Nominating and Governance Committee Chair Advisory Council

Nominating and Governance Committee Chair Advisory Council

In support of a sustainable and profitable corporate America, the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) created the Nominating and Governance Committee Chair Advisory Council in 2010. Since then, this council has brought nominating and governance committee chairs from Fortune 500 companies together with investors, regulators, and other stakeholders to explore ways to strengthen corporate governance in general and the work of the nominating and governance committee in particular.

Heidrick & Struggles and Sidley Austin LLP collaborate with NACD in convening and leading the council.

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Participation
 

Confidential
Meetings and teleconferences are conducted under a modified version of the Chatham House Rule to maintain an environment for candid dialogue. No outside media is present at advisory council meetings. All delegates participate on their own behalf.

Cost
There is no cost associated with council participation other than travel expenses.

Commitment
Conversation is ongoing, punctuated by semi-annual meetings, typically from 8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., in Washington, D.C. or New York City. Debrief conference calls for non-attending delegates follow each in-person meeting.

Delegates*
 
  • CHARLES E. ADAIR
    Tech Data Corp.
  • SANDRA BEACH LIN
    WESCO International Inc.
  • BETSY J. BERNARD
    Principal Financial Group Inc.
  • RHYS J. BEST
    Commercial Metals Co., MRC Global Inc.
  • J. VERONICA BIGGINS
    Avnet Inc.
  • JOYCE F. BROWN
    Ralph Lauren Corp.
  • RICHARD L. BURDICK
    AutoNation
  • PHYLLIS J. CAMPBELL
    Alaska Air Group Inc.
  • R. KERRY CLARK
    General Mills Inc.
  • MARGARET M. FORAN
    Occidental Petroleum Corp.
  • JONATHAN F. FOSTER
    Lear Corp.
  • JOSEPH B. FULLER
    PVH Corp.
  • ELLEN M. HANCOCK
    Aetna Inc.
  • BART B. HARVEY
    Federal National Mortgage Association
  • JANE E. HENNEY
    AmerisourceBergen Corp., Cigna Corp.
  • THOMAS E. HOAGLIN
    American Electric Power Co. Inc.
  • LEWIS B. KADEN
    ArcelorMittal
  • ANASTASIA D. KELLY
    Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.
  • ELLEN R. MARRAM
    Ford Motor Co., Eli Lilly & Co.
  • STEPHEN K. RODDENBERRY
    World Fuel Services
  • ROBERT J. STEVENS
    Monsanto Co.
  • GABRIELLE E. SULZBERGER
    Whole Foods Market Inc.
  • SUSAN TOMASKY
    Tesoro Corporation
  • KELVIN R. WESTBROOK
    Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

*This list of recent participants is representative, not comprehensive. Delegates participate on their own behalf, and listed companies correspond to delegates' audit committee chair roles. Council rosters are subject to change.

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Our Mission
 

NACD believes that the dialogue facilitated by the four advisory councils is vital to advancing the shared, overarching goal of all boards, investors, and regulators: a sustainable, profitable, and thriving corporate America.