Host Committee

Jackie Darr is an investment and operating executive with over twenty years of experience building and scaling alternative investment platforms. She is the Founder and CEO of Darr Advisors, where she advises family offices, venture capital firms, and hedge fund managers on organizational strategy, human capital alignment, and institutional growth initiatives. Previously, Jackie served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Racon Capital Partners, a quantitative macro hedge fund and single-family office. In that role, she oversaw firmwide operations, led capital formation and investor relations, and directed alternative investment diligence across hedge fund, venture capital, and growth equity portfolios. Prior to Racon, Jackie was Chief Administration Officer and a member of the Executive Committee at Stark Investments, a global multi-strategy hedge fund with over $15 billion in assets under management. There, she played a key role in the firm’s institutional expansion, including new strategy launches, global talent initiatives, investor communications, and corporate operations. Jackie began her career in executive search and talent management. She brings deep experience working alongside senior investment professionals and aligning people, processes, and capital within complex investment organizations. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Lake Forest College.

Michael Hanin | Partner, Pallas Partners (US) LLP. An accomplished litigator, trial lawyer and appellate lawyer, Michael Hanin represents investment funds, companies, and high-net worth individuals in high-stakes litigation, with a focus on litigation involving complex financial products, financing, securities, real estate, and cryptocurrency. Mike maintains one of the premier practices in the United States representing bondholders in disputes relating to their credit investments. Mike has been recognised as a leading litigator by Chambers USA. He has also been named a Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Trailblazer by the National Law Journal, an MVP of the Year for Structured Finance by Law360, a Litigation Star by Benchmark Litigation, and a Leading Litigator and a Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyer in America by Lawdragon.

Guy Haselmann is an innovative investment leader and global macro strategist with over three decades of experience driving capital allocation strategy, guiding portfolio decisions, and navigating complex global markets across economic cycles. He has held senior roles across leading financial institutions, including serving as Head of Thought Leadership at MetLife Investment Management, Head of Global Macro Strategy at Scotiabank, and CIO and Portfolio Manager at several well-known hedge funds. As Managing Principal Partner of FETI Group, Guy advises alternative investment managers and institutional investors on capital raising, portfolio strategy, and risk frameworks. Earlier in his career, he served on the New Jersey State Investment Council, overseeing the state’s $90 billion pension fund. Renowned for his clear market insights and ability to translate complexity into actionable strategy, Guy has been a commentator on BNN, Reuters, and Bloomberg Radio and TV. He holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BS in Business Administration from the University of Delaware, where he captained the Division I soccer team. Guy is also a CAIA charterholder.

Barry C. Knapp is the managing partner of Ironsides Macro. Before founding Ironsides Macro Barry was most recently a Senior Managing Director and Head of Macro & Public Policy Strategy at Guggenheim Securities. Previous roles included Managing Director and Head of Thematic Strategies for BlackRock Fundamental Fixed Income, Managing Director and Chief US Equity Strategist at Barclays Capital and Managing Director in principal trading and equity derivatives at Lehman Brothers.

Medina Jahovic joined Boothbay in March 2023 in a Manager Sourcing and Research capacity where she leads the U.S. efforts for identifying new strategies for new allocations. Boothbay is a multi-strategy, multi-manager fund which invests in absolute return hedge fund strategies across equity long/short, macro, commodities and fixed income relative value and quant strategies. Prior to joining Boothbay, Medina began her career at J.P. Morgan in Cleared Derivatives Sales. Throughout her tenure at J.P. Morgan, she worked with hedge fund clients in a sales capacity for Futures Clearing, FX Prime Brokerage and Equity Prime Brokerage. Medina graduated from Baruch College with a B.A. in Economics and a minor in English literature.

Kathy Peralta plays a central role in driving operational efficiency and supporting the firm’s strategic initiatives. In addition to managing day-to-day operations, she leads the execution of high-impact client events and ensures seamless coordination across internal processes and back-office functions. Originally from Manila, Kathy holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and Media from Miriam College.

Kathryn is Chief Market Strategist at StoneX, where she leads global macroeconomic analysis and cross-asset investment strategy for institutional clients worldwide. Her work spans rates, FX, equities, and geopolitics, distilling macroeconomic and policy developments into actionable investment insights. With over 20 years of experience, she began her career in fixed income and Emerging Markets research at MetLife Investments and Bear Stearns, and later expanded into equity and cross-asset leadership as Chief Investment Strategist at Bulltick. Kathryn is a frequent media contributor and keynote speaker at major investment conferences in both English- and Spanish-speaking markets. She holds an MBA in Economics and Finance from NYU Stern and a BA in Economics and Spanish Literature from Rutgers College.

Ali Samadi graduated from Duke University with a B.S.E. in Biomedical Engineering and received a J.D. from Georgetown University. After a stint as an intellectual property attorney, Ali switched careers and currently runs Equity Flow Derivative Sales as a Managing Director for Nomura in New York City. Literacy and education related philanthropic efforts have been a passion of Ali’s for nearly two decades. As a co-founder of Project A.B.L.E. (Aid on Behalf of Literacy and Education) and during nearly a subsequent dozen trips to the developing world with a more recent focus on the East African nations of Tanzania, Kenya, and Rwanda, Ali has also witnessed first-hand the remarkable impact that education projects have had on the local communities. Ali also serves as Chariman of the board of Komera, a non-profit dedicated to building self-confident young Rwandan women through education, community, and sport. In 2013, Ali was awarded the inaugural Kiongozi Award by The Foundation for Tomorrow for demonstrating exemplary commitment to the advancement of philanthropy.

Stephen Warren is a Managing Director and Head of Quantitative Analysis and Risk Management for PGIM Fixed Income. He is responsible for overseeing the development of proprietary yield curve, credit and risk models, as well as all aspects of portfolio risk management including risk budgeting, tracking and analysis for portfolios, and for performance analysis, attribution, data integrity and pricing. Prior to joining the Firm in 2016, Mr. Warren was the Global Head of Portfolio Construction and Risk Management for the Fixed Income and Liquidity Management teams at Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM). At GSAM, he was also a member of the Cross-Sector team, responsible for asset allocation within fixed income portfolios, and a member of the Fixed Income Strategy Group (FISG). Earlier in his career at GSAM, Mr. Warren worked as a portfolio manager on several strategy teams, including the government, asset-backed security, mortgage and corporate trading desks. Mr. Warren received a B.S.E., magna cum laude, in economics from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Master’s degree in finance, with distinction, from London Business School.