Ulrich F. Ackermann, Managing partner, board member, Transearch Intl. Deutschland

Alfredo José Assumpção, CEO, partner, FESA Global Recruiters

Jim Bagley, Managing director, Russell Reynolds Associates

Ignacio Bao, Chairman, Signium Intl.

Jean-Michel Beigbeder, President, CEO, Jean-Michel Beigbeder & Partners—CEO Search SA

Robert L. Benson, Chairman, Robert L. Benson & Associates, Inc.

Linda Bialecki, President, Bialecki Inc.

Robert J. Brudno, Managing director, Savoy Partners

Dennis Carey, Senior client partner, Korn/Ferry Intl.

Jim Citrin*, Senior director, Spencer Stuart

Christopher John Clarke, President, CEO, Boyden World

Michael James “Jim” Conroy, Chairman, founding partner, Conroy Ross Partners

Peter D. Crist, Chairman, Crist Associates

Robert Damon, President, North America, Korn/Ferry Intl.

Julie Hembrock Daum*, Practice leader, North American Board Services, Spencer Stuart

Peter de Jong, Managing director, regional VP—EMEA, Stanton Chase International

Sylvain Dhenin, Managing partner, CTPartners

Bruce Dingman*, President, The Dingman Co.

Theodore L. Dysart, Managing Partner of the Americas, Global Board of Directors Practice, Heidrick & Struggles Intl.

Janice Reals Ellig, Co-CEO, Chadick Ellig

Claudio Fernandez-Araoz*, Partner, Egon Zehnder Intl.

Claudio A. Fernaud, Regional VP, Latin America, Stanton Chase Intl.

Richard Fudickar, Managing partner, Boyden Intl.

Sakie T. Fukushima, Regional Managing Director, Japan, Korn/Ferry Intl.

Jay Gaines, President, CEO, Jay Gaines & Co.

John T. Gardner, Vice-chairman, Heidrick & Struggles

Bob Gattie, Director, Amrop Hever

James W. Gauss, President, CEO, Witt/Kieffer

Charles A. Geoly, Managing director, Russell Reynolds Associates

Trina Gordon, Chairman, Boyden World

Joseph E. Griesedieck, Vice-chairman, Korn/Ferry Intl.

Michele C. Heid, Managing partner, Financial Officers Practice, Heidrick & Struggles Intl.

Jeff Hodge, Chairman, CEO, Hodge/Niederer/Cariani/Lindsay

David H. Hoffmann, Chairman, CEO, DHR International

Durant “Andy” Hunter, Managing partner, Ridgeway Partners

John M. Isaacson, President, managing director, Isaacson, Miller

Mark Jaffe, President, Wyatt & Jaffe

Dr. Bjorn Johansson, Chairman, CEO, Dr. Bjørn Johansson Associates

Janet Jones-Parker, Managing director, Jones-Parker/Starr

Edward Kelley, Chairman, CEO, Edward W Kelley & Partners

Claudia Lacy Kelly*, Leader, Human Resource Practice, Spencer Stuart

Roger M. Kenny, President, Boardroom Consultants

David Kimbell*, Co-Leader, European Board Services Practice, Spencer Stuart

Peter A. Kindler, Vice-chairman, Boardroom Consultants

Scott E. Kingdom, Global managing director, Industrial Markets, Korn/Ferry Intl.

Pasi Koivusaari, Senior partner, Boyden World

Marc Lamy, Managing director, partner, Boyden World

Bobbie Lenga, Managing director, Russell Reynolds Associates

Stephen P. Mader, Vice-chairman, managing director, Board Services, Korn/Ferry Intl.

Horacio J. McCoy, President, Mexico; Chairman, Latin America, Korn/Ferry Intl.

Tim C. McNamara, Managing director, Boyden World

Dinesh Mirchandani, Regional director, APAC; President, India, Boyden World

1. Clarke Murphy, Managing director, head of CEO/Board Services Practice, Russell Reynolds Associates

Caroline Nahas, Managing director, Southern California region; senior client partner, CEO & Board Services, Korn/Ferry Intl.

Thomas J. Neff*, Chairman, U.S., Spencer Stuart

James B. Norton III, President, CEO, Fiderion Group

Anne Lim O’Brien, Managing director, Russell Reynolds Associates

Justus John O’Brien*, Partner, Co-Leader of North America Board Services Practice, Global Head of Consumer Practice, Egon Zehnder Intl.

Dayton Ogden*, Global leader, CEO Practice, Spencer Stuart

John B. Peebles, Professional director, John Peebles Associates

Werner Penk, Global managing partner, Technology Practice, Heidrick & Struggles Intl.

Steven G. Pezim, CEO, managing director, The Bedford Consulting Group/

Charley Polachi, Partner, co-founder, Polachi

David Preng, President, Preng & Associates

Marylin L. Prince, Co-founder, partner, PrinceGoldsmith LLC

Krishnan Rajagopalan, Global managing partner, Heidrick & Struggles Intl.

Paul C. Reilly, Chairman, Korn/Ferry Intl.

Hal Reiter, Chairman, CEO, Herbert Mines Associates

Tierney Remick, Global managing director, Consumer/Retail Market , Korn/Ferry Intl.

Russell S. Reynolds Jr., Chairman, RSR Partners (formerly Directorship Search Group)

Gerard R. Roche, Senior chairman, Heidrick & Struggles Intl.

Louisa Wong-Rousseau, Group managing director, Bó Lè Associates

William H. Rusher Jr., Chairman, CEO, Rusher, Loscavio & LoPresto

Burke St. John, Vice-chairman, global head of financial services, CTPartners

Jeff Sanders, Co-managing partner, Heidrick & Struggles Intl.

Jacques Sarfatti, Managing director, Russell Reynolds Associates

Rae Sedel, Managing director, board member, Russell Reynolds Associates

Diane Segalen, Vice-chairman, CTPartners

Richard “Rick” Slayton, President, Slayton Search Partners

Jane M. Stevenson, Global managing partner, Heidrick & Struggles Intl.

Shelly Weiss Storbeck, Owner, managing partner, Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates

Carmen Suarez de Padilla, Director, Stanton Chase Intl.

Brian Sullivan, Chairman, CEO, CTPartners

William K. Sur, CEO, managing director, Conboy, Sur & Associates/Conboy Sur Morice & Associates

Vincent Swift, CEO, The Wright Co.

Soo Jin Tan, Director, Amrop Hever

Alain Tanugi, Chairman, Transearch Intl. Deutschland

John Thompson, Vice-chairman, Heidrick & Struggles Intl.

Kelvin Thompson, Managing partner, Heidrick & Struggles Intl.

Charles A. Tribbett, Co-head, CEO, Russell Reynolds Associates

Charles Tseng, President, Asia-Pacific, Korn/Ferry Intl.

Mary C. Tydings, Sector leader, Russell Reynolds Associates

1. Larry Tyler, President, Tyler & Co.

Judith M. von Seldeneck, Chairman/CEO, Diversified Search, Ray & Berndtson

Didier Vuchot, Chairman, Europe, Korn/Ferry Intl.

Charles W. B. Wardell III, Senior client partner, Korn/Ferry Intl.

Steve Watson, International chairman, Stanton Chase

Dale Winston, Chairwoman, CEO, Battalia Winston, U.S. Member Firm of Amrop Hever

John Wood*, Partner, Spencer Stuart

Kathryn Yap, Managing partner, CTPartners

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