Owners Councils

Directors to Watch 2021: Top Board Issues for Private Companies Mirror Major Public Company Concerns

More than 18 months into the COVID-19 era, with uncertainties looming around the future course of virus variants, priorities for private company boards have...

Presenting the 2021 Private Company Boards of the Year

Seven private company boards were honored for their business governance excellence at the 2021 Private Company Governance Summit June 9-11, live online. A replay...

Full-Bore Fiduciary Boards for Private Companies

Against a backdrop of sometimes distressing global change, unanticipated disruption and a creeping fear that the “next big thing” might be even more unimaginable,...

ESG Is a Way of Life for Graybar

CEO Kathleen Mazzarella discusses the company and board’s focus  on long-term decision making and environmental, social and governance issues. To Kathy Mazzarella, chair, president, and...

The role of governance, culture in recruitment of non-family executives

In late August, Dave Glenn, a family shareholder in Elkay Manufacturing Company — an Oak Brook, Ill.-based manufacturer of commercial and residential sinks and...