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Brian A. Benczkowski
Asst. Attorney General for the Criminal Division
Department of Justice

Brian A. Benczkowski serves as the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division. In that capacity, Mr. Benczkowski supervises the Criminal Division’s more than 600 federal prosecutors who conduct investigations and prosecutions involving organized and transnational crime, gang violence, securities fraud, health care fraud, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations, public corruption, cybercrime, intellectual property theft, money laundering, Bank Secrecy Act violations, child exploitation, international narcotics trafficking, human rights violations, and other crimes, as well as matters involving international affairs and sensitive law enforcement techniques.

Tony Brigmon
Ambassador of Fun and Founder of Funiversity™ Learning Experience
Southwest Airline

As Southwest’s “Ambassador of Fun”, Tony Brigmon helped their corporate culture recognize and reward humor and creativity in a way that got serious results. Mr. Brigmon became an expert at using interactive fun to teach best practices. He is an astute observer of super performing human behavior and has earned recognition nationally and internationally for his presentation, training, and consulting work, always with the aim to maximize engagement, energize transformation, and enrich individual lives.

Organizations are raving about Mr. Brigmon’s conference presentations. Over the last several decades, Tony has worked with over 2,000 + organizations to energize and engage cultural transformation, employee engagement, leadership, customer service and more. Today, Mr. Brigmon is the Founder of the Funiversity™ Learning Experience teaching others to maximize their potential. He draws on his experience as a former Southwest “insider” and his personal observations on positive high-performing individuals and organizations giving audience members practical ideas they can implement in their work and in their lives.

Amy Edmondson
Amy Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School, a chair established to support the study of human interactions that lead to the creation of successful enterprises that contribute to the betterment of society.

Ms. Edmondson has been ranked by the biannual Thinkers50 global list of top management thinkers since 2011 (most recently #13). She teaches and writes on leadership, teams and organizational learning. Her books, Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate and Compete in the Knowledge Economy and Teaming to Innovate (Jossey-Bass, 2012, 2103) explore teamwork in dynamic, unpredictable work environments. Her book, Building the Future: Big Teaming for Audacious Innovation (Berrett-Koehler, 2016), reveals the challenges and opportunities of innovation that involves teaming across industry sectors. Her next book, The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth, released in October, 2018, offers practical guidance for teams and organizations who are serious about success in the modern economy.

Before her academic career, she was Director of Research at Pecos River Learning Centers, where she worked on the design and implementation of transformational change in large companies. In the early 1980s, she worked as Chief Engineer for architect/inventor Buckminster Fuller, and her book A Fuller Explanation: The Synergetic Geometry of R. Buckminster Fuller (Birkauser Boston, 1987) clarifies Fuller’s mathematical contributions for a non-technical audience. Ms. Edmondson received her PhD in organizational behavior, AM in psychology, and AB in engineering and design, all from Harvard University.

Eric Feldman
Senior Vice President and Managing Director
Affiliated Monitors, Inc.

Eric Feldman joined Affiliated Monitors after retiring from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 2011. Eric had a distinguished thirty-two-year career with both the Executive and Legislative branches of the federal government. He has served in executive positions with Offices of Inspector General at the Department of Defense, Defense Intelligence Agency, and CIA, and was the longest serving Inspector General of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) from 2003-2009. At the NRO, he presided over a highly successful procurement fraud prevention and detection program, widely recognized by the Department of Justice as a model throughout the federal government.

A former Senior Intelligence Service Officer, Mr. Feldman is a 1995 graduate of the Federal Executive Institute, and is both a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and a Certified Inspector General (CIG). In 2016 he successfully completed the Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional – International (CCEP-I) examination, which certifies his expert knowledge of international compliance regulations and processes. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Association of Inspectors General, and was the founding President of the California Chapter. In 2015, he was appointed as a Co-Chair of the American Bar Association Suspension and Debarment Committee.

Mr. Feldman is a member of the teaching faculty of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), and a frequently sought-after speaker and author on the topics of procurement fraud detection and prevention, bribery and corruption, corporate business ethics and compliance, and managing an Inspector General function. He has given presentations at national conferences of the ACFE, the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics, the Association of Inspectors General and the ABA Procurement Fraud Institute, as well as regional fraud and compliance conferences in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

Thomas R. Fox
Compliance Evangelist
Author of The Compliance Handbook

Tom Fox is literally the guy who wrote the book on compliance with his seminal one volume book “The Compliance Handbook” published in May 2018 and was the No. 1 new bestseller on Amazon.com through its initial run. Additionally, Mr. Fox has authored 6 books on business leadership, compliance and ethics and corporate governance, including the international best-sellers “Lessons Learned on Compliance and Ethics” and “Best Practices Under the FCPA and Bribery Act” as well as his series Fox on Compliance.

