Speakers: Kayo 2025 M&A Summit

Amanda Abrams
CEO
Cohen Circle

Rebecca Alcalay
Managing Director
Reverence Capital Partners

Elina Alperovich
Partner
Akin

Jasmine Azizi
Vice President
Advent International

Katherine Barasch
Principal
The Carlyle Group

Jacqueline Berris
Principal
Composition Capital

Kristie Bradford
Vice President, Corporate Development, M&A
IBM

Jasmine Burton
Principal
Bain Capital

Libby Cantrill
Head of Public Policy
PIMCO

Cheryl Chan
Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions
Davis Polk & Wardwell

Michelle Chan
Partner
Akin

Liz Chang
Capital Markets Partner
Berkshire Partners

Janki Chudgar
Principal, Capital Markets
Advent International

Cammy Contizano
Partner
Goodwin

Carolyn Crooks
Senior Managing Director
Evercore

Nishita Cummings
Managing Partner & Co-Founder
Composition Capital

Morgan Cuthbertson
Director
Stifel Financial Corp.

Heather Deixler
Partner
Latham & Watkins

Kaitlyn Desai
Principal, Manufactured Products
Pritzker Group

Olivia DiLorenzo
Managing Director, Transaction Advisory Services
RSM

Yili Dolan
Managing Director, Global M&A
State Street

Katie Drasser
CEO
Rock Health

Shannon Footer
Special Counsel, Private Equity and M&A
Milbank LLP

Deborah Greer
Senior Partner
AI Healthcare Capital, LLC

Nisha Haran
Director
Deerpath Capital

Karen Heidelberger
Partner, Chief Partnership Officer
Deerfield Management Company, L.P.

Amy Helenbrook
Managing Director
Stax Inc.

Blair Hennessy
Managing Director
H/Advisors Abernathy

Jaime Hildreth
Partner, Head of Asset Management and Member of the Investment Committee
WestCap

Molly Hughes
Director, Capital Markets
Madison Dearborn Partners

Claire James
Head of New York Private Equity
Freshfields

Amy Keller
Partner - M&A Private Equity
Goodwin

Caroline Kjorlien
Vice President
Thoma Bravo

Emily Knickle
Managing Director, Head of Private Credit Originations
AGL Credit Management

Nafeesa Laiwalla
Director
Lincoln International

Jennifer Lee
Founder & Managing Partner
c10 Partners

Allison Liff
Partner, Head of US Leveraged Finance
Freshfields

Andrea Lucido
Director
Bain Capital Credit

Val Mack
Managing Director
FTI Consulting

Kerri McNicholas
Partner
Gainline Capital Partners

Ale Mendoza
Senior Vice President
TSG Consumer Partners LLC

Ann Miller
Managing Director, M&A
Cowen Investment Management

Jaya Nallappa
Vice President
Goldman Sachs

Kathryn O'Connor Gardner
General Partner
Kilonova Capital LLC

Iliana Ongun
Partner
Milbank LLP

Allie O'Rourke
Principal, Software Strategy Group
EY Parthenon

Christen Paras
Partner
MiddleGround Capital

Tatjana Paterno
Partner
Bass, Berry & Sims

Jackie Peradotto
Principal
HarbourVest

Sophia Popova
Partner
Summit Partners

Maggie Prager
Founding Partner
ECY Partners

Gloria Ring
Counsel
Latham & Watkins

Nadine Spilky-Raida
Investment Director
Aries Global

Nancy Sun
Vice President
Forward Consumer Partners

Michelle Wang
Vice President
Advent International

Gabriela Weiss
Principal
Advent International

Susan Weiss
Managing Director, Debt Capital Markets
Blackstone

Maggie Wilmouth
Director, Consumer Products & Services
William Blair

Veronica Wissel
Partner, Executive Compensation
Davis Polk & Wardwell

Pamela York
Managing Partner
Capita3

Rebecca Yu
Vice President
HG Capital Management

Kira Yugay
Principal
HIG Capital (HIG)

Jennifer Zhu
Principal
Golden Gate Capital