Anne Simpson, CalPERS

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“You need people on a board who can represent our interests.”

Joe Griesedieck, Korn/Ferry International

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“Succession planning is much more on the front burner than in the past.”

Dave Larcker & Brian Tayan, Stanford University

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“It’s not clear you can take a uniform standard for evaluating pay (and) apply it to all companies.”

Sterling Shea, Barron’s

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“Holistic wealth management is about helping clients define and achieve long-term goals.”

Anne Simpson

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“There’s nowhere for us to go and find a pure and perfect corner of the stock market. But societies need big shareholders to engage. The question to us is, ‘If not you, then who?’”

Curt Crawford

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“There was a specific point in my career where I had an epiphany, where I thought that I needed to capture what I’m thinking in a succinct way, then deliver it.”

Ryan Johnson

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“Without a doubt, the spotlight is shining brighter than ever on compensation professionals, on executive compensation, on compensation decisions that are made up and down the organization.”

Kevin Murphy

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“Even before TARP, the Federal Reserve was doing things to provide much-needed liquidity to some of the banks, and I believe that played an important role in stabilizing the system.”

Frederic W. Cook

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“Many companies don’t think of themselves as an enduring institution; rather, they see themselves as an economic entity that’s tied to its current value. Executives whose goal it is to maximize the company’s current value will think and act differently from those whose goal it is to build long-term sustainable value for future generations.”

Robert McCormick, Esq.

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“In the past we may have recommended voting against the compensation committee; now we would recommend voting against the say-on pay proposal. There’s been some criticism that it’s a blunt tool, but a vote against directors is even blunter, I would say.”