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Abe Pollin

Winners of the award have included Georgia M. Dickens, 2002 Executive Director, The S.T.E.P.U.P. Foundation Of Greater Washington, D.C. Inc., Harvey C. Barnum, Jr., 2005 Teacher of the Year, Jason Kamras and 2006 Miss District of Columbia, Kate Michael.

Angel Alcala

From 1990 to 1999 he worked as an executive director for the Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Research and the Philippine government.

Bob Goodenow

Robert W. "Bob" Goodenow (born October 29, 1952 in Dearborn, Michigan) is an American manager, who became the Executive Director of the National Hockey League Players Association in 1992, succeeding Alan Eagleson.

Carlton Gray

His grandfather, Benjamin Hooks, retired as the executive director of the NAACP.

Digby Jones, Baron Jones of Birmingham

Jones acted as a non-executive director for the IT contractor iSoft from 2000 until his resignation in July 2005, when he stayed on for one year as an advisor.

Gerard Bramwell Long

Gerard Bramwell Long (born December 10, 1957 in London) is Executive Director of Alpha course USA, minister, evangelist, author, motivational speaker, and former banking executive.

International Game Developers Association

In December 2012, Kate Edwards was appointed executive director after Gordon Bellamy, the previous executive director, moved on from the position in July of that year to join Tencent.

Jeff Swanagan

Jeffery Scott Swanagan (October 14, 1957 - June 28, 2009) was an American director of several major aquariums and zoos in the United States, including the Florida Aquarium, Zoo Atlanta, the Georgia Aquarium and the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.

Karen Nussbaum

Karen Nussbaum (born April 25, 1950) is the executive director of Working America, a community affiliate of the AFL-CIO.

Kate Edwards

In December 2012, Kate was appointed as the new executive director of the International Game Developers Association after Gordon Bellamy moved on from the position in July of that year.

Layli Miller-Muro

Layli Miller-Muro is the Executive Director of the Tahirih Justice Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting women from human rights abuses through the provision of legal aid and public policy advocacy.

Lynda Myles

She served as director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (1973–1980), director and curator of film at the Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Berkeley, Senior Vice–President at Columbia Pictures, Commissioning Editor for Drama at the BBC for two years, and as co-Executive Director of the East-West Producers' Seminar from 1990–1994, a training program for young producers in Eastern Europe.

Mindquest

In 2003 Byrne created a work-based charter high school called Minnesota Internship Center (MNIC), and as of 2011 he continued to serve as its Executive director.

Paul Renne

Paul R. Renne (born 1957, San Antonio, Texas) is the director of the Berkeley Geochronology Center and also Professor in Residence of geology in the Department of Earth & Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley).

Peter Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester

Other business positions Walker held included: Chairman of Allianz Insurance plc, Vice Chairman of Dresdner Kleinwort and non-executive director of ITM Power plc.

R. Tim Webster

Tim Webster, SCD (October 9, 1946 – July 6, 2003) was a founder and long-time executive director of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP).

Rod Diridon, Sr.

In 1976, he chaired the campaign for the first successful half-cent sales tax for a transit district in California, has subsequently come to be known as "the father of VTA light rail," and is presently the executive director of the Mineta Transportation Institute.

Rodrigo Rato

On 28 September 2007, the International Monetary Fund's 24 executive directors elected former French Minister for Economics, Finance, and Industry, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, over former Czech Prime Minister Josef Tošovský, to be the new Managing Director in succession to Rato.

Roger Lindsay

Lindsay is an Aide-de-Camp to the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario and is a Knight of Justice and a past Vice-Chancellor, Governance and the past Chief of Protocol of the Priory of Canada of Order of St John and is a trustee, director, and secretary of The W. Garfield Weston Foundation.

Shelford Girls' Grammar

Robyn Christine Robinson AM - President and South Pacific Liaison Officer of the Critical Incident Stress Management Foundation Australia; Former Clinical Director of the Victorian Ambulance Crisis Counselling Unit; Former Senior Lecturer/Deputy Director of the Soc.

