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Send your corporate board appointments and changes to edit@directorship.com.  New Board Appointments at Golfsmith, othersSeptember 24,2008Robert E. Allen, founder and managing director of Redding Consultants since 1982, combined with his over twenty years of consulting with McKinsey & Company has been appointed to Golfsmith International Holding’s board. Allen currently serves on the board of J. Roberts and Son, a U.K. manufacturer of luxury goods. Full Story   New Board Appointments at Triplt, othersSeptember 18,2008Online travel organizer Triplt named Mozilla CEO, John Lilly and former product editor at Yahoo, Will Aldrich to its board. Iovation, EXFO, Carlisle Companies, SouthWest, Clearfield, Northrop Grumman, ThermoEnergy, eHealth and Fairchild Semiconductor also named new directors. Full Story New Board Appointments at Staple's, othersSeptember 11,2008Staples, Inc. named Elizabeth A. Smith to its board. AxisPointe, Inc., ZVUE Corporation, iFinix Corp., Duff & Phelps, and Fortress Technologies also announced additions to their boards. Full Story  Hershey, Others Name New DirectorsSeptember 5,2008The Hershey Company elected David L. Shedlarz to its board. Shedlarz is the former vice chairman of Pfizer, the world's largest research-based biomedical and pharmaceutical company. Zuora, Humana, and Scalable Software also named new board members. Full Story New Board Appointments at Lowe's, othersAugust 28,2008Lowe's Cos. named S. Thomas Moser to its board. CoBiz Financial, Lithia Motors, Winsted Holdings, and Bio-Reaction Industries also named new board members. Full Story  Board Appointments at Georgia Power, moreAugust 22,2008Georgia Power named Beverly Daniel Tatum to its board. Tatum has been president of Spelman College since August 2002. She previously served 13 years at Mount Holyoke College as a psychology professor, department chair, dean of the college, and acting president. Full Story  Board Appointments at Symbio, moreAugust 20,2008Symbio named Robert E. Grady to its board. Grady is a partner and managing director at The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s leading private equity firms. Pacific Sunwear, Pinnacle Data System, JetBlue, and ATS also appointed new directors. Full Story  Board Appointments at Boston Private, moreAugust 15,2008Boston Private Financial named John Morton III to its board. Morton has 35 years of banking and financial services experience and was president of Premier Bank, a unit of Bank of America. Flotek and En2Go International also named new board members. Full Story  Board Appointments at UBS, othersAugust 13,2008UBS AG named Bruno Gehrig to its board. Gehrig is chairman of Swiss Life Holding AG, a former member of the Swiss National Bank's governing board, and member of the Federal Banking Commission. Loews and Brooke Capital also named new board members. Full Story  Board Appointments at BitGravity, moreAugust 8,2008BitGravity, provider of next-generation content delivery networks (CDNs) for interactive broadcasting, appointed Blake Krikorian to its board. Krikorian is co-founder and CEO for Sling Media, a leading digital lifestyle company. He was named technology pioneer by the World Economic Forum. Full Story  Board Appointments at Qualcomm, moreAugust 6,2008Qualcomm named Stephen M. Bennett to its board. Bennett was former CEO of Intuit and held key executive positions at General Electric. Maxim Integrated Products, Pacific Capital Bancorp, and AdEx Media also named new directors. Full Story  Board Appointments at Time Warner, moreAugust 1,2008Time Warner named Herbert M. Allison, Jr., to its board. Allison has served as chairman and CEO of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association—College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF) from November 2002 to April 2008. IBM, Ariba, Exelon, AutoNation, and Kforce also named new directors. Full Story  Board Appointments at Brunswick, othersJuly 28,2008Brunswick named Ford Motor Company's Director of Global Marketing, Anne E. Belec to its board. Brian Posner, a well-known collaborator with billionaire investor Carl Icahn, was appointed to Biogen's board of directors. Avis Budget Group and Oracle also named new board members. Full Story  New Board Appointments at AIG, OthersJuly 18,2008American