Leadership

Lara brings two decades of experience to her role as Executive Vice President of Settlement Fund Accounting. She is responsible for strategic growth and guidance in settlement fund accounting, banking, distributions, and tax compliance. In the last ten years, Lara and her team have overseen the distribution of more than 7,700 class distributions, representing over 31 million payments and more than $17 Billion in assets. In recent years, $4 billion of these monies have been distributed in EUR, CAD, ZAR in support of collective actions and non-US settlements. As the marketplace for digital disbursements continues to grow, this team has helped facilitate more than 100+ digital distributions to more than 3 million claimants via PayPal, Venmo, Zello, Amazon and Interac.

Prior to joining Verita, Lara specialized in public accounting for over a decade, serving as an audit manager for PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Financial Services sector based in San Francisco, Singapore and New York. Throughout her years of experience in settlement administration, Lara has overseen more than 2,600 settlement administrations, which have included some of the largest and most complex private settlements in history: Enron, UnitedHealth, Facebook, Pfizer, and Fortis (Europe).

Lara graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Economics and Psychology, and holds a Masters of Applied Finance from Macquarie University, Australia, as well as a Certified Treasury Professional Certificate and a California C.P.A. License.

As a results driven CFO, Geoff leads the finance team with over 25 years of accounting experience in financial management, strategic planning, and business growth. He works with the Verita leadership team to optimize financial performance, drive operational efficiency, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards.

In 2023, Geoff assumed the role of CFO at Verita. Prior to this, he held various financial leadership positions within Computershare since 2012, including serving as the financial lead for KCC starting in 2015. Geoff’s extensive experience also includes financial executive roles at Sara Lee and Hyatt Corporation. Notably, he served as the CFO of SDI Inc., a subsidiary of Hyatt Corporation.

Geoff received a Bachelor of Arts in accounting from Illinois State University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

As Vice President of Business Development and Legal Notification Services, Carla drives the strategic direction and growth of the company’s class action and mass tort initiatives. She is responsible for fostering key relationships and developing new relationships in the legal industry, as well as overseeing the business development professionals who ensure Verita’s market leadership position in providing administration services.

With over two decades of experience, Carla serves as an industry leading notice expert. She oversees the Legal Notification Services team for Verita in both the U.S. and Canada. Her expertise includes all aspects of media research, planning, and buying, as well as the design and production of various forms of notice. Carla ensures that all of Verita’s notice plans satisfy due process requirements; applicable state and federal laws; and satisfy the plain language requirements of Rule 23 and adhere to the guidelines set forth in the Manual for Complex Litigation, Fourth and by the Federal Judicial Center (FJC). She has successfully provided notice in both the U.S. and international markets, including communications in more than 35 languages.

In addition to providing expert testimony and depositions, Carla has presented and written numerous articles about class notification programs, the design of effective notice documents, as well as industry trends and innovations. She is also a certified professional in Social Media Marketing, Digital Fundamentals, Digital Sales, and Google Ads Fundamentals.

Carla holds a Master of Business Administration from West Chester University, graduating summa cum laude, and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Temple University.

As Chief Technology Officer, Brett brings over 25 years of information technology (IT) experience. Brett oversees all aspects of Verita’s IT infrastructure, including cloud and data center services; Settlement Administration Technology/Development Teams and Verita data management.  Brett also directs Operations, Technology, Product Management and Customer Support for the Trustee and Fiduciary Services group. Prior to Verita, he worked as the Head of Operations for TitleXI Software Services, directing all company technology, operations, and support. Before that he was the Director of Investment Operations for Pacific Life Insurance Company directing multiple teams responsible for investment middle and back-office operations, institutional client liability operations, and strategic business and technical integration.

Brett received his Masters of Business Administration from the University of California, Irvine and two Bachelor degrees in Accounting and Economics from the University of Louisville.