life experience and talents to help others navigate the complexities of life and achieve their dreams. His life’s mission is to leave a lasting legacy that helps decrease the wealth gap and ease the barriers to a successful life that exists in the United States. Read more Membership Term: May 27, 2022 – May 26, 2026 |
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Paul F. Roye In January 2022, Paul retired from Capital Research and Management Company (“Capital”), headquartered in Los Angeles, CA. Capital is one of the largest asset managers in the world with over $3.6 trillion under management. Until his retirement, Paul served as a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors. Read more Membership Term: May 27, 2022 – May 26, 2026 |
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Jennifer J. Schulp Jennifer J. Schulp is the director of financial regulation studies at the Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, where she focuses on the regulation of securities and capital markets. She has testified before Congress multiple times, including before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the House Committee on Financial Services, and the Committee on House Administration. Read more Membership Term: September 6, 2024 – September 5, 2028 |
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Andrea Seidt Andrea Seidt is the Ohio Securities Commissioner with the Ohio Department of Commerce, Division of Securities. The Division has administrative, civil, and criminal authority to prosecute violations of the Ohio Securities Act and oversees one of the country’s largest securities licensee populations with more than 225,000 registered investment firms and professionals. Seidt actively represents the Division and investors throughout the state of Ohio through her service with the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA). Read more Membership Term: Statutory |
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Alvin Velazquez Alvin Velazquez is an Associate Professor of Law at Indiana University Maurer School of Law. His scholarship sits at the intersection of labor, bankruptcy law, and corporate law. He has had work published (or forthcoming) in peer-reviewed, faculty-edited, and student-edited journals including: the American Bankruptcy Law Journal, the ABA Journal of Labor and Employment Law, Chicago-Kent Law Review, and the Saint Louis Law Journal. Read more Membership Term: September 6, 2024 – September 5, 2028 |
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