Mr. Fox leads the social media discussion on compliance with his award-winning blog, The FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog and is the founder of the Compliance Podcast Network.

Patrick Gnazzo
Principal
Better Business Practices, LLC

Patrick J. Gnazzo was most recently the senior vice president and general manager of CA’s Public Sector business. In this position, Pat headed up all operations for CA’s Federal, State and Local government business, including management, administration, and regulatory matters, as well as government relations.

Previously, Mr. Gnazzo was senior vice president, business practices, and chief compliance officer at CA, responsible for developing and implementing a comprehensive compliance and ethics program. In 2007, Pat was also named CA’s Chief Risk Officer. He also oversaw government regulatory compliance and the establishment of a records and information management program.

Pat is an Executive Fellow at Bentley College’s Center for Business Ethics, a member of the Procurement Round Table and on the Board of Advisors of the National Contract Management Association. He is on the board of directors of MCR, LLC. He also served on the board of directors of the Ethics Resource Center, on the board of directors of the Ethics and Compliance Officers Association and as Chairman of the Defense Industry Initiative working group. He is a frequent lecturer on ethics and compliance.”
Pat Gnazzo has served as the independent Ethics Monitor to BP under the U.S Plea Agreement commencing in 2013 and concluding in 2018. His monitorship will continue through March 13, 2019 under the Administrative Agreement with the U.S. EPA.

Patricia J. Harned, Ph.D.
Chief Compliance Officer
Ethics & Compliance Initiative

Patricia Harned is chief executive officer of the Ethics & Compliance Initiative (ECI), America’s oldest nonprofit in the ethics & compliance industry. ECI is a research and membership organization comprised by institutions across every sector, each dedicated to promoting the highest levels of integrity in their operations.

For two decades as CEO, Dr. Harned has overseen all of ECI’s strategy and operations. In that time ECI has become recognized as the leading provider of independent research about workplace integrity, organizational culture and effective compliance programs. Dr. Harned is an expert on culture change, ethical leadership, and workplace reporting/retaliation. She leads ECI’s consulting practice: clients have included many prominent organizations working to recover from scandal, particularly related to sexual misconduct, corruption and fraud.

Dr. Harned also directs outreach efforts to policymakers and federal enforcement agencies in Washington, DC. She has provided ethics & compliance training to officials in the US Department of Justice, testified before Congress and the U.S. Sentencing Commission, and she has personally briefed U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, the OSHA Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee, and the Federal Bar Council on strategies to increase effective reporting of suspected misconduct. She also led ECI’s effort to support the establishment of the first-ever values based ethics & compliance program in a US federal government agency.

Dr. Harned is the only female CEO among the leading providers in the US ethics & compliance industry. She was selected by Ethisphere Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics in 2007, 2014 and 2015, and was named one of the Top Thought Leaders in Trust in 2010, 2011, and 2018 by the nonprofit organization Trust Across America. She serves on the board of the U.S. Center for SafeSport, and she is a Special Advisor to the International Association of Independent Corporate Monitors.

Dr. Harned holds a bachelor of science from Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania, a masters of education degree from Indiana University, and a doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh.

Bobby Kipp
Advisor
ECI Fellows Program

Barbara (Bobby) Kipp is a retired PricewaterhouseCoopers partner, who most recently led PwC’s Ethics & Compliance Consulting practice. As the former global and U.S. ethics & business conduct leader, and U.S. chief privacy officer for PwC, she led the development and operation of PwC’s U.S. and global ethics & business conduct programs and U.S. privacy program. These were ground-breaking programs, and the first amongst the Big Four. She led the first compliance risk assessment for PwC and created the initial blueprint for PwC’s current Ethics & Compliance program. She also led a multiyear engagement to develop and implement a global data protection and privacy program for PwC in 150 countries. Following her internal roles for PwC she spent over ten years consulting with many global and domestic organizations on their ethics, compliance, privacy, risk management and conflict minerals programs. She also spent many years as a financial auditor. She has been active in the Ethics & Compliance space for the past twenty years.
Robert Meunier
Independent Debarment & Suspension Consultant and Independent Monitor

Robert Meunier is currently an independent consultant providing services to lawyers, industry, independent monitors and E&C officers regarding the federal suspension and debarment system, and ethics and compliance requirements for federal contractors and assistance participants.

