Sentences with phrase «as good board members»

One might take from these findings that good charter board members are the same as good board members in other organizations.

The new proposal is far longer and offers precise definitions for a public official as including state and local elected officials, judges, political appointees of the governor as well board members who sit on entities such as public benefit corporations or authorities.

Not exact matches

This is because very little is ever formally voted on so if they have the same amount of floor time they might as well be board members.

Not every group is a fit, so I find it works best for me to find a few I really like and get involved in those as a volunteer, board member, etc. - Michelle Garrett, MichelleGarrett.com

His philanthropic service includes founding and serving as former chairman and current board member of the Robin Hood Foundation, director of JUST Capital Foundation, as well as current advisory, chairman, director and trustee roles with a number of not - for - profit, educational and other charitable organizations.

Lululemon touted her decades of experience as a consultant, as well as her long tenure on the board, in lauding her abilities as a member of the board.

But I've heard CEOs of start - ups as well as big companies talking about how some board member or supplier or somebody is just treating them like shit.

If you do, you need to compensate advisory board members as well.

They are seeking damages from former CEO Gene Isenberg and current CEO Anthony Petrello as well as members of the board of directors in a federal class action lawsuit filed by the Erie County Employees Retirement System.

May also called for big changes to who sits on boards so that they include employees, as is the case in some European countries: «In practice, [board members] are drawn from the same, narrow social and professional circles as the executive team and — as we have seen time and time again — the scrutiny they provide is just not good enough.

Now I'm a board member and CEO, but I'm an investor as well.

At a companywide strategic - planning session — to which he invited, among others, the company's top 50 franchisees, as well as vendors and board members — he solicited ideas that would take the company forward and still fit its culture.

The firm, which has vied for months to consummate its proposed deal, is leading an effort to replace six members of Qualcomm's 11 - person board of directors — a move that, if successful, may as well seal the tie - up.

Ferguson will be part of the board's audit committee, joining existing board members such as former Pixar CFO Ann Mather as well as former president and CEO of Ford (f), Alan Mulally.

Current company / position: Reese currently serves as a board member for Spark Program — a career exploration program for middle schoolers — as well as an advisory board member of Harvard Medical School's Department of Biomedical Informatics.

The Council included $ 212 million in funding for Fair Fares, a proposal first initiated by the Community Service Society of New York, headed by David Jones, an MTA board member appointed by de Blasio as well as the Riders Alliance, which is led by John Raskin.

But, as a matter of governance, all board members should be acting in the best interests of all of its shareholders and stakeholders.

Viacom's former CEO Philippe Dauman was on the board of National Amusements as well as a member of the seven - person trust that takes over Sumner Redstone's stake in National Amusements after he dies or is declared incapacitated.

With a clientele that's decidedly younger and more business - oriented than the city's more stodgy Forest and Stream Club, the Club Saint - James offers nearly 40,000 square feet in downtown Montreal for board meetings and client dinners, as well as individual wine cellar drawers where members can stash that special bottle.

C40's board president is Michael Bloomberg, and members include Beijing, Moscow, Cairo and Sao Paulo as well as US cities Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Austin, New Orleans, Portland, San Francisco, and Seattle.

Shareholders will vote on those board members at the meeting, as well as last year's $ 17.4 million pay package for CEO Tim Sloan.

Having a couple of board members who have your back is the best feeling in the whole world and makes for a much better business as well.

But in my experience, it's surprising at how little time we as investors and as board members and startups as management teams spend thinking about how to create the best team dynamics.

The change to «employee owned» would require the CEO and board members as fiduciaries, now would have the duty and the opportunity to promote good corporate governance to protect the assets under their care, and because the corporation is at least 51 % employee owned the focus would be not just the bottom line.

In addition to being independent, each of these individuals is highly experienced as a senior executive and board member at multiple well - established companies.

Re: 2015 Metro Vancouver Transportation and Transit Plebiscite Results «First and foremost, I'd like to thank The Vancouver Board of Trade's thousands of members and partners, who have shown a tremendous amount of support for our organization over the past six months, as we poured time, energy and resources into this unprecedented referendum campaign,» said Iain Black, President and CEO of The Vancouver Board of Trade and one of the Better Transit and Transportation Coalition's four co-chairs.

Long chided by analysts for its insular nature, the seven - member board included Koogle, Mallett, and Yang, as well as backers Moritz and Eric Hippeau of Softbank.

Mr. Hernandez also has extensive experience in the banking and financial services industry, as well as banking and related financial management expertise as a former member of the boards and audit committees of two other large financial institutions, Great Western Financial Corporation from 1993 to 1997 and Washington Mutual, Inc. from 1997 to 2002.

