2015 BREAKFAST OF

CORPORATECHAMPIONS& SYMPOSIUM THE WOMEN’S FORUM OF NEW YORK

SALUTES THE COMPANIES AND LEADERS ADVANCING WOMEN ON CORPORATE BOARDS

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

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DIAMOND SPONSORS: Accenture; Bloomberg; The Carlyle Group; Deloitte; Franklin Templeton Investments; Norton Rose Fulbright; Teneo Holdings; Time Warner Cable

PLATINUM SPONSORS: Biogen; PwC

GOLD SPONSORS: Aetna Inc.; AXA; The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America; JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Lincoln Financial Group; Marsh & McLennan Companies

SILVER SPONSORS: AGL Resources; Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP; American Express; Chadick Ellig; Frontier Communications; General Atlantic; McGraw Hill Financial; Oppenheimerfunds; Sidley Austin LLP; T. Rowe Price; Time Warner Inc.; U.S. Bancorp; United Technologies Corporation; Lulu C. Wang

BRONZE SPONSORS: Alvarez & Marsal; Assurant, Inc.; BNY Mellon Wealth Management; Broadfin Capital, LLC; Amy Butte; Circle Wealth Management; DirectWomen; EMC; EY; First Republic Bank; Goldman Sachs; Judlau Enterprises LLC; Kimberly Bishop Executive Search; KPMG LLP; NextEra Energy; Occidental Petroleum Corporation; Penn Mutual; Principal Financial Group; Reed Smith LLP; Towers Watson; Linda A. Willett; Witt/Kieffer

BENEFACTORS: Ciena; Carol Nelson; Rite Aid Corporation; Kim M. Sharan, LLC

PATRONS: Leslie E. Bains; BoardBench Companies; Angela Brown; Carolyn Carter; Center for Audit Quality; Patricia S. Cook, Ph.D.; Eve Guernsey; Jeffery Tobias Halter; Liz Neumark; Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg; Abbe Raven; Grace E. Richardson; Ann Misiaszek Sarnoff; Candice L. Straight; Marissa Wesely; SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher

WELCOMEThank you for being part of the Women’s Forum of New York’s 2015 Breakfast of Corporate Champions – our third biennial salute to the companies and CEOs accelerating gender balance on corporate boards all across America.

We are here today to celebrate you – the decision makers and change drivers at the top of F1000 and S&P500 companies with at least 20% of board seats held by women.

We are proud that this year’s event has been expanded to include a symposium and luncheon co-hosted with the Committee for Economic Development of the Conference Board.

It will be a day packed with information on the value of qualified women on boards, why it is important to achieve parity, and how to get there.

JaniceRealsEllig Chair, Women’s Forum of New York Corporate Board Initiative Co-CEO, Chadick Ellig, Executive Search Advisors

We are delighted to be the Honorary Co-Chairs of this world-class gathering of business leaders dedicated to achieving gender parity on corporate boards.

This event is unique because it salutes the companies and individuals who are driving progressive change. It’s motivational because it focuses on the bottom line success positive change achieves. It’s actionable because it brings together the people who make change happen.

Today you are part of an incredible group of industry leaders coming together to share knowledge and inspiration.

Thank you for joining us.

Honorary Co-Chairs, 2015 Breakfast of Corporate Champions

MaggieWilderotter, Executive Chairman, Frontier Communications RichardK.Davis, Chairman, President & CEO, U.S. Bancorp

OUR CHAMPION SPONSORS

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7:30 AM 2015 BREAKFAST OF CORPORATE CHAMPIONS

Welcome & Overview

Janice Reals Ellig, Chair, Women’s Forum Corporate Board Initiative Co-CEO, Chadick Ellig, Executive Search Advisors

Presentation of Corporate Champions

Maggie Wilderotter, Honorary Co-Chair, 2015 Breakfast of Corporate Champions Executive Chairman, Frontier Communications

Ami Kaplan, President, Women’s Forum of New York Vice Chairman and Partner, Deloitte Services LP

Muriel F. Siebert Leadership Award presented to Terry J. Lundgren, Chairman & CEO, Macy’s, Inc.

Special Introduction by Joyce M. Roché, Director, Macy’s, Inc.

Breakfast of Corporate Champions CEO Panel: How CEOs Can Champion Change

Ken Chenault, Chairman & CEO, American Express Company Ilene S. Gordon, Chairman, President & CEO, Ingredion Incorporated Mindy Grossman, Chief Executive Officer, HSN, Inc. Muhtar Kent, Chairman & CEO, The Coca-Cola Company Rod Martin, Chairman & CEO, Voya Financial, Inc. Glen Moreno, Chairman, Pearson

Moderator: Judy Woodruff, Co-Anchor & Managing Editor, PBS NewsHour

A Call to Action

Richard K. Davis, Honorary Co-Chair, 2015 Breakfast of Corporate Champions Chairman, President & CEO, U.S. Bancorp

10:00 >12:00 PM SYMPOSIUM SESSIONS

Board Perspective: How Nom/Gov Committees Can Accelerate Change

Rosalind Brewer, Nom/Gov, Lockheed Martin Corporation Charlynn Goins, Former Nom/Gov Chair, Fannie Mae Catherine Kinney, Nom/Gov Chair, MSCI, Inc. Shelly Lazarus, Nom/Gov Chair, GE Gary Retelny, President & CEO, ISS

Moderator: Moira Forbes, Executive Vice President, Forbes Media

Special introduction by Steve Odland, President & CEO, Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board

Investor Perspective: How Gender Diversity Creates Value

Barbara Byrne, Vice-Chairman Banking, Barclays Michelle Edkins, Managing Director, BlackRock Eve Ellis, Principal, The Matterhorn Group at Morgan Stanley Peter R. Gleason, President, National Association of Corporate Board Directors Denise Nappier, Connecticut State Treasurer

Moderator: Cyrus Sanati, Journalist, Fortune.com

Special introduction by Adena Friedman, President, Nasdaq

Global Perspective: Is the US Leading or Lagging?

Lord Davies of Abersoch, CBE, Chairman, Corsair Capital Matthew W. Barzun, US Ambassador to the UK and Northern Ireland

Moderator: Susanna Schrobsdorff, Assistant Managing Editor, TIME

Special introduction by Peter T. Grauer, Chairman, Bloomberg LP

12:00 >12:30 PM MEET THE PANELISTS @ BELLINI BAR

12:30 >2:00 PM CLOSING LUNCHEON

Keynote Speaker: Mary Jo White, Chair, SEC

Special introduction by Michael Fucci, Chairman of the Board, Deloitte LLP

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60 % +Avon Products, Inc.

