Kandy Gardner is a Partner at Anglin, Reichmann, Armstrong, PC., a CPA firm in Huntsville, AL. Prior to joining Anglin, she was the founder and managing partner of Gardner & Associates. She has over 25 years of public accounting experience serving the needs of government contracting organizations. In addition to public accounting experience, Kandy spent…

Sam Sheldon is a partner in Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP’s San Diego office, where he focuses on securities fraud and other complex civil litigation. Before joining the Firm in January 2024, Sam served more than five years as a United States Magistrate Judge in the Southern District of Texas, primarily in Houston. Sam…

Rajiv Srinivasan is the Global Clients Director for LinkedIn. Rajiv Srinivasan previously held executive roles at VMware and MobileIron. Rajiv was on the founding team of Morta Security — a cyber security company funded by A16z, Greylock, and Norwest Ventures — which was acquired by Palo Alto Networks in 2013. Rajiv began his career as…

Debi Ghate is President of Steadfast as well as Executive Fellow at the State Policy Network and Initiative Director for the George Mason University’s “Voices for Liberty: Free Speech, Civil Rights and Social Progress” program. She also serves as Strategic Advisor for UniteNY. Ms. Ghate is a trained lawyer, previously practicing civil litigation in Ontario,…

In 1993, Brown was sentenced to life in prison for a nonviolent drug offense. He served 24½ years in federal prison before President Barack Obama commuted his sentence in 2015. Since leaving prison, Brown has become a well-known advocate for criminal justice reform. He had lunch with President Obama after receiving clemency in 2015 and…

Julie Stewart founded FAMM in 1991 and served as its president until 2017. Before FAMM, she was the Director of Public Affairs at the Cato Institute. An expert in the field of criminal justice reform, Julie spearheaded dozens of sentencing reforms, and her work has mitigated the impact of draconian sentencing laws for thousands of…