Each year, NACD Directorship identifies the most influential people in the boardroom community, including directors, corporate governance experts, journalists, regulators, academics and counselors. Reviving economic growth remains a priority for policy makers and directors alike. Therefore, our programs strive to offer a balance between those who do actual board work and those who influence how that work is done. Click here to learn more about each honor.
This list is not intended to encapsulate all the career accomplishments of the D100 but rather to highlight at least one noteworthy position. More complete bios will appear in the November/December 2012 issue of NACD Directorship.
2012 Honorees
NACD B. Kenneth West Lifetime Achievement Award
Jack B. Lowe, Jr.
Chairman
Zale Corporation; TDIndustries
Lowe became CEO and board chair of TDIndustries, one of America's premier specialty contracting companies in 1980. For 15 consecutive years, the company has appeared in Fortune magazine's list of the "100 Best Companies to Work in America". In his career, Lowe has been active in many civic and industry organizations and is a former trustee of the Dallas Independent School District.
NACD Directors of the Year
William S. Ayer
Chairman
Alaska Air Group
A veteran of more than three decades in aviation, Ayer is the incoming chairman of the NextGen Advisory Council, a panel of aviation industry leaders who are working with the FAA to modernize the nation's air traffic control system and improve airport and airspace efficiency. In addition, he is vice chairman of the Museum of Flight and serves on the Angel Flight West Foundation board. He is a regent at the University of Washington and vice chair of the University of Washington Foundation.
Linda Rabbitt
Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Rand Construction Corp.
Lead Independent Director, Towers Watson
Rabbitt is the current chair of the Federal City Council, is on the board of the Economic Club of Washington and is a trustee of George Washington University. She is a director and deputy chair of the Federal Reserve Bank in Richmond, Va.
NACD Directorship 100: Hall of Fame
William B. Chandler, III
Partner
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
James D. Robinson, III
Chair, Directors and Corporate Governance
Coca-Cola
NACD Directorship 100: Directors
Chairman of the Board
Zurich
Chair, Human Resources
AT&T
Chair, Information Technology Oversight
FedEx
Chair, Compensation Committee
eBay
Chair, Compensation Committee
Sprint Nextel
Chair, Nominating/Governance Committee
KBR
Chair, Compensation Committee
Weatherford Intl.
Chair, Audit Committee
ExxonMobil
Chair, Audit Committee
T. Rowe Price Group
Chair, Compensation Committee
Home Depot
Chair, Nominating/Governance Committee
Nucor
Director
American Express
Director
Discover Financial Services
Chair, Finance and Risk Committee
Swiss Re
Director
SEC Division of Investment Management
Chair, Compensation Committee
Boeing
Chair, Innovation Technology
Procter & Gamble
Director
SEC Division of Trading and Markets
Director
DuPont
Director
Gap
Lead Director
Intel
Lead Director
Chevron
Director
Delphi Automotive
Chairman of the Board
CVS
Chair, Audit Committee
PepsiCo
Chairman of the Board
CounterTack
Chair, Finance Committee
Marsh & McLennan Companies
Chairman of the Board
Ford Motor Co.
Chair, Human Resources and Compensation Committee
J.C. Penney
Director
Office Depot
Chair, Corporate Governance
General Mills
Chair, Personnel and Compensation Committee
Delta Air Lines
Chair, Corporate Governance and Ethics
Prudential
Chair, Governance and Corporate Responsibility
MetLife
Governance, Membership and Public Affairs Committee
Kraft Foods
Chair, Nominating/Governance Committee
AmerisourceBergen
Chairman of the Board
Nordstrom
Chair, Nominating/Governance Committee
Home Depot
Director
Groupon
Director
Ford Motor Co.
Director
General Motors
Chair, Audit Committee
Marathon Oil Co.
