Chairing the Board: The Case for Independent Leadership in Corporate North America, Millstein Center's Policy Briefing No. 4. (published Oct. 2008)
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
- John Gillespie, Co-Author, "Money for Nothing"; CFO, Mentor Network
- 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
