Corporate Directors to Address Critical Governance Issues at the University of Tampa's Florida Directors' Institute.Florida Directors' Institute - Friday, November 2, 2007 at The University of Tampa The University of Tampa, or UT, is a private, co-educational university in downtown Tampa, Florida. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. In 2006, the University celebrated its 75th anniversary. TAMPA, Fla. -- The John H. Sykes College of Business at The University of Tampa will again host corporate directors from across the United States for The Florida Directors' Institute on November 2, 2007, Professor Joseph McCann announced today. In its third year, the Institute is an annual intensive one-day program. The 2007 program will focus on best practices in governance, crisis management, executive compensation, and how to handle a going private offer. The Florida Directors' Institute is the only Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS ISS See Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). ) accredited program in Florida and one of a handful of such programs available nationally. The program is expected to qualify for continuing legal education The purpose of continuing legal education is to maintain or sharpen the skills of licensed attorneys and judges. Accredited courses examine new areas of the law or review basic practice and trial principles. and CPA (Computer Press Association, Landing, NJ) An earlier membership organization founded in 1983 that promoted excellence in computer journalism. Its annual awards honored outstanding examples in print, broadcast and electronic media. The CPA disbanded in 2000. continuing professional education credit. The faculty, drawn from throughout the United States, consists of leading governance experts and directors and executives of companies recognized for governance excellence. A lunch keynote presentation will be given by Pat McGurn, Executive Vice President & Special Counsel, Institutional Shareholder Services, a RiskMetrics Group Company. Mr. McGurn is a nationally recognized authority on governance who has been featured in articles in Business Week and Fortune and interviews on CNBC, CNN, ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. World News Tonight, National Public Radio, ABC's This Week, and CBS Evening News CBS Evening News is the flagship nightly television news program of the American television network CBS. The network has broadcast this program since 1948, and has used the CBS Evening News title since 1963. . Mr. McGurn will discuss the current governance priorities of ISS. Media representatives are welcome to attend this luncheon. The Institute will also feature candid panel discussions by leading governance experts, directors and executives including: * John F. Olson, Senior Partner of the Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher law firm in Washington, DC * Peggy Foran, VP-Corporate Governance, Associate General Counsel & Corporate Secretary of Pfizer, Inc. * Chet Helck, President, and COO of Raymond James Financial, Inc. in St. Petersburg * Joe Frumkin, Partner and manager of the mergers and acquisitions practice of the law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. * Beverly Aisenbrey, Managing Director of Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc., a compensation consulting firm based in New York City * John Zumwalt, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the PBSJ Corporation in Tampa * Richard Roberson, Director of Ablest, Inc., WildCard Systems, Inc. and Priority Healthcare Corporation, and former CEO of Visionworks, Inc. Panel members are available for media interviews. In addition to The University of Tampa, the Institute is hosted by Ernst & Young, LLP and Hill, Ward & Henderson, P.A. The event is co-sponsored by Raymond James & Associates, Inc., TECO Energy, Bowne of Tampa, The Florida Venture Forum, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher; Marsh; the Central Florida Chapter of the National Investor Relations Institute The National Investor Relations Institute, known as "NIRI", is the professional association for investor relations professionals in the United States. NIRI was founded in 1969 and has more than 4,500 members, both from the United States and other countries. (NIRI). The event is co-hosted by the Florida Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors. The program is limited to directors of public and significant private companies and key executives of those companies. Directors must be accepted to the Institute and may apply online at www.ut.edu/centers for more information and to register. |
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