Director
Pfizer
Chair, Compensation Committee
Pfizer
Chairman of the Board and CEO
DuPont
Chair, Compensation Committee
Coca-Cola
Chair, Compensation Committee
Walt Disney
Chair, Governance Committee
Qualcomm
Chair, Compensation & Benefits
American Express
Chair, Nominating/Governance Committee
Broadridge Financial Solutions
Chairman of the Board
Apple
Director
UPS
Lead Director and Chair, Investment and Finance Committee
Aetna
Chair, Audit Committee
AIG
Chair, Compensation Committee
CBRE Group
Lead Director & Chair, Audit Committee
Dell
Chair, Nominating/Governance Committee
Ameriprise Financial
Lead Director
International Flavors & Fragrances
Director
Glaxo SmithKline
Director
JetBlue Airways
Chair, Nominating/Governance Committee
Lockheed Martin
Chair, Audit Committee
Viacom
Chair, Nom Gov Committee
Phillips 66
Chairman of the Board
McDonald's
Director
General Mills
Chairman of the Board
REIS
Chair, Audit & Examination
Wells Fargo
Director
Johnson & Johnson
Chair, Public Policy
Johnson & Johnson
Director
United Technologies
Chair, Compensation Committee
Cummins
Chair, Audit Committee
Verizon Communications
Director
ConocoPhillips
Chair, Audit Committee
Microsoft
Chair, Public Responsibility
General Electric
Chair, Audit Committee
H.J. Heinz
Chairman of the Board
IBM
Chair, Antitrust Compliance
Microsoft
Chair, Nominating/Governance Committee
Johnson & Johnson
Chair, Compensation Committee
Intel
Director
Kimberly-Clark
Lead Director
General Motors
Chair, Audit Committee
Amazon
Chair, Nominating and Corp Governance
iRobot
Chair, Audit Committee
Kroger
Director
Boeing
Chairman of the Board
Red Hat
Director
Courier Corporation
Chairman of the Board
Walgreen
Director
IBM
Chair, Audit Committee
Allstate
Chair Compensation Committee
Lululemon Athletica
Chairman, President, CEO
AT&T
Director
General Electric
Chair, Corporate Responsibility
Target
Director
AT&T
Director
Coca-Cola
Lead Director
Starbucks
Chairman of the Board
CA Technologies
Chair, Nominating/Governance Committee
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Chair, Governance and Stockholder Relations
Texas Instruments
Chair, Audit Committee
CIGNA
Director
SEC Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations
NACD Directorship 100: Governance Professionals and Institutions
Attorney General
State of Texas
CEO, Founder
Pershing Square Capital Management
Managing Partner, CEO
McGladrey
Commissioner
SEC
Director
NYU Pollack Center for Law and Business
CEO
Crowe Horwath
Vice President and Corporate Governance Specialist
T. Rowe Price
Partner
Sullivan & Cromwell
Chairman, House Financial Services Committee
Congress
William D. Warren Distinguished Professor of Law
UCLA School of Law
Anchor, Closing Bell
CNBC
Principal, Founder, member of Investment Committee
Relational Investors
Director of the Program on Corporate Governance
Harvard Law School
National Practice Leader of the Executive Compensation Practice
Hay Group
Chairman
GMI
Partner
Hogan Lovells
Partner
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP
Justice
Delaware Supreme Court
Partner
Bernstein Liebhard
President and CEO
Society of Corporate Secretaries & Governance Professionals
Fund Controller, Principal
Vanguard Group
Head, Compensation Policy
ISS
Founder, Chairman, CEO, Chief Investment Officer
Breeden Capital Management
Associate Professor of Clinical Finance and Business Economics
USC Marshall School of Business
PwC Partner
PwC Center for Corporate Governance
Global Vice Chair, Public Policy
Ernst & Young
Director of Corporate Governance
TIAA-CREF
Global Head of Research
ISS
Senior Editor, CFO Journal
Wall Street Journal
CEO
Grant Thornton
CEO, Founder
Equilar
Co-Head, North American Board and CEO Practice
Spencer Stuart
Leader
PwC Center for Corporate Governance
Adolf A. Berle Professor of Law
Columbia Law School
Director, Center for Legal Policy
Manhattan Institute
Director
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Director, Division of Corporate Finance
SEC
Executive Director
Ethics and Compliance Officers Association
Co-Head, North American Board and CEO Practice
Spencer Stuart
DealBook Professor, The New York Times
Professor, Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University
Executive Committee Member, Co-Leader of Global Board Practice
Egon Zehnder International
Managing Director
Protiviti
Attorney General
State of Ohio
National SEC Practice Leader
McGladrey
President and CEO
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Chairman
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
Partner
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP
Vice Chairman
Heidrick & Struggles
Vice President of Proxy Research
Glass Lewis & Co.