50% + Alliant Energy Corporation American Water Works Company Inc. The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. Navient Corporation Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. Xerox Corporation

40% + Aetna, Inc. Alaska Air Group, Inc. ANN Inc. Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. Frontier Communications Corporation HSN, Inc. Ingredion Incorporated The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. Levi Strauss & Co. Macy’s, Inc. Michael Kors Pacific Life Insurance Co. Inc. The Procter & Gamble Co. Realogy Holdings Corp. StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. TEGNA Inc. TIAA-CREF TravelCenters of America LLC Unisys Corporation Voya Financial, Inc. WGL Holdings, Inc.

30% + Abbott Laboratories Abercrombie & Fitch Co. ABM Industries Inc. Accenture Alcoa Inc. Allegheny Technologies Inc. Amazon.com Inc.

American Tower Corporation Ameriprise Financial, Inc. AMETEK, Inc. AOL Inc. Apollo Education Group, Inc. Autodesk, Inc. Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. Chico’s Fas, Inc. Cisco Systems, Inc. Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. CST Brands, Inc. Darden Restaurants, Inc. Dollar General Corporation The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation Fannie Mae The Gap, Inc. General Mills, Inc. General Motors Co. Genworth Financial, Inc. Harman International Industries Inc. The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. Health Net, Inc. HealthSouth Corporation Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. HNI Corporation Hologic, Inc. Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Integrys Energy Group International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. International Game Technology Itron, Inc. ITT Corp. Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated Kellogg Company Kelly Services Inc. KeyCorp The Kroger Company Landstar System, Inc. Lockheed Martin Corporation ManpowerGroup Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. Inc. Medtronic, Inc.

MetLife Inc. Mylan Inc. Newmont Mining Corporation Patterson Companies, Inc. PC Connection, Inc. Pearson The Pep Boys - Manny Moe & Jack PepsiCo Inc. PetSmart Inc. Pfizer Inc. Pitney Bowes Inc. Principal Financial Group Inc. Publix Super Markets, Inc. RR Donnelley & Sons Co. Ryerson Holding Corporation Sanderson Farms, Inc. The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Scripps Networks Interactive The J.M. Smucker Company Steelcase Inc. Symantec Corporation Sysco Corporation Tenet Healthcare Corporation Texas Instruments Inc. The TJX Companies Inc. Tupperware Brands Corporation United Natural Foods, Inc. Verizon Communications Inc. Viacom, Inc. The Walt Disney Company WEC Energy Group, Inc. Wells Fargo & Company Weyerhaeuser Company The Williams Companies Inc. Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Yahoo Inc 20% + 3M Co. Aaron’s, Inc. ADP, LLC. The ADT Corporation Aeropostale, Inc. AGL Resources, Inc.

Akamai Technologies, Inc. Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. Alliant Techsystems Inc. The Allstate Corporation Ally Financial Inc. Ameren Corporation American Electric Power Company Inc. The American Express Company AmerisourceBergen Corporation Amica Mutual Insurance Company Annaly Capital Management Inc. Anthem Inc. Aon Plc. Apple Inc. Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. Aptargroup, Inc. ArcBest Corporation Arris Group Inc. Arrow Electronics, Inc. Arthur J Gallagher & Co. Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. Assurant, Inc. AT&T Inc. Avery Dennison Corporation Avis Budget Group, Inc. Avnet, Inc. Bank of America Corporation Baxter International Inc. Becton, Dickinson and Company Bed Bath and Beyond Inc. Belk, Inc. Benchmark Electronics Inc. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Biogen Inc. BlackRock Inc. Boyd Gaming Corporation Brinks Company Broadcom Corporation The Brown-Forman Corporation CA, Inc. Cabela’s Inc. Cablevision Systems Corporation Caleres, Inc Campbell Soup Company Capital One Financial Corporation Cardinal Health Inc. Carlisle & Co. Inc. The Carlyle Group

Carnival Corporation Carter’s, Inc. Casey’s General Stores, Inc. Celanese Corporation Celgene Corporation CenterPoint Energy, Inc. CH2M Hill Companies, Ltd. The Chubb Corporation Church & Dwight Co., Inc. Ciena Corporation Cigna Corp. CIT Group Inc. Citigroup Inc. The Clorox Co. CNO Financial Group, Inc. Coach, Inc. The Coca-Cola Company Colgate-Palmolive Company Comerica, Inc. ConocoPhillips Co. Convergys Corporation Corning Incorporated Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. The Crane Company Cummins Inc. CUNA Mutual Group CVS Health Corp. Cytec Industries Inc. The Danaher Corporation Devon Energy Corp. Discover Financial Services The Dow Chemical Company DR Horton Inc. DSW Inc. DTE Energy Company Duke Energy Corporation DuPont E*TRADE Financial Corporation Eaton Corporation Plc. Ecolab Inc. Edison International Eli Lilly & Company Endo International Plc. Entergy Corporation Esterline Technologies Corporation Express, Inc. F5 Networks, Inc. Facebook, Inc.

Fastenal Company FedEx Corporation Fifth Third Bancorp Fiserv, Inc. FLIR Systems Inc. Foot Locker, Inc. Fossil Group, Inc. Franklin Resources Inc. General Dynamics Corporation General Electric Company Genesco Inc. Gilead Sciences, Inc. Google Inc. Graybar Electric Company, Inc. Great Plains Energy Incorporated Greif, Inc. Group 1 Automotive, Inc. The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America H&R Block, Inc. Hanesbrands Inc. Harsco Corporation Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. H.B. Fuller Company HCP, Inc. HD Supply Holdings, Inc. Hewlett-Packard Company hhgregg, Inc. Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. Honeywell International, Inc. Hormel Foods Corporation Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. IAC/InterActiveCorp Ingles Markets, Inc. Ingram Micro Inc. International Business Machines Corporation International Paper Co. Intuit Inc. JetBlue Airways Corp. Johnson & Johnson Johnson Controls, Inc. KAR Auction Services, Inc. Keurig Green Mountain Inc. Kindred Healthcare Incorporated Kohl’s Corporation Kraft Foods Group Inc. Leidos Holdings, Inc. Liberty Mutual Holding Company Inc. LPL Financial Holdings Inc.

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Matthew W. BarzunUS Ambassador to UK and Northern Ireland

Rosalind BrewerPresident and CEOSam’s Club

Matthew W. Barzun has been America’s ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland since 2013. Previously he served as U.S. Ambassador to Sweden from 2009-2011.

He was a pioneer in the early days of the internet, becoming the fourth employee of CNET Networks in 1993 and working there until 2004 in a variety of roles including Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President.

