Expertise

Professional Leadership Roles & Recognition

As a firm, we believe it is important for our team to be involved in leadership roles that inspire, motivate, define and help accomplish positive change in our industry and the broader global community. In particular, we support non-profit organizations that are professionally and personally meaningful.

Derek Cole

  • NIRI Fellows Award for commitment and contributions to the IR profession (2019)
  • Peak to Peak Charter School Board of Directors (2017-2021)
  • Colorado BioScience Association Board of Directors (2008-2016); Board Chair – 2016
  • NIRI Investor Relations Body of Knowledge, Working Committee Contributor (2014)
  • NIRI Committee Chair, NIRI Standards of Practice for Financial Disclosure (2008 – 2014)
  • NIRI Fellow Selection Committee (2013 & 2014)
  • NIRI Fellows Recognition Program Formation Task Force (2012)
  • NIRI National Board of Directors (2008-2012); Board Chair (2012)
  • NIRI BioPharma Roundtable Steering Committee (2009 – 2011)
  • NIRI Strategic Organizational Review Task Force (2010)
  • NIRI Rocky Mountain Chapter (President, Programs Chair, Communications Chair, Secretary)

Jenny Kobin, MBA

  • Odyssey Community School Board of Directors, (2021-Current; 2022-2023 – Vice Chair)
  • Hope Haven Children’s Clinic Board of Directors (2013-2019; 2016-2017 – Chair)
  • NIRI Fellows Award for commitment and contributions to the IR profession (2016)
  • NIRI Senior Roundtable Steering Committee (2013-2015 Member; 2015 – Chair)
  • Institutional Investor Magazine’s Top 5 Ranking of Best IR Professionals in Biotech (2011)
  • NIRI Annual Conference Co-Chair (2008)
  • NIRI National Board of Directors (2006-2010)
  • NIRI-Triangle Chapter President & Founder (1999-2012) & Charlotte Chapter (1997-1999)
  • Chairman and Founder, SouthEastInvest, annual regional investor conference featuring public companies in NC (2009-2011)
  • Business Leader’s Women Extraordinaire Award Recipient, Research Triangle Park (2009)

Remy Bernarda, IRC, MBA

  • NIRI National Board of Directors (2023-present)
  • Think Tank on Capital Markets (NIRI Chair) (2023)
  • Sierra Junior Tennis Association Board of Directors, (2017-Present; 2021-Present, President)
  • NIRI Fellows Award for commitment and contributions to the IR profession (2022)
  • Host, Pharma/Biotech Breakout Session (NIRI Annual Conference: 2022)
  • NIRI Annual Conference Chair (2020)
  • NIRI Annual Conference Co-Chair (2019)
  • NIRI Annual Conference Committee (2018)
  • Investor Relations Charter (IRC) Certification (2016)
  • Bishop Manogue Catholic High School Development Committee (2015-2016)
  • Working Committee Contributor, Investor Relations Body of Knowledge (2014-2015)
  • NIRI Silicon Valley Chapter Board Member, Head of Programs, Spring Seminar Lead (2007-2011)