Legal & Regulatory Update

SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee Adds New Members

December 21, 2020

The SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee (IAC) recently met to discuss corporate disclosure during COVID-19 and the implications of the pandemic for the upcoming proxy season. The IAC also announced the following new officers:

• Chair, Jennifer Marietta-Westberg, Principal, Cornerstone Research
• Vice Chair, Heidi Stam, Former Managing Director and General Counsel (Retired), Vanguard
• Secretary, Ted Daniels, Founder and President, Society for Financial Education and Professional Development; and
• Assistant Secretary, W. Verret, Associate Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University, and Senior Scholar, Mercatus Center.

The SEC also announced several new members of the IAC.

TAGS: COVID-19, Coronavirus, IAC, Proxy Voting

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