Before the President’s election in 2008, Ambassador Barzun was among the first to join Barack Obama’s National Finance Committee where he produced the first $25 per-person fundraiser and helped teach Obama University for campaign volunteers. President Obama selected him as National Finance Chair for his 2012 re-election campaign.

Ambassador Barzun has served on the boards of many non-profits focused on education, public policy, and interfaith relations. He lives in London with his wife, three children and their dog, Lincoln, and Kentucky remains his home. □

Rosalind Brewer is president and CEO of Sam’s Club, a division of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and the 8th largest U.S. retailer with revenues of $58 billion for fiscal year 2015. The members-only warehouse club channel has more than 110,000 associates and 653 clubs nationwide.

Brewer joined Walmart in 2006 as a regional vice president, ascending to her current role in 2012—and making history by becoming the first woman, and the first African American, to lead a Walmart division. Prior to Sam’s Club, Brewer built an illustrious 22-year career at Kimberly-Clark, advancing from scientist to President of the Global Nonwovens Sector.

Forbes recently listed Brewer as the 65th most powerful woman in the world and included her in its 2014 annual ranking of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Black Women. She consistently appears on Fortune’s 50 Most Powerful Women in Business list (#15 this year) and has been repeatedly named one of the Most Powerful Working Moms by Working Mother.

She chairs the Board of Trustees at Spelman College and sits on the board of directors for Lockheed Martin Corporation. □

Barbara Byrne is a Vice Chairman in the Banking Division at Barclays. Based in New York, Ms. Byrne leads the firm’s global relationships with a diverse group of multinational corporate clients.

For the past five years, she has been ranked by American Banker as one of the 25 Most Powerful Women in Finance. Ms. Byrne is a member of Barclays’ Senior Leadership Group and is Chairman of the Barclays’ Social Innovation Facility, a cross-business resource dedicated to the development of self-sustaining commercial solutions to social challenges.

She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Women’s Forum of New York and The Women’s Forum for the Economy & Society, and serves on the New York City Board of the British-American Business Council. She also serves as a trustee of Mount Holyoke College. □

Named as one Fortune’s 2014 World’s 50 Greatest Leaders, Mr. Chenault joined American Express Company as Strategic Planning Director in 1981, later becom-ing President of the Consumer Card Group, and President of Travel Related Services. He later assumed responsibility for the company’s worldwide card/ travel businesses and became Vice Chairman. Mr. Chenault became President/COO in 1997, assuming responsibilities as CEO and Chairman in 2001. Before American Express, Mr. Chenault was a manage-ment consultant with Bain & Co., and an attorney with Rogers & Wells.

Mr. Chenault serves on the boards of American Express, IBM, Procter & Gamble, Harvard Corporation, and numerous civic, cultural and charitable organizations. He serves on the Business Council, the Business Round-table and the Partnership for New York. American Express was ranked among 2015’s top Most Admired Companies.

He has been honored for distinguished contributions to public service, corporate responsibility, and civic leadership. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Mr. Chenault holds a JD from Harvard Law School and a BA from Bowdoin College. □

Barbara ByrneVice Chairman Banking Barclays

Ken ChenaultChairman & CEOAmerican Express Company

Lyondellbasell Industries N.V. Magellan Health, Inc. Mallinckrodt Plc Manitowoc Company, Inc. Marathon Oil Corporation Marriott International, Inc. Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Masco Corporation MasterCard Inc. Mattel, Inc. McCormick & Company, Inc. McDonald’s Corporation McKesson Corporation Mead Johnson Nutrition Company MeadWestvaco Corporation Meritor, Inc. MGM Resorts International Microchip Technology Inc. Microsoft Corporation Mondelez International, Inc. Monsanto Company Moody’s Corporation Morgan Stanley Motorola Solutions, Inc. The Mutual of America Life Insurance Company Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company NBTY, Inc. NCR Corporation Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. Netflix Inc. New York Life Insurance Company News Corp. Nielsen Holdings N.V. Nike, Inc. NiSource Inc. Noble Corporation Plc. Nordstrom, Inc. Office Depot, Inc. OGE Energy Corp. Omnicom Group Inc. Owens Corning Pall Corporation Pepco Holdings, Inc. Perrigo Company Plc PHH Corporation

Phillips 66 Company Pinnacle Foods, Inc. Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Popular, Inc. PPG Industries Inc. Praxair, Inc. PriceSmart Inc. The Progressive Corporation Protective Life Corporation Prudential Financial, Inc. Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. Puget Energy Inc. PulteGroup, Inc. Qualcomm Inc. Quest Diagnostics Inc. RadioShack Corp. Ralph Lauren Corporation The Raytheon Company Red Hat, Inc. Regal-Beloit Corporation Regions Financial Corporation Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. Rite Aid Corporation RockTenn Company Rockwell Collins, Inc. Ross Stores, Inc. Ryder System, Inc. Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. Securian Financial Group, Inc. Sempra Energy The Sherwin-Williams Company Smithfield Foods, Inc. Snap-on Inc. The Southern Company Southwest Airlines Co. SpartanNash St. Jude Medical, Inc. Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Stryker Corporation Synopsys Inc. Systemax, Inc. T. Rowe Price Group

Target Corporation Team Health Holdings, Inc. TECO Energy Inc. Teledyne Technologies, Inc. Tesoro Corp. Tetra Tech, Inc. The Andersons, Inc. The Travelers Companies, Inc. Thrivent Financial For Lutherans Tiffany & Co. Tops Holding, LLC The Toro Company Towers Watson & Co. Tractor Supply Company TreeHouse Foods, Inc. Tyson Foods, Inc. UGI Corporation United Parcel Service, Inc. United Services Automobile Association United Stationers Inc. Unum Group Urban Outfitters, Inc. U.S. Bancorp Valero Energy Corporation Valhi, Inc. The Valspar Corporation Varian Medical Systems, Inc. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. V.F. Corporation Visa Inc. Volt Information Sciences, Inc. Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Waters Corporation Wesco International, Inc. Westar Energy Inc. Western Digital Corporation The Western Union Company Wolverine World Wide, Inc. Worthington Industries, Inc. W.R. Grace & Company Wyndham Worldwide Corporation Xcel Energy Inc. Yum! Brands, Inc. Zimmer Holdings, Inc.

*All company names are the trademarks™ or registered® trademarks of their respective owners. The use of such names herein does not constitute or imply any affiliation with the Women’s Forum of New York or any sponsorship or endorsement of the Women’s Forum of New York (or any of its activities) by such owners. All information herein was obtained from publicly available disclosures made by such companies as of 12/31/14 and the accuracy thereof has not been verified.

