List of Participants

June 2023 Roundtable

Megan Ahern Senior Analyst – Investment Stewardship, Responsible Investing, Nuveen
Maryellen Andersen Corporate Governance Officer, Broadridge Financial Solutions
Lara Aryani Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP
Ariel Babcock Head of Investment Stewardship, Fidelity Investments
Alexandra Barrows Director, ESG Relations & Capital Financings, Freeport-McMoRan
Lucian Bebchuk James Barr Ames Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance, Harvard Law School
Dave Bell Co-Chair, Corporate Governance, Fenwick & West LLP
Kerry E. Berchem Partner, Akin
Barbara Berlin Managing Director, Governance Insights Center, PwC
Leza Bieber Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP
Lauren S. Boehmke Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Sara Yang Bosco Senior Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer, Emerson
Maureen Bujno Managing Director, Audit & Assurance Governance Leader, Center for Board Effectiveness, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Jeremy Casper Partner, Jenner & Block LLP
Will Collins-Dean Senior Portfolio Manager and Vice President, Dimensional Fund Advisors
Laurie Connell Managing Director, MacKenzie Partners, Inc.
Carolyn Cross Co-Head of Investment Stewardship, Americas, The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Arthur B. Crozier Executive Chair, Innisfree M&A Incorporated
Glenn Davis Deputy Director, Council of Institutional Investors
Stephen Davis Senior Fellow, Program on Corporate Governance, Harvard Law School
Chris Drewry Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP
Jeremy Fielding Co-Chief Executive Officer, Partner, Kekst CNC
Tara Fisher Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP
Raquel Fox Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and affiliates
Mary Francis Corporate Secretary and Chief Governance Officer, Chevron Corporation
Jason Frankl Senior Managing Director and Practice Leader for Activism and M&A Solutions, FTI Consulting
Carolyn Frantz Co-Lead, Public Companies & ESG, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Michael Garland Assistant Comptroller – Corporate Governance and Responsible Investment, Office of New York City Comptroller
Bruce Goldfarb President and Chief Executive Officer, Okapi Partners
Kelly Grez Corporate Secretary, Merck
Jason Halper Chair of the Global Litigation Group, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Kyle A. Harris Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Gabriel Hasson Director Investment Stewardship Americas, BlackRock
Michelle Heisner Partner, Baker McKenzie LLP
Paul Hilal Founder & CEO, Mantle Ridge LP
John Hoeppner Head of US Stewardship and Sustainable Investments, Legal & General Investment Management America
Erica Hogan Partner, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Blair Jones Managing Director, Semler Brossy
Jung W. Ju Senior Corporate Counsel, Amazon
Kathy Kiefer VP Chief Governance Officer, Corporate Secretary & Legal, Elevance Health
James Killerlane Corporate Secretary, Managing Director and Deputy General Counsel, BNY Mellon
Matthew Kimmel Vice President, Executive Compensation, State Street Corporation
Ele Klein Partner and Chair of the M&A and Securities Group, Co-Chair of the Global Shareholder Activism Group and Member of the Executive Committee, Schulte Roth & Zabel
Zachary Kolkin Managing Director, Investor Relations, Goldman Sachs
Todd Krauser Managing Director, FW Cook
Steven Lipin Founder & CEO, Gladstone Place Partners
David Lynn Partner, Morrison Foerster LLP
Christina Maguire President & CEO, Society for Corporate Governance
Jared Mann Senior Research Analyst & Global Research ESG Engagement Director, Neuberger Berman
Charlie Mathes Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Shaun J. Mathew Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Gianna McCarthy Director of Corporate Governance, New York State Common Retirement Fund
Ted McHugh Managing Director, Head Strategic Situations & Investor Relations, Edelman Smithfield
Tom Moffatt Vice President, Assistant Secretary and Senior Legal Counsel, CVS Health
Elizabeth Morgan Partner, King & Spalding LLP
Darren Moskovitz Lead Consultant, Meridian Compensation Partners
Catherine Moyer Head of North America Stewardship, Northern Trust Asset Management
Andrew J. Noreuil Partner, Mayer Brown LLP
Carey Oven National Managing Partner, Center for Board Effectiveness, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Tessa Patti Assistant General Counsel, Executive Compensation, Marsh McLennan
Benjamin R. Pederson Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Kris Pederson EY Americas Leader, Center for Board Matters
Jeffrey Pochowicz Vice President – Associate General Counsel (Corp, Securities & Governance) and Assistant Secretary, McDonald’s Corporation
Adam Pollack Partner, Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
Kathryn Purdom Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary, U.S. Bancorp
Sean Quinn Managing Director, Teneo
Michelle Rutta Partner, White & Case LLP
Carolina San Martin Managing Director and Director, ESG Research, Wellington Management
Megan Arthur Schilling Partner, Cooley LLP
Jane Schneirov Senior Portfolio Manager – Corporate Governance, Norges Bank Investment Management
Doug Schnell Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Christine Shaw Senior Advisor, Sustainability, Franklin Templeton Investments
Craig Singer Partner, Brunswick Group
Geoffrey Sorbello Director of Engagement, Elliott Management Corporation
Robert B. Stebbins Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Roberto Tallarita Associate Director of the Program on Corporate Governance, Harvard Law School
Deborah Telman Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs and General Counsel, Gilead Sciences
Anna Toniolo Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Law School Program on Corporate Governance
Sara von Althann Counsel, Sidley Austin LLP
Jessica Weaver Corporate Governance Analyst, State of Connecticut Treasurer’s Office
Sam Whittington Senior Director, Corporate Law, Apple
Neil Whoriskey Partner, Milbank LLP
Liz Wideman Senior Vice President, Senior Deputy General Counsel & Assistant Secretary, Comcast Corporation
Eric Wiley Vice President, Strategic Shareholder Advisory, Credit Suisse
Margaret Williams Vice President, Morgan Stanley
Rob Wilson Director of Global ESG Integration, MFS Investment Management
Catherine Winner Managing Director, Global Head of Stewardship, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Alex Wisnewski VP; Specialist, Proxy Voting and Governance, BNY Mellon
Michael Younis Vice President of Asset Stewardship, State Street Global Advisors
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