On Sept. 6, 2024, Barnes & Thornburg, Vanderbilt Law School’s Law and Business Program, National Association of Corporate Directors–Nashville (NACD) and Vanderbilt University’s Hans Stoll Financial Markets Research Center co-hosted the inaugural Public Company Shareholder Engagement Summit.
The complimentary event included an engaging conversation on the impact of the 2024 proxy season on off-season engagement, featuring insight from Alfredo Porretti, Managing Director and Head of Shareholder Engagement and M&A Capital Markets for North America at J.P. Morgan, Mark Borges, Principal, Compensia, and Teresa Sebastian, Founder, President, CEO of The Dominion Asset Group, Joshua White, Assistant Professor of Finance at Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management and current senior advisor at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), moderated the discussion.