Thomas Y. Allman
Senior Counsel, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP

Tom provides consulting and legal representation to major US and international corporations with interests in updating policies and procedures to accommodate legal and regulatory changes. He previously served as SVP, Secretary and General Counsel at BASF Corporation. He has served as committee chair for ACC, CJRG, LCJ and other groups and led a coalition of companies supporting amendments to the Federal Rules on e-discovery.

Matthew I. Cohen
Director, AlixPartners

Earlier this year Matt was named the leader of AlixPartners’ electronic discovery practice. He spent 15 years with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP where he was a counsel in the Complex Mass Torts and Insurance Litigation department and Co-Chair of the firm’s Electronic Discovery Committee. He specializes in electronic discovery and litigation readiness planning, and has extensive experience assisting corporations in preparing for and responding to discovery demands in litigation and regulatory matters.

Rob Gerbrandt
Senior Project Manager, Legal Department, TD Bank Financial Group

Rob specializes in complex program and project management, and is leading a global, enterprise wide project aimed at providing TD Bank Financial Group with the capability to effectively mitigate and respond to both Regulatory and Litigation matters dealing with electronic discovery of e-messages. He has over 20 years experience leading regulatory, quality, technology, business process improvements, and other projects.

Richard Gomes, CISA, CISSP
SVP Citigroup Corporate Center, Operations & Technology/ IT Risk Management Organization; Senior Policy Coordinator, Citigroup, Inc.

Richard’s recent professional focus has been on IS Governance, and he brings a standards and regulatory compliance perspective to the development and pragmatic implementation of IS policies and controls. Richard brings thought leadership, best practices, and established methodology to very large scale strategic initiatives.

Laura Kibbe
Senior Corporate Counsel, Pfizer

Laura is in charge of discovery and records management issues at Pfizer. She joined Pfizer from Kaye Scholer LLP, after having worked for several years on Pfizer matters. She is a member of the Sedona Working Group and is active in e-discovery and record retention seminars.

Thomas A. Lidbury
Partner, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP

Tom Lidbury is a litigation partner with Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, LLP specializing in trial work and electronic discovery. Tom has tried many cases to judgment and his trial work includes a recent jury verdict win of over $159 million. Tom specializes in helping large companies manage electronic discovery including writing and implementing legal hold processes for general use as well as handling electronic discovery in large cases. Tom is active in the Sedona Conference and is a frequent speaker on electronic discovery.

Cecil A Lynn III, Esq.
Director of Industry Relations, LexisNexis Applied Discovery

Cecil works with law firms, government organizations and industry experts to educate the legal community on the continually evolving case law and technology of electronic discovery. He is a former trial attorney and a frequent speaker on a wide variety of e-discovery topics, including advanced e-discovery, data accessibility, document retention, and inadvertent disclosure. He is also an instructor for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) where he teaches courses in electronic discovery, deposition skills, and trial advocacy.

Deidre Paknad
President & CEO, PSS Systems, Inc.
Founder, CGOC

Deidre is the innovator behind the visionary Atlas retention and preservation software. She founded the CGOC in early 2004 and is active as a subject matter expert. She is a member of the Sedona legacy data & legal holds teams, entrepreneur and software industry veteran. Deidre previously founded and was CEO of CoVia Technologies, where she and the company were twice inducted into the Smithsonian Institution for innovation.

Jonathan M. Redgrave
Chair, Redgrave Daley Ragan & Wagner LLP

Jonathan has been involved in litigation and complex litigation management in tobacco cases, insurance coverage litigation, appellate matters, and general business litigation for over 15 years. As a Partner at Redgrave Daley Ragan & Wagner LLP, he regularly addresses pre-litigation concerns and solutions, as well as litigation strategies, involving the discovery of electronic documents, legal issues concerning document retention policies and practices, and the use and management of technology in the courtroom. He conceived of and serves as Chair of the Sedona Working Group on Best Practices for Document Retention and Production.

Mark Reichenbach
Director, Discovery and Regulatory Response Team (DARRT), Office of General Counsel, Merrill Lynch

Mark is a Director on the Discovery and Regulatory Response Team (DARRT) within the Office of General Counsel at Merrill Lynch, New York. Mark recently oversaw two analyst teams that respond to a range of regulatory bodies and opposing counsel. He is involved in the organization's Legal Hold and Collection initiatives and assists attorneys and outside counsel with tactical and technical guidance for "meet and confers" and Rule 30(b)(6) depositions. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Mark worked for over a decade as a Director of Litigation Support for both plaintiff and defense firms on complex litigation and electronic evidence matters. Mark has been a member of The Sedona Conference Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production (WG1) since 2002 and a member of Georgetown University CLE E-Discovery Advisory Board.

Harry Pugh
Managing Director, Operations & Technology Policy Coordinator, Citigroup

Harry is currently the Managing Director of Reengineering for Operations and Technology at Citigroup where he leads the development and implementation of a number of corporate policies. Prior to this role, he was Chief of Staff at Citigroup Mortgages. His long, successful tenure at Citigroup also includes Director of Recoveries US Card Products and as Controller for Global Bank Cards. He holds a BA and a master's degree from Harvard University.

Liz Schimmel
Legal Holds Coordinator, Halliburton Company

Liz is the Holds Coordinator at Halliburton Energy Services Group. Prior to joining Halliburton in April 2006, she worked at EDS Corporation in the Litigation Department for over 20 years. While a senior litigation paralegal at EDS, she worked on complex commercial litigations involving the health care industry and government contracts, managed the matter management system for the Litigation Department and worked extensively on audit and compliance issues relating to litigation. She has been involved in e-discovery issues for more than 10 years.