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Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance

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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

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Sharon Foster
sharon.foster@utdallas.edu
972-883-4925

Governance Capital

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Upcoming Podcasts, Programs and Events

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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Breakfast Program

Spring 2021 events will be presented online via Zoom. Location for Fall 2021 events – TBD.

April 28, 2021 – Topic TBD
October 27, 2021 – Topic TBD
December 8, 2021 – Topic TBD

Gregg Balleow with Executive Certificate participants

Executive Certificate in Nonprofit Governance

Think Strategically • Govern Effectively • Operate Efficiently
Program Overview | See Certificate Details

Spring: Modules 5-6 – 4/14/2021 (Presented online via Zoom)
Fall: Modules 1-2 – 9/2/2021 | Modules 3-4 – 10/12/2021 | Modules 5-6 – 11/4/2021
Location for Fall 2021 classes will be held at The Naveen Jindal School of Management located at The University of Dallas

Group of participatns at the IECG Gov Cap 1 Day Forum

GovCap Certificate Program

Registration Closed

More information will be provided at a later date.

Jindal School 19th IECG Conference photo with JSOM Building

19^th Annual Corporate Governance Conference

19th Annual Corporate Governance Conference will be held tentatively on September 22, 2021.

Location for conference – TBD

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Failures of high-profile companies such as Enron and WorldCom led to Sarbanes-Oxley in 2002. The law encouraged directors to do a better job in fulfilling their fiduciary duties especially in the area of financial reporting. Abuses by Wall Street and mortgage bankers and poorly designed incentives for credit rating agencies, among other reasons, led to the credit crisis of 2008 to which the government responded with the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010. Dodd-Frank encouraged shareholders to be more active and hold directors more accountable.

The federal government over the past 50 years has also failed to exercise its fiduciary responsibilities to its shareholders (today’s and tomorrow’s citizens). In particular the last two CEOs have increased the direct federal debt from 5 trillion to over 20 trillion. Some of the country’s directors (congressmen) have been replaced and given a mandate by some shareholders (Tea Party and other activists) to exercise better governance.

The IECG believes that corporate and government fiscal and governance failures have resulted largely from poor governance practices which include:

Conflicts of interest
Failure to adhere to the duties of care and loyalty
Occasionally failing to act in good faith
Failures to act in accordance with corporate by-laws and the Constitution

As a result of these many failures, the United States of America finds itself with a fiscal mess, monetary policy which operates in uncharted waters and debts and deficits which are, to say the least, unsustainable. Corporate America is ever more resilient but too many corporations seem to believe that the primary source of capital is political. In a nation where the revolving door of corporate executives and political appointees is ever turning, there is a growing sense that trust in our basic institutions is perhaps irreparably eroded. It is within this context that IECG finds itself in the roles of assisting board members to understand and perform their fiduciary duties and provide direction to their companies, but also in encouraging business leaders to assure that government leaders do the same.

Gregg Ballew Executive Director

gregory.ballew@utdallas.edu (972)-883-5967 JSOM 2.405

Sharon Foster Program Manager

Sharon.foster@utdallas.edu (972)-883-4925 JSOM 2.404

Rowena Trovada Administrative Assistant

rowena.trovada@utdallas.edu (972)-883-5920 JSOM 2.406

Professional Certificates Back to Top

The Executive Certificate in Nonprofit Governance (ECNG) is a 3-day program offered through 6 half-day modules. Participants completing all six modules are eligible for the certificate.

Who Can Attend

Anyone currently serving on a Nonprofit Board or a senior executive in business or nonprofit sector aspiring to serve on a Nonprofit Board.

The Program

The program will teach essential concepts and principles of serving on the board of directors of a nonprofit corporation incorporating evidenced-based research, case studies, appropriate legal issues, and situational learning delivered by expert practitioners and scholars in the area of Nonprofit Governance and philanthropy.