During his federal service, Mr. Meunier participated in almost every activity leading to the implementation of the federal suspension and debarment system, and is primary author of the federal non-procurement debarment rule. In addition to serving 13 years EPA ‘s Debarring Official, he served 20 years as Chair of the OMB Interagency Suspension and Debarment Committee, a member of the DOJ Procurement Fraud Task Force, and taught debarment law to federal agents and prosecutors.

Mr. Meunier co-authored of all four editions of the ABA’s Practitioner’s Guide to Suspension and Debarment, and is a member of the Virginia State Bar and the American Bar Association.

Suzanne Milton
Vice President, Ethics and Compliane
US Foods, Inc.

Suzanne Milton is the Vice President, Ethics and Compliance, at US Foods, Inc. US Foods, a public company since May 2016, is a broadline food and food distribution company that serves independent restaurant and institutional customers across the United States, providing over 350,000 products across 60 locations and proudly employing over 25,000 people. Prior to joining US Foods, Ms. Milton was Manager, Ethics and Compliance, Boeing International, at the Boeing Company, responsible for the execution and delivery of Boeing’s ethics and compliance program internationally through a team of advisors located in five regions globally. Ms. Milton began her career in the executive branch of the U.S. government, serving as an executive in Human Resources at the Transportation Security Administration and an executive in both Human Resources and Legal at the U.S. Postal Service.

She is a graduate of Harvard University, cum laude, in History and Literature, and received her JD from the University of Texas School of Law.

Carrie Penman
Chief Compliance Officer and Senior Vice President, Advisory Services
NAVEX Global

Carrie Penman is the Chief Compliance Officer of NAVEX Global and Senior Vice President, Advisory Services. Carrie has been with Advisory Services since 2003 after serving four years as deputy director of the Ethics and Compliance Officer Association (ECOA). Ms. Penman was one of the earliest ethics officers in America. She is a scientist who developed and directed the first corporate-wide global ethics program at Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
Since joining NAVEX Global, she has conducted numerous program, risk and culture assessment projects globally for its clients and regularly works with and trains Boards of Directors and executive teams. She also serves as a corporate monitor and independent consultant for companies with government agreements. She is the author of numerous compliance related articles and commentary and is regularly featured or quoted as a compliance expert in press and publications. Ms. Penman was also featured in the Wall Street Journal’s Risk and Compliance Journal.
As Chief Compliance Officer, Ms. Penman oversees NAVEX Global’s internal ethics and compliance activities employing many of the best practices that we recommend to our clients.

Steve Scarpino
Director of Ethics & Compliance
BP plc

Steve Scarpino is a Director of Ethics & Compliance for BP plc. He is responsible for BP’s Global Program’s team within the Ethics & Compliance Function. Prior to Mr. Scarpino’s current role, he was the liaison between BP and the Independent Ethics Monitor appointed under a Plea Agreement with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and an Administrative Agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Mr. Scarpino played a key role in the negotiation of the ethics and compliance terms of the Administrative Agreement with the EPA, which resulted in the lifting of BP’s suspension from entering into US government contracts. Prior to his liaison role, Mr. Scarpino was the Director of Ethics & Compliance for BP’s Refining and Marketing (R&M) business in the western hemisphere. In addition to his R&M responsibilities, he was (and still is) responsible for leading BP’s International Trade Regulations (ITR) Compliance Program within E&C. Mr. Scarpino also served as the Deputy Chair of the Global Legal and Ethics & Compliance Diversity & Inclusion Steering Team. Mr. Scarpino joined BP in London in January 2009 and is now based in their Houston office.

Prior to joining BP, Mr. Scarpino worked at NCR Corporation for over 18 years, in a variety of roles with increasing responsibility. Mr. Scarpino spent his last five-plus years with NCR as the Ethics & Compliance Officer and Chief Privacy Officer, and was responsible for leading the company’s Corporate Responsibility initiatives.

Mr. Scarpino is currently a member of the Board of Directors for the Ethics & Compliance Association, a Senior Fellow with the Ethics & Compliance Initiative and a past Board Member of the National Association of Contract Managers (NACM).

