Advisory Board

Andrew Fede

Andrew Fede, JD, MPA, MBA, is an accomplished executive, attorney, and educator with nearly two decades of leadership spanning regulatory compliance, corporate governance, strategic operations, and public policy. He serves as Senior Director of Global Compliance at Crunchyroll (Sony Pictures Entertainment), where he leads enterprise-wide compliance strategies, governance, and regulatory risk mitigation across the company's global streaming and entertainment operations.

Prior to joining Crunchyroll in July 2026, Professor Fede held senior leadership roles at Google, including Head of Strategic Initiatives (Head of GTM Commercial Compliance) for Google Cloud and Senior Compliance Manager for Google Platforms & Devices. His extensive background in technology, financial services, consulting, and public sector governance also includes serving as Head of Homes Compliance at Airbnb, Vice President at Citigroup, and Senior Associate at Deloitte. Earlier in his career, he directed state and federal disaster recovery and infrastructure programs, managing multi-billion-dollar federal grant disbursements and municipal regulatory frameworks.

In addition to his corporate role, Professor Fede is deeply committed to legal education, governance, and public service. He serves on the Compliance & Ethics Advisory Board at Fordham University School of Law, where he advises leadership on program strategy and curriculum innovation. He also holds academic appointments as an Adjunct Professor at Georgia Tech’s Scheller College of Business and Emory University School of Law. His public policy background in campaign organizing, fundraising, and municipal administration informs his perspective on statutory compliance, regulatory integrity, and stakeholder protection.

Teaching US Law and Legal Institutions at Fordham University, Professor Fede brings a practical, cross-disciplinary approach to the classroom. He holds a Juris Doctor from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, a Master of Public Administration as a Harvard Fellow from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, a Master of Business Administration from Western New England University, and a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from Florida A&M University. He is licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia.

Michael Blackshear 

Chief Compliance & Privacy Officer | Head of Culture & Inclusion – Ryan Specialty

Michael Blackshear serves as senior vice president, chief compliance and privacy officer for Ryan Specialty with responsibilities for maintaining and growing an effective compliance and regulatory risk framework.  In 2022, Michael assumed additional responsibilities in creating, building, and leading the organization’s Culture & Inclusion function to promote an Inclusive and Belonging environment at the firm, along with building strong alliances within the insurance industry and within those communities that the organization has a footprint. Michael currently serves on Ryan Specialty’s executive management team.   Ryan Specialty is an international specialty insurance organization that provides solutions to brokers, agents and insurance carriers with operations in North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Asia.   Ryan Specialty was founded in 2010 by Patrick G. Ryan, former chairman of Aon Corporation, and includes a wholesale brokerage operation (RT Specialty) and a collection of managing general underwriting companies within Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers.

Michael has over thirty (30) years of financial service and executive experience in the areas of ethics, compliance, and risk management. Prior to joining Ryan Specialty, he was the North America chief compliance officer for Chubb Insurance Group, responsible for developing and maintaining their North American (NA) compliance program. He was primarily responsible for the NA compliance framework integration and transformation during the ACE/Chubb merger.   Before his time with Chubb, he held various leadership roles with Marsh & McLennan Companies, focusing on compliance and government affairs. Before joining Marsh, he held compliance and risk management advisory roles for KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers.   He began his insurance career as an underwriter for Continental Insurance Company (CNA) and then as a casualty broker with Alexander & Alexander Insurance Brokerage Firm (Aon).

In 2022 and 2024, Michael was named and recognized by Savoy Magazine as one of the most Influential Executives in Corporate America.  Savoy magazine is a leading national publication covering African American lifestyle in fashion, business, sports, and entertainment.  In 2023, Michael was recognized by the Insurance Brokers Association of New York for the Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Awards of Excellence.  He was also recognized in Insurance Business America’s (IBA) Global 100, for 2021, as an influential insurance professional making waves and positive change in the insurance industry worldwide. In 2020, he was named in IBA Hot 100 insurance practitioners that shaped, transformed, and pushed the insurance industry forward with his dedication, mentorship, and vision. Also in 2020, IBA recognized Michael as a change agent in leading efforts to create an environment to ensure that the doors at all levels of the insurance industry are open wide for people of all races, ethnicities, genders, nationalities, orientations, and ages. Michael also has been honored by both Syracuse University, receiving the Chancellor’s Citation, in recognition of his significant career and civic achievements, and by Fordham’s Black Law Student Association, receiving the annual Ruth Whitehead Whaley Award for being a prominent alumnus in the field of compliance.

Michael serves on several advisory boards and was elected to the Board of Directors of the Excess Line Association of New York (ELANY) in 2021, where he currently serves as ELANY’s Immediate Past Chairman.  ELANY is a nonprofit industry advisory association charged with the duty to facilitate and encourage compliance with the surplus lines insurance laws of New York State.  He is also a member of Syracuse University Board of Trustees and serves on the Audit and Risk, and Enrollment & the Student Experience Committees. 

Michael obtained a B.S. in finance from Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management, an MBA from St. John’s University, Maurice R. Greenberg School of Risk Management, Insurance, and Actuarial Science, and a Juris Doctorate from Fordham Law School.  He also completed a certification in managing ethics in organizations from Bentley College, a certification at Loyola University Chicago at the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leadership Institute, and recently completed a certification in Artificial Intelligence and Analytics at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.  

Jack Kelly

Jack Kelly is an Adjunct Professor at Fordham University School of Law and a Partner at McPherson Group, LLP. At Fordham Law, he teaches in the Corporate Compliance program, with a focus on crisis management, litigation, investigations, and the practical intersection of law, corporate compliance, and public policy. In his professional practice, he advises national and multinational corporations on public policy risk, corporate compliance, and the legal and regulatory challenges arising at the intersection of government and business.