The six-modules are as follows [click the Module to see the topics covered]

Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector
Role of The Board/Board Leadership
The Legal Environment of Nonprofits
Fiduciary Duties
Bylaws and Policies
Mission, Vision and Strategic Planning
Conflicts of Interest
Overview of Committees and their Functions
Governance Issues in Certain Types of NFPs
Communication and Assessing Performance
Special Issues: Budget, Investments and Programs
Board Structure and Number of Board Meetings
Information Flow from Management

The Role of the Board in Strategy and Organizational Performance
Mindset and Qualification of Members
Risk Management and Compliance
The Value Maximization Plan
The Role of the Non-Executive Chair
Linking Mission and Value Creation to Compensation and holding Staff to Account
Communication with Stakeholders
The Development Committee/Earned Income
External Disclosure and Assessing Performance
Board Retreat

Expectation of a Board Member for Fundraising
Personal Donations
Mining your Personal Contacts
Donor Intent
Relations with Beneficiaries and other Constituencies
Who is in Charge of Fundraising?
The Role of Marketing
The Importance of Having a Good Database
The Importance of Social Media
The Importance of a Good Web Site and Printed Materials
The Importance of Public Relations

Audit, Finance and Investment Committee Roles and Responsibilities
Financial Literacy of Members
The Legal Environment of the Audit Committee
Oversight of the Internal Audit Function (if it exists)
Oversight of the External Auditor
Oversight of Financial Risks and Internal Controls
Conflicts of Interest, the Code of Ethics, and Whistle-Blowing
Financial Reporting and Users of Financial Statements
Communication Among the Audit Committee, Auditors and the CFO
External Disclosure and Assessing Performance
Form 990

The Executive Committee, if Needed
Compensation Committee Roles and Responsibilities
Compensation Literacy of Members
Member Engagement
Difficulties with Pay for Performance in the NFP context
Executive Director Succession Planning
Leadership Development and Tone in the Middle
Compensation Reporting to Donors, Beneficiaries, other Stakeholders
Board Compensation
Directors and Officers Insurance
Executive Sessions
Case Study

Director Recruitment on Basis of Competencies and Skill
Job Description
Diversification of Boards: Why and How
Director Education and Orientation Programs
Selection of the Board and Committee Chairs
Ex Officio Directors
Relations with Boards and Committee Chairs
Board, Committee and Director Evaluation/Term Limits
Executive Director Evaluation
Member and Other Stakeholder Engagement
Board Process and Dynamics
Succession of Board/CEO
Exam

For more information please contact:

Gregg Ballew Executive Director

gregory.ballew@utdallas.edu (972)-883-5967

Sharon Foster Program Manager

Sharon.foster@utdallas.edu (972)-883-4925 JSOM 2.404

The Professional Certificate in Governance Capital (PCGC) is a 3-day program offered through 6 half-day modules. Participants completing all six modules are eligible for the certificate.

Who Can Attend

Anyone with ten years work experience, of which at least two years of experience should be in any combination of the following roles:

Board or Directors or Advisory Board of for-profit or not-for-profit enterprises;
Advisor/consultant to Board of Directors or Advisory Boards of for-profit or not-for-profit enterprises;
Member of the Institute of Excellence in Corporate Governance, UTD/ National Association of Corporate Directors/ American College of Governance Council.

The Program

The program will teach the framework for the Governance Capital model that is developed by IECG stakeholders comprising the advisory board and faculty. The program will enable students

understand the rationale for the Governance Capital model and framework
attain competence in using the Governance Capital model to assess an organization’s governance effectiveness
understand how the Governance Capital model enables designing interventions, implementing new strategies and directing large scale corporate changes.

The six-modules are as follows [click on the Module to see the topics covered]

Governing in a Changing World
Emerging Governance Trends
Comparative Corporate Governance Models
Need for a New Governance Models
Institute’s GCM as a Governance Model Solution

Strategic Outcomes
1. Financial Outcomes
2. Non-Financial Outcomes
Management Discipline
1. Strategy Management
2. Stakeholder Management
3. Operation Management
4. Risk Management
Governance Dimensions
1. Right People
2. Sufficient Resources
3. Formal Processes
4. Effective Culture
Using the GCM as a Tool to Assess and Improve Governance

Strategic Alignment as the Foundation of the GCM
Strategic Alignment Components & Linkage
1. Vision
2. Core Value
3. Mission/Mission Outcomes
4. Strategy/Strategy Outcomes
5. Execution Plans/Execution Outcomes
Complete Organizational Alignment of All Organizational Units

Preparation to Conduct GCM Assessment
Facilitation Guidelines for a GCM Assessment
Assessment Questions associated with each element of the Governance Dimension
1. People Questions
2. Resource Questions
3. Process Questions
4. Culture Questions
The relationship of Governance Dimension Questions to each of the Management Disciplines
1. Strategy
2. Stakeholder
3. Operation
4. Risk
Scoring of Each Assessment Question
Summarize and Highlight Initial Observations of Assessment Discussion and Scores, with respect to both
Management Disciplines & Governance Dimensions