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Lord Davies of Abersoch, CBEChairmanCorsair Capital

Eve EllisPrincipal, Matterhorn Group Morgan Stanley

Richard K. DavisChairman, President & CEO U.S. Bancorp

Moira ForbesExecutive Vice PresidentForbes Media

Lord Davies is a Partner and the Chairman of Corsair Capital, a private equity firm specialising in financial ser-vices. He has a wide range of interests, including being Chairman of the Royal Academy of Arts Trustees, Chairman of Jack Wills and Chairman of the Garden Bridge Trust. He was Minister for Trade, Investment, Small Business and Infrastructure from January 2009 until May 2010.

Prior to that, he was Chairman and previously CEO, and served on the Board of Standard Chartered for over 12 years.

He was awarded a CBE for his services to the financial sector and the communi-ty in Hong Kong in June 2002 where he served as a member of the HK Exchange fund for seven years. Lord Davies is also a JP in Hong Kong.

Lord Davies is married with two children and is a fluent Welsh speaker. □

Eve Ellis is senior partner in The Matterhorn Group, a full-service wealth advisory group developing and executing sophisticated financial and philanthropic plans for individuals, businesses and nonprofit institutions. She is manager of investment portfolios for investors seeking financial and social returns: Parity Portfolio Strategy, a gender lens portfolio, and Matterhorn Global Sustain-ability Portfolio Strategy.

A Yale graduate, Eve, is a CFP, CIMA, Accredited Investment Fiduciary, and Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy. She was certified by the Institute for Preparing Heirs, and a member of the Association of Professional Investment Consultants (APIC) and Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment.

Eve is active in organizations including the Ms. Foundation for Women, Jewish Women’s Archive, Maccabi USA, 100 Women in Hedge Funds Philanthropy Committee, Congregation Rodeph Sho-lom, 2020 Women on Boards, the Thirty Percent Coalition and The 30% Club. She is frequently quoted in news media including The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Financial Times, Globe & Mail, Huffington Post. A former professional tennis player, Eve was inducted into the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. □

Richard K. Davis has been a force in the banking industry for more than 38 years, beginning his banking career as a teller at age 18 and working his way to CEO of the nation’s 5th largest commercial bank. Headquartered in Minneapolis, U.S. Bancorp is a financial services holding company with more than $416 billion in total assets and businesses across the United States, Canada, Latin America and Europe. U.S. Bancorp is the parent company of U.S. Bank and Elavon, a leader in the payment processing industry.

Davis previously held executive positions with Bank of America and Security Pacific Bank, and legacy organizations of U.S. Bancorp. His industry enthusiasm is equaled by his civic and philanthropic commitment, serving on numerous regional, national, and corporate boards, including lead director at Xcel Energy Inc. and director at Dow Chemical.

Davis has been honored by the UJA-Fed-eration of New York and is the recipient of the President’s Lifetime Volunteer Service Award and Henrickson’s Award for Ethical Leadership. U.S. Bank is recognized by the Ethisphere Institute as one of the 2015 World’s Most Ethical Companies. □

Moira Forbes is the President and Pub-lisher of ForbesWoman, a multi-media platform dedicated to successful women in business and leadership. She is also the Executive Vice President of Forbes Media where she is responsible for driv-ing new business initiatives across the company’s diverse media platforms and branding Forbes events worldwide.

She is currently the host of “Success with Moira Forbes,” a video series on the Forbes Video Network featuring candid, one on-one interviews with today’s top women leaders. Launched in 2008, ForbesWoman includes a robust website and a variety of content-rich live events that examine the unique experiences of professionally successful women. In 2013, Moira launched the annual Forbes Women’s Summit in New York City which brings together 250 female leaders to discuss and solve the world’s most intractable issues.

A member of the Women’s Forum of New York, Moira has a BA from Princ-eton, and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School program for Leadership Development. □

Michelle Edkins is a Managing Director at BlackRock and Global Head of its Corporate Governance and Responsible Investment team of 22 specialists based in five key regions internationally. Michelle’s main responsibility is oversee-ing the team’s engagement on corporate governance, including environmental and social impacts, with the companies in which BlackRock invests on behalf of clients. She also serves on the firm’s Human Capital and Government Relations Steering Committees.

An active participant in the public corporate governance debate, she was named in the NACD Directorship 100 Governance Professionals list the past four years. She is also a Fellow of the Aspen Institute’s First Movers program and, amongst other external commit-ments, serves on the Advisory Council of the International Integrated Reporting Council. An economist by training, Michelle has also worked in the UK in a number of governance-related roles and in government roles in her native New Zealand. □

Adena Friedman currently serves as President of Nasdaq where she is responsible for overseeing the strategy and operations for the company’s Listing Services, Information Services and Technology Solutions and Corporate Solutions business segments.

Prior to rejoining Nasdaq, she was Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director of The Carlyle Group. Before Carlyle, Ms. Friedman was a key member of Nasdaq’s management team for over a decade, serving in a variety of roles including head of the company’s data products business, head of corporate strategy, as well its Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Friedman was a central driver of Nasdaq’s acquisition strategy, helping orchestrate the acquisitions of INET, OMX, Philadelphia and Boston Exchanges. She originally joined Nasdaq in 1993.

Ms. Friedman earned an M.B.A. from Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, in Nashville, Tennessee. She holds a B.A. in political science from Williams College in Massa-chusetts. □

Named by Business Week as one of “The World’s Most Influential Headhunt-ers,” Janice focuses her search practice on recruiting board directors, C-suite executives and divisional heads. Janice’s corporate experience includes Pfizer, Citibank and Ambac Financial Group.

Janice co-authored two books: Driving The Career Highway, 20 Road Signs You Can’t Afford To Miss and What Every Successful Woman Knows: 12 Breakthrough Strategies to Get the Power and Ignite Your Career. She also writes numerous professional articles focusing on gender balance on boards. Janice appears on network television and moderates panels on building stronger boards, gender diversity and career management.

Janice is a Board Director of the National YMCA, Past Chair of the YMCA Board of Greater NY; Trustee of the Actors Fund, Committee For Economic Development (CED) of the Conference Board; University of Iowa Foundation, Executive Committee; Past President Women’s Forum of New York and current Chair of the Corporate Board Initiative; Harvard Kennedy School Women in Public Policy Program; Charles Edison Fund Advisory Board, Lincoln Center Women’s Leadership Council, and Economic Club of NY. □

Michelle EdkinsManaging DirectorBlackRock

Adena FriedmanPresidentNasdaq

Janice Reals ElligCo-CEO Chadick Ellig

Mike Fucci leads Deloitte in governance, oversight and guidance on strategy, brand positioning, risk mitigation, talent development, and leadership succession. For 34 years, he has been a practitioner and principal at Deloitte, in human resource transformation, talent strategies, and total rewards.

