LA CorpGov Forum Sept 4: Featuring Sports, Entertainment, IPOs, VCs, Activism & Asia

CorpGov will launch the inaugural LA CorpGov Forum on Thursday, September 4, 2025, at 1500 N El Centro Ave, Los Angeles, California, in the heart of Hollywood. The forum will start at 2:00pm featuring an afternoon of panels and networking. A reception will follow from 5:00pm to 6:30pm with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. ​

Panel Topics:​

• The Burgeoning Business of Sports​

• Maximizing Value From Private Boards ​

• Entertainment and Media​

• Capital Markets and IPO Readiness​

• Role of Boards in Shareholder Activism ​

• Operating and Fundraising in Asia

We invite institutional investors and corporate executives to attend. To request an invitation or for information on being a speaker, please email [email protected].

The event follows the 4th Annual Palm Beach CorpGov Forum, which attracted hundreds of attendees for in-depth panels and extensive networking with guests from around the world, and the first Princeton CorpGov Forum in May. 

After the event, video highlights will be digitized into a report published on CorpGov and content partners Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg Terminals, Reuters via LSEG Workspace, and AlphaSense, filmed in 4K with professional editing.

Preliminary Speakers

Noelle Amos, Executive Vice President, Edelman Smithfield

Michael J. Blankenship, Managing Partner, Houston & Co-Chair, Capital Markets Practice, Winston & Strawn​

David Carter, Principal, The Sports Business Group ​​

Dick Drobnick, Former USC Vice Provost for Globalization and IBEAR MBA Program Director, Asia Society Southern California Chairman Emeritus​

John Evans, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Tractus Asia​

Jonathan Feldman, Partner, Goodmans LLP ​

Baird Fogel, Partner, Eversheds-Sutherland ​

Paul Haaga, Chair of the Board, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, Board Director, National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution​

Rafique Jiwani, Vice President, Goldman Sachs Private Equity​

Andy Katz, General Partner, BrknPar Ventures (Sport Tech Growth Equity Fund) ​

Ryan Keating, Partner, EisnerAmper ​

Marcus Lollie, Managing Director, Moelis ​

Shari Mager, Partner, U.S. National Leader, Capital Markets Readiness, KPMG US ​

John Marchisi, Executive Director – Capital Markets, Artex Risk Solutions ​

Hooman Shahidi, CEO, Opus Bloom ​​

Karen Snow, CEO, Rose & Co Capital Advisors, Former Global Head of Listings, Nasdaq ​

Logan Tiari, Partner, Cooley LLP ​

Mark Young, George Bozanic and Holman G. Hurt Chair in Sports and Entertainment Business, USC Business School ​

Jarrett Banks, Editor-at-Large, CorpGov  (Moderator)​

John Jannarone, Editor-in-Chief, CorpGov (Moderator)

Contact:

CorpGov

John Jannarone

Editor-in-Chief

[email protected]

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