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Joe Conroy is the chief executive officer of Cooley and leads its management committee. As partner and CEO - a role he has held since 2008 - he sets and executes the firm’s strategy.

Cecil Leong is the Regional Director, Trade Consulting at K&L Gates Straits Law and oversees the International Trade/WTO consulting operations in the Asia Pacific. He is part of K&L Gates' Policy & Regulatory practice, which groups together professionals with specialty practice areas within international trade in Asia, North America, Europe and Latin America. Cecil assists clients in matters pertaining to customs valuation, classification, post-entry audits, transfer pricing, wholesale/distribution/dealer contracts and advocacy with customs authorities, and has been involved in many important cases before customs authorities in China and Singapore. In China, he has been involved in several significant customs valuation cases over the past decade. He has also handled customs, import regulatory and compliance matters in Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan and India. Cecil also advises companies on optimising their regional supply chains with a focus on Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), including the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), etc. He is actively engaged in Indonesia, Myanmar, and the Philippines where he has brought together foreign investors and leading local businesses to undertake joint ventures in the areas of infrastructure development. Cecil is the chair of the Singapore steering committee to the ASEAN Japan Business Meeting for the last 10 years. In Oct 2015, he served as chair of the 40th ASEAN Japan Business Meeting which was held in Singapore. Mayer Brown, Accenture, Tan Chong, SMBC Bank, Ascendas-Singbridge and IM Holdings as sponsors. Singapore Business Federation and Kezai Doyukai were co-organizers with Mayer Brown with support from JETRO and JCCI. Chambers Global and Chambers Asia Pacific have ranked Cecil in Band 1 for International Trade/WTO in 2018 & 2019

Mark Ruehlmann is a Chairman/CEO:Global at Squire Patton Boggs. He has worked as Partner at Squire Patton Boggs. Mark studied at Gamma Beta Phi Society, University Of Notre - Dam Do Lek, and University of Notre Dame.

Michael Nemeroff is a Board Member at Vedder Price, Board Member at OIL DRI CORP OF AMERICA, and President/CEO at Vedder Price. He has worked as President/CEO/Partner at Vedder Price Kaufman and Kammholz PC and Chairman/Partner at Vedder Price Kaufman and Kammholz PC. Michael works or has worked as TRUSTEE at Chicago History Museum and MEMBER at AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION. He attended George Mason University and Binghamton University.

Alfredo has over 33 years of experience in real estate and finance. Chief Executive Officer of Mission First Housing Group (1260HDC, CPM, MFHDC, DoverHDC, ACHIEVEability, MIPH), Alfredo oversees the management operations for over $500 million in real estate, which was developed through a combination of business loans, Low Income Housing Tax Credits (9%&4%), New Market Tax Credits, HUD grants, Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) grants, HOME, and CDBG grants. This portfolio consists of more than 3,100 apartments which provide homes to more than 4,500 people in the Mid-Atlantic Area (from New Jersey to West Virginia) with a concentration in Philadelphia and Washington DC metropolitan areas. Alfredo’s responsibilities include overseeing the development, construction, property management, accounting, and IS departments, as well as managing cash flow for the $90 million budget. Prior to joining CPM in 1996, Alfredo worked as a consultant for the Resolution Trust Corporation where he oversaw the consolidation of troubled assets with a book value of $5 billion. Prior to that, he worked for a regional real estate developer of commercial property and developed financial applications for mortgage systems. He also worked for several years in various aspects of residential and commercial real estate, performing financial analysis, budgeting, and cash flow analysis of development projects totaling $1.4 billion. Alfredo graduated with honors from Temple University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a dual major in Finance and Real Estate. Specialties: Real Estate Development and Property Management