Patrick McGurn, Institutional Investor Services

Patrick S. McGurn is Vice President and Director of Corporate Programs at Institutional Shareholder Services. ISS is the world's leading provider of proxy voting services and corporate governance research. ISS serves more than 1,000 institutional investor and corporate clients. Founded in 1985, ISS recommends votes on ballot issues for more than 20,000 shareholder meetings in 80 markets around the globe each year. (To learn about ISS, visit www.issproxy.com or contact Pat at 301-556-0402/pat.mcgurn@issproxy.com.)

Prior to joining ISS in 1996, Pat was director of the Corporate Governance Service at the Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC), a not-for-profit firm that provides governance research to investors. He also served as a private attorney, a congressional staff member and a department head at the Republican National Committee. He is a graduate of Duke University and the Georgetown University Law Center. He is a member of the bar in California, the District of Columbia, Maryland and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Pat serves on the Advisory Board of the National Association of Corporate Directors and was a member of the NACD's 2001 Blue Ribbon Commission on Board Evaluations.

Pat is frequently cited by business publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and Business Week. He has appeared on ABC World News Tonight, Bloomberg TV, BBC Radio, CBS Evening News, CNBC, CNN, Marketplace, NBC Nightly News, Nightly Business Report, PBS's DebatesDebates, National Public Radio, Tech TV and ABC's This Week. He is a frequent presenter at conferences. Recent appearances include:
  • Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) U.S. Pension Study Group on July 15;
  • American Society of Corporate Secretaries (ASCS) Annual Conference on July 11 & 13;
  • International Bar Association's International M&A Conference on June 14;
  • DuPont's "Strong Ethics = Good Business" Seminar on June 12;
  • National Investor Relations Institute Annual Conference on June 4;
  • ASCS Southeastern Chapter Annual Meeting on May 17;
  • American Law Institute-American Bar Association's 9th Annual Corporate Governance Institute on May 9; and
  • Glasser LegalWorks' SEC Disclosure, Accounting & Enforcement Conference on May 3 (San Francisco) and April 26 (New York City).
Some coming attractions include:
  • The State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB)/University of Wisconsin-Madison Directors' Summit in Madison, Wisconsin on Sept. 4-6, 2002*;
  • National Association of Stock Plan Professionals' 2002 Annual Conference in Las Vegas on Sept. 29-Oct. 1; and
  • Fortune's Boardroom Forums in New York (Oct. 7-8) and San Francisco (Dec. 2-3).
Pat has written hundreds of articles on corporate governance matters and other business and legal issues. He contributes a periodic feature, The ISS Monitor, to the Corporate Governance Advisor, an Aspen Law & Business publication.