The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) was the setting for The New Director Summit, an opportunity for seasoned directors, governance experts and newly appointed directors to ask questions and share best 
practices. Some 60 directors convened at the NYSE’s Wall Street landmark to share their expertise on issues dominating boardroom discussions including CEO and board succession planning, audit committee and risk strategy scenario planning, compensation trends and development, governance, regulation and the capital markets. At the conclusion of the director roundtables, Suzanne Hopgood, managing dirctor of NACD Board Advisory Services and CEO of the Hopgood Group, moderated a panel comprised of veteran directors Stuart R. Levine and Kenneth P. Kopelman, and subject-matter experts from PricewaterhouseCoopers, Spencer Stuart, Farient Advisors and the NYSE.
Participants:
1. Catherine L. Bromilow, partner, Corporate Governance Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers
2. Scott R. Cutler, EVP, co-head U.S. Listings and Cash Execution,
NYSE Euronext
3. Thomas J. Neff, chairman, Spencer Stuart U.S., director, Ace Ltd., Hewitt Associates
4. John S. Barry, partner, Corporate Governance Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers
5. Stuart R. Levine
Founder and CEO, Stuart Levine & Associates, director, Broadridge Financial Solutions
6. Julie Hembrock Daum, practice co-leader, North American Board and CEO Practice, Spencer Stuart
7. Kenneth P. Kopelman, partner, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel,
director, Liz Claiborne
8. Robin A. Ferracone
Executive chair, Farient Advisors and CEO, RAF Capital