Charles Russo is a regional manager for Computershare’s Employee Share Plans business, overseeing a team of relationship managers responsible for a portfolio of corporate clients across a wide range of industries. Since joining Computershare in 2008, Charles has leveraged his experience in the employee compensation business to ensure high levels of quality and satisfaction for all of his clients. Prior to joining Computershare, Charles was with UBS, Bankers Trust and JP Morgan. During his thirty-plus years of financial services experience, he has held positions in relationship management, product management and operations, across various disciplines.

Charles earned his B.S. and MBA in Finance from Fordham University.

Chanani advises multinational companies across all industry lines on a variety of employment-related matters and implementation of global equity compensation programs. He globally manages large multi-country and large multi-function HR projects.

From an employment law perspective, Chanani advises his clients on a wide range of employment-related matters outside the United States, including global/local offer letters and employment contracts, rollout of HR policies and employee handbooks as well as termination and settlement agreements. His work also covers advising clients hiring, HR data privacy compliance, discrimination risks, as well as performance management and terminations. He also works with his clients to consider the employment-related impact of, and undertake due diligence for, cross-border corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, and IPOs.

Chanani also counsels his clients on how to effectively design, implement, communicate and administer equity-based compensation programs and other long-term incentive awards to their employees and other service providers worldwide. His work covers securities law, foreign exchange, employment, tax and other compliance requirements related to these programs. He also provides services in the areas of corporate tax planning, cross-border tax planning, payroll support and employee education with respect to global equity programs, including in the context of corporate transactions.

He has presented at industry educational forums, such as the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals (NASPP) and Global Equity Organization (GEO), on topics related to tax compliance as well as effective design, implementation and administration of global equity-based awards and other long-term incentive plans.

Carl is appointed Global Vice President, Total Rewards for The Coca-Cola Company. He has extensive experience building Total Rewards philosophy and strategy, aligning approaches to base pay, annual bonus, LTI and benefits across global markets.

Carl has had a 20+ year career with the Coca-Cola system, in positions of increasing responsibility including serving as legal counsel, Director of HR Strategy and Planning, Director of Executive Compensation, Strategic Business Partner, and as HR Center of Excellence lead.

Brennan Rittenhouse is a Managing Director with A&M Taxand, LLC in Denver, Colorado, specializing in compensation and benefits planning and consulting.

He brings an expertise in all areas of Senior Leadership, independent director, and broad-based compensation consulting. Some of the areas in which he has significant experience include compensation benchmarking, designing and implementing both short- and long-term incentive plans, creating salary structures, sales compensation plan design, completing pay equity analyses, and transaction related due diligence and integrations.

Mr. Rittenhouse is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Denver’s College of Law Graduate Tax Program, teaching a course on executive and nonqualified deferred compensation.

Mr. Rittenhouse earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Central Florida, his law degree from Florida State University College of Law, and his LL.M. in Taxation from the University of Denver.

Dr. Bill Castellano is Professor of Strategic HR Management at Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations and is the Executive Director for the Center for Employee Ownership and a Fellow at Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing. He also serves as a board member of the Global Equity Organization. Bill is the former Associate Dean of External Engagement and Executive and Professional Education and former Director of the Center for HR Strategy. His research, teaching, and consulting activities are focused on understanding the impact of employee ownership and equity compensation strategies on individual and organizational outcomes, employee engagement, and the effective management of human capital.

Bill has more than forty years of experience working in corporate Fortune 50, entrepreneurial and research environments. Before joining Rutgers University, he held senior HR management positions at Merrill Lynch and Manufactures Hanover Trust where he was involved with human resource strategies and practices that supported both individual business groups and the global enterprise. Bill is an accomplished researcher publishing his work in practitioner and academic journals and is a frequent speaker at national HR and business conferences.

Andrew leads the Stock Plan Administration function for Procore Technologies, Inc. which went public in 2021. His current role oversees all aspects of the Company's equity plans including NQ, ISO, RSUs, PSUs, and ESPP in over 14 countries. Procore grants equity broadly to its 3,500+ employees. Prior to joining Procore Andrew was with E*TRADE Corporate Services, working with new and existing issuer clients to build better processes while sharing best practices relating to their equity compensation plans and was the Stock Plan Administrator for Blue Apron during the Company's IPO. His prior licenses from FINRA have given him additional insight into the interactions of equity-based compensation with the stock market. 

Anabel is a Total Rewards and Human Resources executive with over 30 years of experience in consulting and corporate environments. She has a proven track record of success in creating and managing compensation and benefits programs that attract strong talent and develop and retain that talent. 

At GlobalFoundries, Anabel helped GF get to-through-and beyond one of the largest IPOs in semi-conductor history (2021). You might have seen her on the NASDAQ Marquee on Times Square at the bell ringing ceremony. These days her days are focused on creating contemporary global compensation and benefits programs. 

Anabel is passionate about using total rewards to create a workplace where employees feel valued and motivated. She is also committed to giving back to the profession and is active in various professional organizations and at the local level and is a frequent speaker on total rewards topics. 

Since 2005, Anabel has been a member of the Conference Board Council on Executive Compensation, and recently served as the Steering Committee Chair. In 2023, she joined the Board of the Global Equity Organization and Co-Chairs the Issuer Advisory Council. Previously, she was on the Board of PEBA (the PA/NJ/DE Tri-State Compensation and Benefits Organization) for over 10 years and served on the Leadership Committee in various roles, including serving as President. 

In her free time, Anabel teaches the Compensation Class in the Master of Human Resource Development Program at Villanova University. She is also an avid volunteer and is currently serving on the United Way Allocation Panel.