Governance Capital Assessment Results
Student Lessons Learned
1. Organization Benefits
2. Obstacles in Application
3. Organization’s Next Steps
Peer Group Comments of Presented Student Assessments
Patterns of Benefits & Obstacles Across Student Assessments
Evaluate Outcomes

Results of an Initial Assessment
Results of Periodic Assessments
How Identified Gaps can Lead Changes in Governance, Company Performance, Etc.
Recommendations for Future Use of the GCM
Governance Effectiveness
Organizational Success

For more information please contact:

Gregg Ballew Executive Director

gregory.ballew@utdallas.edu (972)-883-5967

Sharon Foster Program Manager

Sharon.foster@utdallas.edu (972)-883-4925 JSOM 2.404

Advisory Board Back to Top

Shaunna Black

Shaunna Black Inc

Biography
Resume

Dennis Cagan

CaganCo Incorporated

Biography

Kelly Harris

Harris & Dickey, LLC

Biography

Marc Hodak

Farient Advisors LLC

Biography

David J. Kohl

Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations

Biography

Stephen Konstans

Pearson Partners International

Biography

Anthony J. LeVecchio

The James Group, Inc.

Biography

Harold MacDowell

TDIndustries

Biography

Abe Minkara

Legacy Knight: Multi-Family Office

Biography

Brad Oates

Stone Advisors

Biography

Donald F. Robillard, Jr

President – Robillard Consulting, LLC

Biography

Mark Sinclair

Institute Board Chairman & Governance Leader

Biography

Don Springer

The Colton Group, Inc.

Biography

Strategic Advisors

Daniel Burrus

Burrus Research, Inc.

Biography

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Research Papers

Articles & Op Ed

What is the “new” purpose of the corporation?

Suresh Radhakrishnan, PhD Director of Research

sradhakr@utdallas.edu (972)-883-4925 JSOM 4.426

Rebecca Files, PhD Associate Research Director

rfiles@utdallas.edu (972)-883-5818 JSOM 4.427

Sponsors Back to Top

Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance is supported by its members, sponsors, and institutional advisors. Sponsors are composed primarily of corporate and institutional advisors are drawn from organizations closely related to corporate America.

Corporate Sponsors

Corporate sponsors provide important benefits because their representatives to IECG typically have strong ties to corporate directors, senior management, and institutional investors. They assist IECG in identifying and recruiting speakers and panelists, provide guidance on the effectiveness of planned programs and research, and suggest new activities for IECG.

ExxonMobil

Alan Halliburton, Chairman and CEO Geralyn DeBusk, President
HIR

Todd Bluedorn, Chairman & CEO
Lennox International

Cynthia Trochu, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
Legal Texas Instruments

Institutional Advisers

Institutional advisers provide IECG guidance in the national/global arena of corporate governance. This group alerts IECG to impending changes and events broadly affecting corporate governance that should be incorporated into research and programs. Institutional advisers also work with strategic partners and corporate sponsors by providing another dimension of research and program review. In addition, institutional advisers provide speakers and access to other groups that can assist IECG in achieving its mission.

Mark Smith, Vice President
Center For American And International Law

Frederick E. (Shad) Rowe, President and Trustee, Investors for Director Accountability
Investors For Director Accountability

Hala Elsherbini, Senior Vice President and COO
Halliburton Investor Relations

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Current Speakers

Philip Dunkelberger
President & CEO
Nok Nok Labs

E. Patrick Jenevein III
CEO
Pointe Bello LLC ,Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations (DCFR)

David Kohl
Risk Expert
RHSB, Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations(DCFR)

Richard Levick
Chairman & CEO
Levick

Paul Meiring
Managing Director & Partner
Prudential Private Capital

Hester Peirce
US Securities & Exchange Commissioner

Steve Szejner
Managing Director and Partner,
Prudential Private Capital

Meredith Walker
Chief Economist
Earth X

Patrick Walsh
United States Navy (retired),VP, Boeing Global Services, Boeing Global Company, Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations (DCFR)

Tony Alessandra
Founder at Assessments24X7.com & Keynote Speaker/Author at Alessandra & Associates, Inc.

