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GAIM Ops West
October 25 - 27, 2026
Waldorf Astoria Monarch BeachDana Point, CA
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Showing 1 of 1 Streams
12:30pm - 1:25pm
Registration
Pre-Conference Summits
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1:25pm - 1:30pm
Chair’s Remarks
1:30pm - 2:00pm
Operational Best Practices - New Ways of Working with Fund Managers
  • Benjamin Murray - COO, Council Oaks Partners
  • Nicole Ford - Director And Principal, FLP Atrato Consulting
  • Jason Garelli - Head of Operational Due Diligence, AIA Investment Management
  • Chip Miller - COO, Palogic Value Management LP
2:00pm - 2:30pm
The Evolving World of ODD
  • Scott Beechert - Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel, Granby Capital Management, LLC
  • Robert Tello - Senior Director, Cambridge Associates LLC
  • Ryan King - Director of Operational Due Diligence, East End Advisors, LLC
  • John Canorro - Managing Director, Pathstone
  • Helen Rexwinkel - Director, Operational Risk, PKF O'Connor Davies
2:30pm - 3:00pm
Panel - Improving ODD Assessments
  • Frank Perez - Managing Director, Makena Capital Management, LLC
  • Zoe Fields - Associate Investment Director, Cambridge Associates
  • Daniel Rochkind - CFO, Lerer Hippeau
  • Dave Poulten - Chief Business Officer, Shorecliff Asset Management Company LLC
1:25pm - 1:30pm
Chair’s Remarks
1:30pm - 2:00pm
Optimizing Ops using In-house or External Expertise
  • Judy Yuan - Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Sentinel Global
  • David Bradley - Chief Operating Officer, Hawk Ridge Capital Management
2:00pm - 2:30pm
The Changing Role of the COO
  • David Bradley - Chief Operating Officer, Hawk Ridge Capital Management
  • Reena Lalji - Partner, Chief Operating Officer, Research Affiliates
  • Daniel Rochkind - CFO, Lerer Hippeau
  • Brian Meyer - General Counsel, Fir Tree Partners/AirGC
  • Joshua Barlow - Managing Director, Valhalla Fiduciary
2:30pm - 3:00pm
SEC Enforcement Actions: A 2025 Case Study
Networking
Showing 1 of 1 Streams
3:00pm - 3:30pm
Networking Break
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3:30pm - 4:00pm
SMAs and Commingled Funds – The Full Picture
  • Rob Giacobbe - Chief Operating Officer, BWCP
  • Rory Cohen - General Counsel & Co-Head, Asset Management, Varadero Capital, L.P.
  • Joshua Barlow - Managing Director, Valhalla Fiduciary
  • Irina Ludkovski - Partner, ODD, Albourne America LLC
4:00pm - 4:30pm
Focus on Collaborative Operating Models
  • Ashley Roche - COO & General Counsel, Multilateral Endowment Management Company
  • Kim Tomsen - Managing Partner, General Counsel, CCO, & COO, Stamos Capital Partners LP
  • Heath Weisberg - General Counsel, CAM Capital
3:30pm - 4:00pm
Identifying and Mitigating ODD risks
  • George Fisher - Vice President, Portfolio Manager, J.P. Morgan Asset Management
  • Max Kimpton - Principal, Operational Risk Management, Innocap
  • Chip Miller - COO, Palogic Value Management LP
  • Justine Leung - Deputy CCO & General Counsel, Hawk Ridge Capital Management
4:00pm - 4:30pm
First Loss, Lasting Impact: Unmasking a Complex (and Strange) Multi-Manager Fraud
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4:30pm - 5:30pm
Networking Drinks Reception
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