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The Conference Board is the member-driven think tank that delivers trusted insights for what's ahead. Surveying the horizon as your organization's guardian, you face no end of risks: Rogue hackers and state-sponsored cybertheft. Activist investors and board-management conflict. Populist backlash and regulatory crackdowns.
With public trust in business leading the global agenda, you need a way to cut through the noise, find proven strategies and connect with fellow professionals you can learn from and lean on.
When you join the ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL & GOVERNANCE CENTER, you join a community where leading executives and experts exchange ideas and find peer-proven, actionable approaches that will help you thrive. Be part of the conversation!
Challenges you may be facing:
- Are we doing enough to minimize cybersecurity risks and protect our intellectual property?
- How can we harden our defenses against unforeseen "black swan" events that escalate into instant crises?
- Are we doing everything we can to proactively manage activist investors and other board stakeholders?
- How can we balance employee privacy and trust with vigilance against internal security threats - whether fraud, theft, leaks, or cyber lapses?
Our Experts

Alex Parkinson
Communications Institute Co-Leader
The Conference Board
Principal
Parky Communications


Paul Washington
Executive Director,
ESG Center,
The Conference Board
"Companies today are facing pressure to perform not only from stockholders, but also from a wide variety of stakeholders, including customers, employees, suppliers, and external interest groups. Join the ESG Center and work with other leaders to develop insights and constructive solutions to cutting edge issues in the areas of corporate governance, sustainability, and philanthropy."
members
- Allegheny Technologies Incorporated
- Altria Group, Inc.
- Ameren Corp.
- American Express Company
- Amgen
- Apple, Inc
- Arconic Inc.
- Ashland Inc.
- AT&T Inc.
- Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
- Ball Corporation
- Bank of America
- BASF Corporation
- Bechtel
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
- BNSF Railway Company
- Boeing Company
- Booz Allen Hamilton
- BorgWarner, Inc.
- Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.
- California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS)
- Cargill, Incorporated
- Chemours Company
- Chesapeake Utilities Corporation
- Chevron Corporation
- Chevron Phillips Chemical Company
- Cigna
- Cisco Systems Inc.
- Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
- CME Group, Inc.
- Coca-Cola Company
- Consolidated Edison
- Corning Incorporated
- Corteva Agriscience
- CSL Behring
- Cummins Inc.
- CVS Health Corporation
- Daimler Trucks North America LLC
- Danaher Corporation
- Deere & Company
- Dell Technologies Inc.
- Deloitte Center for Board Effectiveness
- Department of Defense
- DTE Energy
- Duke Energy
- DuPont
- Edison International
- Emerson Electric Co.
- Ernst & Young
- Estée Lauder
- Exelon Corporation
- Exxonmobil
- FedEx Corporation
- Fidelity Investments
- FirstEnergy Corp.
- General Mills, Inc.
- General Motors Company
- Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
- GuideWell
- Hallmark Cards, Inc.
- HDR, Inc
- Hewlett-Packard Company (HP)
- Intermountain Healthcare, Inc.
- Invesco Ltd.
- Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
- Johnson Controls International plc
- JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- JUUL Labs, Inc.
- Kemper Corporation
- Kimberly-Clark
- KPMG
- Latham & Watkins LLP
- LIXIL Water Technology Americas
- Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores
- Madison Dearborn
- Marriott International, Inc.
- Mastercard Incorporated
- Mayo Clinic
- McKinsey & Company
- Merck & Co., Inc.
- Michelin
- Microsoft Corporation
- MITRE Corporation
- Momentive Performance Materials, Inc.
- Moody's Corporation
- Morrow Sodali Global
- New York Life Insurance
- Newmont Goldcorp
- NextEra Energy, Inc.
- NFP
- Nike
- Northwestern Mutual
- Novartis Corporation
- Novelis Inc.
- Nuveen
- Olin Corporation
- Pfizer, Inc.
- Polaris Industries, Inc.
- Procter & Gamble Company
- Prudential Financial, Inc.
- Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated
- PwC Governance Insights Center
- Quest Diagnostics
- Rockwell Automation, Inc.
- Russell Reynolds Associates
- Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital
- Sandia National Laboratories
- Sempra Energy
- Shell Oil Company
- Solvay USA
- Southern Company
- Stryker Corporation
- T. Rowe Price
- Target
- TE Connectivity Ltd.
- Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA)
- The Hartford
- Trane Technologies
- Truist
- UBS Investment Bank
- United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS)
- UnitedHealth Group Incorporated
- Viacom, Inc.
- Vizient
- Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
- Walgreens Boots Alliance
- Walmart Inc.
- Walt Disney Company
- Waste Management, Inc.
- Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
- Wells Fargo & Company
- WestRock Company
- White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd.
- Willis Towers Watson
- Xerox Corporation
- Yum! Brands, Inc.
ESG CENTER FELLOWS

James D. C. Barrall
Senior Fellow in Residence, Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy, UCLA School of Law
ESG Center Fellow

Janet Langford Carrig
Senior Vice President Legal, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of ConocoPhillips (retired)

Douglas Chia
President, Soundboard Governance LLC
Fellow, Rutgers Center for Corporate Law and Governance

TK Kerstetter
Host, Inside America’s Boardrooms, Inside Europe’s Boardrooms, Inside Australia’s Boardrooms
ESG Center Fellow

Gail A. Lione
Senior Counsel, Dentons US LLP
Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
SENIOR ADVISORS

Ellen Hexter
Program Director, Chief Audit Executives Council, IT Audit Leaders Council, Strategic Risk Management Council, and Strategic Risk Management Council
The Conference Board
ADVISORY BOARD

Janet Langford Carrig
Senior Vice President Legal, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of ConocoPhillips (retired)

Thomas M. Moriarty
Executive Vice President, Chief Policy and External Affairs Officer, and General Counsel
CVS Health
