Speaker Biographies
Robert G. Dorsey is a co-founder and managing director of Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC, a mutual fund service firm. He is primarily responsible for managing client relations and new business development, industry research, and regulatory matters. He also consults with clients regarding strategic issues such as distribution, pricing, product design, and fund governance matters. Prior to co-founding Ultimus in August of 1999, he was president of Countrywide Fund Services, Inc. (formerly MGF Service Corp.), a registered transfer agent and mutual fund service provider. During his fifteen years at Countrywide, Mr. Dorsey held various positions of increasing responsibilities including controller, treasurer, chief financial officer, and president. Prior to joining Countrywide, Mr. Dorsey was the assistant controller and tax manager at Carlisle Enterprises, Inc. He began his career in the tax department of Arthur Andersen’s Cincinnati office, where he served individuals, partnerships, and corporations for over three years.
Robert E. Litan is the vice president for research and policy at the Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City and a senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution. Mr. Litan was formerly vice president and director of economic studies at the Brookings Institution (1996–2003), and he currently directs the AEI-Brookings Joint Center on Regulatory Studies. An economist and attorney who has practiced law and taught banking law at the Yale Law School, Mr. Litan is the author or coauthor of numerous books and articles on financial institutions, international trade, and regulatory issues. He has consulted for numerous public and private organizations and has testified as an expert witness in a variety of legal and regulatory proceedings. He was formerly associate director of the Office of Management and Budget, deputy assistant attorney general in the antitrust division of the Department of Justice, and a regulatory specialist for the President’s Council of Economic Advisers.
Robert C. Pozen is chairman of MFS Investment Management, which manages more than $160 billion in assets for over five million investors worldwide. He was named to his current position in February 2004. During 2002 and 2003, Mr. Pozen was the John Olin Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School, teaching interdisciplinary courses focused on corporate governance and financial institutions. In late 2001 and 2002, he also served on President Bush’s Commission to Strengthen Social Security. In 2003, he served as secretary of Economic Affairs for Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. Mr. Pozen was formerly vice chairman of Fidelity Investments, president of Fidelity Management & Research Company, and the investment advisor to the Fidelity mutual funds. During his five years as president, Fidelity’s assets under management almost doubled. From 1987 to 1996, Mr. Pozen served as managing director and general counsel of Fidelity Investments. Before joining Fidelity, he was a partner at the Washington, D.C., law firm of Caplin & Drysdale, where he led the banking/securities department from 1981 to 1986. Prior to that, Mr. Pozen was associate general counsel to the Securities & Exchange Commission from 1978 to 1980, and was a law professor at New York University from 1974 through 1977.
Michael J. Sharp is the general counsel of Citigroup’s Global Wealth Management sector, which comprises Smith Barney, Citigroup Investment Research, and the Citigroup Private Bank. He is also a managing director of Citigroup Global Markets, which he joined in 1997, and a member of Citigroup’s management committee. Prior to joining Citigroup, Mr. Sharp was a litigation associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York City, where he was responsible for a full range of litigation activities involving diverse areas of law. Before joining Cravath, Swaine & Moore, he was a judicial clerk for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Atlanta, Georgia. For seven years prior to pursuing a legal career, he was a U.S. Treasury bond trader.
Paul S. Stevens has served since June 2004 as president and chief executive officer of the Investment Company Institute (ICI), the national association of U.S. investment companies. He also is a director of ICI Mutual Insurance Co. From 1993–97, he was ICI’s general counsel. Outside the ICI, Mr. Stevens’s career has included varied roles in private law practice, corporate counsel, and government service. From 1999–2004, he was a leader of the financial services practice of Dechert LLP, an international law firm. He was general counsel for mutual funds and international enterprise at Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. in San Francisco from 1997–99. Earlier in his career, he was a partner and associate of Dickstein Shapiro & Morin in Washington. He argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in Saudi Arabia v. Nelson (1992). Between 1985 and 1989, Mr. Stevens served as special assistant for National Security Affairs to President Reagan, as executive secretary and legal adviser of the National Security Council, and in other senior positions at the White House and the Pentagon. Upon leaving government service, he received the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service, the department’s highest civilian decoration. Mr. Stevens is a member of the board of advisers of the Morin Center for Banking and Financial Law at Boston University Law School. From 1993–96, he chaired the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Law and National Security. In fall 1990, he was resident of Tokyo as a U.S.-Japan leadership fellow.
Peter J. Wallison joined AEI in January 1999 as a resident fellow and as co-director of AEI’s program on financial market deregulation. He previously practiced banking, corporate, and financial law at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Washington, D.C. and New York. Mr. Wallison has held a number of government positions. From June 1981 to January 1985, he was general counsel of the United States Treasury Department, where he had a significant role in the development of the Reagan administration's proposals for deregulation in the financial services industry, served as general counsel to the Depository Institutions Deregulation Committee, and participated in the Treasury Department's efforts to deal with the debt held by less developed countries. During 1986 and 1987, Mr. Wallison was White House counsel to President Ronald Reagan. Between 1972 and 1976, Mr. Wallison served first as special assistant to Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller and, subsequently, as counsel to Mr. Rockefeller when he was vice president of the United States.
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