Philip L. Asmundson
Telecommunications Sector & Managing Partner, TMT, (Retired) Deloitte

Paul Atkins
Former SEC Commissioner

Rodger Baker
Vice President Strategic Analysis
Stratfor

Steve Bartlett
Senior Advisor, Treliant, Former CEO of the Financial Services Roundtable

Rhys Best
Director at Trinity Industries, Cabot Oil & Gas, MRC Global Inc., and Commercial Metals Company & Chairman at Austin Industrial, Inc.

Todd Bluedorn
Chairman & CEO, Lennox International

Danielle DiMartino Booth
Former Dallas Federal Reserve Board, Author, “Fed Up, Why the Fed must be Fixed”

Richard Bowen
Former Business Chief Underwriter for the Consumer Lending Group of Citigroup

Greg Brenneman
Executive Chairman
CCMP Capital

Terry Brock
Founder and CEO, Achievement Systems Inc.

Daniel Burrus
Founder and CEO of Burrus Research

Francis H. Byrd
CEO Byrd Governance Advisory

William Chittenden
Associate Dean for Graduate Programs
Associate Professor of Finance at Texas State University

Sam Coats
Vice Chair, Board of Directors at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

Charles Cooper
Texas Bank Commissioner

Lisa Croley
Executive Compensation and Corporate Governance Consultant, Aon Hewitt

Dr. David Daniel
Deputy Chancellor and CEO, University of Texas System

Deb DeHaas
Vice Chairman, Chief Inclusion Officer, & National Managing Partner, Center for Board Effectiveness, Deloitte

Julie England
Independent Director

William F. Ezzell CPA
National Managing Partner, Legislative Relations,
Deloitte LLP (Retired)

Andy Fastow
Former CFO, Enron

Carly Fiorina
Chief Executive Officer
Carly Fiorina Enterprises

John Fleming
Law office of John Fleming, Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas School of Law

Jim Fontaine
President and CEO at Tella Firma

Bruce Freed
Executive Director at Center for Political Accountability

Mike Fucci
Chairman of the Board
Deloitte

Robert Hall
Former CEO, speaker and author, THIS LAND OF STRANGERS

Donna Hamlin
CEO and Board Director
Boardwise

Marc Hodak
Founder and Managing Partner, Hodak Value Advisors

Renee Hornbaker
CFO, Stream Energy, Director, Eastman Chemical

Tracy Houston
Board Resource Services

Richard J. W. Howard
Managing Director at Hayman Capital Management, LP

Ken Jacobson
Communications Director
theAIRnet

Marianne Jennings
Professor Emeritus of Legal and Ethical Studies, Arizona State University

Mamie Jones
Senior Vice President of Product Development
Intuit

Terry Jones
Chairman of Wayblazer and managing principal of ON Inc.

Rashad Khalik
Professor in International Accounting, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Reatha King
Chairman, NACD

Ed Knight
Executive Vice President, General Counsel, NASDAQ

Angelina Kwan
CEO at Stratford Finance Limited

Richard Leblanc
Research Fellow and Advisory Board Member at Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance, University of Texas at Dallas

Baruch Lev
PhD, Professor of Accounting and Finance at New York University Stern School of Business

Tony LeVecchio
President, The James Group, Inc. and Chairman of the Board, Legacy Texas Bank

Sandra Beach Lin
Director at American Electric Power, WESCO Distribution, PolyOne Corporation, and Interface Biologics

Melendy Lovett
SVP and CAO Trinity Industries, Inc.

Tiffany Jones Miller
Associate Professor of Politics
University of Dallas

Steve Moore
Distinguished Visiting Fellow, The Heritage Foundation

Michael G. Oxley
Member of Government Policy Group at BakerHostetler, Former Member of Congress

Cynthia Pharr
Marketing Communications Executive, Corporate Board Member, Co-Founder Tx Women Ventures

Bill Quinn
Executive Chairman,
American Beacon Advisors

Retired General Harry D. Raduege Jr.
Senior Advisor & Director, Deloitte Center for Cyber Innovation

Ann Rhoades
PRES at People Ink, Director at HireVue

James R Rickards
Author of New York Times best seller,
The Death of Money & Currency Wars

Tom Ridge
President /CEO, Ridge Global, Former Head of Homeland Security, Former Governor of Pennsylvania