Sam Silverstein

Sam is the author of seven books including Non-Negotiable, No More Excuses, Making Accountable Decisions, No Matter What, The Lost Commandments and The Success Model. As a former executive and owner, Mr. Silverstein’s manufacturing and distribution companies sold over $100 million in products and services. He successfully sold one of his businesses to a Fortune 500 company. Today, Mr. Silverstein writes, speaks, and consults with organizations around the globe to think differently, work with renewed purpose, and achieve record-breaking results. He works with entrepreneurs, multi-national companies, corporations, and government agencies to drive increased engagement and productivity.

Mr. Silverstein’s mission is to empower people to live accountable lives, transform the way they do business, and to thrive at extraordinary levels. By challenging leaders to shift priorities, cultivate an organizational culture, and inspire both individuals and teams to take ownership in fresh and results-producing ways – he is helping companies dramatically increase productivity, profitability, and growth.

Originally from Atlanta, Mr. Silverstein has a Bachelor’s Degree in business from the University of Georgia and an MBA from Washington University. He is a Past President of the National Speakers Association.

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David Bunker
Compliance Officer
Vulcan Inc.

David Bunker is the Compliance Officer at Vulcan Inc. He has designed and built the compliance program in accordance with best practice, which has included a new Code of Conduct, programs for handling conflicts of interest, due diligence and speaking up, a communication and training program, and a process for handling Federal contracts.

In prior roles at Huntsman Corporation, Mr. Bunker has been responsible for the Compliance Program, legal support to one of their international divisions and their Americas legal team. He has lived and provided legal support in America, Europe and Asia.

Mr. Bunker is qualified as a solicitor in England and an attorney in New York.

Wendy Evans, CCEP, CFE
Corporate Senior Manager
Lockheed Martin, Ethics and Enterprise Assurance

Wendy Evans is a Corporate Senior Manager with the Lockheed Martin Ethics and Enterprise Assurance organization. Ms. Evans career began in law enforcement, including service as an FBI agent (white collar crime and counterintelligence assignments) and police officer. Ms. Evans is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and member of the Association of Certified Fraud examiners. She is also a Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP) with the Society of Corporate Ethics and Compliance. Ms. Evans is a member of the Ethics and Compliance Initiative (ECI), as well as other professional organizations. Wendy has been a featured national speaker on ethics, compliance, security and investigative topics. Ms. Evans holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government Studies and Communications (Broadcasting) from Western Kentucky University.

Neha Gupta
Chief Executive Officer
True Office Learning

Neha Gupta is responsible for True Office Learning’s product and technology vision, strategy and growth. Prior to her role as CEO, Ms. Gupta served as Senior Director of Learning Solutions & Strategic Initiatives at NYSE Governance Services, leading all product strategy and development initiatives for the business. Ms. Gupta has also served as Citigroup’s Chief of Staff for the Institutional Clients Group Technology organization, reporting directly to the CIO. In her time with Citigroup, Ms. Gupta led a number of strategic change management efforts involving critical, multi-million dollar initiatives across industries.

Ms. Gupta holds an MBA in Management and Business Strategy from Rutgers Business School and a BE in Computers and Electrical Engineering from the Honors College of Engineering at Rutgers.

Steve Guymon
Senior Advisor of Ethics and Compliance Global Capabilities
Eli Lilly and Company

Steve Guymon is the Senior Advisor of Ethics and Compliance Global Capabilities at Eli Lilly and Company. He has a Bachelor of Science in business from the University of Utah and is certified in Lean and Six Sigma. He has over 25 years of experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry including roles in ethics and compliance, lean six sigma, training, sales, marketing and clinical research. He joined Eli Lilly and Company in 1996. He is a regular speaker and facilitator at compliance and ethics conferences.

Roxane MacGillivray, CCEP, CFE
Corporate Senior Manager
Lockheed Martin, Ethics and Enterprise Assurance

Roxane MacGillivray is a Corporate Senior Manager with the Lockheed Martin Ethics and Enterprise Assurance organization. She is a thought leader in the field of ethics and compliance with expertise in workplace investigations and a background in Equal Employment, Affirmative Action and Commercial Litigation. In her current role, she conducts enterprise-wide ethics investigations and is responsible for producing innovative ethics officer training. Ms. MacGillvray has been a national speaker on ethics, investigative techniques and employee training. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Legal Studies from the University of Central Florida.

Page Motes
Senior Managing Director of Strategic Programs and Ethics
Dell, Inc.

