Andrew Beal is the West Coast Lead for EY’s Blockchain Practice, based in  San Francisco.

Andrew has been a member of EY’s Blockchain Practice since it’s inception in 2016, and has worked with clients across financial services, healthcare, life sciences, real estate and manufacturing.

Andrew also co-leads EY’s Digital Asset Research Center, a dedicated team of specialists that support virtual currency exchanges, custodians, protocol teams and decentralized finance projects on a wide range of governance, process, regulatory and technical matters.

Prior to joining EY, Andrew was one of the first attorneys representing cryptocurrency companies. From 2012 – 2016, Andrew advised clients on a wide range of corporate and regulatory matters, including anti-money laundering and know-your-customer compliance, state money transmitter licensing, and some of the first Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). His clients included leading global exchanges, protocol teams, and cryptocurrency payment processors.

He is a frequent speaker on topics related to blockchain technology and cryptocurrency, and has presented to State and Federal regulators, state bar associations, and compliance organizations.

Andrew is a licensed attorney in the State of California.

April Whitehead manages the organizational-development strategy for Hartford Funds. She’s responsible for leadership development, strengthening employee skills and knowledge, maximizing workplace efficiency, and promoting employee engagement. April also oversees the company’s culture, diversity, and inclusion programs.

April joined the organization in 2019. Prior to that, she held positions at ERT (now Clario) as a talent and organizational development manager, at Wilmington Trust as vice president of corporate learning and development, at Munich Re America as a development consultant, and BISYS (now Ascensus) as a training director. Earlier in her career, April worked in several HR functions at First Union/CoreStates Bank and as a public affairs specialist for the US Department of Defense.

April holds a bachelor’s degree in business communications from Chestnut Hill College and has successfully completed studies in Cornell University’s Human Resources program and the ASTD Human Performance Improvement Institute. She earned her MBA with a concentration in marketing from Drexel University. April also holds certifications as an instructor/facilitator for Achieve Global, DDI, BlessingWhite Leadership Programs, Crucial Conversations, Predictive Index, Hogan Assessments, and Benchmarks 360 Degree Feedback coaching. 

In the community, April lends her HR expertise by reviewing practices and facilitating strategic planning sessions for organizations such as Read Aloud Delaware, Opera Delaware, and the Urban League of Philadelphia. She is currently a board member of Camp Jamison and previously served on the Philadelphia Society of People and Strategy’s board. 

April lives in Montgomery County, PA with her husband and has three adult children and two granddaughters.

Rayne Steinberg is Chief Executive Officer at Arca. In his role, Rayne leads the overall direction of the company and is responsible for securities structuring and risk management. Rayne has a 20-year history of financial and entrepreneurial success founding, overseeing and managing financial businesses.

Prior to founding Arca, Rayne co-founded asset management company, WisdomTree. There, he was responsible for raising capital, creating intellectual property and building and overseeing the sales team responsible for raising $50 billion in ETF AUM. Rayne holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics from the Wharton School of Business.

Greg Xethalis is a partner in Chapman's Corporate and Securities Department and a member of the firm's Investment Management Group. He represents clients in financial services and emerging technology matters.

Greg counsels clients in the investment management, corporate, and digital asset/blockchain ecosystems. His representation of clients in the digital asset space has included registered and private fund sponsors, operators of digital asset trading, lending and custody platforms, bitcoin mining companies, clients developing tokenized platforms, and entrepreneurs and institutional clients experimenting with blockchain/DLT projects. He also counsels clients in developing ventures and building consortia to leverage blockchain technology in existing and new frameworks. Greg is a frequent speaker on developing regulatory issues relating to bitcoin, ethereum, and the adoption of distributed ledger technology.

Greg also advises investment advisers and boards of exchange-traded fund (ETF) and mutual fund platforms in matters including fund formation, registration of shares with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and ongoing compliance matters. He represents sponsors of exchange-traded commodities (ETC) and advisers to private funds.