Ulrich Cartellieri

Ulrich Cartellieri (born 21 September 1937) is a German businessman, a non-executive director of BAE Systems from 1999 to 2007, a member of the Supervisory Board of Robert Bosch GmbH and a member of the International Advisory Committee of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Volkswagen Amarok

In 2006 the Australian publication Transport Today reported that Phil Clark, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Director in Australia, was trying to persuade Volkswagen's head office to add a chassis cab programme to Project RPU.


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Alastair McIntosh

He is a fellow of the Centre for Human Ecology, an Honorary Fellow of the Schumacher Society, and helped to set up the Govan based GalGael Trust of which he is Treasurer and a non-executive director.

Annette Penhaligon

From 1992 to 2002, she was a non-executive director of Cornwall Independent Radio, becoming also a founding director of Pirate FM, and served as a member of Restormel Borough Council from 2003 until it came to an end in 2009.

Avrom Lasarow

DNA Bioscience was known for the recruitment of British MP David Blunkett, education secretary in Tony Blair’s first cabinet in 1997 (Bartlett, 2012), as a non-executive director, who bought £15 000 of shares two weeks before the 2005 UK general election.

Carl Yankowski

Since July 2003 he has been a non-executive director of Informatica Corporation and Chase Corporation.

Carolyn Fairbairn

On 24 July 2013 David Currie, the Chairman Designate of the new Competition and Markets Authority, announced Fairbairn's appointment as a non-executive director of the Authority.

Charles Bracewell-Smith

Sir Charles and his cousins Richard Carr and Clive Carr inherited major shareholdings in Arsenal Football Club from their grandfather Sir Bracewell Smith; Sir Charles transferred his shares to his wife who is now a non-executive director of the club.

Charles C. Krulak

Following the takeover of English football club Aston Villa by MBNA Chairman Randy Lerner in August 2006 and as of September 19, 2006, General Krulak joined the board of Aston Villa as non-executive director, where he quickly earned the approval of the fans by taking the time to post on various Aston Villa messageboards.

Charles Clarke

Clarke is a non-executive director of LJ Create, a company which "sells computer and teaching equipment to schools".

Clive Holmes

In 2001 Holmes was appointed a non-executive director of Clifford Lockyer's now defunct Berkeley Berry Birch (BBB) but resigned shortly thereafter citing problems to do with his residency in the Republic of Ireland.

Colin Morrison

Morrison is now chairman of Globelynx Ltd (part of the Press Association), and a non-executive director of Centaur Media plc, and Travel Weekly Group Ltd.

Commonwealth Games England

CGE is governed by a board of Non-executive Directors, chaired by Sir Andrew Foster, including as of October 2013, former England international netballer Karen Atkinson, President of Speedo International Limited David Robinson, and co-founder of Carphone Warehouse and British Olympic Association non-executive director David Ross, amongst other experts from fields including sport, marketing and finance.

Credos

Credos is chaired by James Best, who is Chairman of the Committee of Advertising Practice, a non-Executive Director of social marketing agency ICE, and Vice Chair of the Deborah Hutton Campaign.

David Clark, Baron Clark of Windermere

He was Chair of the Forestry Commission from 2004 to 2009; a non-executive director of the Homeowners Friendly Society, the Thales Group, and the UK Friendly Insurance Services.

David Clementi

Clementi also holds positions on the boards of several large corporations, including Chairman of Prudential plc, one of Britain's largest insurance companies, and is a non-executive director on the board of governors of the Rio Tinto Group.

Dennis Stevenson, Baron Stevenson of Coddenham

Stevenson was a non-executive Director of British Technology Group (1979–89), Tyne Tees Television (1982–87), Manpower Inc. (1988-2006), Thames Television (1991-93), J. Rothschild Assurance plc (1991–97), English Partnerships (1993-2004), BSkyB (1994-2001), Lazard Bros (1997-2002) and St James's Place Capital (1997-2002).

