who elects board of directors for a corporation
Harvard International Relations Council


and it is an affiliated non-governmental organization with the United Nations Department of Public Information. The IRC Staff is chosen by the IRC Board of Directors, who are chosen by group members in an annual election alongside the election for IRC President. Following the election, IRC Corporate Officers are elected by the Board of Directors and hold their corporate position until the election of a new Board of Directors. These officers head operations that allow to best promote international education and social impact, to manage its programs in a financially sound and
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ABC Board


The ABC Board is the body responsible for the operations of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It is made up of five to seven directors chosen by the Australian government and a Managing Director who is appointed by the Board itself. At various times, ABC staff have been granted rights to elect a nominee for appointment to the Board; and as of April 2013 staff elected a nominee-director. The Governor-General, on the recommendation of the Federal Government, appoints members, as specified in the "Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act,
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Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics


Credentialing for Associate Ergonomics Professionals (AEP) and Associate Human Factors Professionals (AHFP) followed in 1995. The BCPE is governed by an elected board of directors, composed of BCPE certified professionals and a public member, who establish corporate policies and procedures. These volunteers are leaders from within the profession and represent the diverse domains in which HFE is practiced. Each director is nominated for election by a Nominations Committee and is elected by the Board to a term of three years. Corporate officers (President, Vice President, Secretary,
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United States corporate law


classified board of directors (e.g. where only a third of directors come up for election each year) where directors can only be removed "with cause" scrutinized by the courts. More corporations have classified boards after initial public offerings than a few years after going public, because institutional investors typically seek to change the corporation's rules to make directors more accountable. In principle, shareholders in Delaware corporations can make appointments to the board through a majority vote, and can also act to expand the size of the board and elect new
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Corporate governance


The so-called "Anglo-American model" of corporate governance emphasizes the interests of shareholders. It relies on a single-tiered board of directors that is normally dominated by non-executive directors elected by shareholders. Because of this, it is also known as "the unitary system". Within this system, many boards include some executives from the company (who are ex officio members of the board). Non-executive directors are expected to outnumber executive directors and hold key posts, including audit and compensation committees
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Staggered elections


prevent takeover attempts. Some legislative bodies (most commonly upper houses) use staggered elections, as do some public bodies, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission. A staggered board of directors or classified board is a prominent practice in US corporate law governing the board of directors of a company, corporation, or other organization, in which only a fraction (often one third) of the members of the board of directors is elected each time instead of en masse (where all directors have one-year terms). Each
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San Miguel Corporation


the Lone Star Brewing Company located in San Antonio, Texas). In 1939, the management of the company was reorganized along the lines of American corporations. San Miguel's management team was made up of the board of directors (president, vice-president, treasurer and nine directors and the executive officers of the corporation). Ramón J. Fernández was elected president of the board of directors and Antonio Róxas y Gargollo (a son of Antonio Róxas) was elected vice-president. Soriano was elected president of the corporation,
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Canadian Society of Cinematographers


. With Corporate Sponsorship and the help of leaders within the organization, the Canadian Society of Cinematographers fulfills its mission by: The Canadian Society of Cinematographers consists of: The Canadian Society of Cinematographers has 7 members elected to their board of directors, who each possess unique qualities and skills that contribute to the organization. The board of directors elects two individuals as chief officers, and they are: The Canadian Society of Cinematographers is a non-profit organization that relies on the support of corporate sponsors in order to serve their membership.
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Markham Fair


society is an Ontario corporation that owns and operates the fair and its properties. It is governed by a board of 24 directors, who are elected at each annual meeting for a three-year period, and six junior directors (between the ages of 18-26) who are elected annually for a one-year period. All directors are elected by members of the society who attend the annual meeting. From among the directors, the President (Chair) and two vice-presidents are elected following the annual meeting,
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Green Bay Packers, Inc.


was in place. The corporation is governed by a seven-member executive committee, elected from among the board of directors. The committee directs corporate management, approves major capital expenditures, establishes board policy, and monitors performance of management in conducting the business and affairs of the corporation. The elected president, currently Mark H. Murphy, represents the corporation at NFL owners meetings and other league functions. The president is the only officer who receives compensation. The balance of the committee sits "gratis". At the time of his
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Inside director


An inside director is a member of the board of directors of a corporation who is also a member of the corporation's management, almost always a corporate officer. For example, a chief executive officer who is also chairman of the board would be considered an inside director. A chief financial officer, executive vice president, or other corporate executive who is a member of the board is also an inside director. Inside directors commonly enjoy seats on boards because they own equity in the company. Inside directors are differentiated from outside directors
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Limited liability partnership


shareholders of a corporation. Unlike corporate shareholders, the partners have the right to manage the business directly. In contrast, corporate shareholders must elect a board of directors under the laws of various state charters. The board organizes itself (also under the laws of the various state charters) and hires corporate officers who then have as "corporate" individuals the legal responsibility to manage the corporation in the corporation's best interest. An LLP also contains a different level of tax liability from that of a corporation. Limited liability partnerships are
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Mozilla Foundation


Directors has eight members: Originally, Christopher Blizzard had a seat on the board, but he moved to the Mozilla Corporation Board of Directors when it was established; Joichi Ito joined the Mozilla Foundation board at that time. He left the board in 2016. Bob Lisbonne and Carl Malamud were elected to the board in October 2006. Mark Surman is the foundation's executive director. The Mozilla Corporation also has a number of employees, many of whom worked for the foundation before the establishment of the corporation. The Mozilla project has
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Follett Corporation


