Speakers

2008 Speakers

Robert Greifeld. Robert Greifeld is President and Chief Executive Officer of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. NASDAQ is recognized as one of the most dynamic capital markets in the world. Mr. Greifeld is a strong advocate of modernizing stock markets to improve trading quality and performance for the benefit of companies and investors.  Prior to joining NASDAQ, Greifeld led the sell-side businesses and the buy-side transaction routing businesses for SunGard Data Systems Inc.  While serving as President and Chief Operating Officer of Automated Securities Clearance, Inc. Greifeld led the team that created BRASS and made it the industry standard trade order management system for NASDAQ stocks. Greifeld holds a Masters in Business from New York University, Stern School of Business and a B.A. in English from Iona College.

Dub Nelson. Dub Nelson is Senior Vice President of Fidelity Investment’s EPS Business Services Group and is responsible for EPS’s Risk Management, Compliance, Quality, and Business Partner Management programs as well as the EPS Facility needs. While at Fidelity, Dub has served many roles, including Vice President – Regulatory Risk, where he as responsible for Fidelity’s regulatory efforts during the mutual fund scandal years (responding to New York Attorney General, NASD, and SEC subpoenas). In addition, he previously served as Head of Branch Operations, Vice President & General Manager of Premium Services/ Private Access, and Regional Area Manager – Western Region.

Brian Ward. Brian Ward is a senior vice president of Risk Advisory Services for Fidelity Investments,the largest mutual fund company in the United States, the No. 1 provider of workplace retirement savings plans, and a leading online brokerage firm.  Mr. Ward leads a centralized group of experienced professionals that provides essential risk management services across the enterprise, with the goal of continuously improving Fidelity’s risk management capabilities. Services provided to business partners by Risk Advisor Services include risk assessments, technology risk management, awareness and educational programs, and development of customized methodologies and tools to  facilitate risk management activities across the firm.  Mr. Ward joined Fidelity’s Risk Oversight in 1995 and over the next 10 years held a variety of positions in Audit Services prior to serving his current role.  Prior to joining Fidelity, Mr. Ward was with BayBanks Inc. in Boston. He served as a senior audit supervisor responsible for auditing various areas of the bank holding companies capital markets, trust and mutual fund businesses. Mr. Ward received an undergraduate degree in finance from Providence College and an MBA from Suffolk University

Richard Walsh. Richard Walsh is the Vice President-Business Continuity and Enterprise Risk Management at Cardinal Health Inc. He has the responsibility for strategic oversight of Cardinal’s Crisis Management Team, Business Continuity Program, Pandemic Preparedness Activities and Enterprise Risk Management initiative. Rich is also the co-facilitator of Cardinal Health’s Governance, Risk and Compliance council and Corporate Incident Management Team. Rich also has led Cardinal in its planning, response and recovery activities associated with: Hurricane Katrina, San Diego wildfires, quality issues and multiple regional supply chain disruptions. He has fifteen years of risk assessment, quality assurance and compliance experience with United Airlines, and in his last position, he served as the Director of Operations and Training. Rich is a graduate of Southern Illinois University.

Anne Gadegaard Larsen. Ms. Larsen is Advisor, Corporate Responsibility to Novo Nordisk A/S with responsibility for risk management of non-financial risks, reporting and assurance of non-financial information in Novo Nordisk’s integrated annual report, reporting of non-financial information to investors and rating agencies and for the development of long-term strategic non-financial indicators and targets. As part of this responsibility Ms. Larsen is in the advisory group to the Triple Bottom Line Leadership Forum in Novo Nordisk A/S and is the executive assistant to the Environment & Bioethics Committee. Ms. Larsen is an expert member of the ISO Social Responsibility Working Group and chair of the Danish Mirror Committee. Novo Nordisk A/S is a healthcare company and a world leader in diabetes care. Novo Nordisk A/S is Super Sector Leader in healthcare in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index.

