Programs | 'Board of Boards' CEO Conference - February 23, 2009

2008 PROGRAM

At the third annual 'Board of Boards' CEO Conference, moderator Rik Kirkland of McKinsey & Co. and formerly Fortune Magazine Editor-at-Large, led this roundtable discussion, offering 40 CEOs the opportunity to share their views on the benefits and challenges of effective corporate philanthropy.

The theme of the event was The CEO's Challenge: Leading the Company, Shaping Society.

CATALYST SPEAKERS

Ivan Seidenberg

Sidney Taurel
Ivan Seidenberg
Chairman & CEO
Verizon Communications Inc.
Sidney Taurel
Chairman & CEO
Eli Lilly and Company

SUMMARY REPORT

 

All CEOs

 

Terry McGraw and other CEOs

 

Sidney Taurel, Angela Brady and Doug Conant

 

Christina Gold, Western Union, and Ivan Seidenberg, Verizon

 

Tim Flynn, KPMG and Alain Belda, Alcoa

 

Shelly Lazarus, Ogilvy & Mather

 

KK Khoja, Roshan

Board of Boards Summary Report
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from the 2008 conference.

This event also informed a report released by CECP in the Summer of 2008, based on research and analysis by McKinsey & Company, titled Business's Social Contract: Capturing the Corporate Philanthropy Opportunity.

Key areas of discussion included:

  • Seizing the opportunity of corporate philanthropy for competitive advantage.
  • Creating programs that are consonant with a company's culture to ensure authenticity in objectives.
  • Developing international strategies for philanthropy, offering programs that are flexible for appropriate local interpretation.
  • Applying business management techniques to corporate giving to ensure maximum impact for the company and community.



ATTENDEES

Alain Belda*
Alcoa Inc.

Angela Braly
Wellpoint, Inc.

Douglas Conant
Campbell Soup Company

Kevin Connelly
Spencer Stuart

Frederic de Narp
Cartier North America

Larry Fish*
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
and RBS America

Tim Flynn*
KPMG International

Bob Forrester*
Payne, Forrester & Associates, LLC

Mike Fraizer
Genworth Financial Inc.

Christina Gold
The Western Union Company

Bill Harrison*
JPMorgan Chase

Alan Hassenfeld*
Hasbro, Inc.

Farooq Kathwari
Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.

KK Khoja
Roshan / Telecom Development Company Afghanistan Ltd.

Shelly Lazarus*
Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide

Terry Lundgren*
Macy's, Inc.

Tony Malkin
W&M Properties

Peter Malkin*
Wien & Malkin LLC


Enzo Manes
Intek SpA

Ray McDaniel
Moody's Corporation

Terry McGraw*
The McGraw-Hill Companies

Duncan Niederauer
NYSE Euronext

Tom Quinlan
RR Donnelley

Jim Rohr*
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.


Michael Roth*
Interpublic Group

Art Ryan*
Prudential Financial, Inc.

Barry Salzberg
Deloitte

Steve Schwarzman
The Blackstone Group L.P.

Ivan Seidenberg
Verizon Communications Inc.

Rob Shafir
Credit Suisse Americas

David Stern
National Basketball Association

Jerry Storch
Toys"R"Us, Inc.

Dan Sullivan
Collette Vacations


Sidney Taurel
Eli Lilly and Company


John Thain
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

Ryoichi Ueda
Mitsubishi International Corporation

John Whitehead*

Robert Wolf
UBS Americas

David Young
Oxford Analytica

* CECP Director