He has been on the Board since 2012 and is chairman of the Deloitte Foundation. He is a member of the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu BoD and its Global Governance Committee. Mike has served Deloitte Consulting as national managing director for Advisory and Services, national managing director for Partner Matters, chief operating officer, and is a member of Consulting’s Executive Committee.

Mike began in the New York Actuarial, Benefits, and Compensation practice. He led a transformation of the Human Capital practice, and took responsibility for all Consulting areas. He led Human Capital’s growth to be among the firms’ top performing businesses. In 2008, Mike was named to Consulting magazine’s distinguished “Top 25 Consultants” list.

Outside of Deloitte, Mike is a sponsoring executive for The 30% Club, with a goal of achieving 30% women on S&P 500 boards. □

Mike FucciChairman of the BoardDeloitte LLP

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Ilene S. GordonChairman, President and CEO Ingredion Incorporated

Muhtar KentChairman & CEOThe Coca-Cola Company

Peter T. GrauerChairman Bloomberg LP

In 2009, Ilene Gordon joined Ingredion, a leading global producer of ingredient solutions for food, beverage, brewing and industrial customers. Previously at Rio Tinto Alcan, as President/CEO of Alcan Packaging, she led a $6.5 billion business, and was VP and general manager of several key businesses at Tenneco’s Packaging Corporation of America. Earlier, Ms. Gordon was at Signode global packaging, and strategy consultant at Boston Consulting Group.

Ms. Gordon is on the BoD of Interna-tional Paper. She was the first female director on five public company boards: Arthur J. Gallagher & Company, United Stationers, Outboard Marine, Sundstrand, Zenith Electronics. She is on the BoT of The Conference Board and MIT Corporation. She was named Nat’l Assoc. of Corporate Directors 2013 Director of the Year, and is listed in FORTUNE’s Most Powerful Women in Business.

A Chicago resident, she is board chair-man of the Economic Club of Chicago, on the boards of the Executives’ Club of Chicago and the World Business Chicago. Ms. Gordon holds a BS in mathematics from MIT, and an MS in management from MIT’s Sloan School. □

Charlynn Goins served on the board of Fannie Mae from 2008 until September of this year, chairing the search com-mittee for a new Fannie Mae CEO. She was on the BoD of AXA Financial and Chairman of the New York Community Trust. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Century Association, National Association of Corporate Directors (NY) and the Women’s Forum of New York. She led the Board of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC), appointed by Mayor Bloomberg.

Ms. Goins began as a lawyer in U.S. and international tax, before joining Integrated Resources, helping build new businesses. She became COO for asset management and insurance products abroad. Ms. Goins handled offshore mutual funds for Prudential Mutual Funds and Annuities, expanding business in Europe, Asia and South America. She consulted the Commerce Department’s Minority Business Develop-ment Agency on capital strategy.

Ms. Goins’ board service spans the Mainstay Funds to Beth Israel Hospital to Boys & Girls Harbor. Ms. Goins received her B.A. from Barnard College and a J.D. from Columbia School of Law. □

Mr. Kent joined The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta in 1978 and has held a variety of global marketing and operations lead-ership roles throughout his career. In 2005, Mr. Kent was appointed President of Coca-Cola International, responsible for overseeing all operations outside of North America. In 2006, he assumed the role of President and Chief Operating Officer and in 2008 was elevated to President and CEO. He was named Chairman of the Board of Directors in 2009.

Mr. Kent holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of Hull in England and a Master of Sci-ence degree in Administrative Sciences from Cass Business School in London.

Mr. Kent is Chair of the B20 International Business Advisory Council, Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s CEO Council on Health and Innovation, a fellow of the Foreign Policy Association, a member of the Business Roundtable and a member of the board and past Co-Chair of The Consumer Goods Forum. He serves on the boards of 3M, Special Olympics International, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Catalyst, Cambridge China Development Trust and Emory University. □

Peter T. Grauer is Chairman of Bloomberg L.P., a global financial infor-mation and media company. Board mem-ber since 1996, he became Chairman in 2001, succeeding Michael R. Bloomberg, and then Chairman, President and CEO a year later. From 2000-2002, he was managing director and senior partner of Credit Suisse First Boston, founding both DLJ Merchant Banking Partners and DLJ Investment Partners. He was managing director of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette from 1992 until CSFB acquired it in 2000.

He is lead director of DaVita Health Care Partners, Inc, and Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of Glencore. He is a member of the Business Council, the Asia Business Council, the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum, and Founding Chairman of WEF Community of Chairmen. He is President of the Inner City Scholarship Fund BoT, Chairman of the Rockefeller Finance & Operations Committee, board member of the College Advising Corps, Room to Read and Prostate Cancer Foundation. He is Founding U.S. Chair of the 30% Club, a Member of the Advisory Council of Out on the Street, and the McKinsey Advisory Council. □

Mindy Grossman is the CEO of HSNi a $4 billion direct-to-consumer retail portfolio that includes live content retailer HSN and the Cornerstone portfolio of home and family lifestyle brands.

Mindy joined IAC, HSNi’s former parent company, in 2006 as CEO of IAC Retail. In 2008 she took the company public. During her tenure she has positioned HSNi as a leader in boundaryless retail, offering customers a seamless shopping experience across – television, catalogue, online and mobile. Today nearly half of the company’s revenue is generated through digital commerce.

With nearly four decades of experience at some of the world’s most iconic brands including; Tommy Hilfiger, Polo Ralph Lauren Company and Nike, Mindy is known as a transformational leader. She has been named one of Fortune magazine’s “Top Persons in Business,” Forbes’ “Top 100 Most Powerful Women,” and Fast Company’s “Top 100 Most Creative People in Business.” Mindy serves on the boards of the National Retail Federation, Bloomin’ Brands and the U.S. Fund for UNICEF. □

Ami Kaplan’s primary role is to advise some of Deloitte’s largest and most complex global financial services clients on business, risk management and other financial and organizational challenges.

In previous positions, Ami has served as Deloitte’s National Managing Partner for Marketing and Business Development, Deputy Managing Partner of the Enter-prise Risk Services Practice and founder and National Managing Partner of the Internal Audit Practice. Ami began her career in the financial services industry as an Audit Partner and has been with Deloitte & Touche for over 25 years. She was the first Partner-in-Charge of the Women’s Initiative for the Tri-State Region and remains actively engaged in the Diversity and Inclusion and Women’s Initiative programs.

