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Presenters

We are pleased to announce the following distinguished presenters who are scheduled to speak at Customer Conference 2009.

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Stephen Dubner  |  Richard Ketchum  |  Steven Levitt   |  Karen McMillan  |  Dr. Nouriel Roubini  |  T. Timothy Ryan Jr.

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  Stephen Dubner
  Best-Selling Co-Author of Freakonomics
  
  View the video from Mr. Dubner's recent interview with Diane Sawyer to learn more about "The Effects of Freakonomics"
  
  Stephen Dubner is an award-winning author, journalist, television personality and co-author of the international bestseller, Freakonomics. Originally published in the U.S. in 2005, Freakonomics instantly became a cultural phenomenon. Hailed by critics and readers alike, it spent more than two years on The New York Times bestseller list, having sold more than three million copies around the world, in more than 30 languages. Mr. Dubner and his co-author, the University of Chicago economist Steven Levitt, have appeared widely on television and maintain the popular Freakonomics blog, which can be found on The New York Times website. Freakonomics is primarily based on the research of Mr. Levitt, whom Mr. Dubner originally profiled for The New York Times Magazine. Mr. Dubner spent several years at the Times as an editor and writer, and has also written for The New Yorker, Time and elsewhere. His journalism has been anthologized in The Best American Sports Writing and The Best American Crime Writing. He is the author of two previous best-selling books, Choosing My Religion and Confessions of a Hero-Worshipper, as well as a new children's book, The Boy With Two Belly Buttons. Mr. Levitt and Mr. Dubner will release Superfreakonomics in October 2009.
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  Richard Ketchum
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
  
  Richard Ketchum is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA). Prior to this role, Mr. Ketchum was CEO of NYSE Regulation from 2006 to 2009. He served as the first Chief Regulatory Officer of the New York Stock Exchange, a position he began in March 2004. From 2003 to 2004, Mr. Ketchum was General Counsel of the Corporate and Investment Bank of Citigroup Inc., and a member of the unit's planning group, Business Practices Committee and Risk Management Committee. Previously, he spent 12 years at NASD and The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., where he served as President of both organizations. Mr. Ketchum was at the Securities and Exchange Commission for 14 years, with eight of those years as director of the division of Market Regulation. Mr. Ketchum earned his Juris Doctorate from the New York University School of Law in 1975 and his Bachelor of Arts degree from Tufts University in 1972. He is a member of the bar in both New York and the District of Columbia.
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  Steven Levitt
  Best-Selling Co-Author of Freakonomics
  
  Steven Levitt is an Economist, Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago and co-author of the international bestseller, Freakonomics. The Wall Street Journal has said, “If Indiana Jones were an economist, he'd be Steven Levitt”, he has shown other economists just how well their tools can make sense of the real world. Mr. Levitt received tenure as a full professor in the University of Chicago's economics department after only two years, and is a recipient of the American Economic Association’s prestigious John Bates Clark Medal, given to the country's best economist under the age of 40. When co-author, Stephen Dubner, profiled Mr. Levitt in The New York Times Magazine, he was beset by questions, queries, riddles and requests—from General Motors and the New York Yankees, to U.S. senators, prisoners, parents and a man who sold bagels. Originally published in the U.S. in 2005, Freakonomics instantly became a cultural phenomenon. Mr. Levitt and Mr. Dubner will release Superfreakonomics in October 2009.
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  Karen McMillan
  General Counsel, Investment Company Institute
  
  Karen (Karrie) McMillan is General Counsel of the Investment Company Institute. She joined the Institute in September 2007. Ms. McMillan, formerly a partner in the Asset Management Group at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, serves as the Institute's Chief Legal Officer, with responsibility for the full range of legal and regulatory matters affecting the Institute and its members, including securities, pension, tax and international matters. Prior to her tenure at Willkie Farr in 2006, Ms. McMillan served at the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission's Division of Investment Management from 1991-1998. She also helped found the Asset Management Group at Shearman & Sterling LLP in Washington, D.C. in 1999. Ms. McMillan is a graduate of the College of William and Mary and the University of Virginia School of Law.
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  Dr. Nouriel Roubini
  Professor of Economics, New York University, Stern School of Business
  and Co-Founder and Chairman, RGE Monitor
  
  Dr. Nouriel Roubini is a Professor of Economics at New York University’s Stern School of Business and is co-founder and Chairman of RGE Monitor, an innovative economic and geo-strategic information service with 30 economists on staff. He studies international macroeconomics, political economy and the mechanisms of economic growth. Popularly known as Dr. Doom (the title of a profile in The New York Times Magazine), Dr. Nouriel Roubini is known for his now vindicated predictions of the current financial crisis. Ignored for a long time by mainstream economists and policymakers, he now receives invitations to speak before such influential organizations as the U.S. Congress and the Council on Foreign Relations. He has been forecasting a serious financial crisis in the U.S. for years, speaking notably before a skeptical International Monetary Fund about his predictions in 2006. He continues to forecast serious ongoing consequences for the U.S. and world economies. He is the author of Bailouts or Bail-ins: Responding to Financial Crises in Emerging Economies. Professor Roubini served as a senior adviser to the White House Council of Economic Advisers and the U.S. Treasury Department, has published numerous policy papers and books on key international macroeconomic issues and is regularly cited as an authority in the media.
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  T. Timothy Ryan Jr.
  President and Chief Executive Officer, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
  
  Timothy Ryan is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA). Prior to joining SIFMA, Mr. Ryan was Vice Chairman, Financial Institutions and Governments, at J.P. Morgan. He is a director of Lloyds Banking Group, Lloyds TSB Bank plc, HBOS plc, Bank of Scotland plc, Putnam Investments, LLC, Great-West Life and Annuity Insurance Company, and The U.S.-Japan Foundation. He is also a private sector member of the Global Markets Advisory Committee for the National Intelligence Council (NIC). From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Ryan was a member of the U.S.-Japan Private Sector/Government Commission and served as a Board Member and Chairman of the Audit Committee at Koram Bank in Seoul, Korea. Prior to joining J.P. Morgan, Mr. Ryan was the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), U.S. Department of the Treasury, where he was principal manager of the savings and loan cleanup which involved closing approximately 700 insolvent institutions, improving capital bases and selling over $300 billion of assets. He was a Director of the Resolution Trust Corporation and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. From 1983 to 1990, Mr. Ryan was a Partner at the law firm Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, where he headed the Pension Investment Group and was a member of the Executive Committee. From 1981 to 1983, he was Solicitor of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor. Mr. Ryan graduated from Villanova University and American University Law School.
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