Edward W. “Rusty” Rose III
President & Owner, Cardinal Investment Company

Frederick E. “Shad”
Rowe Jr.
President, Rowe and Company, Executive committee member of Texans for Lawsuit Reform

Terry Schpok
Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Field LLP

Stephen F. Schuckenbrock
CEO at Crossmark

Ernie Von Simson
Max Hopper Speaker
Senior Partner, Ostriker von Simson Author, The Limits of Strategy

Raj Sisodia
FW Olin Distinguished Professor of Global Business, Babson College

Bradley A. Smith
Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault Professor of Law
Capital University Law School

Darla Stuckey
President & CEO
Society for Corporate Governance

Don Townsend
President
Donley Townsend Associates, LLC

Ralph Ward
Publisher
Boardroom INSIDER.com

D. Wayne Watts
Past: Senior Vice President and General Counsel, AT&T(Retired)

David Westberry
Managing Director, BridgeStreet Partners

Jim Wetherbe
Richard Schulze Distinguished Professor, Texas Tech University

Billie Ida Williamson
EFH Director & Audit Committee Chair, Retired Partner & Americas Inclusiveness Officer-EY

Stephen T. Winn
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, RealPage

Event Photos Back to Top

Carly Fiorina with Dr. Robrt Potter — Carly Fiorina with Dr. Robert Potter

Carly Fiorina on stage delivering her keynote at an IECG event

Whit Perryman Vermeer, Cindy Airborn and Mike Engler speaking at an IECG panel

Dennis McCuistion and friends at an IECG event

Hotels Back to Top

Renaissance Hotel, Richardson, Texas

900 E. Lookout Drive Richardson, TX 75082
+1 (972) 367-2000
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Hyatt Regency North Dallas

701 East Campbell Road Richardson, Texas, USA 75081
Tel: +1 (972) 619-1234
Fax: +1 (972) 907-2578
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Hilton Garden Inn, Dallas/Richardson

1001 W President George Bush Turnpike, Richardson, Texas, 75080, USA
TEL: +1 (972) 792-9393
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Staybridge Suites Plano – Richardson Area

301 Silverglen Drive Plano, Texas, 75075, USA
TEL: +1 (972) 612-8180
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Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance

Overview

Important Links

Governance Capital

Table of Contents

Connect with the Director

Professional Certificates

Advisory Board

Research

Sponsors

Speakers

Event Photos

Hotels

Upcoming Podcasts, Programs and Events

Great Governance Podcasts

Breakfast Program

Executive Certificate in Nonprofit Governance

GovCap Certificate Program

19th Annual Corporate Governance Conference

Connect with the Director Back to Top

Professional Certificates Back to Top

Executive Certificate in Nonprofit Governance

Who Can Attend

The Program

Module 1: The Governance in the Nonprofit Sector Module

Module 2: The Strategic Planning and Organizational Performance Module

Module 3: The Director’s Role in Fundraising and Marketing Module

Module 4: The Audit, Finance and Investment Committees Module

Module 5: The Human Resource and Compensation Committee and the Executive Committee Module

Module 6: The Nominating and Governance Committee Module

Professional Certificate in Governance Capital

Who Can Attend

The Program

The six-modules are as follows [click on the Module to see the topics covered]

Module 1: Introduction to Governance Capital

Module 2: Governance Capital Model Framework

Module 3: Strategic Alignment of Organizations

Module 4: Governance Capital Assessment

Module 5: Student Assessment Results

Module 6: Impact of Governance Cap Assessment

Advisory Board Back to Top

Shaunna Black

Dennis Cagan

Kelly Harris

Marc Hodak

David J. Kohl

Stephen Konstans

Anthony J. LeVecchio

Harold MacDowell

Abe Minkara

Brad Oates

Donald F. Robillard, Jr

Mark Sinclair

Don Springer

Strategic Advisors

Daniel Burrus

Research Back to Top

Research Papers

Articles & Op Ed

Sponsors Back to Top

Sponsors

Corporate Sponsors

Institutional Advisers

Speakers Back to Top

Current Speakers

Event Photos Back to Top

Hotels Back to Top

Renaissance Hotel, Richardson, Texas

Hyatt Regency North Dallas

Hilton Garden Inn, Dallas/Richardson

Staybridge Suites Plano – Richardson Area

19^th Annual Corporate Governance Conference