Corporate Partner, Latham & Watkins

Josh Dubofsky

Josh Dubofsky advises market-leading companies and private equity firms on strategic transactions and corporate governance matters. He has expertise in mergers and acquisitions and other strategic corporate transactions, public and private equity, debt financing, takeover planning, activism defense and general corporate representation of both publicly traded and privately held companies. He has worked across industries, including: life sciences, internet and digital media, information technology, retail and consumer products, transportation, and financial services.

Mr. Dubofsky has nearly 20 years of experience advising corporate clients and private equity firms in their most complex domestic and cross-border transactions. He regularly advises on significant public company transactions and governance matters, private company mergers and acquisitions, and private equity investments.

Mr. Dubofsky holds a BS from Stanford University and a JD from Columbia University School of Law. He holds bar qualifications in both California and New York.

Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, AMN Healthcare; Chair, Corporate Governance Committee, Tractor Supply Company

Denise Jackson

Denise Jackson joined AMN Healthcare in October 2000. Ms. Jackson is responsible for our legal, corporate governance, compliance, equity compensation strategies, risk management, real estate, and government and community affairs functions.

From 1995 to September 2000, Ms. Jackson worked for The Mills Corporation serving as Vice President and Senior Counsel from 1998 to 2000. She holds a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Arizona, a Master of Public Health from The George Washington University, and a Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies from the University of Arizona. Ms. Jackson is licensed as an attorney in California, the District of Columbia, Arizona, and New York. Ms. Jackson holds the role of Corporate Governance Chair on the Board of Tractor Supply Company. She previously served on the Board of PipelineRX, LLC where she also held the role of Chairperson of the Compensation Committee and the Board of Girls on the Run International, where she served as Chairperson.

President, Lawndale Capital Management

Andrew Shapiro

Andrew Shapiro is President of Lawndale Capital Management, an investment manager of small- and micro-cap activist hedge funds for over 26 years, one of the longest periods of experience deploying an activist/relational investment strategy today.  In addition to leading Lawndale, Mr. Shapiro has also served as an Officer, Director, or Observer on many boards and debt and equity bankruptcy committees.  He was most recently Chairman of the Official Equity Committee in the Premier Exhibitions/RMS Titanic bankruptcy. He also serves as Board Chair/President and on the Investment Committee of the Mill Valley Library Foundation, on whose board he has served for many years.  Mr. Shapiro is a long-time member and Board Leadership Fellow of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) and, via Lawndale, an Associate Member of the Council of Institutional Investors (CII) for almost two decades.

Mr. Shapiro has more than three decades of portfolio management and analytically varied experience from a number of buy-side positions, employing a rare combination of credit, legal, equity and workout skills.  Prior to founding the Lawndale organization in 1992, Mr. Shapiro managed the workout and restructuring of large portfolios of high-yield bonds, distressed equities and risk arbitrage securities for the Belzberg family office, First City Capital.  Before joining First City, Mr. Shapiro was involved in numerous corporate LBO and recapitalization transactions for Manufacturers Hanover Trust and the Spectrum Group, a private equity firm.

Mr. Shapiro was selected to the NACD Directorship 100 in 2012, a list of the most influential leaders in the boardroom and corporate governance community.  He is a frequent speaker on matters of corporate governance, fiduciary duty and activist investing, including panels for the Council of Institutional Investors, National Association of Corporate Directors, Society For Corporate Governance, SEC Advisory Committee on Small Public Companies and the National Investor Relations Institute. Mr. Shapiro has been a recurring faculty member of the corporate governance/director’s education programs of UCLA Anderson and the National Association of Corporate Directors and presents often at several other director education programs.  In addition to being a Contributing Author to Seeking Alpha, Mr. Shapiro has received national recognition through feature articles, in Forbes, Barron’s, Institutional Investor and a Business Week article that labeled him “The Gary Cooper of Governance.”

Mr. Shapiro received dual JD and MBA degrees from UCLA, where he was an Olin Fellow at the UCLA School of Law and a Venture Capital Fellow at the UCLA Anderson School of Management.  Mr. Shapiro received a BS in Business Administration from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, where he periodically guest lectures.

CEO & Principal, Dowling & Yahnke

Dale Yahnke

Dale Yahnke is the Chief Executive Officer and a Principal at Dowling & Yahnke Wealth Advisors.

Dale holds the designations of Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP®). He has a Master of Business Administration, Finance (MBA) degree from San Diego State University. Dale completed his undergraduate work at Claremont McKenna College with a degree in Economics.

Prior to Dowling & Yahnke, Dale worked for six years as a financial analyst with the law firm of Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich (now known as DLA Piper US LLP). He has served as an expert witness in investment and securities related matters.

Dale has been featured in numerous financial publications including Barron’s, Worth, and The Wall Street Journal. In 2018, he was recognized for the twelfth consecutive year by Barron’s as one of its “Top 100 Independent Financial Advisors” in the country.* He is one of only eleven advisors nationwide who have been recognized every year Barron’s has conducted its national rankings. Dale was also named to the Barron’s “2018 Top Advisor Rankings: California” for the fifth consecutive year – a list on which he has been included since they began ranking RIAs.**

Dale, a native San Diegan who lives in Carmel Valley with his wife and two children, is actively committed to the San Diego community and the investment advisory industry.

Dowling & Yahnke offers time-tested, objective financial planning advice and investment management services designed for the financial health and personal freedom of its clients. Located in San Diego, California, the Firm manages approximately $4 billion for more than 1,000 clients, primarily individuals, families, and nonprofit organizations.