Page is the Senior Managing Director of Strategic Programs and Ethics within the Global Ethics and Compliance organization at Dell, Inc., and the primary ethics and compliance liaison for the Dell Technologies family of companies. She joined Dell in 2009 after 15 years in sales and consulting, much within the compliance and ethics field, and is currently responsible for the company’s ethics strategy and proactive culture of integrity initiatives, including the Code of Conduct, compliance and ethics-related awareness programs and signature ethics operational processes for Dell and its approximately 130,000 global team members. In 2018, she expanded her role to lead digital transformation for Dell ethics and compliance.

Prior to Dell, Ms. Motes was VP Business Development for Gerson Lehrman Group, providing organizations with expert insights for strategic consulting engagements. Ms. Motes also spent a number of years with leading ethics and compliance solutions provider LRN, engaging global companies and their top leadership around ethics and regulatory programs, including strategic development, solution implementation and program effectiveness.

She is an Ethics and Compliance Initiative (ECI) Fellows member and sits on the ECA Board of Directors. She is a member of the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) and a member of the Greater Austin Compliance and Ethics Roundtable (GACER). Ms. Motes is also a Hill Country Chapter board member of the Young Men’s Service League (YMSL).

Keturah Pestel
Director of Business Ethics
Thrivent

Keturah Pestel is the Director of Business Ethics at Thrivent and is responsible for the ethics program for Thrivent Financial and its subsidiaries. She protects Thrivent’s reputation through the strategic management, creation and delivery of the organization’s ethics program, reasonably designed to build, support, and sustain High Quality Ethics & Compliance Programs (HQPs). In this role, she consults with business partners, senior management, and Thrivent Financial and subsidiary Boards of Directors to help ensure Thrivent manifests a strong culture of integrity throughout all levels of the enterprise. She also serves as the Fraud Administrator for Thrivent’s anti-fraud program.

Ms. Pestel joined Thrivent in 1999 and has held a variety of positions in the organization, including progressively responsible roles in project management. She has overseen the Code of Conduct program since implementing it in 2006. See thriventcodeofconduct.com for Thrivent’s digital magazine Code of Conduct, which includes Thrivent investigation summary videos and key policy infographics. Thrivent has been named one of the “World’s Most Ethical Companies” by Ethisphere Institute from 2012 to present for leadership in promoting ethical business standards and introducing innovative ideas to benefit the public. “World’s Most Ethical Companies” and “Ethisphere” names and marks are registered trademarks of Ethisphere LLC. For details, visit Ethisphere.com.

Ms. Pestel graduated summa cum laude from Concordia University, River Forest, Illinois, with a BA in communications and history. She earned an MBA from Metropolitan State University, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and holds the CFE and FLMI designations.

Jim Walton
Ethics & Compliance Advisory Service Team Member
LRN

Jim Walton is a member of LRN’s Ethics & Compliance Advisory Services Team – with over 35 years of professional experience in corporate, institutional, and government settings, spanning the fields of ethics and compliance; environment, health, and safety; and energy management. Since 2002, Mr. Walton has been passionately dedicated to corporate ethics and compliance – designing, developing, implementing, and enhancing constantly-evolving, comprehensive, best-in-class, global ethics and compliance programs. Mr. Walton has extensive experience in writing, producing, and communicating codes of conduct and corporate policies; designing, managing, and implementing ethics & compliance risk assessments; implementing anti-corruption and bribery initiatives; conducting third party due diligence reviews; and helping managers at all levels become better ethical leaders. Mr. Walton is a Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional.

Philip Winterburn
Chief Product Officer
Convercent

With an extensive technology background, experience in GRC product development, and an entrepreneurial mind, Philip Winterburn understands what it takes to create innovative software solutions. In partnership with Patrick Quinlan, Barclay Friesen and Chuck Boyle, Mr. Winterburn launched Convercent with the vision of developing a modern GRC solution for the business community. As Convercent’s Chief Product Officer, Mr. Winterburn has been responsible for making that vision a reality, drawing on his technology expertise to lead the construction of Convercent’s innovative GRC product from the ground up.

Prior to Convercent, Mr. Winterburn led product engineering and technology operations for Rivet Software, a tech firm specializing in financial reporting compliance solutions. At Rivet, Mr. Winterburn oversaw the company’s proprietary SaaS product, scaling it to support explosive customer growth and delivering a comprehensive SEC filing workflow solution that earned recognition from CIO magazine on the CIO 100 awards list. Mr. Winterburn has also led technology initiatives at EDS, Ernst & Young and AT&T, where he gained expertise in enterprise-class platforms.

