Mitigating Risk and Protecting Your Bottom Line
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The Washington, D.C. CFO Leadership Council
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Disasters, whether natural or not, are far more commonplace than you may think. Workplace situations such as #MeToo headline issues, hostile work environments, and pay equity claims can result in a catastrophic impact to your bottom line if not addressed correctly.

How you respond to these issues can spell the difference between success or failure for your business.

Join us for Mitigating Risk and Protecting Your Bottom Line as our panel of experts discuss:

• how hostile work environments affect productivity

• proactively addressing and quickly mitigating claims

• understanding the statute of limitations on claims

• creating a culture of safety and inclusion

Attend today and learn solutions and strategies to protect your bottom line.

Breakfast and networking is from 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. Our program will start at 8:00 a.m. and end at 9:30 a.m.

Speakers

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Registration

To register for this program, simply click on the green tickets button and then click one of the two registration buttons and complete the form as requested.

All CFO Leadership Council members may attend this program for free.

Non-member senior financial executives who are CFOs, Vice Presidents of Finance, Directors of Finance and Controllers (or the like) are welcome to attend this program for $60.00.

Please note that service providers or any executives who are not senior financial executives (CFOs, Vice Presidents of Finance, Controllers, Directors of Finance, etc.) will not be admitted attendance to this event. The CFO Leadership Council reserves the right to decline any registration.

More Information

For more information about this program or The CFO Leadership Council, please contact Debbie Lindner, Marketing Director, Washington, D.C. Chapter at Debbie@cfolc.com.

Cancellation Policy

Send cancellations to Debbie@cfolc.com no later than 4pm on September 15th to receive a refund.

CPE Information

Instructional method: Group-Live
Recommended CPE Credits: 1.5 CPE credit in Business Management and Organization
Experience Level: Basic
Prerequisites/advance preparation: None

The CFO Leadership Council is registered with the National Association of State Boards-of-Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors (Sponsor ID 109063). State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors,150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN, 37219-2417. Website: www.nasba.org

About Our Speakers

Carmen Ortiz-McGhee, Senior Vice President, Aon plc

Carmen Ortiz-McGhee is Senior Vice President and Head of Sales for Aon in the DC, MD and VA region. In this role she is responsible for driving growth across all product lines throughout the region. Carmen is also a member of Aon’s Diversity & Inclusion Board. In 2014, she was selected as one of Business Insurance Magazine's Top 25 Women to Watch.

Prior to her current role, Carmen served as Executive Vice President of Sales for Aon Cornerstone Innovative Solutions. Aon Cornerstone was tasked with sourcing and vetting MWDBE firms, building strategic alliances and go-to-market strategies with them to meet the increasing demand by Aon's clients for subcontracting with those firms. Prior to joining Aon, she was the Vice President of Business & Investment Development for a boutique real estate private equity firm with $1 billion in AUM.

Previously, Carmen was President of The Marathon Club (TMC), an organization established to accelerate relationships among the best and brightest business minds in the U.S. to create enhanced wealth creation and deal flow for ethnically diverse professionals. Carmen led programs both in the US and abroad. Prior to leading TMC, Carmen created value for a number of non-profit organizations. In her various roles at these organizations, Carmen led corporate fundraising strategies; membership recruitment efforts, raising the diversity and number of participants; content development, innovating unique approaches and managing the logistical implementation of the annual meetings, trade shows & conferences.

Carmen currently serves as Chair of the Board of New America Alliance, Inc. and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the National Education Association Foundation. She is also a Co-Chair of Flourish DC. Carmen is licensed in Life & Health and Property & Casualty insurance brokerage and lives in Virginia with her husband and their three children.

Catherine Padalino, Senior Vice President, National Financial Products Group, Aon

Cathy is a member of the Aon Financial Services Group where she works as a resource in the National Products Group. In that capacity, she is responsible for developing client and marketing strategies and sharing product expertise across Directors & Officers Liability, Fiduciary Liability, Crime and Employment Practices Liability products. She also assists with the negotiation and placement of complex EPL and Wage & Hour programs nationwide. In doing so, Cathy also offers access to loss prevention service providers across the country and monitors EPL and Wage & Hour litigation, settlements, statistics and regulatory changes. Cathy focuses on product innovation, represents Aon at major industry events, and provides thought leadership through industry presentations.

Cathy joined Aon Financial Services Group in April 2016 after twenty seven years with Chubb Specialty Insurance where she held a number of senior leadership positions including Global E&O Product Manager, Global Employment Practices Liability Product Manager, Fiduciary Product Manager for Financial Institutions and additional management roles in New York and Washington, DC. Her responsibilities included profit and loss of the portfolio, underwriting and marketing strategies, product development, emerging trends and loss prevention. Cathy has been a speaker on a number of industry panels including those sponsored by the Professional Liability Underwriting Society, Risk and Insurance Management Society and the American Conference Institute National Forum on Employment Practices Liability.

Cathy acts as a product resource on a wide range of clients in the public and private space, including several Fortune 500 accounts.

Catherine earned a B.A. degree in English from Hobart and William Smith Colleges, cum laude

Alexander J. Park, Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson

Alex has advised public and private companies on corporate, securities, M&A, capital markets, spin-off, reorganization and partnership transactions for more than 20 years, with particular focus on advising commercial real estate companies, REITs, hospitality/lodging companies, governmental contracting and IT companies. He has served as counsel to issuers and underwriters for dozens of public company REITs in more than 80 public and private-capital raising transactions.

Alex has broad experience in public and private mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures for real estate companies, serving as advisor in numerous high-profile transactions. He also provides general securities law and governance advice for public companies.

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Theresa M. Sprain, Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson

When clients have employment litigation disputes, they call on Theresa not only for her legal insight, but for her ability to listen and understand each client’s needs. Whether the matter involves age, race, sex, or disability discrimination and retaliation matters, Theresa is known to her clients for her insightful analysis and ability to represent them effectively and efficiently in federal and state courts, in arbitration and before government agencies. Her depth of experience has led her to handle a broad array of these matters, as well as litigation of restrictive covenants, issues involving departing employees and contract disputes.

Theresa’s wide-ranging litigation experience positions her to provide business-minded advice on complex employment decisions and allows her to offer creative suggestions for resolving employment disputes prior to litigation. In addition, Theresa routinely provides strategic employment advice regarding corporate transactions, including analysis of agreements, due diligence and preparation of executive agreements.

Theresa is a member of the Firm’s Technology Sector, and has worked across the spectrum of manufacturing, private investment funds, FinTech, healthcare, life sciences and retail clients, ranging in size from local businesses to national corporations.

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