Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance
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, customers, 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 programs
- A focus on future trends and board dynamics
- A focus on international and private company governance
- Sharing best practices
- Networking
- Board referrals and volunteer opportunities
- Research
Upcoming Programs and Events
Half Day Nonprofit Program
Date: Fall 2019-more info to follow, Communities Foundation of Texas, Dallas, Texas
Breakfast Program
Date: TBD
Executive Certificate in Nonprofit Governance
Think Strategically • Govern Effectively • Operate Efficiently
Program Overview | Registration
Modules 1-2 – 9/5/2019 | Modules 3-4 – 10/17/2019 | Modules 5-6 – 11/12/2019
Institute News
Connect with the Director
Advisory Board
Sandra Beach Lin
Director at American Electric Power, WESCO, PolyOne and Interface Biologics
Biography
Strategic Advisors
Research
Sponsors
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.
Sponsors
Sponsors for IECG’s outreach to professional service providers who assist corporate directors, senior management and institutional investors with timely advice in their specific areas of expertise. This relationship helps ensure that IECG is at the forefront of important developments throughout the entire spectrum of services affecting corporate governance.
Spencer McClenahan, Senior Vice President
Roach Howard Smith & Barton
Robert Fitzgerald, Partner
Deloitte
Felix Lozano, Partner in Charge
Whitley Penn
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.
Robert A. Luettgen, Manager, Office of the Secretary
ExxonMobil
Alan Halliburton, Chairman and CEO Geralyn DeBusk, President
HIR
Todd Bluedorn, Chairman & CEO
Lennox International
Cynthia Trochu, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer
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
Steve Valenta, Senior Managing Director
NASDAQ OMX
Hala Elsherbini, Vice President Halliburton Investor Relations
Speakers
Current Speakers
Rodger Baker
Vice President Strategic Analysis
Stratfor
Mike Fucci
Chairman of the Board
Deloitte
Donna Hamlin
CEO and Board Director
Boardwise
Mamie Jones
Senior Vice President of Product Development
Intuit
Tiffany Jones Miller
Associate Professor of Politics
University of Dallas
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
Tony Alessandra
Founder at Assessments24X7.com & Keynote Speaker/Author at Alessandra & Associates, Inc.
Philip L. Asmundson
Telecommunications Sector & Managing Partner, TMT, (Retired) Deloitte
Steve Bartlett
Senior Advisor, Treliant, Former CEO of the Financial Services Roundtable
Baruch Lev
PhD, Professor of Accounting and Finance at New York University Stern School of Business
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
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)
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
Marc Hodak
Founder and Managing Partner, Hodak Value Advisors
Renee Hornbaker
CFO, Stream Energy, Director, Eastman Chemical
Richard J. W. Howard
Managing Director at Hayman Capital Management, LP
Marianne Jennings
Professor Emeritus of Legal and Ethical Studies, Arizona State University
Terry Jones
Chairman of Wayblazer and managing principal of ON Inc.
Reatha King
Chairman, NACD
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
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.
Stephen 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
Raj Sisodia
FW Olin Distinguished Professor of Global Business, Babson College
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
Paul Atkins
Former SEC Commissioner
Andy Fastow
Former CFO, Enron
Tracy Houston
Board Resource Services
Rashad Khalik
Professor in International Accounting, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Ed Knight
Executive Vice President, General Counsel, NASDAQ
Ernie Von Simson
Max Hopper Speaker
Senior Partner, Ostriker von Simson Author, The Limits of Strategy
Robert Hall
Former CEO, speaker and author, THIS LAND OF STRANGERS
Stephen T. Winn
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, RealPage
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