She is a member of New York and New Jersey State Societies of CPA, AICPA, Financial Women’s Association, The Economic Club of New York, and serves as President of the Women’s Forum of New York.

An accomplished public speaker, Ami has addressed numerous businesses, professional and educational forums. She has been featured as the cover subject of Working Women Magazine and appeared on CNN. □

Peter Gleason serves as President of the only national membership organization devoted exclusively to serving Corporate Directors, and is Treasurer of the NACD BoD. He oversees NACD’s Research Department, providing guidance on enhancing board performance.

With expertise in board leadership and corporate governance, Mr. Gleason serves on NACD’s national faculty, and is a frequent presenter on corporate gover-nance, executive/director compensation, risk, strategic planning, board-shareown-er relations, and board evaluation. He has been Commissioner on every NACD Blue Ribbon Commission report during his 15 year career with NACD, including the recently released report on The Board and Long Term Value Creation.

He sits on the Board of Nura Health, chairs the International Professional Practices Framework Oversight Council of the Institute of Internal Auditors, and is a director of the Capital Area Chapter of NACD. Before joining NACD, Mr. Glea-son was a management consultant with Ernst & Young and Pritchett & Associates. Prior to his consulting positions, he spent 8 years in the Research Department at Institutional Shareholder Services as Vice President and Director of U.S. Research. □

Declan Kelly heads Teneo’s operations globally across 12 operating divisions. He advises several of the world’s leading corporations, being recognized particularly for crisis management experience. Prior to Teneo, Mr. Kelly was Economic Envoy to Northern Ireland at the U.S. State Department, helping bring significant investment to the region from U.S. corporations.

Prior to government service, Mr. Kelly was Executive VP and Chief Integration Officer of FTI Consulting, responsible for operational integration of the company in over 20 countries. He oversaw corporate strategy, global business development, global client management and marketing and communications. Earlier, he was Chairman/CEO of Financial Dynamics (United States) and Chairman of Financial Dynamics (Ireland) having sold his public relations company to FD in 2000. Mr. Kelly previously worked as a journalist for more than a decade.

Mr. Kelly is a graduate of The National University of Ireland and received an honorary doctorate from Queen’s University, Belfast. He is recipient of the American Irish Historical Society’s prestigious gold medal and helped create the Northern Ireland Mentorship Program. □

Mindy GrossmanChief Executive Officer HSN, Inc.

Declan KellyChairman, CEO and Co-founder Teneo

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Former Nom/Gov. ChairFannie Mae

Ami KaplanVice Chairman and Partner Deloitte Services LP

Peter R. GleasonPresident, National Association of Corporate Board Directors

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Glen MorenoChairmanPearson

Denise NappierTreasurerState of Connecticut

In addition to being chairman of Pearson, Glen Moreno is chairman of Virgin Money plc, a director of Fidelity International and a senior advisor to HSBC. Through April 2014, he was deputy chairman of the FRC. Until May 2012, he was deputy chairman and senior independent director of Lloyds Banking Group. He is a former senior independent director of Man Group and acting chairman of UKFI. From 1987 to 1991 he served as chief executive of Fidelity International. Before that he was a group executive at Citigroup, where he spent 18 years in Europe and Asia.

He is a governor of The Ditchley Founda-tion and a director of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Glen graduated from Stanford University, and Harvard Law School, and held a Rotary Foundation Fellowship at Delhi University. □

Connecticut’s chief elected financial officer, Denise Nappier, manages more than $54 billion in state funds, and is one of the few State Treasurers to have principal fiduciary authority, in this case of the state’s $30 billion Retirement Plans and Trust Funds. She is known for shareholder activism, negotiating for independence and diversity on boards, executive compensation, financial reporting, global labor standards, and financial risks of climate change. As the first African-American woman elected State Treasurer, she advocates economic opportunity, business with Connecticut firms, women and minority-owned firms, and the next generation of entrepreneurs and professionals.

A board member of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems, she is on the National Association of Corporate Directors (CT) and presented at the World Economic Forum/Davos. The Hartford native was City Treasurer, and Executive Director of Riverfront Recap-ture. She holds a B.A. from Virginia State University and a master’s degree from the University of Cincinnati.

Treasurer Nappier’s honors include: 100 Most Influential People in Finance, 50 Most Powerful Black Women in Business, and Lifetime Achievement Award from Women in Public Finance. □

Founded in 1942, the Committee for Eco-nomic Development of the Conference Board (CED) is a non-profit, non-partisan, business-led, public policy organization that delivers well researched analysis and reasoned solutions to our nation’s most critical issues. Mr. Odland’s business background in consumer and retail sectors includes Chairman/CEO of Office Depot, AutoZone, and Tops Markets, and key executive positions with Sara Lee Bakery and Quaker Oats.

He served as Adjunct Professor in business graduate schools at Florida Atlantic University and Lynn University. Mr. Odland is on the BoD of General Mills and Trustee of the Conference Board. Mr. Odland’s public policy background includes the Business Roundtable and Chairman of their Corporate Gover-nance Task Force; the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission; Council on Service and Civic Participation; Committee on Capital Markets Regulation; Advisory Council of the Institute for Corporate Ethics; the Business Council; Florida Committee of 100; Chairman of Memphis Tomorrow; and the Buffalo Niagara Partnership.

Steve Odland has a Bachelor’s of Busi-ness Administration from Notre Dame, and an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. □

Gary Retelny is responsible for the overall management and leadership of Institutional Shareholders Services, Inc, (ISS), with more than 900 employees across 17 global offices. He works with all key functions globally to expand the company’s range of governance and socially responsible investment solutions and to ensure the quality of research and reliability of its proxy voting platform. Gary has appeared before corporate board members and investors seeking ISS’ perspective on the state of global corporate governance. In addition, he is also a member of ISS’ Global Policy Board responsible for voting policies yearly.

Previously, Gary served as Corporate Secretary of MSCI Inc, and has more than 30 years of experience in financial services. As Head of Strategy and Business Development beginning in 2003, Gary spearheaded major strategic initiatives for MSCI. As Chief Administrative Officer of MSCI, he also oversaw Corporate Services, Legal, Human Resources, and the Internal Audit functions.

Gary received a BS and MS in Civil Engineering from Stanford University as well as an MBA from Stanford Business School. □

Steve OdlandPresident and CEO Committee for Economic Development

Gary RetelnyPresident & CEOISS

Catherine KinneyFormer President and Co-COONew York Stock Exchange

Catherine R. Kinney retired from NYSE Euronext in 2009. She was President and Co-Chief Operating Officer of the New York Stock Exchange from 2002 to 2008. She had served in Paris from July 2007 until 2009, responsible for overseeing the company’s global listing program, marketing and branding. Mrs. Kinney joined the NYSE in 1974 and rose through the ranks holding man-agement positions in several divisions including: all client relationships, trading floor operations and technology for and regulation.

