Speaker Biographies
Frank Watson
Founder
Frank Watson founded Fairview in 2005 with the goal of developing streamlined back-office and compliance solutions for investment advisers.
Under Frank’s leadership, Fairview has grown from a two-person business to a mid-sized, full-service firm with six distinct business lines, offering adviser compliance, private fund administration, performance reporting, cybersecurity compliance solutions, and AML/CFT services, with a team of over 120 employees. Frank also oversees FilePoint, a regulatory tech company that provides full-service regulatory disclosure solutions to clients in the financial industry. Frank has worked in the financial services industry since 1995.
Ellen Harvin
CEO, Compliance Administration and Investment Performance Services
Ellen Harvin oversees the firm’s Compliance Administration and Performance Services practice areas. Ellen joined Fairview in 2005. Today, her primary focus is leading Fairview Compliance Administration, which provides compliance services to more than 160 advisers and other financial firms, exceeding $370 billion in collective assets. In this capacity, she oversees the delivery of premium service to a wide range of clients including launching and maintaining compliance programs, conducting compliance training, monitoring, and testing policies and procedures, and coordinating client responses to SEC regulatory exams.
Ellen has worked in financial services since 2004. Prior to that, she worked as a vice president in account management at a full-service marketing and advertising firm, where she developed her expertise in account management that laid the foundation to build the client service model that Fairview still uses today.
Jeremy McCamic
Director, Policy Management in the Compliance Administration Group
Jeremy McCamic joined Fairview in 2020, eventually becoming Director of Policy Management. In this role, he oversees a team responsible for monitoring regulatory changes and advising clients as they navigate those changes. This includes writing policies and procedures for use in compliance manuals and developing internal and external training on new regulations and best practices. Jeremy is a member of the National Society of Compliance Professionals (NSCP), and he serves on the NSCP Publications Committee.
Prior to joining Fairview, Jeremy was an Associate Attorney at McPherson, Rocamora, Nicholson, Wilson & Hinkle, PLLC.
Madison Dewey
Senior Risk Associate
Madison Dewey is a Senior Risk Associate on Fairview’s Cyber team. In this role, she advises clients on cyber- and data security-related SEC regulations and best practices, drafts cyber and data security policies and procedures, conducts testing and training, and more. Madison joined Fairview in 2021 as a Business Risk Assurance Associate. Prior to joining Fairview, she worked in accounting.
Madison is a member of the National Society of Compliance Professionals (NSCP), and has served on the NSCP Publications Committee.
C. Frank Watson
Senior Risk Associate
Frank Watson is a Senior Risk Associate on Fairview’s Cyber team. Frank is responsible for advising clients on cyber- and data security-related SEC regulations and best practices, reviewing and developing cyber and data security policies and procedures, conducting quarterly cyber and data security testing, and more. Frank also leads all proprietary app and AI development for Fairview’s Cyber team. He initially joined Fairview in June 2020 on the IT Support team before transitioning to Fairview Cyber in December 2021. Prior to joining Fairview, Frank worked at Amazon as an L4 IT Support Engineer, overseeing critical technical operations at a fulfillment center.
Frank is a member of the National Society of Compliance Professionals (NSCP).
Manning Peeler
General Counsel
Manning Peeler serves as Fairview’s General Counsel, a position he has held since 2025. In this role, he oversees Fairview’s legal affairs across all departments, maintains company policies and procedures, and is heavily involved in contract negotiations. He also leads Fairview’s Audit Committee and manages the company-wide SOC audit process.
Manning joined Fairview in 2021 as Associate Corporate Counsel. He is licensed to practice law in North Carolina.
Guest Speakers
Shawn Ishler
Executive Director, Bartell & Bartell
Shawn Ishler is the Executive Director of Bartell & Bartell Ltd. Since joining the Bartell team in 1997, Shawn has presented to organizations throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. He has worked with thousands of individuals and groups on various aspects of organizational studies, candidate assessments, Executive Developments, “Know Thy Self” Workshops, Team Alignments, and executive coaching engagements. He is also a lead instructor in Leadership Flight School™.
Shawn’s pragmatic, hands-on approach to training and development uses down to earth examples and clear objectives. He challenges participants to set their own specific goals and to constantly seek continuous improvement both personally and professionally. Shawn has developed a personal philosophy of “edutainment.” This blend of Bartell & Bartell, Ltd.’s solid professional development combined with Shawn’s magic and humor is designed to make the learning process a more enjoyable experience.
Shawn holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and French from the Pennsylvania State University and was also a premier Dale Carnegie Sales Leader, Instructor and Speaker prior to joining the Bartell team. He was consistently ranked in the top 10 in the organization, which boasts 4,000 sales and training associates, ranking fourth in the world and second nationally for his sales, training, and public speaking skills in his final year with the organization. These experiences give him expertise in coaching the success of individual contributors and building healthy and synergistic teams.
Andrew Walsh
Counsel, WilmerHale
Andrew Walsh focuses on advising clients in the investment management industry.
Before joining WilmerHale, he was an attorney in the Private Funds Unit of the Division of Examinations at the US Securities and Exchange Commission. During this time, he led and participated in examinations of investment advisers to private funds and provided technical assistance and support to examination staff on issues presenting difficult private fund questions. He was also detailed to the Division of Enforcement, where he worked on investigations and litigation of civil matters and administrative proceedings related to investment adviser and private fund issues.
Previously, he served as in-house counsel to the investment management division of a large bank, providing advice on US and foreign regulatory issues, trading, litigation, trust and fiduciary services, contracting, and internal governance. Prior to law school, he spent time in Iraq, Afghanistan, Finland, and Japan with the United States Marine Corps before leaving the service as a captain.
