WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), the standard setter for responsible board leadership, today announced 144 corporate directors who earned NACD Fellowship—The Gold Standard Director Credential®—during the third quarter of 2016. These corporate directors serve on the boards of Fortune 500, nonprofit, and private companies that include the following organizations*:
| AARP Inc. AIG American Apparel Inc. American Cancer Society Avnet Inc. CalOptima CenturyLink Inc. Colgate-Palmolive Co. CommScope Holding Co. Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. Delta Dental Plans Association E*Trade Financial Edison Electric Farmer Bros. Co. Federated States of Micronesia Petroleum Corp. Government Employees Health Association Inc. Greif Inc. H&R Block Inc. Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Co. Jiangsu OFS Hengtong Optical Technology | Kemper Corp. Kwik Trip Inc. Lennar Corp. Linn Energy LLC Make-A-Wish Foundation MasterCard Inc. Mead Johnson Nutrition Co. New York Life Insurance Co. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. Republic Services Inc. Society for Human Resource Management Stanford University Synopsys Inc. Thor Industries Inc. TIAA-CREF T-Mobile USA TrueBlue Inc. VWR Corp. Westar Energy Inc. XPO Logistics Inc. *Partial listing |
As the highest standard of credentialing for corporate directors, NACD Fellowship® is a comprehensive and continuous program of study that empowers directors with the latest boardroom insights, intelligence, and practices—equipping them to lead their boards with confidence.
Directors can earn one of two NACD Fellowship credentials, which Anne Sheehan, director of corporate governance for CalSTRS, has called “the gold standard” in director credentialing. NACD Governance Fellows build proficiencies in the fundamentals of governance, while NACD Board Leadership Fellows continue to refine their board leadership competencies year after year.
“At a minimum, individuals serving as independent chairs and/or lead directors should earn NACD Fellowship status to bolster confidence in their leadership, both inside and outside the boardroom,” said Patrick McGurn, special counsel and head of strategic research and analysis at Institutional Shareholder Services.
Sheehan concurred: “America needs well-rounded directors who are sensitive to public-company shareowners, and who can clearly demonstrate their value on proxy disclosures. I always look forward to meeting NACD Fellows.”
The NACD Fellowship community is backed by 40 years of NACD experience and represents the combined knowledge capital of thousands of the world’s largest and most-diverse companies.
"Directors who choose to enhance their skills and acumen by becoming NACD Fellows demonstrate to company management, shareholders, and their peers a desire to perform their fiduciary duties to the best of their abilities," said Ken Daly, CEO of NACD. "I am pleased to recognize these distinguished leaders, who are dedicated to upholding the highest standards of governance."
The new cadre of NACD Fellows includes 87 Board Leadership Fellows and 57 Governance Fellows, whose boards span a wide range of industries: aerospace and defense, agriculture, banking, computer software, energy and utilities, engineering, financial services, food services, healthcare, higher education, industrial machinery, insurance, manufacturing, telecommunications, and more.
Individuals Named NACD Board Leadership Fellows, Q3 2016
| Allen Bettis John Bourgoin Julia Bradsher Colleen Brown Jeffrey Brown Timothy Burke Stephen Carley Jim Casey Anna Catalano Janice Chaffin Gil Chapman Ed Choate Daniel Churay George Cochran Alec Covington Armin Cruz Gretchen Dahlen Laureen DeBuono Louis DiNardo Arthur Einav Mark Emkes Luke Faulstick Keith Gehl Elizabeth Gemmill Chelsea Grayson Mary Jo Gregory Ed Grier John Grotting Peter Guastamachio | Jerome Hauer Mark Haukohl Richard Hawley Lee Hillman Sherrill Hudson Carol Jackson Terrell Jones Susan Kantor Redley Killion Shane Kim James Koehr J. Allen Kosowsky James Lam Margie Lariviere Mathias Lawrence Ka-Yin Li Tom Liguori Raymond Link Jack Liu Thomas Manning Charles Marcy Maribess Miller Linda Mills Michael Montelongo Timothy Murray Lorrie Norrington Rollance Olson Eric Patel Kathryn Paul | Jack Pfeffer Dan Pittard John Popolizio Diane Pratt Rima Qureshi Mark Refowitz Pius Roby Peter Rogers Bruce Rohde Norman Rosenthal Mark Ruelle John Schmidt Sonya Sepahban Laurie Siegel Stanley Silverman Stephen Skoronski Julie Stein Vernon Steiner William Sutter Jeffrey Swoveland Nader Tavakoli Vandy Van Wagener Rick Wassel Todd Weintraub Kelvin Westbrook Norman Willox Faustino Yangmog Bob Zollars Mark Zorko |
Individuals Named NACD Governance Fellows, Q3 2016
| Edward Adams Rodney Adkins Frances Aldrich Sevilla- Sacasa Gena Ashe Lisa Bartlett Carmen Bowser Diane Brink Jim Clough Robert Cochran Jorge Consuegra Luis Cortes Nancy Cozzi Jeanna Cullins Jody Davids Deborah DeHaas Kimberly Dorgan Ann Dunwoody Derek Elder Jeffrey Feeler | Steve Fritze Dale Gibson Elder Granger Jill Griffin Todd Grove Patricia Guinn Michael Hamerlik Chuck Herman Ken Hurwitz Garrison Irons Julie Jason Richard John Lloyd Johnson Nathan Jones Steven Kass Paul Knutson Peter Kong Carr Krueger Hongxia Liu Jan Marshall | David Miller Sri Muthu Tony Nassif Mark Nelson Kenneth Okazaki Margaret Poore Steven Rank John Russell Brian Sammarco Eric Scholten Joyce Schuette William Sharpe Karen Singer Liz Sweney Jay Taylor Steven Timmons Robert Uhler Robert Walker |
For more information about NACD Fellowship®, visit NACDonline.org/Fellowship or contact Meghan Metzbower at Fellowship@NACDonline.org or 202-803-6764.
About NACD
The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) empowers more than 17,000 directors to lead with confidence in the boardroom. As the recognized authority on leading boardroom practices, NACD helps boards strengthen investor trust and public confidence by ensuring that today’s directors are well-prepared for tomorrow’s challenges. World-class boards join NACD to elevate performance, gain foresight, and instill confidence. Fostering collaboration among directors, investors, and governance stakeholders, NACD has been setting the standard for responsible board leadership for 40 years. To learn more about NACD, visit NACDonline.org. To become an NACD member, please contact Steve Kalan at Join@NACDonline.org or 202-572-2089. If you are already a member, contact your NACD Membership Advisor at MembershipAdvisor@NACDonline.org to ensure that you are receiving the best value from your membership.