Mrs. Kinney serves on the Board of MetLife, NetSuite MSCI, QTS, and Sharegift. She is Chairperson of Catholic Charities, NY. She served on the Board of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and Depository Trust Company, George-town University, and the New York City Ballet. She is a member of the Women’s Forum of New York and the Economic Club of New York.

Mrs. Kinney graduated from Iona College and completed the Advanced Manage-ment Program, Harvard Graduate School of Business. She has received honorary degrees from Georgetown University, Fordham University, and Rosemont College. □

Shelly is Chairman Emeritus of global communications company Ogilvy & Mather and served as Chairman of the company from 1997 to June 2012.

She started at Ogilvy at a time when the agency’s founder David Ogilvy still walked the halls, and preached that the purpose of advertising was to build great brands. Under Shelly’s leadership, that essential mission continued helping to build some of the world’s most respected brands including American Express, BP, Coca-Cola, Dove and IBM among others.

Shelly serves on the boards of General Electric, Merck, The Blackstone Group, The Defense Business Board, FINRA, New York Presbyterian Hospital, World Wildlife Fund, Partnership for New York City, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and Columbia Business School.

A frequent honoree, Shelly was the first woman to receive Columbia Business School’s Distinguished Leader in Busi-ness Award, as well as the Advertising Educational Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award. A member of the Women’s Forum of New York, Shelly has been elected into the Advertising and Direct Marketing Halls of Fame as well as Crain’s New York Business Hall of Fame. □

Shelly LazarusChairman EmeritusOgilvy & Mather

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Rodney O. Martin, Jr. is a veteran of the retirement, insurance and financial services industries with more than 40 years of high-profile experience. He joined Voya as CEO in 2011 and has since overseen a significant financial, operational and cultural transformation within the company, which is helping Americans plan, invest and protect their savings — to get ready to retire better. Serving the financial needs of approximately 13 million individual and institutional customers, Voya is a Fortune 500 company that had $11 billion in revenue in 2014.

Prior to joining Voya, Martin held increas-ing leadership roles during a 10-year tenure at AIG, most recently serving as COO of AIG Worldwide Life Insurance. He began his career in 1975 as an agent with Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, where he served more than 20 years, ultimately becoming president of Connecticut Mutual Insurance Services.

Martin received his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Alfred University. He is a fellow, Life Underwriter Training Council, and has served on the boards of the American Council of Life Insurers and LIMRA. □

In his current roles since 2004, Terry Lundgren has held leadership positions with what is now Macy’s, Inc. He began his retailing career in 1975 as a trainee with Bullock’s, the Los Angeles division of Federated Department Stores with increasing responsibility over a decade, becoming Senior VP, and later, President/CEO of Bullocks Wilshire.

In 1988, Lundgren joined Neiman Marcus, eventually as Chairman/CEO, then returning to Federated as Chairman/CEO of their merchandising group, and leading the acquisition of The May Department Stores, nearly doubling the company’s size. Today, Macy’s, Inc. is a premier national omnichannel retailer with over 800 Macy’s and Bloomingda-le’s stores, and Bluemercury, a beauty/spa retailer.

Lundgren was named a World’s Best CEO by Barron’s, WWD’s “Newsmaker of the Year”, and awarded the Deming Cup by Columbia Business School. He serves on boards of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Procter & Gamble, Carnegie Hall, the National Retail Federation, and other charitable, civic and industry efforts. He supports The Terry J. Lundgren Center for Retail-ing at his alma mater, The University of Arizona. □

Rod MartinChairman & CEOVoya Financial, Inc.

Terry J. LundgrenChairman & CEOMacy’s, Inc

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Maggie WilderotterExecutive ChairmanFrontier Communications

Judy WoodruffCo-Anchor and Managing Editor PBS NewsHour

Maggie Wilderotter joined Frontier in 2004 as President/CEO, becoming Chairman/CEO in 2006. Earlier, she was Senior VP of Worldwide Public Sector at Microsoft. Previously, Mrs. Wilderotter was President/CEO of Wink Commu-nications. Previous executive positions included AT&T Wireless Services, AT&T Aviation Communications, and McCaw Cellular Communications.

Mrs. Wilderotter serves on the boards of Costco Wholesale Corporation, DreamWorks Animation, and Juno Therapeutics. A member of the Directorship 100, she is on the Board of Advisors of BoardroomIQ, Women-CorporateDirectors, and The Committee of 200. She served on the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee and serves on the BOT of the Business Roundtable and The Committee for Economic Development, and the BOD of Catalyst.

Mrs. Wilderotter holds a degree in eco-nomics is from the College of the Holy Cross, and received an Honorary Doctor of Engineering degree from Stevens Institute of Technology. □

Broadcast journalist Judy Woodruff has covered politics and news for over three decades at CNN, NBC and PBS. Wood-ruff was anchor/senior correspondent for CNN, anchoring the weekday program,

“Inside Politics.” At PBS, she was the chief Washington correspondent for The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour and anchored the award-winning series, “Frontline with Judy Woodruff”, as well as multiple hour-long documentaries.

Judy has been visiting professor at Duke’s Institute of Public Policy, and a fellow at Harvard’s Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy. At NBC News, Woodruff was White House correspondent. After serving as NBC’s Today Show Chief Washington Correspondent, she wrote the book, This is Judy Woodruff at the White House.

Woodruff is founding co-chair of the International Women’s Media Foundation. She serves on the boards of the Free-dom Forum, the Newseum, the Duke Endowment, and the Urban Institute. Judy is a graduate of Duke University, where she is a trustee emerita. She is a recipient of the Cine Lifetime Achievement Award and the Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award in Broadcast Journalism/Television. □

Susanna SchrobsdorffAssistant Managing EditorTIME

Susanna Schrobsdorff is an assistant managing editor and columnist for TIME. She has a dual role as editorial liaison for the sales and marketing teams working on brand strategy as well as covering topics ranging from family dynamics to prostitution and education.

Previously, she was the Editorial Director for Newsweek Digital where she oversaw the magazine’s daily news coverage and expanded some of the site’s most successful franchises including America’s Best High Schools. She joined Newsweek.com in 2005 as a business and technology editor after an eight year hiatus from journalism during which she raised two daughters and taught creative writing to at-risk teen girls in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. She began her career at TIME as a college intern. In 1990, she began a five-year assignment as a Newsdesk Editor in Paris and Brussels, where she revamped bureau technology, managed logistics for TIME’s Olympics team as well as covering gymnastics and figure skating.

