Moderator:

Christine DiSanto (Greany)

Managing Director

The Blueshirt Group

Christine is a Managing Director at The Blueshirt Group. She has more than 25 years of experience in investor relations and IPO advisory encompassing the consumer, retail, apparel, footwear and internet sectors. Prior to joining Blueshirt in 2013, Christine ran an independent IR/Corporate Communications practice for 12 years. Previously, she spent two years as Senior Partner at ICR and 10 years at Morgen-Walke Associates, where she was SVP and Group Director. Throughout her career, Christine has led client engagements for iconic brands and leading consumer companies across the retail, footwear, apparel and consumer products landscape. She has also been an Investor Relations instructor and guest lecturer at NYU's School of Continuing Education. Christine holds a BS in Public Relations and Marketing from Western Michigan University.

Carl Chiou

Senior Vice President

Payward

Carl is a Senior Vice President at Payward, the parent company of Kraken, which he joined in 2025 after more than two decades in equity capital markets. Most recently he was a Partner at William Blair, where he led West Coast Equity Capital Markets. Before that he spent ten years as a Managing Director in Equity Capital Markets at Barclays and worked in equity-linked capital markets at Lehman Brothers. Carl has been a bookrunner on IPOs for companies including Snap, Zscaler, Coupa, Stitch Fix and Pluralsight. He was also an early employee at Appian and returned 14 years later as one of its lead bankers on the IPO. Earlier in his career he was a product manager at MicroStrategy. Carl holds an MBA in Finance and Accounting from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BS in Chemistry from Duke University.

Anil Gupta

Former VP, Investor Relations

Coinbase

Anil led investor relations at Coinbase for more than five years. He joined in January 2021 to build the IR function ahead of the company's direct listing, the largest direct listing in history. At Coinbase he ran more than 20 earnings calls and helped make it the first crypto company in the S&P 500. Before Coinbase, Anil spent eight years on the investor relations team at Facebook, most recently as Director, joining shortly after its IPO. Earlier he was an equity research analyst covering Internet and media stocks at Imperial Capital and Oppenheimer, and he began his career as a management consultant. He has also served on the board of NIRI Silicon Valley. Anil holds a BSBA in Finance from Washington University in St. Louis.

Alan Peterson

VP, Investor Relations & Finance

American Healthcare REIT (NYSE: AHR)

Alan leads investor relations, capital markets, and various strategic initiatives at American Healthcare REIT. AHR is a self-managed REIT that owns a portfolio of clinical healthcare real estate, primarily in senior housing and integrated senior health campuses. Alan joined AHR in January 2024, weeks prior to the company's $773 million IPO and listing on the New York Stock Exchange, and built its public-company IR program. Prior to joining American Healthcare REIT, he was an equity research analyst on the residential research team at Green Street, one of the nation's most respected independent research and advisory firms focused on commercial real estate. During his time at Green Street, he played an integral role in the coverage of roughly 15 publicly traded real estate companies. Alan holds a BS in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance and a BA in Economics from Chapman University.

Steven B. Stokdyk

Partner

Latham & Watkins LLP

Steven is a Los Angeles-based partner at Latham & Watkins. He advises companies, principal investors and investment banks on complex securities, finance, M&A and governance matters. A prominent capital markets lawyer, he has worked on more than 100 IPOs, including The Trade Desk, BlackLine, TrueCar, Marcus & Millichap, Parsons, AECOM and Expedia. He has also handled numerous de-SPAC transactions and more than 100 public company mergers. Steven is a former Global Co-Chair of the firm's Public Company Representation Practice and a former Chair of its Los Angeles Corporate Department. Best Lawyers named him 2026 Lawyer of the Year for Corporate Law in Los Angeles. He earned his JD from UCLA School of Law, where he was an editor of the UCLA Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif, and his BA with distinction from Stanford University.