CHAIRMEN'S FORUM

Millstein Center's Policy Briefing No. 4:
Chairing the Board

To add your endorsement, please contact Stephen Davis, Millstein Center Senior Fellow at stephen.m.davis@yale.edu

Endorsers:

• David Anderson, Anderson Consulting Group
• Matthew Barrett, Retired Chairman, (2006) Barclays PLC, UK; Retired Chairman and CEO, (1999) Bank of Montreal, Canada
• David Batchelder, Relational Investors LLC
• Laura Berry, Executive Director, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
• David Bohnett, Chairman, David Bohnett Foundation, Former Chairman, GeoCities, Inc.
• Richard Breeden, Chairman, H&R Block Inc. and Chairman, Breeden Capital Management LLC
• Richard C. Blum, Chairman, Blum Capital Partners, L.P.
• Eli Broad, Founder of KB Home and SunAmerica, and Founder of The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation
• Jay Brown, CEO, MBIA*
• Adrian Cadbury, former Chair, Cadbury PLC
• Calfornia Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS)
• California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS)
• Gail Cook-Bennett, Chair, Manulife Financial Corporation*
• James M. Cotter, Breeden Capital Management LLC
• Jeffrey Cunningham, former chair, Sapient and former chair, Bankrate
• Frank Curtiss, Head of Corporate Governance, Railpen
• Robert Day, Chairman, Trust Company of the West
• Peter Dey, Chairman, Paradigm Capital Inc.*
• Bill Dimma, Chairman Emeritus, Home Capital Group, Inc.
• Michael Durham, Non-Executive Chairman, Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.*
• Curtis Feeny, Managing Director, Voyager Capital
• Niall FitzGerald, Chair, Thomson Reuters
• Glass Lewis & Co. LLC
• Harvey Golub, Non-Executive Chairman, Campbell Soup Company, Inc.*
• Jon Grant, Chair, CCL Industries Inc.*
• Matthew J Hart, Former President, Hilton Hotels Corporation
• Hermes Equity Ownership Services
• John Hill, Chair, Putnam Funds
• International Corporate Governance Network
• Keith L. Johnson, Chair, Reinhart Institutional Investor Services
  
• Yuji Kage, Managing Director, Pension Fund Association of Japan
• Kay Koplovitz, Non-Executive Chairman, Liz Claiborne, Inc.*
• Rich Koppes, Jones Day
• Jon Lukomnik, Managing Partner Sinclair Capital or Program Director
• Fred Malek, Chairman, Thayer Capital Partners and Thayer Lodging Group
• William Marohn, Chair, Rubbermaid
• William E. McCracken, Chairman, Computer Associates, Inc.*
• Robert A.G. Monks, principal LENS GOVERNANCE ADVISORS
• Denise L. Nappier, Connecticut State Treasurer
• Pete Nicholas, Chairman of the Board, Boston Scientific Corporation
• Norges Bank Investment Management
  
• Harry Pearce, Non-Executive Chairman, MDU Resources Group, Inc.*
• Peter G. Peterson, Chairman, Peter G. Peterson Foundation
• Thomas Plaskett , Non-Executive Chairman, Novell, Inc.
• Prof. John Quelch, Chairman, Massachusetts Port Authority; Senior Associate Dean for International Development, Harvard Business School*
• Mitchell P. Rales, Non Executive Chairman, Colfax Corporation
• Maureen Sabia, Chair, Canadian Tire Corporation*
• Jennifer Salopek, Chair, Charlotte Russe Holding, Inc.*
• Arthur Sawchuk, Former Chair, Manulife Financial Corporation*
• Damon Silvers, Associate General Counsel, AFL/CIO
• Timothy Smith, Senior Vice President, Walden Asset Management
• Donna Soble Kaufman, Chair, TransAlta Corporation*
• Michael E. Tennenbaum, Senior Managing Partner, Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC
• William R. Tiefel, Chairman of the Board, Carmax
• Beverly Topping, President & CEO, The Institute of Corporate Directors*
• Universities Superannuation Scheme
• Ed Waitzer, Former Chair, Ontario Securities Commission; Partner, Stikeman Elliott LLP
• Brett White, President and CEO, CB Richard Ellis
• Ralph Whitworth, Relational Investors LLC
• Gary Wilson, Former Chairman, Northwest Airlines Corporation*
• Ray Wirta, former CEO, CB Richard Ellis
• Stephen M. Wolf, Chairman, R.R. Donnelley & Sons
• Christianna Wood, CEO, Capital Z Asset Management
• John Wulff, Chairman, Hercules, Inc.*

* DENOTES CHAIRMEN’S FORUM PARTICIPANTS

HARRY PEARCE
Founding Chair of the Forum

Harry Pearce is Non-Exeuctive Chairman of MDU Resources Group, Inc. and founding chair of the Forum.

“The Chairmen’s Forum will help anchor the model of independent board leadership in real time experience and performance,” said Pearce. “The time is right for the growing number of those actually doing the job to build knowledge on how independent leadership can best work.”