Krista Oldfield

Krista Oldfield is a member of the fundraising team at I Squared Capital, a global infrastructure investment company based in Miami with offices in London, New Delhi, Singapore, Taipei and Sydney. With over 15 years of experience in client relationships, including fundraising and business development, Krista has worked for Lee Equity Partners, Karsch Global Credit,…

Rob Hartnett

Rob has spent more than 25 years providing tax and related consulting services within the asset management industry. Over the years he has provided services for hedge funds, private equity and venture capital funds, commodity pools, open-end and closed-end funds, and various private placements and fund structures. Rob consults with clients and attorneys on fund…

Mitch Ackles

Mitch Ackles is the founder and CEO of Hedge Fund PR, and the global president and spokesman of the Hedge Fund Association, an international non-profit organization that promotes the understanding and development of the alternative investment industry. With over 30 years experience, Mitch has a track record for excellence. He has executed campaigns for hedge…

Tony Acquadro

Tony C. Acquadro is a Vice President and Officer of The Hedge Fund Association, and serves as a Managing Partner at DaVinci Global Advisors. His prior roles include Managing Director for BroadRiver Asset Management in New York, Managing Director and Investment Committee Member for Windsor Securities & MFI Associates, a Family Office and RIA, Vice…

Deloris Dunk-Vickers, CPA

Deloris Dunk-Vickers, CPA, has over 20 years of professional experience in the financial services industry including roles at premier financial institutions and CPA firms. She currently serves as Director of Assurance for Katz, Sapper & Miller LLP’s Financial Services division where she is responsible for the audit of hedge funds, private equity funds, fund of…

Rajpal Arulpragasam

Mr. Arulpragasam is the COO at Warshaw Asset Management, a non-directional, relative value diversified volatility fund manager. Prior to Warshaw, he was CEO of Archetype Risk Advisors, Inc. (“ARA”), a quantitative hedge fund manager that managed investment strategies across a variety of asset classes. Mr. Arulpragasam was previously COO of Pavise Capital Management (2019-2022) and…

Alexander Reyes

Alexander Reyes is a partner in the firm’s New York City office with over 20 years of experience in assurance and advisory. He is the leader of the firm’s Financial Services Practice and a member of the Audit and Attest Committee. Alex provides a broad range of assurance and advisory services for financial services, private…

Josh Stone

Josh Stone is the founder and principal of FundsLawyer PLLC. Josh is the Legal and Compliance Advisor of the Hedge Fund Association, an international non-profit organization that promotes the understanding and development of the hedge fund industry. Josh also serves as a Director of the Miami Finance Forum, which brings together professionals from the world…

Lauri K. Goodwyn

Lauri K. Goodwyn has extensive experience representing hedge fund clients and other buy side market participants on a wide array of matters, including but not limited to (a) negotiating: (i) ISDAs and related confirmations; (ii) prime brokerage agreements, futures and options agreements, FX and credit intermediation agreements, term margin agreements, securities lending agreements, tri-partite, control…

Bo Megginson

Bo Megginson is the managing partner of the Gold Coast Angel Investors in Miami. Prior to joining Gold Coast, Megginson was the Gulf Coast Executive Director (Mobile, AL/NW FL) for the 250+member Angel Investor Management (AIM) Group in Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Tennessee. Joining AIM shortly after its inception in 2012, he helped grow AIM…