Sukhi Sahni is a corporate affairs executive and advisor who counsels CEOs and leadership teams on matters where reputation, communications, marketing, artificial intelligence, and operating discipline directly influence business performance.

Over more than two decades, Sukhi has helped companies connect communications and marketing to the way the business actually works. On the transformation team behind the Sprint Nextel merger, she helped bring two corporate cultures together into a single operating company. At Capital One, she helped support the company’s evolution from a credit card lender into an experiential technology company that happens to be a bank. At Wells Fargo, she helped rebuild the firm’s public narrative and digital trust strategy in the years leading up to the Federal Reserve lifting its asset cap.

As a Fractional Corporate Affairs Advisor to founder-led organizations, Sukhi helps leadership teams modernize communications, put AI to work in daily operations, and measure what it delivers. She teaches as an adjunct professor at Georgetown and Rutgers and is building the graduate curriculum in applied AI for communications at the University of Delaware. A former national board member of NAMI, she also serves on the advisory boards of the Institute for Public Relations and Washington Women in Public Relations.

Peter D. Dugas is the CEO and Founder of the Regulatory Intelligence Group, a boutique advisory firm that integrates regulatory intelligence, regulatory change management, AI governance, and regulatory affairs to help financial institutions and corporate leaders navigate complex regulatory, legislative, and policy environments. Before founding the Regulatory Intelligence Group, Peter spent a decade at Capco, where he served as Executive Director and led the firm's Center of Regulatory Intelligence. A recognized authority on regulatory strategy and change management, he has advised more than 400 domestic and international financial institutions over a career spanning senior roles in consulting, government affairs, and the U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Department of Labor, and the SBA. He is a frequent media commentator on financial services regulation. He is regularly quoted as a subject-matter expert and thought leader on financial services issues in outlets including American Banker, the Financial Times, FundFire, Bloomberg, Investment News, S&P, and Politico. Peter holds a B.S. in International Trade and Finance from Louisiana State University (LSU).

Dawn D. Stump is the principal of Stump Strategic, an advisory firm specializing in business development for highly regulated industries. She previously served as a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Serving during the event of a global pandemic, Dawn prioritized sector resilience, sustained market access, and robust surveillance strategies necessary during extreme market volatility and changing economic environments. At the CFTC, Dawn also played a leadership role in international regulatory policy coordination.

Dawn shares her professional expertise on the board of directors of ICE Futures U.S., where she chairs the Regulatory Oversight Committee. She recently concluded a 3-year term on the board of directors of Railbird Exchange. She is also a strategic advisor to Solidus Labs, a strategic advisor to Parcl, and a member of the Advisory Council to the Women in Financial Markets Board of Directors.

She previously held the position of Senior Vice President at the Futures Industry Association and was a Vice President at NYSE Euronext. During her early career, she served in senior professional staff positions in both the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. She was actively involved in negotiating the reform of derivatives regulations contained in the Dodd-Frank Act and managed oversight of commodity and financial derivatives markets for the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.

John believes organizations grow when strategy, people, and execution are aligned. Throughout his career, he has helped leadership teams create the clarity, confidence, and organizational discipline needed to navigate change and accelerate growth. 

As President of Speedo North America and in senior leadership roles with Nike, Easton Bell Sports, and Quiksilver, John led business transformation, built high-performing teams, and guided organizations through periods of growth and change. 

Most recently, John served as Executive Director of the Center for Business, Industry and Professional Development at Central Oregon Community College, partnering with business, education, and government leaders to strengthen workforce development, entrepreneurship, and regional economic competitiveness. 

Today, John is the founder of Mulrennan Advisory Partners and a founding board member of GrailPay, a venture-backed fintech company focused on bank account validation and payment risk intelligence. He advises founders, CEOs, and leadership teams on growth strategy, organizational alignment, leadership development, and strategic partnerships. 

John is recognized for building trusted relationships, identifying patterns across industries, and helping leadership teams move confidently from strategy to execution. Whether working with a startup founder, a middle-market company, or a global enterprise, he brings the same practical, collaborative approach to creating sustainable growth and long-term value. 

Alethia Jackson is a healthcare strategy and policy advisor who counsels companies, founders, investors, and executive teams on matters where regulation, market access, stakeholder trust, and enterprise growth directly influence long-term value.

