Best Practices in Corporate Governance NIRI

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Best Practices in Corporate Governance NIRI Virtual presents: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 1:00 pm ET The NIRI Virtual Chapter: Experience the power of connecting. Moderator Rebecca Corbin Founder and President, Corbin Perception For over a decade, Rebecca has provided strategic counsel to hundreds of public companies worldwide and across diverse sectors. Her areas of expertise include institutional investor research, strategy and message development, investor outreach and marketing and IR best practices in general. Ms. Corbin has extensive C-suite and board-level advisory experience and, as a subject matter expert, has served as panelist and guest speaker at numerous industry conferences and corporate meetings. In addition, Rebecca serves as Editor-in-Chief of Inside The Buy-side®, Corbin Perception’s quarterly research publication which captures real-time investor sentiment on macro and business trends, as well as broad-based and sector-specific issues and best practices from the Street’s perspective. Rebecca has been actively involved with NIRI since 2005. She currently serves on the Virtual Chapter Board of Directors and was a member of the 2010/2011 Annual Conference Committee. The NIRI Virtual Chapter: Experience the power of connecting. Our Sponsors Virtual Level Global Level The NIRI Virtual Chapter: Experience the power of connecting. Best Practices in Corporate Governance NIRI Virtual presents: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 1:00 pm ET The NIRI Virtual Chapter: Experience the power of connecting. Today’s Panelists Jason Alexander Managing Director, Georgeson Jason has been with Georgeson for over 10 years, with responsibility for sales, management and marketing, specializing in stock surveillance, proxy solicitation, corporate governance consulting, mergers and acquisitions, small shareholder programs and pre-escheat services. He has worked on transactions for over 400 companies covering all business sectors. Jason spent over three years in Toronto with Georgeson’s Canadian business, where he was responsible for sales and operations management across all product lines. Before joining Georgeson, Jason worked for both Thomson Financial and D.F. King & Co. as an equity analyst. Jason is a member of the following professional organizations: National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI), Society of Corporate Secretaries and Corporate Governance Professionals, the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) and the American Gas Association (AGA). He earned a bachelor’s in Sociology from the State University of New York at Albany. The NIRI Virtual Chapter: Experience the power of connecting. Stephen Brown Senior Director of Corporate Governance and Associate General Counsel | TIAA-CREF On behalf of the boards of the TIAA-CREF group of companies, Stephen and his colleagues work