Officers & Directors


OFFICERS


CHAIR OF THE BOARD

Jeffrey Pochowicz
Vice President, Associate General Counsel & Assistant Secretary
McDonald’s Corporation


CHAIR-ELECT

Keir D. Gumbs
Chief Legal Officer
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Christina Mcguire
Society Staff

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Andrew J. Fitzsimons
Society Staff

VICE PRESIDENT OF EVENTS
Ophelia King
Society Staff

SECRETARY OF THE BOARD
Hope Mehlman
Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel
Discover Financial Services

ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Christina Ibrahim
Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel
Avalon Investment & Advisory

ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Candace Jackson
Assistant Secretary and Assistant General Counsel, Corporate & Securities
Synaptics Incorporated

ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Stacy Anderson
Director, Governance & Board Affairs
Microsoft

ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Krista Jones McAninley
Vice President & Deputy General Counsel – Legal Compliance & Risk
Ferguson 

COMPLIANCE OFFICER
Sophie Hager Hume
Retired


BOARD OF DIRECTORS (ELECTED BY SOCIETY MEMBERS) 


EX-OFFICO DIRECTORS


Jeffrey Pochowicz

Vice President, Associate General Counsel & Assistant Secretary
McDonald’s Corporation


Keir D. Gumbs
Chief Legal Officer

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. 


CLASS OF 2023


Dane Allen
Assistant General Counsel & Assistant Corporate Secretary

The Hertz Corporation


Elizabeth Ising

Partner 
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Shannon Kinney
Deputy General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary
ConocoPhillips Company

Adam Kokas
Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary & Chief Human Resources Officer
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

Barry Medintz
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
CentralSquare


CLASS OF 2024


Jared Brandman
SVP, General Counsel and Secretary
National Vision


Jaileah X. Huddleston
Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Brown-Forman Corporation

Jung-Kyu McCann
Chief Legal Officer
Greenhouse Software

David Scileppi
Director, Senior Legal Counsel, Corporation Securities and Transactions
Alcon Inc. 

Jeffrey Taylor
Vice President, Chief SEC Counsel and Secretary
American Water Works Company, Inc.


CLASS OF 2025


Sheena Bailey
Senior Legal Specialist, Corporate Governance
Whirlpool Corporation


Craig Beazer
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Lincoln Financial Group

Monique Cenac
Assistant General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.

Yafit Cohn
Vice President, Chief Sustainability Officer and Group General Counsel
The Travelers Companies, Inc.

Holly Youngwood
Managing Director and Associate General Counsel
JPMorgan Chase & Co.


CLASS OF 2026


Ning S. Chiu
Partner
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP



Richard Fields
Head of the Board Effectiveness Practice
Russell Reynolds Associates

William J. Horton, Jr.
Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Verizon Communications


Eileen McCarthy
Senior Vice President, Legal
UiPath, Inc.


Scott Siamas
Senior Vice President & Associate General Counsel – Corporate, Securities & Global Governance
Salesforce, Inc.