Cambridge Forum for Chief Compliance Officers

Karen A. Popp is the global co-leader of the firm’s White Collar: Government Litigation and Investigations group. Karen specializes in high-stakes matters with legal, political and public relations components, such as global internal investigations, defense against U.S. Department of Justice and SEC Enforcement investigations, Congressional investigations, OIG and State Attorney General actions, corporate compliance, and litigation. Chambers Global and Chambers USA recognize her as a leader in the fields of White Collar and FCPA. Karen previously served as Associate White House Counsel to President Clinton, a lawyer in the Office of Legal Counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice and an Assistant U.S. Attorney in New York.

Christine Boucher is Deputy General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Delta Air Lines, Inc. In this role, Christine oversees the legal teams responsible for Delta’s ethics and compliance; environmental; privacy; international compliance; commercial, corporate & aircraft transactions; finance; SEC and corporate governance; corporate real estate; intellectual property; and enterprise records and information management programs.

Christine focuses on ensuring Delta operates in compliance with the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations and applicable international regulations while promoting Delta’s strong ethical culture. During the height of the pandemic when the federal government granted relief to U.S. airlines, she led a cross-divisional group responsible for implementing a program to comply with the CARES Act restrictions and reporting requirements. Christine and her team also implemented strong privacy controls to address the increased volume of protected health information required to be handled by airlines during the pandemic. 

During her career at Delta, Christine has handled a broad scope of legal matters, including providing legal advice to corporate real estate, supply chain, the SkyMiles loyalty program, environmental and corporate compliance. Prior to her current role as Deputy General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Christine was Managing Director of Global Environment, Sustainability & Compliance, leading the team responsible for administering Delta’s environmental sustainability and compliance, Department of Transportation compliance, dangerous goods compliance, and passengers with disabilities programs.  

Prior to joining Delta, Christine practiced with the Atlanta law firm Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan (now Eversheds Sutherland) in the areas of litigation and commercial real estate. Christine graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in international relations and French. She received her juris doctor degree from the University of Virginia School of Law. She is also a graduate of the Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership.  

Christine is active in the community, serving on the University System of Georgia Foundation Board. She also serves on the Board of Trustees of Captain Planet Foundation, chairing its Finance Committee and serving on the Executive Committee; the Board of Directors of Odyssey Atlanta; and the Corporate Leadership Council of Fernbank Museum of Natural History.  

Margaret has served as Chief Compliance Officer of LyondellBasell since May 2022. She is responsible for all facets of the company’s compliance function including designing and implementing systems and processes to prevent, detect, and remediate compliance related issues. Margaret joined LyondellBasell in April 2010 to assist the company in establishing a Compliance department which included implementing a new Code of Conduct, new company wide policies and procedures including an Anti-Corruption Policy, Gifts, Entertainment, and Travel Policy and Due Diligence Procedures for Third Parties. Margaret has extensive international experience as a result of undertaking various compliance related activities in over 40 countries. Margaret is also a regular speaker and commentator at compliance conferences. Prior to joining LyondellBasell, Margaret was a Senior Attorney at Marathon Oil Company where her practice included providing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act legal support to all Marathon subsidiaries. Prior to joining Marathon Oil Company, she was in private law practice focusing on the litigation and arbitration of complex commercial disputes at Doyle, Restrepo, Harvin & Robbins, L.L.P. Margaret is a graduate of Washington and Lee University and earned a J.D. from South Texas College of Law, where she served as assistant managing editor of the South Texas Law Review.

Ryan is a Partner and leads PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Forensics Services practice throughout the Midwest. Ryan specializes in fraud investigations, forensic accounting engagements, False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback, FCPA and anti-bribery matters, transactional due diligence, compliance investigations, remediation efforts, compliance program build and implementation, arbitration matters and litigation support services for a diverse group of both public and private multi-national clients, not-for profits and state and local governments.

Ed currently leads the Global Compliance Programs team, which encompasses functions responsible for identifying and mitigating compliance risk across the organization, through risk assessment, monitoring, training, policies, and culture initiatives, as well as providing compliance leadership in the areas of digital, external advocacy, business development, the Company’s anti-corruption program, and compliance with the Company’s 2018 Corporate Integrity Agreement. The team also provides compliance support to the Patient & Health Impact organization, delivers strategic operational support to the Division, and coordinates the Company’s compliance governance activities related to the Pfizer Executive Compliance Committee and the Regulatory and Compliance Committee of the Pfizer Board of Directors. Ed and his team also support the Chief Business Office and Chief Digital Office.

Ed has over 20 years of legal and compliance experience. Prior to this role, Ed led the Global Compliance Investigations and Risk Assessment teams. His responsibilities included overseeing the investigation and remediation of alleged violations of law and Pfizer policy across the entire organization.

Justin Ross is the Chief Compliance Officer at Sysco Corporation, where he leads the company's global compliance programs. With extensive experience in leading compliance teams and managing complex global programs, Justin specializes in compliance program building, anti-corruption, third-party compliance, antitrust law, data privacy, and internal investigations. He has a proven track record in compliance training, risk assessments, crisis management, and regulatory interactions.

Before joining Sysco, Justin served in key compliance roles at FedEx Corporation including Staff Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer where he was instrumental in developing FedEx’s global compliance programs, including Code of Conduct, anti-corruption, third-party compliance, antitrust, data privacy, export controls/trade, conflicts of interest, gifts and entertainment, and anti-fraud. His work has earned him accolades such as Compliance Week’s Chief Compliance Officer of the Year in 2021.

An active leader in the ethics and compliance field, Justin serves on the boards of the Coalition for Integrity and the Ethics and Compliance Association. Justin holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Memphis Law School and a B.A. in Political Science from Rhodes College.