In November 2012, Mary Lee Schneider was elected Follett's new president and CEO. Schneider is an 11-year veteran on the Follett Board of Directors. Schneider came to Follett from Chicago-based RR Donnelley, where she recently was president, and Digital Solutions and Chief Technology Officer. In January 2014, Follett Corporation announced that the company's board of directors named Todd Litzsinger as chairman of the board. Litzsinger succeeds Steve Waichler, who held the role on an interim basis following the passing of O'Hara in 2013. Litzsinger joined Follett
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Worker representation on corporate boards of directors


Worker representation on corporate boards of directors refers to the right of workers to vote for representatives on a board of directors in corporate law. In 2018, a majority of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and a majority of countries in the European Union, had some form of law guaranteeing the right of workers to vote for board representation. Together with a right to elect work councils, this is often called "codetermination". The following is a list of 35 countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation
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Corporate governance


system of controls intended to help align managers' incentives with those of shareholders. Agency concerns (risk) are necessarily lower for a controlling shareholder. In private for-profit corporations, shareholders elect the board of directors to represent their interests. In the case of nonprofits, stakeholders may have some role in recommending or selecting board members, but typically the board itself decides who will serve on the board as a 'self-perpetuating' board. The degree of leadership that the board has over the organization varies; in practice
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Kyrgyz Television


of the KTRK Supervisory Board. The Supervisory Board assigned the duties of the Corporation's General Director to the well-known journalist Sultanbek Zhumagulov, who at that time was the head of the television channel “ElTR”. On November 23, 2014 Sultanbek Zhumagulov was elected for the post of General Director. During the reign of Sultanbek. Zhumagulov as the General Director of KTRK, the news block of the channel was updated, and a new Osh TV studio was opened. After his resignation, the Supervisory Board of the Public
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Korea Investment Corporation


namely the Minister of Strategy and Finance, the Governor of the Bank of Korea and the CEO of KIC. The six private sector members, who are nominated by the Civil Member Candidate Nomination Committee and appointed by the President of the Republicof Korea, serve two-year terms. The chairman of the Steering Committee is elected from among the civil members. Board of Directors KIC maintains a Board of Directors which includes CEO and directors. The Board resolves important issues to be referred to the Steering Committee; use of emergency funds and
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History of the Green Bay Packers


ensure that no individual can assume control of the club. To run the corporation, a board of directors is elected by the stockholders. The board of directors in turn elect a seven-member Executive Committee (officers) of the corporation, consisting of a president, vice president, treasurer, secretary and three members-at-large. The president is the only officer to draw compensation; The balance of the committee is sitting "gratis." The team's elected president represents the Packers in NFL owners meetings unless someone
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Verifone


for their “withheld” votes for election of the director, the length of service and qualifications of the director, their Corporate Governance Guidelines and the director's overall contributions as a member of Board. The Board will consider these and any other factors it deems relevant, as well as the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee's recommendation, when deciding whether to accept or reject the tendered resignation. Any director whose resignation is under consideration shall not participate in the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee deliberation and recommendation regarding whether to accept the resignation
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Kimberly Casiano


was elected to the board of directors of Ford Motor Company, becoming the first Hispanic woman to serve on the board of any top five Fortune 100 corporate boards. At Ford, she serves on three Ford committees — Audit; Nominating and Corporate Governance; and Sustainibility and Innovation. In April 2006, she joined the board of directors of Mutual of America, which provides insurance coverage and retirement plans to non-profits as well as small- to medium-sized firms. In March 2010, Casiano joined the board of directors of
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Nonprofit organization


) by law and to enter into business dealings, form contracts, and own property as individuals or for-profit corporations can. Nonprofits can have members, but many do not. The nonprofit may also be a trust or association of members. The organization may be controlled by its members who elect the board of directors, board of governors or board of trustees. A nonprofit may have a delegate structure to allow for the representation of groups or corporations as members. Alternatively, it may be a non-membership organization and
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Dambisa Moyo


She sits on three of the board's committees: the Audit Committee; the Conduct, Operational and Reputational Risk Committee; and the Financial Risk Committee. In 2011 she joined the board of directors of the international mining company Barrick Gold. She sits on the board's Audit Committee; Corporate Governance and Nomination Committee; and Corporate Responsibility Committee. In 2015 Moyo joined the board of directors of data storage company Seagate Technology. On August 9, 2016, Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) announced that Moyo had been elected to
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Gender representation on corporate boards of directors


Gender representation on corporate boards of directors refers to the proportion of men and women who occupy board member positions. To measure gender diversity on corporate boards, studies often use the percentage of women holding corporate board seats and the percentage of companies with at least one woman on their board. Globally, men occupy more board seats than women. , women held 21.3% of the board seats on Fortune 1000 companies (up from 17.9% in 2015). The reasons behind the disproportionate gender ratio of directors is a subject of much
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Corporate governance


issues led options to become a less popular means of remuneration as 2006 progressed, and various alternative implementations of buybacks surfaced to challenge the dominance of "open market" cash buybacks as the preferred means of implementing a share repurchase plan. Shareholders elect a board of directors, who in turn hire a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to lead management. The primary responsibility of the board relates to the selection and retention of the CEO. However, in many U.S. corporations the CEO and Chairman of the Board roles are held by the
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United States corporate law


There are, therefore, necessarily rules from the corporation statutes and the law of agency that attribute the acts of real people to the corporation, to make contracts, deal with property, commission torts, and so on. First, the board of directors will be typically appointed at the first corporate meeting by whoever the articles of incorporation identify as entitled to elect them. The board is usually given the collective power to direct, manage and represent the corporation. This power (and its limits) is usually delegated to directors by
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Corporate title


