Alex Russell is Co-Chief Executive Officer of Bates Group with over 20 years of experience supporting complex securities litigation, regulatory enforcement matters, and institutional disputes. His work focuses on economic damages, valuation, quantitative financial modeling, and the use of data analytics in market manipulation and fraud matters. Mr. Russell regularly provides expert witness testimony in both retail and institutional cases involving investment banking, sales and trading, and ultra-high-net-worth clients. In addition, Mr. Russell leads the Big Data Analytics segment within Bates Group, which provides support to investigations or disputes that require the analysis of large volumes of data.  Prior to joining Bates Group, he served as a consultant at LECG, supporting forensic investigations in financial litigation, and earlier worked as an auditor with the Oregon Department of Revenue and a research analyst at Merrill Lynch.

Rhonda Davis is Co-Chief Executive Officer of Bates Group with 25 years of experience in legal and compliance roles within the securities industry. She leads the Firm’s Compliance Practice, which offers full-service regulatory support to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, and other financial institutions. Ms. Davis is a member of the Investment Advisors Association and the National Society of Compliance Professionals. Before joining Bates Group, she founded Cobia Compliance LLC and previously served as in-house counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for multiple financial services firms.

 Ryan is one of the principal leaders of Regulatory Enforcement, Class Action, and Securities teams and is responsible for overseeing aspects of case administration, including counsel and court coordination, settlement implementation, the design, and management of noticing and claims processing, budgeting, personnel management, disbursement, and quality assurance. Ryan leads the day-to-day operations for Simpluris as a Fund Administrator for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and a Redress Administrator for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) With more than a decade of expertise, Ryan is engaged in each Simpluris matter to implement best practices and ensure successful execution.

 Ryan is a graduate of the Harvard Business Analytics Program and has received his Juris Doctor from Frederic G. Levin College of Law at the University of Florida, a Master of Science in Management from Hough Graduate School of Business at the University of Florida, and a Bachelor of Science in Sport Management from the University of Florida.

Megan is a Project Manager specializing in SEC Fair Funds, SEC and FINRA Enforcement Remediations, Voluntary Exam Remediations, and Securities matters. She is responsible for overseeing day-to-day case administration, serving as a key point of contact for clients and broker-dealers, providing strategic oversight, and ensuring each matter is administered with accuracy, efficiency, and attention to detail. With five years of experience in the claims administration industry, Megan brings a strong combination of legal, claims administration, and quality control experience to her role.

Prior to joining Simpluris, Megan served as a Quality Control Team Leader within the Complex Claims department of a prominent legal administration firm, where she oversaw the quality control and processing of complex data breach and consumer-related matters. Megan began her legal career as an Intellectual Property attorney focused on biomedical patents and trademarks. Her notable matters include Wang, et al. v. Ampio Pharmaceuticals, et al., In re Capital One Consumer Data Security Breach Litigation, and In the Matter of Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC.

Megan received her Juris Doctor from Stetson University College of Law in 2014 and her Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from McDaniel College in 2009. She is a member of The Florida Bar and is registered with the USPTO Patent Office.

 Carolyn Mendelson is the Managing Member of MRC, a former securities regulator, and a seasoned industry attorney. For fourteen years, Carolyn was an enforcement attorney for the Pennsylvania Securities Commission and the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities. She was a private fund and wealth management compliance consultant for ACA Group and Hardin Compliance Consulting, LLC for six years. Much earlier in her career, she was a compliance attorney for PNC Brokerage and also a Vice President in PNC’s Private Bank’s trust department overseeing a group of personal trust officers. Most recently, Carolyn was Of Counsel to Clyde Snow & Sessions, PC, a Utah law firm in its Securities Regulatory Practice Group.  

Som Mohapatra is a co-founder of Hadrius, where he helps lead go-to-market strategy and customer partnerships for compliance teams at financial services firms. Before Hadrius, Som built the SEC-registered RIA firm Quantbase, where he served as its compliance officer and experienced firsthand the regulatory challenges wealth firms face. At Hadrius, he brings that perspective to helping firms modernize compliance with AI-native, audit-ready workflows built for transparency and scale.

Bill Donnell is a Founding Sales Executive at Hadrius, where he helps financial services firms modernize their compliance programs with AI-enabled RegTech infrastructure. With more than 13 years in financial services, he brings firsthand experience from both sides of the business. Bill and the team at Hadrius work with firms on both standalone solutions and full consolidation across communications archiving and surveillance, marketing review, Code of Ethics, Branch Exams, and U4/U5 filings via direct FINRA Gateway integration.

Jennifer L. Stout is the former CEO and current Vice Chair and Senior Executive Advisor at Bates Group, with over 30 years of experience in financial services, leadership, and professional services. She began her career as a CPA at Arthur Andersen and joined Bates Group early on, ultimately rising from an entry-level financial analyst to CEO. Ms. Stout played a central role in expanding Bates Group’s end-to-end legal, regulatory, and compliance solutions and driving the firm’s national and international growth.  Her career reflects deep operational knowledge, long-term strategic leadership, and strong commitment to client service and organizational excellence.

Henry “Hank” Sanchez, Jr. is a Managing Director at Bates Group with over 40 years of experience in securities industry compliance, risk management, and due diligence. He advises broker-dealers and investment advisers on regulatory matters and has served as a Chief Compliance Officer, expert witness, and independent consultant. His background also includes senior compliance leadership roles at national financial institutions and extensive experience supporting firms of all sizes.  Mr. Sanchez previously spent more than a decade as a regulator with both the SEC and NASD/FINRA, where, while at the SEC, he focused on trading practices and examinations, and while at NASD/FINRA, he held roles in Enforcement and Internal Audit.

 Jennifer Selliers is a Managing Director at Bates Group with more than 20 years of experience helping financial institutions operationalize compliance. She advises SEC-registered advisers, exempt reporting advisers, private funds, dual registrants, and emerging firms on compliance program design, outsourced CCO services, adviser and fund structuring, policies and procedures, risk management, and compliance systems implementation. Previously, Jennifer served as Director of Compliance for the State of Tennessee Department of Treasury, overseeing compliance for more than $60 billion in public assets. She combines deep regulatory expertise with practical business judgment to deliver scalable, risk-based solutions. 

Jackson Yellen leads Strategic Partnerships at Hadrius, where he develops relationships with consulting firms, technology providers, and other industry partners to expand how financial services firms access and adopt Hadrius’s AI-native compliance platform. His work connects Hadrius with the advisors, platforms, and service providers that financial firms already rely on.