Charles Elson, Edgar S. Woolard Jr. Chair and Director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, and associate director Roger Coffin have been named in the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Directorship 100, a who's who of the most influential corporate governance professionals in the nation.
The Directorship 100 list recognizes individual corporate directors from such public companies as Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Dreamworks Animation, Procter and Gamble and Xerox for their boardroom influence and leadership.
"The Weinberg Center is playing an instrumental role in the critical policy issues affecting investor protection, shareholder rights and corporate conduct," said Coffin. "We are proud of the impact we have had on the national debate, and look forward to the future and the opportunity to work toward thoughtful reform in the governance arena."