-board corporate structure, the board of directors (elected by the shareholders) is often equivalent to the European or Asian supervisory board, while the functions of the executive board may be vested either in the board of directors or in a separate committee, which may be called an operating committee (J.P. Morgan Chase), management committee (Goldman Sachs), executive committee (Lehman Brothers), or executive council (Hewlett-Packard), or executive board (HeiG) composed of the division/subsidiary heads and senior officers
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Youth Parliament of Manitoba


is a model parliament and bases its organizational structure and nomenclature on the Westminster Parliamentary system. The membership structure of YPM is made up of three main components: the Board of Directors (also known as the Parliamentary Executive), the Cabinet, and the Backbenchers. As well, the Board of Directors will regularly appoint individuals to be Senators or the Honorary President. The corporation is run by a five-person Board of Directors, elected by and from its membership. The positions on the board are: Elections take place annually
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Robert Gates


, 2012, Starbucks Corporation announced that Gates had been elected to the Starbucks board of directors. He will serve on the board's nominating and corporate governance committee. On October 30, 2013, the Boy Scouts of America announced that Gates had been elected to the National executive board. While on this board, he will serve as the national president-elect. In May 2014, he began a two-year-long term as the BSA national president. Randall Stephenson, chairman and chief executive officer of AT&T Inc. serves
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Peter Taptuna


served as a member of the Municipal Council of Kugluktuk and Deputy Mayor from 1999 to 2004. He has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Kitikmeot Corporation and the Nunavut Development Corporation. He was first elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for the electoral district of Kugluktuk in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in the 2008 territorial election. In the 2008 election, Peter Taptuna received 264 votes (59.7%) ahead of the only other candidate, Donald Havioyak, who received 178 votes (40.3%
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Donna Shalala


who was elected at the age of 78 in 1953. Her victory returned the seat to the Democrats for the first time since the death of longtime congressman Claude Pepper in 1989. Shalala was sworn in as a member of the 116th United States Congress on January 3, 2019. She is the oldest freshman member of the House. Shalala is currently serving on the Board of Directors of the United States Soccer Federation. Shalala served as a member of the board of directors of Lennar Corporation from 2001–2012. She served on the board
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Henrique De Castro


Yahoo’s sales, media, business development and operations worldwide, with an annual budget of $5 billion. In February 2019 De Castro was publicly announced as a newly elected Board of Directors member by Banco Santander S.A., a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 Market Index and one of the 20 largest banks in the World. In July 2017 De Castro was elected to the board of directors of First Data Corporation, the global leader in payment solutions serving over 6 million merchants. De Castro was elected to the board of directors
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James L. Jones


US Chamber, as well as director fees of $330,000 from the Boeing Company and $290,000 from the Chevron Corporation. After leaving the Obama administration, Jones returned as a Fellow at the US Chamber in 2011. The board of directors of General Dynamics has elected Jones to be a director of the corporation, effective August 3, 2011. Also, on January 13, 2012, Jones joined Deloitte Consulting LLP as a senior adviser who will work with Federal and commercial consulting clients within Deloitte's Department of Defense and Intel segments
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Fluor Corporation


owns a 3.5 percent interest in the company, while employees own six percent through its profit-sharing program. Fluor's Board of Directors has 12 "Independent Directors" and the CEO. The Independent Directors elect a Lead Independent Director every three years that acts as a liaison to the CEO. Each Independent Director is on two or more of four committees: audit, executive, governance, and organization & compensation. Directors serve a three-year term and are elected by shareholders. Corporate officers, such as the CEO,
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Richard Myers


by General Peter Pace. On November 9, 2005, Myers received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His citation reads: In 2006, Myers accepted a part-time appointment as a Foundation Professor of Military History at Kansas State University. That same year, he was also elected to the Board of Directors of Northrop Grumman Corporation, the world's third largest defense contractor. On September 13, 2006, he also joined the board of directors of United Technologies Corporation. He also serves on the boards of Aon Corporation, John
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Karl Auerbach


Wellens married. In 2000, Auerbach was elected by a public vote to the Board of Directors of ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, as the At-Large Representative for North America. ICANN is a non-profit corporation responsible for Internet protocol (IP) addressing and the domain name system (DNS), including approving new generic top-level domains such as .net and .biz. In November, 2000, shortly after Auerbach's public election to the ICANN board of directors, he asked to see
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Jack Kemp


to Samir Vincent, a Northern Virginia oil trader implicated in the U.N. Oil-for-food scandal who pleaded guilty to four criminal charges, including illegally acting as an unregistered lobbyist of the Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein. Testimony about Kemp became prominent in the trial. Also, FBI informant Richard Fino tied Kemp to James Cosentino just weeks before the 1996 election. By 1996, Kemp had been named a director of six corporate boards. He was a director for Hawk Corporation, IDT Corporation, CNL Hotels and Resorts, InPhonic
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Renée James


non-executive director on the Vodafone Group Plc Board of Directors and is a member of the Remuneration Committee. James serves on the board of Sabre Corporation and is a member of their Audit and Technology Committee. On December 16, 2015, James was elected to Oracle's board of directors. James serves on the board of Citigroup and is a member of the Operations & Technology and Risk Management Committees. She served 6 years as independent director on the VMware Inc. Board of Directors and was a member of the Audit Committee.
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Nav Canada


