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Seattle University School of Law

2010 Directors' Academy:
Risk Management Oversight

June 4, 8am - 5pm

Reception to Follow

Registration

The focus of the 2010 Academy is risk management oversight. No subject today is getting more attention in the board room. A distinguished keynote speaker and group of panelists will share their perspectives on how directors can better understand and provide effective oversight of risk management, thus contributing to and protecting long-term shareholder value.

Register Online
General Admission $1000.00 (on or after April 16, 2010)
Early Registration $850.00 (on or before April 15, 2010)
Group Registration $750.00 (5 or more registrants)
Day of the Event $1,100.00 (June 4, 2010)

Keynote Speaker:

Chief Justice E. Norman Veasey
Partner, Weil Gotshal & Manges, and former Chief Justice, Delaware Supreme Court

Provisional Agenda

Speakers are Confirmed - Times and Order of Events Subject to Change

Panel 1: Litigation

  • Patrick Coughlin
    Partner, Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP
  • Barry Kaplan
    Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
  • Peter van Oppen
    Former Chairman and CEO, Advanced Digital Information Corporation; Director, Isilon Systems, Inc.

Panel 2: Shareholder Activism

  • Amy Bilbija
    Senior Vice President, MacKenzie Partners
  • Keith Loveless
    General Counsel, Alaska Air Group, Inc.
  • Chris Young
    Director of M&A and Proxy Fight Research, RiskMetrics Group

Panel 3: Audit Committee

  • Michael W. Brown
    Former CFO, Microsoft Corporation
  • Phyllis J. Campbell
    Chairman of the Pacific Northwest, JP Morgan Chase and Co., and Director, Alaska Air Group, Inc. and Nordstrom, Inc.
  • John F. Olson
    Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Panel 4: Compensation

  • Deborah L. Bevier
    Principal, DL Bevier Consulting LLC, and Director, Coinstar Inc., F5 Networks, Inc., and Fisher Communications, Inc.]
  • Ann Costelloe
    Practice Leader, Towers Watson
  • Thomas Welk
    Partner, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

Advisory Board

Proceeds from the 2010 Directors' Academy benefit the Adolf A. Berle, Jr. Center on Corporations, Law and Society and provide critical support for programs, students and research.