In 2011, Mr. Winterburn was recognized by the Denver Business Journal as CIO of the Year.

John Ambra
Vice President of Risk Product Strategy
SAI Global

John Ambra joined SAI Global in July 2015 as Vice President of Risk Product Strategy. He has more than 15 years working on complex enterprise platform and service implementations for Risk Management, Compliance, Audit, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Business Intelligence and Information Security across many industry sectors.

John is responsible for directing and driving the broad product strategy and roadmap for the Risk Solutions portfolio, covering all geographical markets in which SAI Global operate. He is responsible for evaluating customer needs to identify and define requirements so that we can develop new products to meet the needs of our customers.

John started his career as a field consultant, were he accumulated CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional, CISA(Certified Information Systems Auditor), QSA (Qualified Security Assessor) and 27001 lead auditor certifications. He later became the Director of a solutions team that managed several projects including the implementation and operation of thirteen command control centres during the FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

Valerie Charles
Chief Strategy Officer
GAN Integrity Inc.

Valerie serves as GAN’s Chief Strategy Officer. With diverse industry experience, Valerie helps define and drive our strategic position in the compliance community, focused on thought leadership and growth strategy. She also leads GAN’s legal function with a focus on compliance, commercial & strategic transactions, employment, litigation and regulatory issues. Valerie has served as outside counsel, conducted internal investigations, and represented clients in connection with matters involving anti-bribery restrictions worldwide. She has also served as Associate General Counsel and Global Compliance Lead for an international technology company.

Karen Clapsaddle
Ethics Director, Core Programs and Services
Lockheed Martin Corporation

Karen Clapsaddle is the Ethics Director, Core Programs & Services, for Lockheed Martin Corporation. As a member of the corporate Ethics Staff she shares a commitment to an ethical, compliant, and inclusive workplace.

Mrs. Clapsaddle is responsible for the development and execution of internal Ethics Programs including LM’s Ethics Officer Training Program, Ethics Program Assessments, Ethics Investigations protocols and documentation, Ethics database (COMET) for tracking guidance and investigations, small site engagements, employee census survey content, and program controls. She represents the Ethics organization on the Audit Council, Risk Board, and the Sustainability Working Group, contributing content and data to illustrate LM’s governance activities in LM’s annual Sustainability Report.

In her 30+ years with Lockheed Martin, Mrs. Clapsaddle held a variety of increasingly responsible assignments including Configuration Data Management on the Hellfire Missile Program, Contracts Administrator on the LANTIRN program, Senior Paralegal for Information Systems Company, and Ethics Officer for Integrated Business Solutions and LM Global Telecommunications.

In 2013, she received Lockheed Martin’s highest award, the NOVA, as a member of the Centennial Committee. The Committee promoted and celebrated Lockheed Martin’s 100 years of rich history and innovative contributions to our nation and the world.

In addition to her role at Lockheed Martin, Mrs. Clapsaddle serves on the board of the Ethics & Compliance Initiative (ECI), is an active ECI Fellows Program participant, supports the Defense Industry Initiative (DII) working group, and belongs to the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE).

Mrs. Clapsaddle is a Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and Leading Professional in Ethics and Compliance (LPEC). She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Communications from the University of Central Florida, and Master’s degree in Management from the Florida Institute of Technology. She is a Certified Litigation Paralegal from Rollins College.

Norm Good
Director for Ethics and Business Conduct and Corporate Investigations
The Boeing Company

Norm Good is the Director for Ethics and Business Conduct (EBC) and Corporate Investigations for The Boeing Company. He is responsible for leading a global team of more than 50 professionals that conduct investigations of company rule, policy and criminal conduct across Boeing operations.

Mr. Good joined Boeing in February 2012 as an investigator and has held positions of increasing responsibility, most recently being promoted to his current assignment in August 2016.
Prior to joining Boeing, Good worked as a detective with the City of Kingston Police Department in New York where he served as lead investigator and case manager for more than 1000 criminal investigations. He has provided expert witness testimony regarding white collar crime and was a frequent lecturer on criminal investigations with the Department of Criminal Justice Services – New York and the State University of New York – Ulster.

Mr. Good holds a bachelor’s degree in Police Science from Empire State College, a master’s degree in Economic Crime Management from Utica College and a certificate in Computing Forensics and Digital Media Analysis from Champlain College. He also holds certifications from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Certified Fraud Examiner; Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics, Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional and is a member of the Association of Workplace Investigators.

