Conference Speakers Wednesday, October 30, 2019
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CONFERENCE SPEAKERS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2019 9:00 AM WELCOME REMARKS Sancia Dalley, Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships & Director, RFK Compass Investor Program, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Sancia Dalley leads private sector engagement and business development, while leading the RFK Compass Investor Program, a network of 250 institutional investors and fund managers who are committed to seeking superior risk-adjusted returns while considering human rights and the “S” in ESG. Dalley has over fifteen years of experience in corporate social responsibility, philanthropy, public-private partnership building and management, and global affairs. Before joining Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, she served under Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, the former US Ambassador to the United Nations, and Ray Chambers, the former United Nations Special Envoy on Health Financing, where she led private-sector partnerships and financing in Africa and Latin America. Concurrently, she served as the private sector liaison to the Roll Back Malaria Global Partnership, the Board of the Global Fund to Fight HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and the Corporate Alliance on Malaria in Africa. Dalley earned her AB in international relations and French at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia. She is the founder of Redlake Global LLC, a boutique strategic philanthropy advisory group, and sits on the boards of Center for Active Design (CfAD) in New York and Boardwalk Village Foundation in Negril, Jamaica. 9:05 AM KEYNOTE FIRESIDE CHAT: A CONVERSATION WITH FIONA MA Fiona Ma, Treasurer, State of California Fiona Ma is California’s 34th State Treasurer. She was elected with more votes than any other candidate for treasurer in the state’s history, and is the first woman of color and the first woman certified public accountant (CPA) elected to the position. The State Treasurer’s Office, which provides financing for schools, roads, housing, and other crucial infrastructure projects that better the lives of residents, processes more than $2 trillion in payments within a typical year and provides transparency and oversight for an investment portfolio of more than $90 billion, approximately $20 billion of which are local government funds. She also is responsible for $85 billion in outstanding general obligation and lease revenue bonds of the state. Ma works closely with the State Legislature to ensure that its members know the state’s financial condition and gives her own recommendations 1 for the annual budget. Treasurer Ma was a member of the State Assembly from 2006-2012, serving as Speaker pro tempore from 2010 to 2012. She built a reputation as a solution- oriented public servant. Prior to serving as Speaker pro tempore, she was Assembly majority whip and built coalitions during a state budget crisis to pass groundbreaking legislation that protected public education and the environment while also expanding access to health care. As an assembly member, she authored 60 bills that were signed into law by two different governors. Her successful legislation to ban toxic chemicals in baby products became a model for federal legislation in 2008. She chaired the Assembly Select Committee on Domestic Violence and spearheaded legislation that strengthened laws protecting victims of domestic violence, consumers and working families; prevented the spread of Hepatitis B; increased access to quality healthcare; and, provided equal rights for all Californians. From 2002-2006, she served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and championed a human rights campaign to end human trafficking in massage parlors and to close prostitution rings. She led an effort to create the city’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program to empower small businesses to more easily participate in public works projects. Treasurer Ma first became involved in public service in 1994 when she was elected president of the Asian Business Association. Most recently before being elected Treasurer, she was an elected member of the California Board of Equalization. Her district covered 23 counties in California and included approximately 9.5 million people. Upon being selected Chairperson of the Board of Equalization in 2016, she ordered three external audits of the agency and helped lead the biggest reforms for accountability and efficiency in that agency’s history. By requiring sales tax on online retail giants and taxing e-cigarettes as other tobacco products, Ma’s efforts amounted to generating between $2.1 and $3.5 billion in new revenue. Also while on the Board of Equalization, she identified the cannabis industry as the largest shadow economy in California and led efforts to regulate the industry. Ma holds a bachelor’s in accounting from the Rochester Institute of Technology, a master’s in taxation from Golden Gate University, and an MBA from Pepperdine University. She is a Member of the California Society of Certified Public Accountants and serves on the Board of California Women Lead. She is married to Jason Hodge, a full-time firefighter and Oxnard Harbor Commissioner. Interviewed by Kerry Kennedy, President, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Since 1981, Kerry Kennedy has worked on diverse human rights issues including child labor, disappearances, indigenous land rights, judicial independence, freedom of expression, ethnic violence, impunity, women’s rights, and the environment. Kennedy is the author of the New York Times Best Seller ‘Being Catholic Now’, ‘Robert F. Kennedy: Ripples of Hope,’ and ‘Speak Truth to Power: Human Rights Defenders Who Are Changing Our World.’ Kennedy founded RFK Compass, which convenes biannual meetings of institutional investors who collectively control $5 to $7 trillion in assets to address the impact of human rights violations on investment outcomes. She serves on the boards of the U.S. Institute of Peace, Human Rights First, Ethics in Action, SDG USA, Sustainable Development Goals Center for Afri- ca, Health eVillages, Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation, Nizami Ganjavi International Center as well as several public companies. A graduate of Brown University and Boston College Law School, she received the Medal for Social Activism from the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates along with many other awards and honorary degrees. Kennedy is the mother of three daughters, Cara, Mariah, and Michaela. 2 9:35 AM PANEL: RACIAL BIAS AND TALENT PIPELINE IN THE INVESTMENT SECTOR – IS THIS A MYTH? Moderated by Xavier Gutierrez, Managing Director, Clearlake Capital Xavier Gutierrez joined Clearlake in 2017 as a managing director, focusing on investments, operations, and strategic development. He is a member and contributor to Clearlake’s Executive and Investment Committees. Prior to joining Clearlake, he was chief investment officer of Meruelo Group, the family office of US business executive Alex Meruelo, and president & chief investment officer of Meruelo Investment Partners. At Meruelo Group, Gutierrez oversaw investments and acquisitions, deal origination, underwriting, execution, capital sourcing, and led the strategic management of a portfolio of 35+ companies. Prior to Meruelo Group, Gutierrez was principal & managing director with Phoenix Realty Group, a real estate private equity firm managing approximately $1 billion in institutional capital. In addition, Gutierrez has held positions with the law firm of Latham & Watkins, Lehman Brothers, and the League Office of the National Football League. Gutierrez also serves, and has served, on the board of directors for several public and private companies. Notably, Gutierrez currently serves on the board of directors for Commercial Bank of California, the largest Latino-owned bank in California. Previously, Gutierrez served as a voting member of the United States Securities Exchange Commission Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies. Gutierrez has been very active with a number of nonprofit, academic, and philanthropic organizations. Currently, Gutierrez serves on the board of directors and the investment committee of the California Community Foundation (CCF), which stewards nearly $1.7 billion in assets and manages more than 1,600 charitable foundations, funds and legacies. In addition, Gutierrez serves on the board of directors of the National Association of Investment Companies and on the advisory council for the Hispanic Scholarship Fund. Previously, Gutierrez served on the board of directors of the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and on the board of trustees for Southern California Public Radio. In addition, Gutierrez also previously served on the Loyola Marymount University Board of Regents, the board of the Harvard Club of Southern California, the Stanford Law School Board of Visitors, and the young alumni committee of the Harvard Alumni Association. Gutierrez received his bachelor of arts in government cum laude from Harvard University, and his juris doctorate from Stanford Law School. Daryn Dodson, Founder and Managing Director, Illumen Capital Daryn Dodson is a passionate advocate of social and economic justice, especially for disadvantaged and marginalized groups. His work with impact investors, private equity funds, Fortune 100 companies, universities and foundations has been viewed through the lens of addressing the world’s most pressing social and environmental problems. Dodson is the founder and managing director of Illumen Capital, an impact fund of funds that seeks to increase gender and racial equity within the financial markets. Illumen Capital invests in the top growth, private