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Intervention in the Boardroom

David Batchelder, FounderRelational Investors LLC

First in the David Batchelder Lecture Series in Investor Activism

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Corporate Governance Institute

Lori Verstegen RyanDirector

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Corporate Governance Defined

Roles, responsibilities, and balance of power among corporate directors, executives, and shareholders.

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Corporate Governance Institute

The Corporate Governance Institute (CGI), founded in 1998, is an SDSU research and education center dedicated to the study and application of responsible corporate governance principles worldwide.

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CGI History

Founded in 1998 as a joint venture of SDSU and the Corporate Directors Forum

Curriculum initiatives include• One of the first MBA Corporate Governance courses

offered in the U.S. (1999)• Required EMBA course since Spring 2007• Undergraduate course in “Business Ethics and

Corporate Governance”

International network of corporate governance scholars

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CGI Goals

Make high-level corporate governance speakers available to the San Diego public and students

Offer scholarships to graduate students writing theses on corporate governance topics

Offer competitive research grants and prizes

Continue support of international “Friends and Fellows” research network

Form influential new Advisory Board

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Garry Ridge

• President & CEO, WD-40 Company

• Vice Chairman, San Diego Foundation

• Previously Chairman of the Board of Corporate Directors Forum

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Sarah Teslik

• Sr. Vice President, Policy & Governance, Apache Corporation

• Previously CEO of the CFP Board of Standards and was Executive Director of the Council for Institutional Investors 1988-2004

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Dan Pittard

• President and CEO of Rubio’s Inc. 2006-2010

• On boards of Oberto, Aditazz and PULS

• Previously senior executive with Amoco, Gateway, and Pepsico, and a partner at McKinsey & Co.

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2009 CGI Int’l Colloquium in Texas

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2011 CGI Int’l Colloquium at SDSU

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2013 CGI Int’l Colloquium in Ontario

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2011 Director/CEO/Investor Panel

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Upcoming Events

David Batchelder Lecture Series in Investor Activism

June and January through 2016

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David Batchelder

• Founder and Principal of Relational Investors LLC

• Has been Chairman of one board and Director on 10 others

• Previously built Rela-tional Advisors LLC and was President & COO of Mesa Petroleum