GC and Finance: Understanding the P&L

Tim Bruno is the Vice President and Head of Sales at Axiom.

Stefan K. Schnopp is Vice President, Legal and Corporate Secretary for Sprint Corporation (NYSE: S), a $32 billion telecommunications company with headquarters in Overland Park, Kansas and over 30,000 employees worldwide.

Mr. Schnopp joined Sprint in 2008 and has responsibility for managing the company’s governance and other legal affairs, including corporate governance and securities law matters, financing and capital market activities, ethics and compliance, as well as executive compensation and employee benefits. During his time at Sprint, Mr. Schnopp served as the principal in-house lawyer on nearly $60 billion in capital raising and corporate finance transactions.

Prior to becoming in-house counsel, Mr. Schnopp was a corporate attorney with Jones Day, representing clients on a wide variety of corporate engagements.

Mr. Schnopp earned a B.A., cum laude, from The Ohio State University and his J.D., magna cum laude, from University of Toledo School of Law, where he graduated Order of the Coif.

Cecil B. Lucy has served as Chief Financial Officer & General Counsel at the DuSable Museum of African American History since July 2018. Prior to this role, he served as Vice President of Administration and Finance and Interim President of Chicago State University from 2015 to 2017 where he was instrumental in creating a sustainable business model during the state of Illinois’ historic budget impasse. Mr. Lucy also held prior financial leadership roles with Tuskegee University, the National Black MBA Association, Landmark Incentive Marketing, the Citizenship Education Fund, and Ada S. McKinley Community Services. He started his career with the public accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Mr. Lucy is a licensed attorney at law in the state of Illinois and a Registered Public Accountant in the state of Illinois. Mr. Lucy has a lifetime membership with the University of Illinois Alumni Association and the National Black MBA Association. He is a member of the Gies College of Business Alumni Association Board of the University of Illinois and is active with the Illinois Black Alumni Network. Mr. Lucy is a member of the American Bar Association, American Institute of CPA, and the Illinois CPA Society. Mr. Lucy was born and reared in the city of Chicago and holds a B.S. degree in accountancy, an MBA in leadership, and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Jennifer A. Coyne brings nearly three decades of expertise and insight to her role as Executive Vice President and General Counsel at Transdev North America. She also serves as the company’s Chief Ethics and Compliance officer and is a member of the Executive Committee.

Jennifer joined Transdev after almost 20 years at United Airlines. As an Associate General Counsel for United she handled litigation, regulatory, international, government affairs, labor, employment, benefits, environmental, health and safety matters for the airline. Jennifer also served as the lead labor and employment and benefits attorney for the 2010 United Airlines and Continental Airlines merger and United’s bankruptcy restructuring. Previously she worked as an Assistant Corporate Counsel for the City of Chicago and has also worked in private practice.

A long-time Chicago native, Jennifer earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and Political Science from The University of Iowa before earning her Juris Doctor degree from The University of Chicago School of Law. She currently is on the Board of Directors for the Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women’s Network.