aircraft operators. Nav Canada's operations consist of various sites across the country. These include: Nav Canada has three other facilities: As a non-share capital corporation, Nav Canada has no shareholders. The company is governed by a 15-member board of directors representing the four stakeholder groups that founded Nav Canada. The four stakeholders elect 10 members as follows: These 10 directors then elect four independent directors, with no ties to the stakeholder groups. Those 14 directors then appoint the president and chief executive officer who becomes the 15th
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NANA Regional Corporation


a senior management team. The 23 member NANA Regional Corporation, Inc. Board is elected solely by NANA shareholders. It is made up of two Iñupiat shareholder board members from each NANA village (with the exception of Kotzebue with one board seat) and an Elder Advisor. The following is a listing of the NANA board of directors, from the company's inception in 1972 to the present. The NANA Regional Corporation, Inc. Senior Management Team, is led by Marie N. Greene. Donald G. Sheldon - NANA Regional Corporation, Board
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation


directors, and until 2006, a staff-elected director. The managing director is appointed by the board for a period of up to five years, but is eligible for renewal. The authority and guidelines for the appointment of directors is provided for in the "Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983". Appointments to the ABC Board made by successive governments have often resulted in criticism of the appointees' political affiliation, background, and relative merit. Past appointments have associated directly with political parties – five of fourteen appointed chairmen have been
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Taiwan Lighting Fixture Export Association


increased use of LED technology in the lighting industry, the number of members has developed quickly to over 850 corporations. General assembly as the highest organization gathering once every year, to elect the members on both Board of Director and Board of Supervisor (3 years as 1 term). There are 27 directors on the board to elect the 9 executive directors, the president of TLFEA being elected from 9 executives. Mr. Huang Ming-Chih (黃明智), is the present president, Mr. Fung Song-Yang(馮松陽), Mr.
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Roy E. Disney


, voted to oppose the re-election of Eisner to the corporate board of directors. This vigorous opposition, unusual in major public corporations, persuaded Disney's board to replace Eisner as chairman with George J. Mitchell; he did, however, remain as chief executive. This "Save Disney" campaign regarded Mitchell himself unfavorably and in the same election 25% of shareholders opposed Mitchell's re-election to the board. As criticism of Eisner intensified in the wake of the shareholder meeting, his position became increasingly tenuous, culminating
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Tanana Chiefs Conference


village councils of member communities. The board meets each March in Fairbanks. The nine-member Executive Board is elected by the Board of Directors. The president of the Board of Directors is elected by the full board and serves as the chief executive officer of the corporation. Programs funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Department of Labor and the Alaska Native Health Services are available to tribal governments, and eligible Alaska Native and American Indians. Services financed by the state of Alaska are provided for all residents of the region
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Bangladesh order of precedence


-time member of the Board of Directors). Director, Bangladesh Forest Industries Corporation (if full-time member of Board of Directors). Director, Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation (if full-time member of the Board of Directors). Director, Bangladesh Tourism Corporation (if full-time member of the Board of Directors). Director, Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (if full-time of the Board of Directors). Director, Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (if full-time member of the Board of Directors
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UK Corporate Governance Code


and that of its committees and individual directors. All directors should be submitted for re-election at regular intervals, subject to continued satisfactory performance. The board should present a balanced and understandable assessment of the company’s position and prospects. The board is responsible for determining the nature and extent of the significant risks it is willing to take in achieving its strategic objectives. The board should maintain sound risk management and internal control systems. The board should establish formal and transparent arrangements for considering how they should apply the corporate reporting and
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Homeowner association


, they may run for the board at the next election or, in extreme cases, sue the association at personal expense. Corporation and homeowner association laws provide a limited role for HOA homeowners. Unless either statutory law or the corporation's governing documents reserve a particular issue or action for approval by the members, corporation laws provide that the activities and affairs of a corporation shall be conducted and "all corporate powers shall be exercised" by or under the direction of the board of directors. Many boards are operated outside of their
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Lloyd Carney


acquisition by Oracle Corporation in July 2012. In January 2013, Carney was named CEO and member of the board of directors of Brocade Communications Systems. Carney is also a member of the board of directors of Technicolor, where he serves as the chairman of the Technology Committee, and is a member of the board of directors of Cypress Semiconductor where he serves as a member of the Audit and Compensation Committees. On June 11, 2015, Carney was elected to the Board of Directors of Visa Inc. as a new independent director and
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Richard Greco Jr.


, a New York firm making private equity and venture capital investments and offering corporate finance and strategic advisory services. Also in 2007 Greco was elected to the Board of Directors of Mediware Information Systems (NASDAQ: MEDW), a publicly traded medical software company. In 2008 Greco was elected to the Board of Directors of Finmeccanica SpA (MILAN: FNC), a publicly traded global aerospace, defense, and energy company with $25 billion in revenues. In addition, Greco serves on the boards of directors of several privately held
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Ajit Shetty


Directors of Forum 187 in Brussels since April 2006, and was elected as its Chairman in May 2006. He is also a Member of GS1 (Global Board of Governors, a global standards organization) in Belgium, a Member of the Corporate Advisory Board of the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Baltimore, MD, USA, and a Member of the Board of Trustees of Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. In March 2017 Dr. Shetty was appointed to Actinium Pharmaceuticals Board of Directors. He was elected "Manager
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Masters Swimming Canada


