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2025 NVCA Strategic Operations & Policy Summit

November 4, 2025 - November 5, 2025

About this event

This 1.5-day conference, developed in collaboration with NVCA’s CFO Taskforce, focuses on the critical role senior operations professionals play in venture firms, and how they can provide value back to their partnerships. The agenda emphasizes best practices, technical topics, professional development, and industry related policy content, several opportunities for networking.

Participants will have the opportunity to develop functional expertise, troubleshoot shared challenges, and earn CPE credit hours for attending.



Speakers

Jen Duggins
Partner, Optima Partners
Jason Vita
Vice President Business Development, NVCA
Christine McNamara
Head of Due Diligence, S&P Global Market Intelligence
David Arnstein
Partner & CFO, Venture Investors
Katie Carter
Director, JMI Equity
Ommer Chohan
CFO, Atlas Venture
Ryan Connor
Global CFO, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Gregory Daco
Chief Economist, EY
Anne DeTiege
Director of Innovation Capital, LA.IO
Kelli Cullinane
CFO & Managing Partner, Next Legacy Partners
Bobby Franklin
President & CEO, NVCA
Steve Franklin
Partner, Gunderson Dettmer
Diem-Mi Lu
VP Government Affairs, NVCA
Pavlo Marchuk
Managing Director, EY
Carrie McIntyre
CEO, Viridis Fund Solutions
David Mead
Training Lead, AI Leadership Transformation
Alpa Patel
Partner, Investment Funds, Kirkland & Ellis
Caitlin Mulligan
General Counsel, Accolade Partners
Spencer Punter
COO, DCVC
Ashlyn Roberts
VP Government Affairs, NVCA
Caroline Schellhas
VP Government Affairs, NVCA
Navin Sethi
Partner, EisnerAmper
Chris Sparenberg
Managing Director, S&P Global Market Intelligence
Ves Vulchkov
Partner, EY

Registration Info

NVCA Member Prices

Single Ticket: $600

NVCA Members: You should automatically be seeing membership pricing if you are an NVCA member. If you believe this is an error, please feel free to reach out and we can make sure your information is properly updated. Jenny Zemel can assist with any questions.

Non-NVCA Member Prices

Single Ticket: $2,000

Non Members: Please note this event has been optimized exclusively for professionals from VC firms. Service providers may only attend by purchasing sponsorship packages, contact Jason Vita for more information.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations received prior to October 21, 2025, will be honored less an administrative fee of $100. No refunds will be provided after October 22, 2025. Please email cancellations to Jenny Zemel.

Location

The Ritz-Carlton, Washington D.C.
1150 22nd Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20037

Dress Code

Causal

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