As Founder and CEO of The Stuyvesant Group, Alethia helps organizations operating in complex, highly regulated markets navigate business strategy, public policy, reimbursement, and stakeholder engagement. She brings the perspective of a former Fortune 25 C-suite executive and has advised leaders through growth, disruption, innovation, and periods of heightened scrutiny.

Prior to launching The Stuyvesant Group, Alethia spent more than a decade at Walgreens Boots Alliance, where she held senior leadership roles including Senior Vice President of Sustainability and President of the Walgreens Foundation, and Vice President of Federal Government Relations. Earlier in her career, she served as Vice President of Federal Affairs at America’s Health Insurance Plans and began at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, giving her a broad view across healthcare, insurance, regulation, and emerging market dynamics. She is also a sought-after speaker on healthcare transformation, reimbursement, leadership, innovation, and the future of healthcare.

Anne Lefever is a strategic advisor and governance executive who counsels founders, executive teams, investors, and mission-driven organizations on matters where growth strategy, enterprise risk, partnerships, and operational discipline directly influence performance and long-term value.

As Founder and Principal of Celtic Tiger Consulting, Anne helps organizations accelerate growth, strengthen governance, and build high-impact partnerships across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Over more than 20 years, she has advised Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, higher education institutions, healthcare organizations, and mission-driven enterprises on strategy, operational transformation, enterprise risk, market expansion, compliance, and public-private partnerships.

Anne previously held executive roles with Deloitte and Chemonics International and is recognized for connecting founders and leadership teams with strategic customers, investors, corporate partners, and public-sector stakeholders. Her work includes supporting technology-enabled companies focused on artificial intelligence, digital transformation, and data-driven decision making as they refine go-to-market strategy and expand into regulated markets. She completed the Women on Boards: Building Exceptional Leaders program through the Wharton School and holds the RIMS-Certified Risk Management Professional, Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional, and Leading Professional in Ethics & Compliance credentials.

Joe Brettell is a communications and public affairs advisor who counsels leaders in the energy, technology, and industrial sectors on matters where reputation, stakeholder engagement, media scrutiny, and enterprise strategy directly influence business outcomes.

As Founder and Principal of Forward Energy Public Relations, Joe helps clients navigate complex communications, public affairs, and community engagement challenges in markets shaped by policy, infrastructure, and public trust. He previously served as head of external affairs at Apache Corporation, where he acted as the company’s primary spokesperson and led media engagement during high-profile energy and environmental developments, including communications around a new Permian Basin play.

Prior to Apache, Joe was Senior Vice President at FleishmanHillard, where he led the Houston energy practice and managed national campaigns for clients including Chevron, Mitsubishi Corporation, and Duke Energy. His work included multi-state smart energy technology campaigns, major event planning at national political conventions, and litigation and crisis media support for energy clients. Earlier in his career, he served as Communications Director for multiple Members of Congress, including during the 2008 financial crisis, and has appeared as a media commentator and published writer in outlets including Fox News and TIME.

Roi Ewell is a senior corporate affairs advisor and executive coach who counsels CEOs, boards, and C-suite leaders on matters where growth, reputation, stakeholder trust, policy, and execution directly influence organizational performance.

His experience spans senior functional leadership roles at Anheuser-Busch Companies, SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment, and Computer Sciences Corporation, where he led work across government affairs, industry relations, corporate communications, human resources, and corporate responsibility. Across healthcare, hospitality, energy, entertainment, and national nonprofit management, Roi has advised organizations through high-stakes issues, leadership transitions, reputational risk, and complex transformation.

Roi has served on industry, university, and community boards, including as National Chair of the Public Affairs Council. As a certified executive coach, he helps leaders connect insight about themselves, their teams, and their organizations to more intentional decisions, with a particular focus on executives new to senior roles or leading transformation. His advisory work includes reputation risk assessments for major public utilities, stakeholder management systems, capacity-building initiatives, strategic planning, and C-suite succession planning.

James ("Jim") McGaugh is a board advisor and operating executive who counsels Boards, CEOs, investors, and senior leadership teams on matters where public policy, stakeholder dynamics, reputation, and enterprise strategy directly influence corporate performance and shareholder value.

