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Kristen Brabble is a corporate officer and director of retail banking at First Carolina Bank in Rocky Mount, N.C. In that role, she manages public and shareholder relations, brand and marketing, human resources, and the bank's retail branch network. Kristen, who joined First Carolina in 2010, is a founding director for the North Carolina Bankers Association's Young Bankers Council. She is also a director for the Rocky Mount Area Chamber of Commerce, where she is a member of the group's small business committee.

Jim Peterson is a lawyer whose practice concentrates on financial information and securities. His book, Count Down: The Past, Present and Uncertain Future of the Big Four Accounting Firms, was published in December 2015 by Emerald Books.

William Kring is a senior academic researcher at the Boston University Center for Finance, Law & Policy.

Matthew May is the COO and founder of Atlanta, Ga.-based Acuity.

Jeanette Quick served as senior counsel to the Senate Banking Committee. Previously, she was counsel at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

Rachel Jia is the technical marketing manager at Dynamsoft, a provider of web and desktop document scanning, barcode reader, PDF rasterizing and other SDKs.

Paul Johnson is CEO of Redirect Health, which helps entrepreneurial businesses and their brokers build affordable healthcare plans using a self-insurance model. More info at redirecthealth.com.

Meghan Murphy is director, thought leadership, with Fidelity.

Kara Alaimo is an assistant professor of public relations at Hofstra University and author of “Pitch, Tweet, or Engage on the Street: How to Practice Global Public Relations and Strategic Communication.” She previously served in the Obama administration.