Sandra Day O’Connor Board Excellence Award

Roberta S. Karmel

Roberta S. Karmel is Centennial Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Dennis J. Block Center for the Study of International Business Law at Brooklyn Law School. She was engaged in the private practice of law in New York City for over thirty years. She was a partner of Rogers Read more

Helene L. Kaplan

Helene L. Kaplan is of counsel to the firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. She represents not-for-profit institutions and individuals with substantial philanthropic interests. Mrs. Kaplan has served in the not-for-profit sector as counsel or trustee of many scientific, arts, charitable and educational institutions and foundations.

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Edith E. Holiday

Edith (Ede) E. Holiday is a member of the Board of Directors of the H. J. Heinz Company, Hess Corporation, White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd., Canadian National Railway, and RTI International Metals, Inc. and is a member of the Board of Directors or Trustee of various investment companies in the … Read more

Suzanne Nora Johnson

Suzanne Nora Johnson currently serves on the boards of Visa, Inc., Pfizer, Inc., Intuit, Inc. and the American International Group, Inc Ms. Nora Johnson’s community activities include service on the boards of The American Red Cross, the Brookings Institution, the Carnegie Institution of Washington, the Markle Foundation, RAND Health, Technoserve, … Read more

Deborah C. Wright

Deborah C. Wright serves on the boards of Kraft Foods Inc., Time Warner, The Partnership for New York City, The Children’s Defense Fund and Sesame Workshop. She is a member of the Board of Managers of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and served as a member of the Board of … Read more

Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky

Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky serves on the Boards of Directors of the American Express Company, the Estée Lauder Companies, Intel Corporation, and Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide. She is a Trustee of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and serves on the Board of Directors of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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Karen Hastie Williams

Deceased

Karen Hastie Williams was a graduate of Bates College and the Catholic University School of Law. She was a law clerk to Mr. Justice Thurgood Marshall and Judge Spottswood W. Robinson III of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She also served as … Read more

Betsy Z. Cohen

Betsy Z. Cohen has retired as Chief Executive Officer and board member of The Bancorp Bank (NASDAQ: “TBBK”), which she founded in August 2000. The Bancorp Bank is an FDIC-insured electronic institution that provides private label banking products to non-bank entities such as Legg Mason and SEI. Ms. Cohen now … Read more

Janiece M. Longoria

Janiece M. Longoria serves on the Board of Directors of CenterPoint Energy, Inc., the third largest publicly traded natural gas delivery company in the U.S., and the provider of electricity transmission and distribution service for the Houston metropolitan area and natural gas distribution service in Arkansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oklahoma … Read more

Catherine A. Rein

Catherine A. Rein serves on the board of directors of The Bank of New York Mellon, First Energy Corp., and is director emeritus of Corning, Inc. Ms. Rein also chairs the MetLife Foundation. She has retired as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of MetLife, Inc. As Chief … Read more