Markets Advisory Council
The primary purpose of the CII Markets Advisory Council is to provide input on legal, financial reporting and investment market trends, suggest topics/speakers for upcoming CII meetings and teleconferences, and recommend current and future CII activities that promote and enhance the value of CII membership. The CII board appoints the members annually. All are representatives of Associate Member organizations.
The members of the Markets Advisory Council for 2026 are:
- Zally Ahmadi, D.F. King (Chair)
- Frederick Alexander, The Shareholder Commons
- Frank Aquila, Sullivan & Cromwell (Vice Chair)
- Meredith Benton, Whistle Stop Capital
- Krystal Berrini, PJT Partners
- Katie Driscoll, Deloitte
- Max Dulberger, Segal Marco Advisors
- Matt Filosa, Teneo
- Anya Freedman, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann
- Cheryl Gustitus, Glass Lewis
- Gabriel Hasson, ICR
- Alex Higgins, Okapi Partners
- Lindsay Jordan, EY
- Elizabeth Kantrowitz, ISS STOXX
- David Lahire, KPMG
- Brittni Levinson Will, BEL Capital Advisory
- Carmen Lu, Paul, Weiss
- Jessica McDougall, Longacre Square Partners
- Ana Moro, Bloomberg
- Hannah Orowitz, Compensia
- AJ Patterson, Aon
- Jonathan Ponder, MSCI
- Sherri Rossoff, RockCreek
- Larry Schimmel, MacKenzie Partners
- Serdar Sikca, FW Cook
- Ariel Smilowitz, PwC
- Jessica Strine, Jasper Street Partners
- Talon Torressen, Georgeson
- Michael Troncoso, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd
- Matthew Vahidi, Sodali & Co.
- Matthew Winters, CFA Institute
- Allison Wyderka, Egan-Jones Proxy Services