Donal Smith

On 11 Feb 2012, Donal Smith was announced as a non-executive director of Trinity Mirror.

Erroll Davis

From 1998 to 2010, he was a non-executive director of multinational oil company BP plc.

Frankie Yick

Yick also held a non-executive director position in Harbour Centre Development in July 2012.

Jana Khayat

Since the death of their father, Jana's brothers George and Guy have run Associated British Foods and Wittington Investments Ltd. (the parent company of Fortnums's and ABF) respectively while Khayat control of Fortnum's aided by her younger sister, Kate Hobhouse, as a non-executive director.

Jeffrey Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow

He was executive chairman of the shipping line P&O from 1983 to 2005, having joined the board as a non-executive Director on 6 February 1980, and is now Life President of P&O Cruises.

Jooho Kim

Dedicating himself as a non-executive director, Jooho served as a board member of KBS Symphony Orchestra.

Karin Forseke

Public directorships include non-executive director of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) Board, Eniro AB and the Royal Swedish Opera.

Keith Bradley, Baron Bradley

In October 2006 it was announced the Keith Bradley had been appointed to the board of The Christie Hospital as a non executive director.

Ken Dulieu

Upon invitation, from 2002 to 2010, he acted as non executive Director and chair of the Remuneration and Nominations Committees of previously Alternative Investment Market listed Vantis plc, an accountancy and financial services business.

Lorenzo Bini Smaghi

Lorenzo Bini Smaghi (born 29 November 1956 in Florence) is an Italian economist who is currently Chairman of Snam, an Italian listed company, and Non-Executive Director of Morgan Stanley International.

Louise Fresco

She was named a non-executive director at Unilever in 2009, is a Crown-appointed member of the Social and Economic Council of the Netherlands (SER), and a member of the Trilateral Commission and of the Governing Council of the United Nations University.

Manoli Olympitis

His current appointments also include being Senior Non-Executive Director & Chairman of the Remuneration Committee of Photo-Me International Plc.

Michael Pakenham

Since retiring from the Diplomatic Service, Pakenham has been chairman of Pakenvest International; senior adviser to Access Industries; non-executive director of the Westminster Group; a trustee of Chevening House; and a lay member of the governing Council of King's College London (and its Vice-Chairman since 2009).

Nigel Carrington

Previous positions held include Non-Executive Director of University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (2005-2008), Trustee of Crisis (2005-2011), and Trustee of Independent Opera (2006-2010).

Nigel Clifford

Since 2009 he has been a non-executive director of Anite.

Oil Depletion Analysis Centre

Formerly Head of Public Affairs and Community Relations, Mobil North Sea Ltd, and author of a book on the history of the company's activities, he is currently a non-executive director of Sponsorship Consulting Ltd, a marketing communications firm.

Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith

In August 2008, Goldsmith was appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Australian property trust, Westfield Group.

Photo-Me International

Serge Crasnianski was reappointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director in May 2009 .

Stella Rimington

Rimington's work after leaving MI5 has been as a non-executive director for companies such as Marks & Spencer and BG Group.

Sue Tinson

She was formerly a non-executive Director of Chime Communications plc, ITV London, the Yorkshire Building Society, and St. Ives plc.

Thomas Taylor, Baron Taylor of Blackburn

He was listed in Who's Who 2009 as a Non-executive Director of Drax Power Ltd. and A Division Holdings, a Consultant to BAE Systems plc; Initial Electronic Security Systems Ltd; and an adviser to Electronic Data Systems Ltd; AES Electric Ltd; United Utilities plc; Experian and Capgemini UK plc.

Uri Fruchtmann

He serves as the non-executive Director of Ealing Studios and co-founder of Fragile Films, an independent film production company based in the United Kingdom.