Over a 30-year career spanning National Grid, General Electric, Citigroup, and NSTAR (now Eversource Energy), Jim has advised executive teams through enterprise transformation, financial crisis, industry restructuring, large-scale infrastructure investment, and periods of heightened public scrutiny. His experience includes serving as a senior corporate affairs leader during GE's successful transformation into three independent public companies; serving in senior government affairs leadership roles at Citigroup during the financial crisis and its aftermath, including as Massachusetts Market President; leading the integration of Boston Edison and Commonwealth Energy System during utility restructuring; and counseling National Grid's executive team on the execution of a $35 billion infrastructure investment strategy amid the complexities of the energy transition.

Jim previously served on the University of Massachusetts Building Authority Board and Audit Committee and on the Board and Executive Committee of Associated Industries of Massachusetts. Earlier in his career, he held senior policy, fiscal, and legal roles within the Massachusetts Legislature.

Marissa Jarratt is a board director, strategic advisor, and former Fortune 50 C-suite executive who counsels CEOs, boards, founders, and investors on matters where growth, transformation, marketing, sustainability, and technology directly influence enterprise value.

As Founder and Principal Advisor of Jarranova, Marissa advises leaders on commercial transformation, modern marketing, customer engagement, and the evolving relationship between human behavior and technology. Most recently, she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing & Sustainability Officer at 7-Eleven, where she led marketing, loyalty, retail media, corporate communications, and sustainability across a $70 billion-plus enterprise. During her tenure, she led one of America’s largest loyalty ecosystems, serving more than 110 million members, and pioneered the convenience industry’s first retail media network.

Marissa serves as an Advisor in the Consumer Practice Area of Boston Consulting Group’s Executive-in-Waiting program and as an Independent Director on the boards of HUGE, 7-Eleven Mexico, and KERA Public Media. She has been recognized by Forbes as one of the World’s 50 Most Influential CMOs from 2022 to 2024 and one of the World’s 50 Most Entrepreneurial CMOs in 2025. She is a Presidential Leadership Scholar and holds an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin.

Kate Karas is a General Counsel, board member, and strategic advisor who counsels CEOs, boards, founders, and investors on matters where regulation, governance, trust, and innovation directly influence enterprise value and long-term credibility.

Kate has built legal, compliance, risk, corporate governance, government relations, and public policy functions inside high-growth companies operating in complex, regulated markets. As Chime’s first lawyer and founding General Counsel, she established the company’s legal and governance infrastructure as it scaled to a $25 billion valuation.

Her experience spans fintech, artificial intelligence, climate technology, marketplace businesses, and capital markets. Kate serves on boards supporting climate finance, technology-enabled platforms, and leadership development, including Crux and Leaders in Tech. She also advises companies and investors across the venture ecosystem, including Nyca Partners, Ethos AI, Raftr, and Veritus Agent. Earlier in her career, she advised LendingClub, SecondMarket, and clients of Bingham McCutchen on financial-services regulation, secondary markets, complex contracts, litigation strategy, and issues arising during the 2008 financial crisis.

John Lipsey is a global policy and public affairs advisor who counsels boards, C-suite leaders, and policymakers on matters where geopolitics, regulation, technology, public policy, and market change directly influence enterprise strategy.

His multidisciplinary experience spans senior roles in government, think tanks, and the corporate sector, including policy leadership positions at National Grid, Micron Technology, and S&P Global. In those roles, John advised leadership teams on adapting business and policy strategy to changing political conditions, led integrated advocacy and strategic communications campaigns, developed executive thought leadership platforms, and managed high-stakes negotiations involving U.S. foreign policy, technology competition, industrial policy, capital markets, and energy systems.

John is a Senior Advisor to Vantage Road Partners and a Senior Fellow at the National Security Institute, a think tank he helped found at George Mason University’s Scalia Law School, where he served as Director of Policy and an Assistant Professor of Law. Earlier in his career, he served as Chief Counsel to U.S. Senator Bob Corker and as Deputy Chief Counsel on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He has a record of connecting developments across politics, markets, policy, and technology before they become conventional wisdom.

Mike O'Brien is a semiconductor and compute advisor who counsels leaders across industry, government, and the investment community on matters where advanced manufacturing, R&D, policy, supply chains, and artificial intelligence directly influence national competitiveness and enterprise strategy. 