Kelly’s career spans the public, private, military, and academic sectors. He previously served as a political aide to two Presidents of the United States and held staff positions with the United States Congress and the New York and federal courts.

For 28 years, Kelly served in the active and reserve components of the United States Army, retiring as a senior officer. His military service included command of a Special Forces unit, and his awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit.

Kelly has also held significant federal advisory and public-service positions. From 2004 to 2018, he served as a member and Chairman of the U.S. Advisory Committee on National Cemeteries and Memorials. From 2018 to 2022, he served as a member of the U.S. Advisory Committee on Arlington National Cemetery.

He earned a Master of Studies in Law, magna cum laude, from Fordham University School of Law as a member of the program’s inaugural class. He serves on the Dean’s Planning Council and the Advisory Board on Corporate Ethics and Compliance at Fordham Law School, as well as the Advisory Council for Graduate Studies and Research at the University of Notre Dame.

His academic and professional interests include corporate compliance, crisis management, litigation and investigations, board advisory, public policy risk, government affairs, and the legal and regulatory challenges facing national and multinational organizations.

An avid runner, Kelly has completed numerous marathons, including the New York City, Marine Corps, and Boston Marathons.

Doel Kar

Director, Corporate Compliance & Ethics, Lineage, Inc.

Doel Kar is Director of Corporate Compliance & Ethics at Lineage, Inc. (NYSE: LINE), the world's largest temperature-controlled warehouse REIT. She is responsible for the company's North America compliance program across financial crime, anti-bribery and anti-corruption, sanctions, conflicts of interest, antitrust, and data privacy.

Doel is an ethics, compliance, and investigations leader who has practiced law for more than 25 years. Before joining Lineage, she spent seven years as a Director at Forensic Risk Alliance (FRA). There she supported independent compliance monitors on multiple DOJ corporate compliance monitorships. She also led teams on expert witness reports, risk assessments, and compliance remediation for clients across industries that were resolving matters with U.S. enforcement agencies.

Earlier, Doel spent 15 years at IBM as in-house counsel and compliance officer. She was IBM's first Trust & Compliance Officer for India/South Asia and later served in the same capacity for South Africa. From New York, she led IBM's global anti-corruption compliance program for its worldwide channel of more than 20,000 resellers and distributors. In that role she co-developed analytics-based tools that flag high-risk transactions as preventive controls.

Doel is an Adjunct Professor at Fordham Law, where she teaches a three-credit course on compliance risk assessments. She co-chairs the Fordham Law Compliance Affinity Group, serves as Secretary of the New York City Bar Association's Compliance Committee, and speaks regularly on ethics, enforcement trends, and compliance as a profession. She is admitted to practice in New York and India, and she has lived and worked in Mumbai, Bangalore, Johannesburg, and New York.

Doel earned her B.A., LL.B. from the National Law School of India University. She received her LL.M. in Corporate Compliance from Fordham Law, graduating magna cum laude, and won the Carlos Hawker Award.

Tim Heine

Tim Heine served in the American Express General Counsel’s Organization for over 37 years, holding senior leadership roles and a range of responsibilities.  Among his responsibilities were leading legal teams providing support on an enterprise-wide basis for areas including bank regulatory, financial crimes, technology, privacy, cybersecurity, antitrust, intellectual property, digital, supplier management, insurance, and real estate. In prior roles, Professor Heine led the company’s legal teams supporting most of its core U.S. businesses and functions. In addition to his legal duties, for several years he had oversight responsibility for the company’s Global Compliance Organization and program. In 2017, he served as the company’s acting General Counsel on an interim basis.

Prior to joining American Express in 1983, Professor Heine worked for a New York law firm, Breed, Abbott & Morgan, and clerked for the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.  He received a BS in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and his JD from the Fordham University School of Law.

Ursula Clay

Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff, Head of Core Functions within Member Supervision at FINRA

Ursula Clay is Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff/Head of Core Functions for FINRA Member Supervision. In this role, Ms. Clay provides strategic support to the Executive Vice President in the performance of a diverse range of functions that advance Member Supervision’s operational effectiveness and strategic direction. She is also responsible for managing the Core Functions teams within Member Supervision, which include the Project Management Office, Special Initiatives Group, Policies and Procedures, Regulatory Liaison and Communications.

Prior to joining FINRA in 2019, Ms. Clay spent over 25 years in various senior compliance and legal roles in the securities industry, including positions at Merrill Lynch, Barclays and Morgan Stanley; practicing securities law at Bressler, Amery & Ross; managing her own consulting business; and, most recently, as a Managing Director in Compliance at a start-up FinTech broker-dealer.

Ms. Clay holds a J.D. from Fordham Law School, and a B.A. in International Relations from Syracuse University.

Tricia Fratto

General counsel and Co-Founder of legal tech company Ethics Suite

Tricia has over 20 years of experience as a compliance attorney, white-collar litigator, and General Counsel. Earlier in her career, she practiced at two of the world's largest law firms, advising clients on regulatory matters, internal investigations, and litigation strategy. She later served as Director of Global Investigations at one of the world's leading hospitality companies, where she oversaw investigations across multiple jurisdictions, developed and implemented investigation protocols and policies, designed and delivered training programs, and advised on remediation and risk mitigation.

She is the Co-Founder and General Counsel of Ethics Suite, a technology company founded in 2017 that makes sophisticated whistleblower reporting, case management, and ethics and risk management solutions accessible to organizations of all sizes. In addition to overseeing Ethics Suite’s legal and regulatory matters, Tricia continues to advise organizations on corporate compliance programs, internal investigations, policy development, and risk management.

Tricia earned her Juris Doctor from Fordham Law School.