. The word "Masters" in Masters Swimming refers to age and not skill level. In Canada swimmers must be 18 years of age to register as a Masters Swimmer. Masters Swimming Canada's organization values are "Fun and Friendship, Health and Wellness, Participation and Achievement". Masters Swimming Canada is registered as a federally incorporated non-profit corporation and is governed by an elected board of directors. Registered Masters clubs are the voting members of the corporation. The board of directors acts as a policy-governance board with
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Alexander N. Rossolimo


the ACG Dealmaker Challenge. He has served on the Board of Directors of ACG Global, and on the Board of Advisors of Radia Technologies Corporation. He is a member of the Boston Security Analysts Society (BSAS), the System Dynamics Society, and the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), New England Chapter. He is a member of the Harvard Club of Boston, and in 2015 was elected President of the Harvard Club of Cape Cod. During 2014-17, he was appointed Harvard Alumni Association Director for
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Rainforest Partnership


Beth Caplan. Shortly after the formation of the Texas nonprofit corporation, Rainforest Partnership held its first board meeting. At this board meeting, the new board adopted bylaws and elected the officers: Hazel Barbour as Board Chair after her chance meeting with Niyanta Spelman, Jordan Erdos as Board Secretary, Bob Warneke as Board Treasurer and Niyanta Spelman as an ex-officio member of the board and the executive director. Further connections led to Lucia Eslava, a native Peruvian who currently serves as the Program Coordinator in Peru. By 2008,
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John A. McMullen


, the longtime incumbent, who was running for his eighth two-year term. Sorrell survived a close primary election against T. J. Donovan, and defeated McMullen in the general election with 58 percent of the vote to McMullen's 33, with the rest going to Progressive and Liberty Union candidates. McMullen continued his business career after moving to Vermont, and resided in Burlington. He served on the boards of directors for several corporations, including Lentigen Corporation, Ezenia! Inc., Opus Bio, Inc, and MRO Software Inc. In
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Laurette Koellner


from AIG’s board of directors. In 2012, she announced that she would step down once AIG’s planned sale of the unit was approved. The sale to AerCap was completed in May 2014. In 2003, she was elected to the board of directors of Sara Lee Corporation as the chairman of the audit committee. When Sara Lee split into Hillshire Brands and Douwe Egberts, she maintained her board position until Hillshire merged with Tyson Foods. In 2009, she was elected the chairman of the audit committee on the board of
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Saskatchewan Government Insurance


management and investment decisions for review and approval by CIC and the provincial cabinet (government). Through its Chair, who is an outside director, the SGI Board of Directors is accountable to the Minister Responsible for SGI. The Minister functions as a link between the Corporation and CIC and cabinet, as well as the provincial legislature. The Board of Directors is responsible for setting direction, monitoring and reporting achievement, and analyzing, evaluating and taking corrective action for the corporation. The Board is responsible for the stewardship of the corporation
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Kyrgyz Television


of the Kyrgyz Republic. The order on the Public Broadcasting Corporation was signed by the President of the Kyrgyz Republic. In 2010 there was elected the Supervisory Board of the Public Broadcasting Corporation, which includes 15 members. Elvira Sarieva was elected as a Chairman of the Supervisory Board. In December 2010 according to the results of contest Kubat Otorbaev had been elected as a General Director of KTRK for 5 years. 2011-2017 In July 2014 Kubat Otorbaev applied for resignation at his own request, which was adopted by a majority vote
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Oregon Bicycle Racing Association


Cup. According to OBRA statistics, membership has grown dramatically since 2000. According to Velonews (2006) The Oregon Bicycle Racing Association is an Oregon Non Profit Corporation that has its Constitution and Bylaws on file with the State of Oregon. The business and affairs of OBRA are managed by its Board of Directors. There are six members of the Board of Directors. Each director is elected to a three-year term by a majority of club representatives at an annual meeting. Two directors are elected each year. There are four
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Coast Guard Mutual Assistance


in direct assistance (loans and grants) to its clients. Since 1924 CGMA has provided more than $187 million in assistance. CGMA has a four-star rating from Charity Navigator. CGMA is governed by a board of directors called the Board of Control (BOC). The officers of the corporation include the Commandant of the Coast Guard, the Assistant Commandant for Human Resources, the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, and the executive director of CGMA. The members of the BOC who are elected represent the
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Watch Tower Society presidency dispute (1917)


in Britain. Within weeks, Rutherford gained a legal opinion from a Philadelphia corporation lawyer that a clause of the Watch Tower Society charter stipulating that its directors were elected for life was contrary to Pennsylvania law, and that all directors were required by law to be re-elected annually. The legal opinion stated that because the January 6 shareholders' meeting had elected only three men to office—Rutherford, Secretary-Treasurer Van Amburgh and Vice-President Andrew N. Pierson—the remaining four board members, who had joined as early
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United States corporate law


if it caused loss, would amount to gross negligence, and here the directors were liable. The decision triggered a panic among corporate boards which believed they would be exposed to massive liability, and insurance firms who feared rising costs of providing directors and officers liability insurance to corporate boards. In response to lobbying, the Delaware General Corporation Law was amended to insert a new §102(b)(7). This allowed corporations to give directors immunity from liability for breach of the duty of care in their charter. However, for those corporations which
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Corporate law


almost all torts, but the law relating to crimes committed by companies is complex, and varies significantly between countries. Corporate governance is primarily the study of the power relations among a corporation's senior executives, its board of directors and those who elect them (shareholders in the "general meeting" and employees), as well as other stakeholders, such as creditors, consumers, the environment and the community at large. One of the main differences between different countries in the internal form of companies is between a two-tier
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Verifone


company and a director and formal periodic evaluations of the Board and management. In considering best practices of corporate governance among peer companies and governance practices recommended by shareholder advisory organizations and supported by company's stockholders, company amended its Bylaws and the Corporate Governance Guidelines in fiscal year 2013 to adopt a majority voting provision which became effective immediately following the close of it 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Such provision provides that, in an uncontested election of directors, each director shall be elected by the vote of the majority of the votes cast
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Barbara Sullivan