Schrobsdorff is the winner of a New York Press Club award for Outstanding Web Coverage and four Front Page Awards for Cultural Commentary, Interactive Journalism and Video Journalism. □

Mary Jo White was sworn in as the 31st Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in April 2013, following decades as a federal prose-cutor and securities lawyer. The only woman to hold the office of U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, she specialized in prosecuting complex securities and financial institution frauds and international terrorism cases. She later became chair of the litigation department at New York’s Debevoise & Plimpton.

Among her numerous awards: Chambers USA Women in Law Awards Regulatory Lawyer of the Year, Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award, George W. Bush Award for Excellence in Counterterrorism, Sandra Day O’Connor Award for Distinction in Public Service, and Women of Power and Influence Award from the National Organization for Women.

Chair White is a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and International College of Trial Lawyers. She served on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange and the Council on Foreign Relations. She earned a B.A. from William & Mary, M.S in psychology from The New School for Social Research, and law degree from Columbia. □

Mary Jo WhiteChairSEC

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JournalistFortune.com

Cyrus Sanati is a columnist at Fortune Magazine where he writes financial, political and economic commentary on top news stories. His hard-hitting columns aim to bust through the spin and partisan ideology present in much of today’s news coverage, giving readers a clear and intelligent view of world events.

Cyrus got his start in financial journalism working as a columnist at breakingviews, where his work was syndicated in newspapers across the globe, including a daily column in The Wall Street Journal. He later moved to The New York Times where he covered the financial crisis and its impact on Wall Street and the economy.

He is a graduate of UCLA and earned a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University. Cyrus was raised in Houston, Texas and now lives and works in New York City. □

For 10 years, Joyce Roché led Girls, Inc., the national non-profit research, education and advocacy organization. Earlier, Ms. Roché served as President and COO of Carson Products Company, and was VP of Global Marketing at Avon Products.

Business Week profiled Joyce and selected her as one of their “Top Managers to Watch”. She appeared on the cover of Fortune Magazine, and The Financial Times selected her as an Outstanding Corporate Director. In 2015, she received the Presidential Medal of Honor from Dillard University and in 2007, the Distinguished Alumna Award from Columbia University Women in Business. Ms. Roché authored The Empress Has No Clothes…Conquering Self-Doubt to Embrace Success, a personal memoir offering strategies for high-achieving leaders.

Ms. Roché is a graduate of New Orleans’ Dillard University, holds an MBA from Columbia University, and completed Stanford’s Senior Executive Program. She serves as Lead Director on the BoD of AT&T and sits on the board of Macy’s, Tupperware Brands, Dr. Pepper/Snapple, the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, and the BoT of Dillard University. □

Joyce M. Roché Author, Former President & CEO Girls Incorporated

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WOMEN’S FORUM CEO-SPONSORED CORPORATE BOARD DATABASE

The Women’s Forum CEO-Sponsored Board Database answers the question: How can a company find board-ready women? You find

them here in a unique database of women who meet the criteria for directors and are uniquely qualified because they are sponsored

by a CEO. This database is free of charge to nominating committees and search firms with a bonafide search. To sponsor a woman

candidate or to access the database, visit our website: womensforumny.org.

WOMEN’S FORUM OF NEW YORK

The Women’s Forum of New York is the city’s premier organization of women leaders. Our invitation-only membership of more than

500 women represents the highest levels of achievement across all professional sectors from finance to fine arts. We are dedicated to

the advancement of women’s leadership through:� Programs which enrich our members lives personally and professionally

� Our Education Fund which enables talented women whose potential has been disrupted by extreme adversity to resume

their education

� Our Corporate Board Initiative which extends and expands the contribution of women leaders through corporate board participation

WOMEN’S FORUM BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Ami Kaplan, President, Liz Neumark, Vice President, Anuradha T. Jayanti, Treasurer, Carolyn Carter, Secretary,

Linda L. Addison, Lauren C. Anderson, Pamela Baxter, Anne Donovan Bodnar, Jane A. Chmielinski, Lisa Dennison, Julia Kahr, Rikki Klieman, Monika M. Machon, Jonelle Procope, Lisa Garcia Quiroz, Janet Rollé, Eugenia Ulasewicz, Alexandra Wilkis Wilson, Sheena Wright

Janice Reals Ellig, Ex-Officio, Doris P. Meister, Ex-Officio

Rita B. Crotty, Executive Director

59 E 54th Street, Suite 81, New York, NY 10022

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BREAKFAST OF CORPORATE CHAMPIONS

The Breakfast of Corporate Champions is a biennial salute by the Women’s Forum of New York to companies who recognize that gender balance

in the Boardroom is a strategic business imperative. In 2015 we honor F1000 and S&P 500 companies with at least 20% of board seats held by

women. These Corporate Champions are an inspiration for other companies to accelerate positive change

Chairman: Janice Reals Ellig

Co-Chairman: Carolyn Carter

Committee: Joan Amble, Susan Davenport Austin, Joanna Barsh, Kimberly Bishop, Anne D. Bodnar, Pamela J. Craig, Paula DiPerna, Deborah Gillis, Charlynn Goins, Ami Kaplan, Catherine M. Keating, Ilene M. Lang, Doris P. Meister, Wendy Mendenhall, Donna M. Milrod, Susan Pikitch, Ann Misiaszek Sarnoff, Kim M. Sharan, Davia B. Temin, Janice Weinman, Linda A. Willett, Melinda B. Wolfe, Carol A.N. Zacharias

THE WOMEN’S FORUM DATABASE OF CEO-SPONSORED WOMEN The Pricewaterhousecoopers annual Corporate Directors Survey tells us 90% of new directors come from the “board’s network.”

We call on CEOs to help bring more women into those networks.

Sponsor women for corporate boards through the Women’s Forum Database which is available free of charge to Nom/Gov committees and search firms.

▷ Visit womensforumny.org

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“We want more women on boards. We need more women on boards. We will succeed better with more women on boards.”

Richard K. Davis Chairman, CEO & President, US Bank

“There’s just no excuse anymore, in any vestige of any company, that women can’t be successful and lead.”

Jeffrey R. Immelt Chairman & CEO, GE

“If we want diversity, if we want to have broader representation because we think it’s a business imperative, then we should act as though we think it’s a business imperative.”

Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. President & CEO, TIAA/CREF

“This is the United States of America. We put a man on the moon. We ought to be able to put women on boards.”

Deanna M. Mulligan President & CEO The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America