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Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance (IECG) Overview

Excellence in Corporate Governance is an environment where the company has the people, resources, processes and culture to enable a thoughtful, proactive focus on strategy, stakeholders, operations and risk and thus maximize the opportunity for successful results for all stakeholder groups. Excellence in Corporate Governance is the combined responsibility of the owners, managers and board of the company.

Purpose. Value creation for C-Suite executives and board members of public and private companies and nonprofit organizations provided through thought leadership and connecting people.

The Institute does this through:

  • Educational and Professional Certificate programs
  • A focus on future trends and board dynamics
  • A focus on public and private company governance as well as nonprofit board education
  • Sharing best practices
  • Networking
  • Board referrals and volunteer opportunities
  • Research

IECG Vision and Mission

Vision

The Institute will be the go-to governance group for corporate management, boards, and stakeholders.

Mission

The Institute connects the dots for management, board members, and stakeholders; helps build better management/board/stakeholder systems; and offers thought leadership to Institute members and the corporate governance community.

Attracting thought leaders and governance professionals who educate our audiences through conferences, seminars, in-house programs and meetings.

Sponsoring or collaborating with Transformational Roundtables comprised of governance thought leaders, board members and C-level executives who focus on important current and emerging governance issues.

Seeking input from, sponsoring and/or collaborating with alliance partners, which include thought leaders from a variety of disciplines, as well as organizations focused on governance.

Identifying how qualitative issues such as communications, behavioral styles, board composition, board focus, and the development of anticipatory organizations may impact execution of “good governance” and strategy in the boardroom.

Conducting research based on issues raised and communicating the results of research through books, white papers, articles in relevant publications, radio, television and internet, and specific feedback to board members, C-level executives and others who will benefit from this knowledge and research.

CREDO

We are the Go-To Governance Group. We help build better:

  • Management Systems
  • Boards
  • Stakeholder Relationships

Collectively, we refer to these as MBS Systems.
We connect the dots for our stakeholders.
We are a member-centric, stakeholder-centric group. Though rooted in research, connected closely to the university, our programs and solutions are cutting edge in both the corporate and non-profit space. We ask our members how best we can serve them. We conduct qualitative and quantitative analyses to develop and provide information and perspective to match and exceed our stakeholders’ needs.

We are thought leaders.
We are current. Institutes of higher learning and corporations lean on us for global and industry trends. We are well versed in today’s topics and tomorrow’s trends. Today’s topics include environmental, social and governance factors; special purpose acquisition companies; activist investing; equality, nondiscrimination and belonging initiatives; changing demographics; cyber risk; and the landscape of governance. Tomorrow’s trends are always on the horizon.

Our Governance Capital Model offers a new way for those involved in governance to tie together governance dimensions, management disciplines, and mission outcomes for their organization. We use this unique offering for relevant consulting and training solution sets that move organizations toward their goals.

We are IECG: UTD’s Go-To Governance Group.
Come join us. Learn from us. Let us learn from you.

Together, let us move the world of governance deep into the twenty-first century.

OUR CORE VALUES

  • Integrity
  • Courage
  • Respect
  • Trust
  • Execution

Upcoming Events, Programs and Podcasts

Breakfast Program

Breakfast Meetings will be held at The Naveen Jindal School of Management located at UT Dallas – 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

March 20, 2024 – D&O Insurance: Everything But Securities Class Actions

Speakers :
Kara Altenbaumer-Price
Kara Altenbaumer-Price

SVP & Executive Risk Broker,
McGriff Insurance,
Executive Risk Advisors Practice

Shawn Cleveland
Shawn Cleveland

Partner-in-Charge,
Litigation Leader,
BakerHostetler,
Dallas Office

Douglas Greene
Douglas Greene

Firmwide Chair,
Securities and Governance Litigation Team,
BakerHostetler,
Author of the D&O Discourse blog

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Executive Certificate in Nonprofit Governance

Executive Certificate in Nonprofit Governance

Who should attend: Potential and Present Directors of Nonprofit Organizations.
This certificate program will provide everything a potential director needs to know about being on the board of a nonprofit organization. Also, for present nonprofit directors, it will provide information you should have known before you said yes!

See Certificate Details | Program Overview

Participants must complete all six modules and tests to be eligible for the certificate.

3.8 CPE credit hours available per module. No prerequisites required.

Modules 3 & 4 – April 3, 2024
Modules 5 & 6 – May 7, 2024
Fall 2024 schedule will provided soon.

Tentatively, classes will be held at The Naveen Jindal School of Management located at UT Dallas. Typically, the schedule for two modules taught on the same day is 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Breakfast and lunch are provided. Please note the schedule and teaching modality of classes may be subject to change.

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Institute Member Roundtable Meeting

(Exclusive to Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance members)

The Roundtable Meeting will be held at The Naveen Jindal School of Management located at UT Dallas
Spring 2024 – More information will be provided in 2024

You must be a current Institute Member to attend.

22nd Annual Corporate Governance Conference

Date: TBD
Carly, Dennis, Tony
Carly, Don
Three Panel
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Great Governance Podcasts

Great Governance Podcasts

From Shareholders to Stakeholders with Don Springer
Don Springer, Chairman of the Colton Group and a veteran of multiple international and domestic technology and service company boards, speaks with cohosts Richard Levick and Gregg Ballew, Executive Director of the Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance at the University of Texas at Dallas, about the transition from shareholders to stakeholders. Don weighs in on issues ranging from ESG and DEI to the historic evolution of the role of boards in this inaugural program of Great Governance.

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ESG and the Purposeful Corporation

Former USTR Ambassador Ron Kirk, Senior Of Counsel at Gibson Dunn and Co-Chair of the Firm’s International Trade Practice Group, and Hillary Holmes, partner at Gibson Dunn and Co-Chair of the Firm’s Capital Markets Practice Group, speaks with Richard Levick and Gregg Ballew, Executive Director of the University of Texas-Dallas Institute for Excellence, about their recently launched multi-discipline ESG practice that will help navigate the challenges of evolving and not having fully measurable ESG requirements.

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GovCap Certificate Program

More information will be provided at a later date.

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