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Scott Lanciloti

President, Director & Sponsorship Chair
Director, Capital Markets at Broadridge

Scott Lanciloti is Director of Capital Markets at Broadridge. He has been working with companies in and around Investor Relations, Corporate Communications, Transfer Agency and Online Boardbooks for almost 25 years. Prior to joining Broadridge he was Vice President at Toppan Merrill. Earlier in his career, Scott worked for Fidelity, NASDAQ and Computershare. Scott earned his Bachelor's degree from the University of New Hampshire, Durham in Sports Communications and has a Master's degree in Sports Management from Northeastern.

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EUGENE FEDOTOFF, Treasurer

Senior Director, Investor Relations
IPG Photonics

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Michael Cummings , Director & Membership Committee Chair

President & Partner
Alpha IR Group

Michael Cummings is President and a Partner at the Alpha IR Group. Mike has over 20 years of corporate finance, strategy and investor relations experience. He advises some of today’s leading global companies on critical financial and communications strategies. Much of his investor relations work has involved crisis management, management transitions, and transaction communications. Prior to joining Alpha IR, Mr. Cummings was SVP and General Manager at FTI Consulting and a Director at Ashton Partners. He also served in mutual fund strategic development at John Hancock Advisors in Boston and in the FP&A and investor relations department at The Hartford Financial Group.

Mike graduated from Siena College with a B.S. in Finance and received his M.B.A. from Babson College.

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Michael Horowicz, Programming Committee Member

Director, investor Relations
Biontech

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Maren Killackey, Senior Director, Communications Chair & Advocacy Ambassador

Investor Relations and Communication
Generation Bio

Maren Killackey serves as the Senior Director, Investor Relations and Communications at Generation Bio, a biotechnology company innovating genetic medicines for people living with rare and prevalent diseases. As Generation Bio’s investor relations lead, she oversees strategic development and execution of the company’s IR program, including shareholder engagement, financial planning, issue preparedness, and best-practice communications. Previously, she was the head of investor relations at Bicycle Therapeutics and, prior to that, was on the IR team at Sage Therapeutics. Maren is a former member of Boston Cares’ Associate Board and founded the Harvard Extension School’s Management & Finance student club. Maren graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. in Political Science.

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HELEN RUBENSTEIN, Sponsorship Committee Member

Vice President, Investor Relations & Communications
Neumora

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David Ryzhik, Director, Programming Chair & Treasury Committee Member

Vice President, Investor Relations
MKS Instruments

Mr. Ryzhik is Vice President of Investor Relations, and has served in this role since October 2019. Prior to joining MKS, Mr. Ryzhik was Senior Equity Research Analyst covering the Industrial Technology and Distributed Ledger Technology sectors at Susquehanna International Group (SIG). At SIG, he also supported the Technology Hardware research coverage, with a focus on Storage, Memory and Data Center technology companies. Prior to SIG, Mr. Ryzhik served as Senior Research Associate at Brean Capital, and also held financial roles in public administration at the NYC Mayor’s Office of Management & Budget, and the NYC Fire Department.

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ZITA SCHNEIDER, Membership Committee Member

Finance Communication Specialist
Boston Scientific

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Peter Welburn , Director & Communications Committee Member

Vice President, Corporate Development
& Investor Relations
Pegasystems

Peter Welburn is Vice President of Corporate Development & Investor Relations at Pegasystems. He’s responsible for managing investor relations, leading M&A strategy, and developing strategic partnerships.

With more than 20 years of experience in information technology, telecommunications, and communications, Peter has significant hands-on experience in virtually every aspect of the software industry.

Peter holds a Master’s in Business Administration from Boston College and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New Hampshire.

Honorary Directors

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Jane McCahon, Honorary Director

Vice President – Corporate Relations and Corporate Secretary
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.

Jane McCahon oversees the investor relations and corporate governance activities of TDS and its publicly traded subsidiary, U.S. Cellular. McCahon joined TDS in 2009 as vice president of corporate relations, and became corporate secretary in 2013. Before joining TDS, McCahon was a principal with Massachusetts-based Conway Communications, which developed investor relations programs for a diverse range of companies. Prior to that, she was vice president of corporate relations for Eastern Enterprises in Weston, MA, and served as manager of investor relations for Waban, Inc. (now BJ’s Wholesale Club). McCahon is a member of the Society of Corporate Secretaries & Governance Professionals, and a member and former chair of NIRI. She is a co-founder and former chair of the NIRI Ethics Council, and has also served on the NIRI Senior Roundtable Steering Committee. McCahon received a BA in economics and finance from Bentley College and a JD from Suffolk University Law School.

