As CEO of the Trevor Project, Amit Paley '11 heads the leading suicide-prevention and crisis-intervention organization for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning young people.
Over the past decade, public companies large and small have been taking note of the increasing impact of shareholder votes on their governance and compensation practices, particularly with the rise of shareholder activism. But new research from Columbia Business School suggests that corporate management continues to have extraordinary influence on voting outcomes.
On November 9, 2017, the Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB) at Columbia Business School, hosted “Power to the Pensions! Japanese and NYC Pension Funds as a Force for Good Governance.” The symposium featured speakers: Michael Garland, Assistant Comptroller, Corporate Governance and Responsible Investment, Office of New York City Comptroller and Ken Hokugo '93, Director, Head of Corporate Governance; Director, Hedge Fund Investments, Pension Fund Association of Japan. Alicia Ogawa, Director of Project on Japanese Corporate Governance and Stewardship, CJEB moderated the symposium.
Erika Irish Brown ’98, global head of diversity and inclusion for financial-information powerhouse Bloomberg, is working to disrupt the modern-day workplace and open its doors to the world.
A flexible work and life reality can overwhelm us, but it can also provide a powerful opportunity — if you know how to harness it — to be your best, on and off the job.