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2025-2026 Board of Governors Candidates

The Nominating Commission, hereby submits the following slate of candidates for officers and members of the Board of Governors for the fiscal year 2025-2026

President – Steven Wang, CFA
Vice President – Dagney Maseda, CFA
Treasurer – Scott Laudeman, CFA
Secretary – Julia Bonafede, CFA
Immediate Past President – Mariya Entina, CFA
Kwadwo Osei, CFA, CPA (2-year term expiring 2027)
Oren Cabir, CFA (3-year term expiring 2028)
Jason Sampas, CPA, ESQ (3-year term expiring 2028)
John DeFonso, CFA (3-year term expiring 2027)**
Mary Machado-Schammel (3-year term expiring 2026)**
Geoff Schneider, CFA (3-year term expiring 2026)** 
**Returning Governors not up for reelection
Voting will be held at the Annual Meeting on June 12th at BMO Stadium.
All Charterholder and Regular members (who are not on professional leave) may vote. If you are not able to attend but wish to vote, please submit your Proxy to info@cfala.org by June 11th at 4pm (PT).

CFA Institute Research Challenge in Los Angeles 2025

Congratulations California State University, Fullerton for winning first place at this year's Institute Research Challenge in Los Angeles. They have since advanced from the sub-regional level and will be competing in the Regional Semifinals on April 8th.

Pictured: CSUF student team members Nirvan Chitnis, Luke Knudson, Dylan Nguyen, Kishan Patel, and Trisha Truong with faculty advisor Kelly Ko, CFA and mentor Derek Derman, CFA

Thank you for a wonderful 2024!

The CFA Society Los Angeles 2024 retrospective video is here, featuring some of our favorite moments from last year. Congratulations to our new CFA Charterholders!

Become a Sponsor

Interested in becoming a Sponsor? Email Chief Executive Officer, Laura Carney (Laura@cfala.org) for our new sponsor packet on Annual and Signature Sponsorship Opportunities for this coming year.

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