DirectWomen Board Institute

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OVERVIEW

The centerpiece of the DirectWomen initiative is the DirectWomen Board Institute, an annual two-day program providing a free orientation and update on key issues facing current and future directors. The goal is to position an elite group of exceptional senior women lawyers for service as directors of major U.S. corporations.

The 2008 DirectWomen Board Institute was held at the Waldorf=Astoria in New York on February 21-22, 2008, with an opening reception on the evening of February 20. The Board Institute featured a faculty of some of the nation's leading experts on corporate governance, as well as experienced women directors, and addressed topics including the roles and responsibilities of the director and the board, leadership and strategy, the use of financial statements in strategic planning, assessment of company performance, today's legal and regulatory environments, directors' and officers' liability and other current issues. In addition, the Board Institute will afford participants the opportunity to network with distinguished women lawyers currently serving on U.S. corporate boards, as well as top representatives of executive search firms.

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2008 CLASS MEMBERS

Priscilla Almodovar Virginia L. Aronson Emily Berlin Sharon Y. Bowen Shirley Hanna Buccieri Rhea Kemble Dignam Lena Genello Goldberg Carol Graebner Alyce C. Halchak Elizabeth Holtzman

Julie Jacobs Sheila M. McDevitt Judith D. O'Neill Marla S. Persky Helen Pomerantz Pudlin Jennifer J. Raab Karen H. Rothenberg Marianne D. Short Christine J. Spadafor Alice Young

Priscilla Almodovar
President and Chief Executive Officer
New York State Housing Finance Agency/State of New York Mortgage Agency
New York, NY




Virginia L. Aronson
Partner and Member of Management Committee
Sidley Austin LLP
Chicago, IL




Emily Berlin
Senior Managing Director
Helm Holdings International, Inc.
Miami, FL




Sharon Y. Bowen
Partner
Latham & Watkins, LLP
New York, NY




Shirley Hanna Buccieri
Retired Former Partner
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Menlo Park, CA




Rhea Kemble Dignam
Principal
Ernst & Young
New York, NY




Lena Genello Goldberg
Executive Vice President - Strategic Corporate Initiatives
FMR LLC/Fidelity Investments
Boston, MA




Carol Graebner
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
H&R Block, Inc.
Kansas City, MO




Alyce C. Halchak
Director - Corporate Department
Gibbons P.C.
Newark, NJ




Elizabeth Holtzman
Counsel
Herrick, Feinstein LLP
New York, NY




Julie Jacobs
Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel
AOL LLC
Dulles, VA




Sheila M. McDevitt
Retired Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer
TECO Energy, Inc
North Redington Beach, FL




Judith D. O'Neill
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
New York, NY




Marla S. Persky
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Boehringer Ingelheim Corporation
Ridgefield, CT




Helen Pomerantz Pudlin
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA




Jennifer J. Raab
President
Hunter College
New York, NY




Karen H. Rothenberg
Dean and Marjorie Cook Professor of Law
University of Maryland School of Law
Baltimore, MD




Marianne D. Short
Managing Partner
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Minneapolis, MN




Christine J. Spadafor
Chief Executive Officer
St. Jude's Ranch for Children
Boulder City, NV




Alice Young
Partner
Kaye Scholer LLP
New York, NY








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