Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Elliot Galler is a partner in the New York office of the international law firm Withersworldwide. His practice involves tax planning for both U.S. and international clients investing both in the U.S. and abroad. He has experience advising multinational corporations on sophisticated cross-border tax issues as well as high-net worth individuals and families in their personal business endeavors.

Stanley Middleman is CEO of Freedom Mortgage Corp.

Paul Schwerdtfeger is a director at Matica.

Greg Wright is the chief product officer for consumer information services at Experian.

Jim Hawkins is a professor of law at the University of Houston Law Center. He teaches consumer law and has researched the payday lending industry for the last 12 years.

Harrison Thorne is a member of Vedder Price’s Labor & Employment group, based in the firm’s Los Angeles and San Francisco offices. Thorne represents businesses in a wide variety of employment and complex commercial disputes.

Toby Bargar is a senior communications tax strategist at Avalara. As part of Avalara’s Communications Business Unit, he has spent years assisting clients with complex transaction tax issues, particularly in the field of communications tax and regulatory cost surcharges.

Joanna Nicholas is counsel in Mayer Brown’s New York office and a member of the Banking & Finance practice. She focuses on securitization and structured finance transactions with an emphasis on CLO transactions and mortgage related facilities of residential mortgage loans.