President and CEO
Edelman
Global Head of Corporate Governance and Responsible Investment
BlackRock
Partner
Kirkland & Ellis
Co-Founder, President
Greenlight Capital
Managing Director, Co-Founder
Grant & Eisenhofer
Edgar S. Woolard, Jr., Chair
University of Delaware, Weinberg Center
President
Business Roundtable
President, CEO
TIAA-CREF
Executive Chair, Founder
Farient Advisors
Chairman, CEO
BlackRock
Executive Director
Center for Audit Quality
Former Head of Governance
BlackRock
Executive Partner
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Managing Partner
Center for Leading Organizations
Commissioner
SEC
Chairman
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Vice Chancellor
Delaware Court of Chancery
Partner
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Partner
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Director
RAND Center for Corporate Ethics and Governance
Partner
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
President, CEO
Nasdaq OMX
Senior Faculty, Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance
Stanford Law School
Vice Chairman
Heidrick & Struggles
Partner, Managing Director
Steven Hall & Partners
Managing Director, Vice Chairman-Board Leadership Services
Korn/Ferry International
Attorney General
State of California
Partner
Kirkland & Ellis
Chief Research Analyst
GMI
Attorney General
United States of America
Justice
Delaware Supreme Court
Chairman
Icahn Enterprises
Chairman, 112th Congress Oversight Committee
United States Congress
Justice
Delaware Supreme Court
Chairman, Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Senate
Chairman
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Partner
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Corporate Partner
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Director, Division of Enforcement
SEC
Managing Partner
Dechert, Chicago Office
Partner
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Managing Director
Pearl Meyer & Partners
Deputy CEO
Deloitte
Co-director, Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance
Stanford Law School
Vice Chancellor
Delaware Court of Chancery
President and CEO
Levick
Director, Division of Risk, Strategy and Financial Innovation and Chief Economist
SEC
U.S. Vice Chair, Audit and Americas Regional Head of Audit
KPMG
Founder, CEO
Third Point LLC
Attorney General
State of Hawaii
Management News Editor
Wall Street Journal
Executive Director
IRRC Institute
Vice Chairman, Managing Director, Board Services Practice
Korn/Ferry International
Chief Policy Officer
Glass Lewis & Co.
Chair of The Litigation Department
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
Executive Vice President, Special Counsel
ISS
Vice Chairman, Head of Global CEO & Board Practice
CTPartners
Director
GMI
Chairman
OCEG
Partner
ValueAct Capital
CEO
National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI)
Deputy Managing Editor, Executive Editor of Online
Wall Street Journal
Vice Chairman
Marsh & McLennan Companies
Of Counsel
Latham & Watkins
CEO, director
NYSE Euronext
Vice Chancellor
Delaware Court of Chancery
Head of Board Practice
Egon Zehnder International
Partner
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Chief Legal Officer
Mayo Clinic
Commissioner
SEC
Vice Chancellor
Delaware Court of Chancery
Chairman, CEO
Frederic W. Cook
Founder and CEO
Trian Fund Management
Co-anchor, Squawk Box
CNBC
Chief Judge
US District Court Southern District of New York
Chairman of the Board
Deloitte
Justice
Delaware Supreme Court
Director, Division of Investment Management
SEC
Partner and Co-Chair Corporate Governance and Board Advisory Group
Cravath, Swaine & Moore
Chairman
SEC
Attorney General
State of New York
Founder, President, Portfolio Manager
Lawndale Capital Management
Director Corporate Governance
CalSTRS
Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Congress
Senior Portfolio Manager and Director for Corporate Governance
CalPERS
President of Executive Liability
Chartis
Senior Vice President and Director of ESG Shareowner Engagement
Walden Asset Management
Senior Associate Dean for Executive Programs
Yale School of Management
Chairman
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Chief Mergers & Acquisitions Reporter, 'Dealbook' Editor and Columnist
The New York Times
Chief Justice
Delaware Supreme Court
Chancellor
Delaware Court of Chancery
President and CEO
Pearl Meyer & Partners
Chairman
Jenner & Block
Partner
Katten
Chairman, CEO
KPMG-Americas
Director, Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) Focal Point USA
Global Reporting Initiative
Commissioner
SEC
CEO
EisnerAmper
Partner in Charge and Executive Director
KPMG's Audit Committee Institute
Founder, Principal, Investment Committee Member
Relational Investors
Chairman
International Corporate Governance Network
Executive Director
Council of Institutional Investors (CII)
NACD Directorship 100: People to Watch
Deloitte Professor of Enterprise Risk Management
North Carolina State University, ERM Initiative
Acting Chief Accountant
SEC
Instructor, Director of Graduate Programs in Health Administration, Director of Center for Health Administration
University of Colorado
Chairman, CEO
Governance & Accountability Institute
Partner
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
Dean
Pace University Lubin School of Business
Partner
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Director
U.K. Serious Fraud Office
Partner
Covington & Burling
Manager
International Finance Corporation
Founder
Children's Investment Fund
Superintendent
New York Department of Financial Services
Publisher
CorpGov.net
Professor
McGill University
Partner
Brunswick Group
Associate Director, Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance
University of Delaware
Partner
WilmerHale
Professor
Georgetown University
Partner
Jones Day
Chairman
Financial Services Authority, London
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