International Group appointed Suzanne Nora Johnson, retired from her position as vice chairman of The Goldman Sachs Group in 2007, to its board. Texas Instruments, AdEx, Thornburg Mortgage, Kowabunga!, SEMA, and Avnet also named new board members. Full Story New Directors Named at Blackstone, OthersJuly 16,2008Richard H. Jenrette was appointed to The Blackstone Group’s board. Lithia Motors and SEMI International also elected new members. Full Story  Prince Joins Xerox BoardJuly 11,2008Former Citigroup CEO Charles Prince was elected to Xerox's board. Prince left Citigroup in November 2007 during the mortgage crisis. Board members were also elected at Virgin Media, H&R Block, Vodafone, and Clearly Canadian. Full Story  New Board Appointments at Orbitz, OthersJuly 9,2008Orbitz elected eBay's William Cobb to its board and appointed him to serve as a member of the audit and compensation committees. Cobb previously served as president of eBay North America. International Paper and Ambac Financial Group also elected new board members. Full Story  New Appointments for Millstein, AndreessenJuly 2,2008The American Red Cross in Greater New York announced that Ira M. Millstein, has been named chairman of its board. Millstein is a senior partner at the international law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges. Goldman Sachs and Facebook also named new directors. Full Story  Alcoa Chief Named to IBM BoardJune 27,2008IBM elected Alcoa Chairman Alain Belda to its board, increasing the number of directors to 12. Belda, who has worked at Alcoa for the last 40 years, was chairman and chief executive officer from 2001 until he was named to his current position of chairman earlier this year. He also is a director at Citigroup. Full Story  Board Appointments at Broadcom, moreJune 25,2008New directors named to the boards of Broadcom, Convergys, and SmartHeat. Former Chairman and CEO of DIRECTV Eddy Hartenstein was elected to Broadcom's board. Hartenstein served as DIRECTV's CEO, chairman, vice chairman, and president from the company's inception in 1990 until 2004. Full Story Board Appointments at Perry Ellis, Sapient, Netuitive, and MoreJune 18,2008Perry Ellis, Netuitive, Sapient, Fifth Third Bancorp, and Pacific Ethanol appoint new board members. Full Story AirTrain Appoints New Board Member, moreJune 13,2008AirTrain, Northern Hemisphere Development, Security Benefit, and Singer Equities appointed new board members. Full Story New Directors at Sprint, ClickFox, and moreJune 11,2008Sprint appointed William Nuti, David P. Johnson was elected to ClickFox, and Joseph A. Schenk joined GAIN Capital Holding's board of directors. Full Story A Changing of the Guard on Wal-Mart BoardJune 5,2008Tomorrow's annual meeting of Wal-Mart Stores will include a performance by Miley Cyrus and the addition of a member of the extended Walton family to its board. Full Story OECD Claims Recession UnlikelyJune 5,2008 by Django GoldThe OECD predicts that the global economy will slow, but that a serious recession is unlikely. Full Story Specter of Boesky Rises in New CasesJune 5,2008The head of enforcement for the Securities and Exchange Commission says she is dismayed by the increasing number of new insider trading cases involving senior executives in a trend reminiscent of the 1980s trading scandals. Full Story Icahn Wants This Yahoo OutJune 4,2008Carl Icahn is expected to seek the removal of Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang if his bid for board control is successful. Full Story New Directors at Exxon, Wynn, McAfeeJune 4,2008Edward E. Whitacre was elected to the ExxonMobil board of directors. Wynn Resorts, McAfee and Capital Energy also elected new members to its board of directors. Full Story SEC Appoints Enforcement DeputiesJune 4,2008Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox has in recent days made three new appointments to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and to the enforcement division. Full Story  Pepsi Bottler Elects Trudell to BoardMay 29,2008Cynthia Trudell has been appointed to PepsiCo’s board. She has served as Pepsi's vice president of human resources since February 2007. New board members were also elected at SWS Group, Presidio Bank, Calvalley Petroleum, and Bancorp Rhode Island. Full Story |
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