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Karen Warren, Honorary Director

Retired

Karen Warren retired in 2010, after 25 years in investor relations, as Senior Vice President of Investor Relations at Hasbro, Inc. Prior to joining Hasbro, Karen was Senior Vice President (SVP) of IR at State Street Corporation in Boston. Before that, she held senior level IR positions at Shiva Corp, FTP Software, and was SVP of Corporate Communications and Strategic Planning at Sterling Bancshares Corporation and Sterling Bank.

She is a member of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI). She is former Chairman of the Board of Directors of NIRI National and past president of the Boston Chapter of NIRI, where she currently serves as an Honorary Director. In 2013, NIRI National inducted her into the inaugural class of NIRI Fellows and in 2010, they recognized her for Individual Chapter Leadership. Additionally, she is past President of the Investor Relations Association and a founding member of the NIRI National Ethics Council.

Previously, she taught Investor Relations at the Graduate School of Communications Management at Simmons College and has been a guest lecturer at Bentley College and the University of Rhode Island.

Prior to beginning her career in investor relations in 1987, she held a number of positions professionally and in the community, including serving on the Chelmsford Zoning Board of Appeals, Traffic and Safety Committee and the Home Rule Advisory Committee. Additionally, she was a police officer, professional photographer and an Emergency Medical Technician.

Karen received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Boston College, Masters in Communications Management from Simmons College and her Associates Degree from Middlesex Community College. She currently serves on the board of Directors of The Founders Golf Club in Sarasota and has served on the board of various condominium associations.

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Maureen Wolff, Honorary Director

Chief Executive Officer
Sharon Merrill Associates

Maureen T. Wolff is Chief Executive Officer at Sharon Merrill Associates, a strategic investor relations and critical communications advisory firm. A national thought leader in investor relations and corporate communications, Maureen formulates the firm’s strategic vision and business strategy, and provides high-level strategic counsel to its clients. She is a past chairman and board member of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI), a NIRI Fellow, former chairman of the NIRI IR Certification committee and a member of NIRI’s Senior IR Roundtable. She also is a past president and honorary director of NIRI’s Boston Chapter. In addition, she is on the programming committee of the New England Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD).

Maureen is a trusted advisor to CEOs, CFOs and boards of directors on critical communications issues related to corporate governance, shareholder activism and proxy contests, and Regulation Fair Disclosure. She is a frequent speaker on investor relations issues and has delivered speeches and participated on investor relations panel discussions at conferences sponsored by the New York Stock Exchange, the NACD, NIRI, the Publicity Club of New England, Business Wire and other professional development organizations. She has lectured at universities in the Boston area and has appeared on CNBC, and her comments have been featured in national newspapers and magazines. In addition, Maureen has received awards from the Public Relations Society of America, the Publicity Club of New England and Women’s Business magazine.

Prior to joining Sharon Merrill Associates in 1985, Maureen held positions in the investor relations and corporate communications departments at Lotus Development Corporation. She received a B.A. degree in Communications from Montclair State University. Her specialized training includes completion of prescribed studies in “Financial and IR” at the Simmons College Graduate Program in Communications.

Past Presidents

SUSAN KLEIN 2000 - 2001
MAUREEN WOLFF 2001 - 2002
S. KELLEY MACDONALD 2002 - 2003
SALLY CURLEY2003 - 2004
RICHARD YERGANIAN2004 - 2005
ANDREW KRAMER 2005 - 2006
DAVID CALUSDIAN 2006 - 2007
BRIAN NORRIS 2007 - 2008
ROBERT JOYCE2008 - 2009
JUSTINE KOENINGSBERG2009 - 2010
ALEXIA TAXIARCHOS2010 - 2011
JEREMIAH SISITSKY2011 - 2012
MARTHA SCHAEFER2012 - 2013
MEREDITH KAYA2013 - 2014
JEANNE HESS2014 - 2015
JASON FREDETTE2015 - 2017
ROB BRADLEY2017 - 2018
JIM HILLIER2018 - 2019
JACKIE MARCUS2019 - 2021

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