List of Participants
October 2017 Roundtable
Michele Anderson | Associate Director of the Division of Corporation Finance, SEC |
Jeffrey Barbieri | Vice President, Corporate Governance/ESG Research, Wellington Management |
Teresa Barger | CEO and Sr. Managing Director, Cartica |
Lucian Bebchuk | James Barr Ames Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance, Harvard Law School |
Allison Bennington | Partner and General Counsel, ValueAct Capital |
Dan Bienvenue | Managing Investment Director, Global Equity, California Public Employees’ Retirement System |
Amy Bilbija | Founding Partner and Managing Director, Strategic Governance Advisors |
Richard Brand | Co-Chairman of the Corporate Practice Group, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP |
Tyler Brooke | Managing Director, Goldman Sachs |
Maureen Bujno | Managing Director – Center for Board Effectiveness, Deloitte |
David Cahoy | Vice President, Evercore |
Martha Carter | Senior Managing Director, Teneo Governance |
Gale Chang | Associate General Counsel, Bank of America |
Ning Chiu | Counsel, Davis Polk |
John Chory | Partner, Latham & Watkins |
Ben Colton | Active Ownership, Norges Bank Investment Management |
Christian Correa | Portfolio Manager, Franklin Templeton Investments |
Douglas Currault | Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Freeport-McMoRan |
Maria Damico | Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Fidelity Investments |
Stephen Davis | Associate Director and Senior Fellow, Programs on Corporate Governance and Institutional Investors, Harvard Law School |
Warren de Wied | Partner, Fried Frank |
Paul DeNicola | Managing Director – Governance Insights Center, PricewaterhouseCoopers |
Matthew DiGuiseppe | VP, Head of Americas Asset Stewardship, State Street Global Advisors |
Danielle Do | Senior Vice President, Chief Corporate & Securities Counsel, Synchrony Financial |
Rani Doyle | Executive Director, Center for Board Matters, EY Center for Board Matters |
Andrew Droste | Analyst, Responsible Investing, Nuveen (part of TIAA) |
Erin Dwyer | Senior Director of Stakeholder Engagement, Center for Audit Quality |
Jeremy Fielding | President & CEO, Kekst and Company |
Matthew Filosa | Vice President, Director of Corporate Governance & Proxy Voting, MFS Investment Management |
David Fitt | Partner, Pay Governance |
Joele Frank | Managing Partner, Joele Frank |
Jason Frankl | Senior Managing Director and Practice Leader for Activism and M&A Solutions, FTI Consulting |
Andrew Freedman | Partner, Co-Head Activist & Equity Investment Group, Olshan |
Marc Gerber | Partner, Skadden |
Bruce Goldfarb | President and Chief Executive Officer, Okapi Partners |
Jane Goldstein | Partner, Ropes & Gray |
Marc Goldstein | Head of U.S. Research, ISS |
Christopher Harland | Partner, PJT Partners |
Jessy Hayem | Director, Relationship Investing, Equity Markets, Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec |
Laurie Hays | Executive Vice President, Financial Communications & Capital Markets, Edelman |
Tracey Heaton | Senior Vice President and Chief Counsel, Visa |
Matthew Heiman | Vice President, Corporate Secretary & Associate General Counsel, Johnson Controls |
Scott Hirst | Research Director, Harvard Law School Program on Institutional Investors |
Paula Johnson | Executive Vice President, Legal & Government Affairs, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, Phillips 66 |
Tom Johnson | Chief Executive Officer, Abernathy MacGregor |
Kobi Kastiel | Research Director, Project on Controlling Shareholders, Harvard Law School Program on Corporate Governance |
William J. Kelleher, III | First Vice President, Corporate Counsel and Assistant Secretary, People’s United Bank |
Shannon Kinney | Associate General Counsel – Corporate and HR and Assistant Corporate Secretary, ConocoPhillips |
Nishesh Kumar | Managing Director, J.P. Morgan Asset Management |
Tripp Kyle | Partner, Brunswick Group |
Gwen Le Berre | Director of Proxy & Governance, Charles Schwab |
Andrew Letts | Partner, CamberView Partners |
Kai Liekefett | Partner and Head of Shareholder Activism Response Team, Vinson & Elkins |
Steve Lipin | Chairman and CEO, Gladstone Place Partners |
David Lynn | Partner, Jenner & Block |
W. Robert Main | Head of Portfolio Company Engagement, Analysis, and Voting, Vanguard |
Bronwen Mantlo | Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Eli Lilly |
Bob Marese | Managing Director, MacKenzie Partners |
Neil Markel | Counsel, Cleary Gottlieb |
Aeisha Mastagni | Portfolio Manager, California State Teachers’ Retirement System |
Laura Matlin | Deputy General Counsel & Chief Governance Officer, Broadridge Financial Solutions |
Stewart Mayhew | Vice President, Cornerstone Research |
Debra McCormack | Managing Director – Center for Board Effectiveness, Deloitte |
Kern McPherson | Senior Director of North American Research, Glass Lewis |
Ken Menges | Partner, Akin Gump |
Heather Miner | Head of Investor Relations, Goldman Sachs & Co. |
Maggie Moore | Vice President, Fundamental Equity Client Portfolio Management, Goldman Sachs Asset Management |
Ronald Mueller | Partner, Gibson Dunn |
Cynthia Nastanski | Senior Vice President, Corporate Law and Deputy Corporate Secretary, PepsiCo |
Sabastian V. Niles | Partner (M&A, Governance and Activism), Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz |
Andrew Noreuil | Partner, Mayer Brown LLP |
Christine O’Brien | Manager of Investment Stewardship, Elliott Management |
Greg O’Brien | Associate Counsel, State Street Corporation |
Jessica Olich | Vice President, Corporate Counsel & Assistant Secretary, Assurant |
Beth E. Peev | Partner, Sidley Austin LLP |
Morton Pierce | Partner, White & Case |
Alfredo Porretti | Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions – Shareholder Activism and Corporate Defense, Morgan Stanley |
Geralyn Ritter | SVP, Corporate Secretary & Assistant General Counsel, Merck |
Luz Rodriguez | Director, Corporate Governance and Legal Services, Colorado PERA |
K. Scott Roy | Senior Vice President, Range Resources Corporation |
Paul Schneider | Head of Corporate Governance, Public Equities, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan |
Brian Schorr | Partner and Chief Legal Officer, Trian Fund Management |
Geoffrey Sorbello | Manager of Strategic Equities, Elliott Management |
Scott Spector | Partner, Fenwick & West |
Robert Spencer | Vice President & General Counsel, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company |
Danielle Sugarman | Vice President – Investment Stewardship, BlackRock |
Daniel Summerfield | Co-Head of Responsible Investment, USS Investment Management |
Josh Targoff | Partner, COO & General Counsel, Third Point |
Rich Thomas | Director, Shareholder Advisory, Lazard Freres |
Marc Treviño | Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell |
Sandra van der Vaart | SVP and Deputy Chief Legal Officer, LabCorp |
Jacob Weaver | Director of Global Equity Index, Northern Trust Asset Management |
Scott Winter | Managing Director, Innisfree M&A Incorporated |
Daniel Wolf | Partner, Kirkland & Ellis |
Tiffany Wooley | Chief Counsel, Executive Compensation & Governance and Assistant Corporate Secretary, Marsh & McLennan Companies |
Dan Zacchei | Managing Director, Sloane & Company |