Nancy Higgins
Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer
Bechtel

Nancy Higgins is Bechtel’s chief ethics & compliance officer, responsible for developing and maintaining Bechtel’s global ethics and compliance program, including its international network of ethics and compliance officers.

Prior to joining Bechtel in 2007, Ms. Higgins headed the ethics and compliance programs for MCI, Lockheed Martin, and Boeing. Earlier, she practiced law in the Boeing law department, at the Lane Powell firm in Seattle, and at Skadden Arps in New York City.

Ms. Higgins is a member and past chair of the Conference Board Global Council on Business Conduct. She has served as chair of the DII Working Group for the Defense Industry Initiative on Business Conduct and Ethics, and been a member of the Ethics and Compliance Officer Association board of directors. She is also a corporate fellow of the Ethics Resource Center Fellows Program and serves on its advisory board.

Ms. Higgins earned her bachelor’s degree in Russian history from Western Washington State University in Bellingham, and holds a law degree from the University of Washington in Seattle. She has completed the Advanced Management Programme at INSEAD, an international business school in Fontainebleau, France.

Robert Meunier
Independent Debarment & Suspension Consultant and Independent Monitor

Robert Meunier is currently an independent consultant providing services to lawyers, industry, independent monitors and E&C officers regarding the federal suspension and debarment system, and ethics and compliance requirements for federal contractors and assistance participants.

During his federal service, Mr. Meunier participated in almost every activity leading to the implementation of the federal suspension and debarment system, and is primary author of the federal non-procurement debarment rule. In addition to serving 13 years EPA ‘s Debarring Official, he served 20 years as Chair of the OMB Interagency Suspension and Debarment Committee, a member of the DOJ Procurement Fraud Task Force, and taught debarment law to federal agents and prosecutors.

Mr. Meunier co-authored of all four editions of the ABA’s Practitioner’s Guide to Suspension and Debarment, and is a member of the Virginia State Bar and the American Bar Association.

Melissa Stapleton Barnes
Senior Vice President
Eli Lilly and Company

Melissa Stapleton Barnes is senior vice president, enterprise risk management, and chief ethics and compliance officer for Eli Lilly and Company. She leads Lilly’s global Ethics and Compliance function.

Melissa joined Lilly in 1994 and took her current role in 2013. She has held a variety of business and legal roles including general counsel for Lilly Diabetes and Lilly Oncology. Prior to her current role, she was deputy general counsel, responsible for overseeing all global litigation and investigations as well as managing the corporate secretary’s office and specialty legal functions. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree with highest distinction from Purdue University and a law degree from Harvard Law School. In 2016, Purdue University honored Melissa with the College of Liberal Arts Distinguished Alumni Award, and she currently serves on the Purdue Liberal Arts Dean’s Advisory Council.

The Ethisphere Institute recognized Melissa as an Attorney Who Matters in 2015 and 2016. The Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association named her a Rising Star in 2012, and the Indianapolis Business Journal honored her as a Woman of Influence in 2017. In 2018, the Ethics and Compliance Initiative gave Melissa the Carol R. Marshall Award for innovation in corporate ethics.

She serves on the board of directors for Algonquin Power and Utilities Corporation, headquartered in Toronto, and is chair of the Ethics and Business Integrity Committee for the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations. Locally, Melissa volunteers as chair of the board of the Great American Songbook Foundation and vice chair of the board for The Center for Performing Arts, as well as board and executive committee member of Timmy Global Health. Nationally, she is a member of the Ethisphere Business Ethics Leadership Alliance’s executive steering committee, the Corporate Ethics Leadership Council and the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association. Melissa is a fellow with the Ethics and Compliance Initiative.

Myra Dingman, Ph.D.
Organizational Leadership and Leader Development Specialist, Certified Executive Coach
Global Ethics Learning Leader
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited

Dr. Myra Dingman is the Global Ethics Learning Leader for Deloitte’s global headquarters impacting the network of member firms in 150 different geographies and over 280,000 professionals around the globe. She brings 22 years of professional, results-driven experience in talent strategies and innovative solutions to build leadership capabilities and cultivate a culture of integrity and ethics. She currently leads the “Speak up for values” learning initiative with a goal of bringing Deloitte’s Global Code to life and embedding ethics and integrity across the talent lifecycle.

