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The Forum for Corporate Directors (FCD), Orange County's leading resource for achieving corporate board excellence and good governance, honored five outstanding board members at the organization's gala 12th annual Director of the Year awards event at the Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, on Tuesday, February 27, 2007.
"The Forum for Corporate Directors was founded specifically to promote the highest standards of corporate ethics and best governance practices for boards of directors of both public and privately-held corporations and institutions; this annual awards program was created in the early 1990s to honor the best of the best among Orange County's outstanding community of corporate directors," said John Rehfeld, FCD Chairman.
“The five honorees being recognized at the 2007 event have consistently demonstrated the highest levels of transparency, independence, accountability and leadership on behalf of their shareholders, and each is being honored for his or her career accomplishments in particular areas of mentorship and influence within the sphere of good governance,” Rehfeld noted.
The 2007 Director of the Year honorees and their categories, are:
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Life Achievement Award: John Grundhofer, Chairman Emeritus of U.S. Bancorp in Minneapolis, and director on four corporate boards, including BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.;
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Corporate Leadership and Service: Linda Fayne Levinson, former Senior Advisor at GRP Partners in Los Angeles and director on six corporate boards, including Ingram Micro, Inc.;
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Corporate Citizenship: J. Fernando Niebla, President of International Technology Partners and director on four corporate boards, including Pacific Life Insurance Company and Integrated Healthcare Holdings, Inc.;
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Corporate Governance: John Cardis, retired Vice Chairman and National Managing Partner for Global Strategic Clients at Deloitte & Touche LLP, director on three corporate boards including Edwards Life Sciences Corporation and Avery Dennison Corporation;
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Corporate Growth and Development: Jim Peterson, President, CEO and director of Microsemi Corporation and director of SimpleTech, Inc;
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