PC candidate Terence Young in the provincial election of 1995. Sullivan attempted to return to the legislature in the 2003 provincial election but lost to Progressive Conservative incumbent Ted Chudleigh in the newly redistributed riding of Halton. Sullivan was a member of the Board of Directors, and subsequently Chair of the Board, of Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation. She served as working Chair of the Health Professions Regulatory Advisory Council in Ontario, and as a Director of Oaklands Regional Centre in Oakville. Active in community matters, she is a Director of Ontario's
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Mary Lasker


only the second female board member of Braniff following Braniff cofounder Thomas Elmer Braniff's wife, Bess Clark Braniff, who was elected to the board after the untimely death of her husband in January 1954. Mary Lasker's appointment to the Braniff board was rare and she joined a very small group of women who were directors at large American corporations. Mary Lasker is a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969, the Four Freedoms Award 1987 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 1989. The Mary Woodard Lasker Award for Public Service
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Lim Hwee Hua


as managing director of corporate stewardship and later, managing director of strategic relations. While she was at Temasek Holdings, she sat on boards including Port of Singapore Authority, Keppel Corporation and Mapletree. Lim was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Marine Parade GRC at both 1997 general election and the 2001 general election. Between April 2002 and August 2004, she was the Deputy Speaker of Parliament and Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee. Lim was appointed the Minister of State for Finance and Transport on 12 August 2004
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Bangladesh order of precedence


. Director of Education. Director, Petroleum Corporation (if full-time member of the Board of Directors). Director, Bangladesh Rural Development Board (if full-time member of the Board of Directors). Director, Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (if full-time member of the Board of Directors). Mayors of Civic Corporations outside their respective charges. Member, Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (if full-time member of the Board of Directors). Member, Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (if full-
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Ilene S. Gordon


Gordon serves on the board of directors of International Paper and is on the board of trustees of The Conference Board and a member of the MIT Corporation, the institute's board of trustees. She is a director of World Business Chicago (a non-profit economic development organization) and the first female chairman-elect of the Economic Club of Chicago. She is also a member of the board of The Executives' Club of Chicago and The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. In the past, she has served on the boards
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Corporate law


and a one tier board. The United Kingdom, the United States, and most Commonwealth countries have single unified boards of directors. In Germany, companies have two tiers, so that shareholders (and employees) elect a "supervisory board", and then the supervisory board chooses the "management board". There is the option to use two tiers in France, and in the new European Companies (Societas Europaea). Recent literature, especially from the United States, has begun to discuss corporate governance in the terms of
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Kyrgyz Television


Broadcasting Corporation assigned the duties of the General Director on Ilimbek Karypbekov. On March 19, 2015 Ilimbek Karypbekov was appointed as a General Director of KTRK with an absolute majority of votes of the members of theSupervisory Board. As a chairman of the Supervisory Board was elected poet and TV journalist Abdy Satarov. Currently, the Corporation has 6 TV channels: “Public First Channel”, “KTRK Music”, “Madaniyat-Taryh-Til”, “Balastan”, "KTRK Sport" and "Ala-Too 24"
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Easterseals (U.S.)


communities. Each location operates independently as its own 501(c)3 corporation under the Easterseals name. Easterseals is governed by a National Board of Directors, which is composed of volunteers, most of whom are nominated by one of the organization’s approximately 75 affiliates across the country. Elections to the Board, composed of between 15 and 19 members, are held annually by another larger volunteer body, Easterseals National House of Delegates. Directors are elected for three-year terms, and terms are staggered to achieve strength and continuity on the board.
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Staggered elections


for corporations with long-range projects and plans. Institutional shareholders are increasingly calling for an end to staggered boards of directors—also called "declassifying" the boards. "The Wall Street Journal" reported in January 2007 that 2006 marked a key switch in the trend toward declassification or annual votes on all directors: more than half (55%) of the S&P 500 companies have declassified boards, compared with 47% in 2005. 12 of the 24 provincial legislatures have staggered elections: Three of Australia's five State Legislative
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Export Development Canada


EDC’s business solutions can help companies who want to: EDC is governed by a Board of Directors composed of representatives primarily from the private sector. The Board's responsibility is to supervise the direction and management of EDC. The Board reports to Parliament through the Minister for International Trade. Board members are appointed by the Government of Canada. EDC's Board of Directors provides oversight for the Corporation's overall Corporate Sustainability Responsibility orientation. This program includes environmental, human rights and political risk assessments for each transaction being considered. Corporate Sustainability
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Bangladesh order of precedence


Settlement Department. Chief Engineer of Public Health Engineering Department. Commissioners of Divisions within their respective charges. Director, Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (if full-time member of the Board of Directors). Director, Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (if full-time member of the Board of Directors). Director, Bangladesh Steel & Engineering Corporation (if full-time member of the Board of Directors). Director, Bangladesh Sugar and food Industries Corporation (if full-time member of the Board of Directors). Director,
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Pickering College


in a policy or governance role, but rather acts similarly to a senate, primarily in the role of watchdog and "chamber of sober second thought". It approves the Boards' financial statements at the Annual General Meeting. The Board of Directors has 10 members who are elected from the membership of the Corporation for terms of 3 years. These are also drawn from the ranks of the school's extended community and can include alumni and past faculty. The Board establishes the school's vision, mission and strategic plan, appoints
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Corporate governance


community. A related distinction is between market-oriented and network-oriented models of corporate governance. Some continental European countries, including Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands, require a two-tiered board of directors as a means of improving corporate governance. In the two-tiered board, the executive board, made up of company executives, generally runs day-to-day operations while the supervisory board, made up entirely of non-executive directors who represent shareholders and employees, hires and fires the members of the
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Co-op City, Bronx