«First and foremost, I'd like to thank The Vancouver Board of Trade's thousands of members and partners, who have shown a tremendous amount of support for our organization over the past six months, as we poured time, energy and resources into this unprecedented referendum campaign,» said Iain Black, President and CEO of The Vancouver Board of Trade and one of the Better Transit and Transportation Coalition's four co-chairs.

«It's important to look at the types of jobs that are being created because those jobs will directly affect the fortunes and challenges of households and neighborhoods as well as the course of the recovery,» Sarah Bloom Raskin, a member of the Federal Reserve Board, said in a recent speech.

Peter Bakker joins General Secretary of the Norwegian WWF, Nina Jensen; Professor Katherine Richardson; Managing Director of the Global Economic Symposium, Thierry Malleret and professor Frank Geels as well as the five members from DNV GL in the Advisory Board.

The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade has long supported the Mayors» Council plan for transit and transportation, both as an independent organization, and as a founding member of the Better Transit and Transportation Coalition.

One of those shareholders — Starboard Value's managing member Jeffrey Smith — has been extremely critical of Mayer and Yahoo's board as well.

The company has reached out both to at least one other larger institutional shareholder urging a sale, and to Tribune board members as well as Gannett.

For example, the newspaper measures such things as the diversity of the faculty, staff, board members, and students at each school, «languages,» the «international reach of the EMBA,» as well as the amount of research published by professors from each school.

Chief Executive Group is the leading community for business leaders worldwide, publishes Chief Executive magazine (since 1977), ChiefExecutive.net, Corporate Board Member magazine and BoardMember.com, as well as conferences and roundtables that enable CEOs to discuss key subjects and share their experiences with their peers.

Fellows are chosen by an in - house Selection Committee composed of a panel of experts, as well as members of APF Canada's Board of Directors.

He also serves on the board of the World Economic Forum's Partnering Against Corruption Initiative and is a member of the Forum's International Business Council, as well as on the International Advisory Boards of British American Business and the Atlantic Council.

After a year of hard work, we are very excited about the growth this will bring to both the Einsteinium Foundation and VoxTel billing integration as well as the adoption of crypto currency as a whole», said Jonathan Lauzière, Board member and Treasurer of EMC2.

Name: Kelly Blackett Title: Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Communications Areas of responsibility: Human resources, learning and development, corporate communications Years with CWB Financial Group: 3 Career history: 17 years with General Electric in Canada holding a series of progressively responsible human resources leadership roles at GE Capital and GE Corporate, supporting businesses within Canada as well as globally Education: Bachelor of Commerce with Distinction from the University of Alberta Community involvement: Sits on the Board of Trustees for the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation, member of the MacEwan Business School Advisory Board, and past mentor with MORE, a program providing cross-business mentorship to female leaders in Edmonton's business community

And there are many other managers needed, including a chief of its engineering unit and a head of marketing, as well as more board members, especially independent ones.

Mr. Bowsher also serves as a Director of DeVry Inc., Washington Mutual Investors Fund and SI International, as well as serving as a public member of the FINRA board.

Tronc financial advisers Goldman Sachs and Lazard Frères will help lead a meeting in Los Angeles, involving Tronc board chairman Michael Ferro and his top Tronc C - suite level executives, as well as possibly board members.

He is presently a Senior Advisor to The Carlyle Group and on the board of Bloomberg LLP as well as a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

Ian sits on the Faculty Advisory Board of the McGill Faculty of Law and is also a Trustee of the S.M. Blair Family Foundation as well as a proud member of Canada Company.

He was a Board Member for Xicato, an intelligent LED module manufacturer, as well as a Board Member and CFO for Shasta Renewable Resources, LLC, a renewable biopower energy company as well as holding Vice President and Senior Banking Analyst roles.

He has presented at a wide variety of corporate law seminars and symposia around the country, including The Tulane Institute of Corporate Law (where he serves as Co-Chair of the Planning Committee), The Association of General Counsel, The Harvard School of Law, Columbia School of Law, The University of Pennsylvania School of Law, and The University of Pennsylvania Institute of Law and Economics (where he serves as a member of the Board of Advisors), The Annual Institute on Corporate Securities and Related Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions, sponsored by the New York City Bar Association, as well as a variety of seminars sponsored by The Practicing Law Institute and the American and Delaware State Bar Associations.

Kim also serves as a board member with the following: the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance, the Community Business Diversity Council, the Women's College Hospital Investment Committee, and the United Corporation (a listed closed - end fund).

Mr. Nokes was a member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and sat on the Board of Directors of the American Petroleum Institute, as well as the American Petroleum Institute Transportation, Marketing and Downstream Committee.

As a long term Prospa investor and Board member, Avi Eyal, Partner at UK - based Entrée Capital commented, «Prospa has had exceptional growth over the past four years, led by two of the best CEOs in tech today, Greg Moshal and Beau Bertoli.