Principles of Pay Working Group

The Aspen Institute Business & Society Program and Korn Ferry would like to thank the members of our Working Group for their expertise and insight as these Principles were assembled. This listing does not imply endorsement, but rather involvement in the project and a commitment to fresh thinking in the boardroom. Their reactions and feedback informed revisions and the content of this final version.

  • Jonathan Bailey, Head of ESG Investing, Neuberger Berman
  • David Berger, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
  • Ken Bertsch, Former Executive Director, Council of Institutional Investors
  • Martha Finn Brooks, Board Director, Jabil, Constellium, and Bombardier; Co-Chair, CARE USA
  • Doug Chia, President, Soundboard Governance; Former Executive Director, ESG Center, The Conference Board
  • Michael Dorff, Professor of Law, Southwest Law School
  • Dina Dublon, Board Director, PepsiCo and T. Rowe Price
  • Michelle Edkins, Managing Director and Global Head of Investment Stewardship, BlackRock
  • Margaret Foran, Chief Governance Officer, SVP and Corporate Secretary, Prudential Financial and Board Director, Occidental Petroleum
  • Michelle Greene, President, Long Term Stock Exchange
  • Patrick Gross, Chairman, The Lovell Group and Former Board Director, Capital One Financial
  • David Langstaff, Chair, Aspen Institute Business & Society Program Advisory Board and EVP, Aspen Institute Leadership Programs; Founding CEO, Veridian
  • Martin Lipton, Founding Partner, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
  • Paula Luff, Founder, VISO Strategies
  • Anne Mulcahy, Board Director, Johnson & Johnson and LPL Financial; Former CEO and Chair of the Board, Xerox
  • Kevin Murphy, Chair in Finance and Professor of Business Economics, USC
  • Lynn Paine, Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Int’l Development, Harvard Business School
  • Rob Pew, Chair of the Board, Steelcase
  • Bruce Shaw, Executive Director, The Denny Center for Democratic Capitalism, Georgetown Law
  • Leo Strine, Ret. Chief Justice, Delaware Supreme Court; Of Counsel, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
  • Charlie Tharp, Executive Vice President, Center on Executive Compensation
  • Jake Walko, Director of ESG Investing and Global Investment Stewardship, Thornburg Investment Management
  • Chris Wightman, Partner, PJT Camberview
  • Sarah Williamson, CEO, FCLT Global; Board Director, Evercore