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Keynote Speakers

• Daniel P. Amos, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Aflac Incorporated
• Carl Icahn, Chairman and CEO, Icahn & Co.
• Alan Murray, Executive Editor, The Wall Street Journal
• Barbara Thomas Judge, Chair of the UK Atomic Energy Authority and Former SEC Commissioner
• Martin Lipton, Founding Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Speaker Lineup

• Jon A. Anda , President, Environmental Markets Network
• Donna F. Anderson, Head of Global Corporate Governance for T. Rowe Price & Assoc.
• Steve Basser, Partner, Barrack, Rodos & Baccine
• Warren Batts, Former CEO, Tupperware Corporation
• Ethan Berman, CEO of RiskMetrics Group
• Kenneth A. Bertsch, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
• Martha L. Carter, Ph.D., Head of Governance Institute, RiskMetrics Group
• David Chun, CEO, Equilar
• Douglas G. Cogan, Head of Climate Change Research, RiskMetrics Group
• Stephen Deane, Governance Exchange, RiskMetrics Group
• Stephen Dodson, Chief Operating Officer, Parnassus Investments
• Alex Edmans, Assistant Professor of Finance, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
• Charles Elson, Director, John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, University of Delaware
• Jordan Eth, Partner, Morrison & Foerster
• Pamela P. Flaherty, Senior Vice President of Corporate Citizenship, Citigroup and President & CEO, Citi Foundation
• Margaret M. Foran, Esq., Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Pfizer Inc.
• Zach Gast, Financials Sector Research Analyst, RiskMetrics Group
• Julie J. Gebauer, Managing Director, Towers Perrin
• Don Kirshbaum, Investment Officer, Policy, Connecticut State Treasurer's Office
• Richard Leggett, Head of Governance Business, RiskMetrics Group
• Mindy Lubber, President, Ceres
• Peter Lyons, Partner, Shearman & Sterling
• Lt. James Maloney, Trustee, Chicago Policemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund
• Patrick McGurn, Head of U.S. Corporate Governance Trends, RiskMetrics Group
• Martin Nemeth, RiskMetrics Labs, RiskMetrics Group
• Ron Orol, Senior Writer, The Deal and The Daily Deal
• Ron Papanek, Head of Risk Market Strategy and RiskMetrics Labs, RiskMetrics Group
• Jeremy Perler, Co-head CFRA Accounting Research, RiskMetrics Group
• John Phillips, Senior Portfolio Manager, Alliance Bernstein
• Broc Romanek, Editor, CompensationStandards.com
• David Roscoe, Head of Leadership Initiatives, RiskMetrics Group
• Thomas E. Sandell, Chairman & CEO, Sandell Asset Management
• Adam Savett, Head of Securities Class Action Services, RiskMetrics Group
• Eric Shostal, Social & Environmental Policy Lead, RiskMetrics Group
• Marc Siegel, Global Head of Research, ISS Governance Services, RiskMetrics Group
• Timothy Smith, Director of Socially Responsive Investment, Walden Asset Management
• Meg Voorhes, Head of Environmental and Social Issues, RiskMetrics Group
• Ted White, Chief Operating Officer, Knight Vinke Asset Management, LLC
• Lisa Woll, CEO, Social Investment Forum
• Christopher Young, Director of M&A Research, RiskMetrics Group