Over a 40-year career spanning compute, semiconductor R&D, design automation, manufacturing, and public service, Mike has built technical and commercial collaborations across industry, academia, and government. Most recently, Mike served as Senior Director in the U.S. Department of Commerce CHIPS Program Office under two administrations. An early member of this government start-up, he helped recruit other leaders and shaped portfolio priorities, operational processes, and application review criteria. 

At Commerce, Mike evaluated and negotiated awards across leading-edge memory and logic, analog and mixed signal semiconductors, packaging, equipment, materials, digital twins, and next-generation lithography. He led teams and negotiations for $7.5 billion in manufacturing and R&D awards, catalyzing more than $200 billion in domestic investment.

Earlier, he spent nearly two decades at Synopsys, where he created an Aerospace & Government vertical, supported CHIPS and Science Act government-relations work, and led teams that closed $200 million in OTA contracts. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Harvard College, completed executive programs at Harvard Kennedy School, and holds a TS/SCI clearance eligible for reinstatement. 

Josh Olazabal is a strategy, finance, and sustainability advisor who counsels executives, investors, and public-sector leaders on matters where energy transition, capital allocation, regulation, and market strategy directly influence performance and long-term value.

His experience spans consulting, investment management, research, federal policy, and enterprise strategy. As a Managing Director at EY, Josh advised energy, financial-services, and public-sector clients on energy transition, sustainability, and environmental, social, and governance priorities. At IBM, he served as a Partner in Enterprise Strategy and led North American sustainability work across Green IT, data centers, artificial intelligence, and financial data.

Josh previously served as Senior Policy Advisor for Finance at the U.S. Department of Energy and later led firm-wide corporate strategy efforts at S&P Global. Earlier in his career, he covered energy, real estate investment trusts, and ESG fixed income at PIMCO and began his consulting career at McKinsey & Company. His work has included developing investment products, advising on infrastructure and real assets, and contributing to research and thought leadership on responsible investing.

Richard Ross is a technology, cybersecurity, and operations advisor who counsels boards, investors, and management teams on matters where information technology, cyber risk, operational performance, and growth strategy directly influence enterprise resilience and value.

Over more than 40 years in information technology, including 25 years as a CIO, Richard has built and led high-performing, compliant operations across public companies and privately funded startups. He recently retired as Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President of IT at Atlas Air, where he was responsible for global business systems, IT operations, general IT controls, emerging technologies, innovation, cybersecurity, and cybersecurity relationships with customers, partners, and the federal government.

Richard’s prior roles include serving as the first global CIO for Amerada Hess; founder of Decision Strategies Group, a strategy and operations consulting firm; Vice President of IT for Salomon Brothers in London and Tokyo; Research Director for Gartner Group; engineer for Wang Labs and IBM; and consultant with McKinsey & Company and Index. His work has included strategic restructuring and turnaround, mergers and divestitures, supply chain management, profitability improvement through automation, and cyber program implementation. He has served on multiple industry cybersecurity groups and is currently advising early-stage startups in AI and cybersecurity.

Sheryl Adkins‑Green is an enterprise growth executive and board advisor with extensive experience helping organizations accelerate performance, strengthen market position, and navigate complex, fast‑changing environments. She is recognized for applying technology‑enabled insight, disciplined execution, and cross‑functional leadership to launch new businesses, revitalize established brands, and improve organizational effectiveness across multiple industries, including beauty and wellness, food and beverage, financial services, and fashion retail. With experience leading teams across China, Southeast Asia, Europe, Latin America, Africa, and the Caribbean, she brings deep expertise in managing complexity across diverse markets and cultures.

Most recently, Sheryl served as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing and Experience Officer of Mary Kay Inc., where she led the development of an integrated global strategy that increased market share, expanded product margins, and improved operating efficiency. She modernized the company’s in‑house creative agency by incorporating AI‑enabled capabilities, enhancing agility, and delivering significant cost savings. She also guided a multi‑year digital transformation that elevated e‑commerce performance, strengthened customer experience, and expanded consultant digital marketing and social‑selling capabilities.

Sheryl is widely recognized for her ability to identify strategic growth opportunities, design innovative approaches to optimize resources, and guide organizations through periods of transformation and uncertainty. She currently advises early‑stage technology companies and is an active private equity investor, bringing practical operating experience and strategic insight to founders, boards, and investment partners. Sheryl holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Retailing from the University of Wisconsin.