$100,000 in taxpayer money. Ms. Herskowitz Baez was sentenced to 6 months in jail, 12 months probation and given a $10,000 fine in March 2008. RiverBay Corporation is the corporation that operates the community and is led by a 15-member board of directors. As a cooperative development, the tenants run the complex through this elected board. There is no pay for serving on the board. The corporation employs over 1000 people and has 32 administrative and operational departments to serve the development. The complex has its own Public Safety Department
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New Britain Dry Cleaning Corporation


of $195,003 ($2,249,424 in 2011 dollars) and rental income from investment properties of $14,710.00 ($169,684 in 2011 dollars). In 1947, Rudolph, founder, President, and Director of the New Britain Dry Cleaning Corporation died at the age of 63, a millionaire (in 2011 dollars). At a special meeting of the Board of Directors, Edgar R. Kloiber, 36, was elected President and Treasurer, and Woodrow G. Kloiber, 30, was elected Assistant Treasurer and Secretary. Margaret, cofounder,
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Board of directors


and rules of the particular organization. Some organizations place matters exclusively in the board's control while in others, the general membership retains full power and the board can only make recommendations. The setup of a board of directors vary widely across organizations and may include provisions that are applicable to corporations, in which the "shareholders" are the members of the organization. A difference may be that the membership elects the officers of the organization, such as the president and the secretary, and the officers become members of the board in
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Haw Par Corporation


in August 1971, as well as re-election of the board of directors, it was reported that the listed company was chaired by Richard Tarling while Haw Par Brothers (Private) Limited was chaired by Aw It Haw (), the fourth and the first biological son of the late Aw Boon Haw. Aw Kow (), the eldest (adopted) son of the late Aw Boon Haw, who resigned as the director of Sin Poh (Star News) Amalgamated and the managing director of "Sin Chew Jit Poh
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Employee Involvement Directive 2001


The Employee Involvement Directive 2001/86/EC is an EU Directive concerning the right of workers to elect members of the board of directors in a European Company. It is a supplement to the European Company Regulation. EU member states differ in the degree of worker involvement in corporate management. In Germany, most large corporations are required to allow employees to elect a certain percentage of seats on the supervisory board. Other member states, such as the UK, have no such requirement, and furthermore in these states such practices are largely unknown
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Lorne Dach


Lorne Dach (born 1957 or 1958) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2015 Alberta general election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Edmonton-McClung and was re-elected on April 16, 2019. Dach has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Alberta. Before being elected, Dach spent 30 years in the real estate business industry as an Associate Broker. Dach has volunteered for homeEd on their board of directors, city of Edmonton Non-Profit Housing Corporation and
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Phillips Lee Goldsborough


He was elected to the United States Senate in the election of 1928, defeating incumbent William Cabell Bruce. In 1934, he was not a candidate for re-election to the senate, but instead ran again for Governor of Maryland. He lost in the Republican primary to Harry W. Nice, who went on to win the general election. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt appointed Goldsborough to the director's board of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in 1935. He served in that position until he died in 1946 in Baltimore, Maryland,
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National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation


network's national trade association, and one At-Large member who serves as the Audit Committee Financial Expert. CFC's Board is democratically elected and consists of both cooperative utility directors and managers. CFC operates from its corporate headquarters in Dulles, Virginia, with a staff of 232 employees, including regional representatives located throughout the country. Cooperative Finance Corporation (NRUCFC) is traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The company’s symbol is NRU. CFC manages and funds the Rural Telephone Finance Cooperative (RTFC), an organization
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Accountable Capitalism Act


The Accountable Capitalism Act, 115th Congress (2017-2018) S. 3348 is a proposed federal bill introduced by Senator Elizabeth Warren in August 2018. It would require that employees elect 40% of a board of directors of any corporation with over $1 billion in tax receipts, and that 75% of shareholders and directors must approve any political spending. Corporations with revenue over $1 billion would be required to obtain a federal corporate charter. The Act contains a "constituency statute" that would give directors a duty of "
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Jack Kemp


, Cyrix Corporation and American Bankers Insurance Group. Kemp briefly served on the board of Oracle Corporation, whose CEO was his friend Larry Ellison, in 1996, but resigned when he ran for Vice President; he was named to the board of Six Flags, Inc. in December 2005. Kemp opted not to stand for re-election to IDT's board in 2006. He also served on the Habitat for Humanity board of directors, and served on the board of Atlanta-based software maker EzGov Inc. Kemp also served on the
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Park Slope Food Coop


New York state cooperative corporation. PSFC, a cooperative corporation formed under the laws of the State of New York, is run by a Board of Directors consisting of five persons elected to staggered three-year terms by and from the membership. The longest-serving General Coordinator present at the meeting (usually Joe Holtz) serves as a voting member "ex officio". The Board of Directors gather monthly to hear the advice of the members at the General Meeting (GM), and generally approve all resolutions passed by the
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Board of directors


members, the board is accountable to, and might be subordinate to, the organization's full membership, which usually vote for the members of the board. In a stock corporation, non-executive directors are voted for by the shareholders, with the board having ultimate responsibility for the management of the corporation. The board of directors appoints the chief executive officer of the corporation and sets out the overall strategic direction. In corporations with dispersed ownership, the identification and nomination of directors (that shareholders vote for or against) are
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Political positions of Elizabeth Warren