Applying two decades of research and experience in transforming hearts, minds, and behaviors of leaders, Dr. Dingman focuses on developing high-performing and high-integrity leaders who set a strong tone from the top for ethical leadership. She leads multidisciplinary global teams to deliver an impactful and strategic ethics learning program. She has designed and led award-winning leader development programs with an emphasis on integrity, servant Leadership, inclusion, a coaching style of management, and accountability and empowerment.
Dr. Dingman holds a B.S. in Mathematics from Vanderbilt University and a M.A. and Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership from Regent University. She is a certified executive coach.

Farah Shah
Deputy General Counsel and Vice President of Contract Management
Valiant

Farah Shah is the Deputy General Counsel and Vice President of Contract Management at Valiant Integrated Services. In her current role, Farah manages a team of attorneys and non-attorney professionals providing legal and compliance support to all functions within the organization. Farah has strong experience in ethics and compliance counseling as well as a wide range of legal disciplines, including government contracting, litigation, and international commercial law. Prior to joining Valiant, Farah spent several years in private practice and held various in-house legal positions with Fortune 500 companies.

Jeremy Wilson
Senior Vice President and the Chief Ethics Advisory Officer
Wells Fargo and Company

Jeremy Wilson is a Senior Vice President and the Chief Ethics Advisory Officer for Wells Fargo and Company. Previously, Mr. Wilson was the Director of the award winning Ethics and Compliance Program at Cisco Systems. Cisco was awarded the title of “Best Overall Compliance, Governance and Ethics Program” by Corporate Secretary Magazine and was placed on Ethisphere’s World’s Most Ethical companies list for seven consecutive years under his watch.

Prior to joining Cisco, Mr. Wilson served as the Director of Ethics and Compliance for Hilton Hotels Corporation in Beverly Hills, CA. In this role he was responsible for the over-arching Ethics, Compliance and Privacy functions of the company.

Mr. Wilson began his Ethics and Compliance career at the Boeing Company in Seattle, WA as an Ethics Advisor working on both the commercial and defense contracting sides of the company. Prior to joining the Boeing Ethics group, Mr. Wilson worked in various areas of Finance including: Revenue Management, Accounting, Estimating, Contract Management and Procurement.

Mr. Wilson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in International Business Management from Brigham Young University – Hawaii, a Juris Doctorate degree from Seattle University, and a Master’s degree in Dispute Resolution from Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA.

Michael Volkov
CEO and founder of The Volkov Law Group, LLC

Michael Volkov, CEO and founder of The Volkov Law Group, LLC, has over 35 years of experience in practicing law. A former federal prosecutor and veteran white collar defense attorney, he has expertise in areas of ethics and compliance, internal investigations and enforcement matters.

The Volkov Law Group is a recognized leader in the ethics and compliance field. As a former federal prosecutor and Justice Department official, Michael Volkov has extensive experience with best practices, government expectations, and industry standards for ethics and compliance programs.

Michael Volkov maintains a highly popular FCPA blog – Corruption, Crime & Compliance. He is a regular speaker at events around the globe, and is frequently cited in the media for his knowledge on criminal issues, enforcement matters, ethics and compliance and corporate governance.

Jamal Ahmed
Vice President Internal Audit
Day & Zimmermann, Inc.

Jamal Ahmed is the Vice President of Internal Audit at Day & Zimmermann, Inc.

Jamal joined D&Z in May 2005 as the Director of Internal Audit. In September 2009, he assumed responsibility for running the company’s Ethics Program in addition to the Internal Audit function, and was promoted to the position of Senior Director of Internal Audit. In February 2014, Jamal was appointed Vice President of Internal Audit at D&Z. The D&Z Ethics Program, under Jamal’s leadership, received an A ranking from Transparency International (TI) in its 2015 Defense Companies Anti- Corruption Index
He is currently D&Z’s representative on the Defense Industry Initiative on Code of Ethics and Standards of Business Conduct (The DII) Working Group.
Prior to joining D&Z, Jamal served as Manager of Corporate Policies and Practices for Air Products and Chemicals (APCI), a Fortune 300 Company. At APCI, he also had other positions of increasing responsibilities within the Corporate Controllership and Internal Audit functions, including developing a work process for compliance with the Sarbanes Oxley Act and establishing internal controls within the SAP ERP.
Jamal has an MBA and a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from West Virginia University. He is also a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and has a Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA). Jamal was the first student with diverse ethnic background to be elected as the Vice President of the Student Union at West Virginia University.