Shawna Wilson. Shawna Wilson is the Vice-President of Enterprise Risk Management for PepsiCo, the world leader in convenient foods and beverages. She is responsible for the identification and mitigation of global business risks that may make the obtainment of PepsiCo’s goal of delivering increased shareholder value more challenging. Shawna was formally a Region VP of Finance for Frito-Lay North America. During her 17-year with PepsiCo, she has held a variety of financial positions including Region Field Finance Manager, Business System Productivity Manager and Director of Capital and Capacity Planning where she was responsible for strategic production line and new plant siting, economic analysis of potential new snack food offerings and coordination of major capital decisions. Shawna holds an MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University and a BS from The Ohio State University.

Adrian Mueller. Adrian is Senior Manager of Enterprise Risk management for PepsiCo.  He is responsible for helping to coordinate PepsiCo’s risk management process, ensuring the company’s key business risks are clearly identified, communicated and mitigated. Adrian worked with the International Beverage Division in Strategy and Planning and spent four years in PepsiCo’s Concentrate Operations Division as a Senior Planning Manager, responsible for Planning and Forecasting for Pepsi’s global concentrate business. Adrian is a graduate of University of California at Santa Barbara and holds a MBA from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University.

Teresa C. Cracas. Teresa is Associate Counsel for The Cincinnati Insurance Companies in Fairfield, Ohio.  The Cincinnati Insurance Companies is a super-regional multi-line insurance carrier with operations in 34 states.  Ms. Cracas’ practice focuses on insurance coverage and regulatory issues and general corporate matters.  In addition to her legal duties, Ms. Cracas also serves as Coordinator for Strategic Planning and Enterprise Risk Management.  She reports in this role directly to the President and CEO and her duties include developing and coordinating the company’s strategic plan and enterprise risk management program.  Before attending law school, Ms. Cracas served the Cincinnati Insurance Companies as the regional marketing and underwriting representative in southwest Virginia and as a commercial multi-line underwriter. Ms. Cracas has a J.D. degree from the Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University and a BS from The Ohio State University.

Sarah Hibler. Sarah Hibler is Team Leader, Senior Vice President in the Property and Casualty Group at Moody's Investors Service. She is responsible for managing analysts who cover a broad array of P&C insurers, reinsurers, and insurance brokers. Prior to joining Moody's in 1997, Ms. Hibler was a senior manager in the mergers & acquisitions practice of Deloitte & Touche LLP in New York City. At Deloitte & Touche, she also worked for a number of years in both the New York and London offices providing auditing and consulting services to insurance companies. Ms. Hibler holds a degree in business administration from the University of Michigan and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Mary Tuuk. Ms. Tuuk is Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer of Fifth Third Bancorp, with responsibility for the Bank’s credit, market and operational risk management. She also serves as Senior Director of Security and Risk Services for Fifth Third Bancorp. She previously had served as the Bancorp’s chief operational risk and compliance officer, and as Director of the Risk Policy group, overseeing the Bancorp’s risk policies related to credit, market and operational risk. Ms. Tuuk is on the board of directors of Fifth Third Bank (Western Michigan) and a member of the advisory board of Fifth Third Bancorp’s Women’s Network. She also is on the board of trustees of the Cincinnati Opera and is a professional soprano with the Cincinnati Vocal Arts Ensemble. Mary earned a MBA and J.D. from Indiana University, as well as a BS in Business and a BA in Music from Calvin College.

2008 Student-Led Interactive Discussion Moderator

Paul Hinds Mr. Hinds is a National Managing Director within PricewaterhouseCoopers' Global Risk Management Services practice in Chicago, Illinois. He has over twenty five years of experience, working with a wide array of Global and Fortune 1000 clients in a variety of industries designing and implementing security, risk management, and governance programs around the world. His experience includes the implementation of governance, security, and controls for global shared service centers, SAP, Oracle, and PeopleSoft ERP packages and their supporting IT infrastructures. Most recently, he has been helping companies with their ERM (enterprise risk management) and self-evaluation programs looking to mature their internal controls and Sarbanes-Oxley activities.

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