Christopher Cox is 28th chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission and a USC alumnus. Myron T. Steele, seventh Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court, was named one of the most 100 influential people in corporate governance by Directorship magazine. They will be joined by more than 20 experts in various aspects of corporate governance, many of whom are sitting directors.

Organized by the USC Marshall School in 2006, the annual Corporate Governance Summit is designed to give directors and executives the information they need to meet the challenges of governance today. This program has been accredited by Institutional Shareholder Services and features experts from the USC Marshall School of Business and the Leventhal School of Accounting, and a wide range of speakers and panelists with hands-on experience.

In addition to Chairman Cox and Judge Steele, speakers will include:

• Warren Bennis, University Professor and distinguished professor of Business Administration and professor of Management and Organization at the USC Marshall School, and best-selling author
• Judith Blumenthal, professor of Clinical Management and Organization at the USC Marshall School, and director of Guess? Inc.
• Duke Bristow, professor at the USC Marshall School, and director of the Landec Corporation
• James Ellis, dean of the USC Marshall School, and director of Quiksilver Inc.
• Larry Harris, Fred V. Keenan Chair in Finance and professor of Finance and Business Economics at the USC Marshall School; director of the Clipper Fund Inc. and Interactive Brokers Group Inc.; and former chief economist of the SEC
• Bill Holder, Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting at the USC Leventhal School of Accounting
• Ken Merchant, Deloitte & Touche LLP Chair in Accountancy and professor of Accounting at the USC Leventhal School of Accounting, and director of Entropic Communications Inc. and Universal Guardian Holdings Inc.
• Kevin Murphy, Kenneth L. Trefftzs Chair in Finance at the USC Marshall School of Business, and special adviser to U.S. government on executive compensation
• Stephen Brown, director and senior counsel, Corporate Governance and Business Affairs, TIAA -CREF
• William F. Coffin, CEO, CCG Investor Relations
• Rich Corgel, executive director, Ernst & Young LLP
• Chris Crawford, senior vice president and regional practice leader, Willis Executive Risks
• Colleen Cunningham, global managing director, Resources Global Professionals
• Robert Deutschman, managing director, Cappello Capital Corp.
• Stanley Gold, president and CEO of Shamrock Holdings; director of The Walt Disney Company and Ansell Limited; chairman of Tadiran Communications Ltd.; and chairman of the USC Board of Trustees
• Joe Grundfest, W.A. Franke Professor of Law and Business, Stanford Law School
• Stephen Krasnow, managing partner and founder at APCO, The Appraisal Company
• Larry J. Livingston, music director of Thornton Orchestras and professor of Conducting, USC Thornton School of Music
• Simon M. Lorne, vice chairman and chief legal officer, Millennium Management LLC; director, Teledyne Technologies Inc.; and former general counsel to the SEC
• Ed Merino, CEO, Office of the Chairman
• M. Christian Mitchell, director of Special Value Opportunities Fund LLC, First Chicago Bancorp and Reis. Inc.
• David Robbins, partner, Bingham McCutchen
• Bob Rollo, partner, Heidrick & Struggles
• Walter Smiechewicz, senior managing director, Enterprise Risk Management, Countrywide Financial Corp.
• Les Sussman, managing director, Resources Audit Solutions
• Dean Yoost, managing partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
• Richard Welch, managing partner, Bingham McCutchen

Most summit sessions are open only to registered event attendees. For information on speakers, panelists and the program, please visit www.marshall.usc.edu/summit. If you have any questions about the Corporate Governance Summit, please feel free to contact dbristow@usc.edu.