Warren has cosponsored the Reward Work Act of 2018, to reform US labor law and corporate law by guaranteeing the right of employees in listed companies to elect one-third of the board of directors. In August 2018, Warren introduced the Accountable Capitalism Act, which would require 40% employee representation on boards of corporations with over $1bn income, require such enterprises to obtain a "federal charter of corporate citizenship" which would mandate social responsibility by enshrining a kind of triple bottom line, and require 75% shareholder and board
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Rudy Buttignol


of the Canadian Association of Public Educational Media; and a Director on the Boards of the Vancouver International Film Festival, Knowledge West Communications Corporation Board, and the Cultural Properties Export Review Board which is a Canadian federal government tribunal. Buttignol is also a director on the board of the Britannia Mine Museum, Britannia Beach, British Columbia. In the past, he was founder of the Hot Docs Financing Forum, elected chair of the board of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television from 1997 to 2003, President of the Academy of
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Viktor Ivanov


Industrial Corporation, developing and producing air defence systems, including S-300. On November 22, 2001, he was elected chairman of the board of directors of Almaz and initiated the merger of Almaz and Antei. Since June 2002 Ivanov has been the chairman of the board of directors of the result of the merger, OJSC Almaz-Antei Air Defense Concern. Since November 4, 2004, he has also been the chairman of the board of directors of JSC Aeroflot airline. Since May 15, 2008, he has been a director
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Abbe Raven


100 list and named one of the top 5 most powerful women in entertainment. She is Chairman of the board of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Raven is on the board of directors of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. She was elected to the board of directors of Pencil, a non-profit group that brings corporate know how to New York City public schools. She is a director of the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and is on their executive committee. In 2018, Raven was awarded an Honorary
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Don Gaston


elected to the board of directors of Famous Players Canadian Corporation, a Canadian theater chain owned by Gulf and Western subsidiary Paramount Pictures. Later that year, he was elected Executive Vice President of Gulf and Western. He also served on the board of Gulf and Western subsidiaries Roosevelt Raceway, the Providence Washington Insurance Company, and the Madison Square Garden Corporation. In 1979, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission accused Gaston and company Chairman Charles Bluhdorn of a number of securities violations. The case was settled in 1981 and Gaston and Bluhdorn
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Plurality-at-large voting


. The Philippines is the country with the most extensive experience in plurality-at-large voting. Positions where there are multiple winners usually use plurality-at-large voting, the exception is the election for sectoral representatives in the House of Representatives. The members of the Senate and all local legislatures are elected via this method. The members of the Interim Batasang Pambansa (the parliament) were also elected under this method in 1978. Block voting is often used in corporate elections to elect the boards of directors of corporations including
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United States corporate law


unless a corporation's rules expressly opt to define such an objective. In practice, many corporations do operate for the benefit of shareholders, but this is less because of duties, and more because shareholders typically exercise a monopoly on the control rights over electing the board. This assumes, however, that directors do not merely use their office to further their own personal goals over the interests of shareholders, employees, and other stakeholders. Since the earliest corporations were formed, courts have imposed minimum standards to prevent directors using their office
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Anthem, Arizona


each of these elects a Board of Directors consisting of five members. From the five directors on each board, a president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer is elected. Both Parkside and Country Club homeowners' associations elect three representatives, while the village homeowner's association elects one representative, to the seven member Anthem Community Council Board of Directors. Those seven Anthem Community Council Directors elect one of those representatives who serves as president of that board and is considered the highest authority in Anthem. Other positions within the council's
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Clyde D. Eddleman


. After retiring from the Army, he was a Vice President of Universal Match Corporation for four years, later becoming Director and Corporate Representative. He also was on the Board of Directors of the Army and Air Force Mutual Aid Association from 1962 to 1980, when he was elected Chairman of the Board, a position he filled until 1982. Eddleman died on August 19, 1992, survived by his wife, Lorraine Heath Eddleman (1904–1999), and one son, John Heath Eddleman. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery
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John Seymour (California politician)


until the 1992 special election to select a replacement who would serve until the normal expiration of Wilson's term in 1995. Former San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein defeated Seymour in the special election. After his Senate term, Seymour served as director of the California Housing Finance Agency for two years, and later served as CEO of the nonprofit Southern California Housing Development Corporation and on the boards of directors of several housing-related companies including IndyMac Bank, Orange Coast Title Insurance, Los Angeles Federal Savings Bank, and Irvine Apartment Communities.
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FINSIA


stockbroking industry. The institute’s main purpose was to bestow a qualification on employees of stock brokers and to give the public confidence in those who had studied and were members of the institute. FINSIA is governed by a Board of Directors, which is responsible for the overall corporate governance of FINSIA, including its corporate planning. Appointed in May 2015, David Gall serves as the current board president, and Victoria Weekes serves as the current Vice President. Chris Whitehead is the CEO and Managing Director of FINSIA. The Board of Directors
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Walter S. Carpenter Jr.


Walter Samuel Carpenter Jr. (January 8, 1888 – February 2, 1976) was an American corporate executive from Wilmington, Delaware, who oversaw the DuPont company's involvement in the Manhattan Project to produce an atomic bomb for use during World War II. In 1919, at age 31, Carpenter was the youngest man elected to DuPont's board of directors, and the first who was not from the du Pont family. During his tenure on the board he served as treasurer from 1921 until 1940, as chairman of the finance
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