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 SecretaryFreeport-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 MattersEY Center for Board Matters
Andrew Droste Analyst, Responsible Investing, Nuveen (part of TIAA)
Erin Dwyer Senior Director of Stakeholder EngagementCenter 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 ShareholdersHarvard 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 SecretaryEli 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 OfficerBroadridge 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
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