Seattle-Northwest Chapter-Portland

2009-2010 Directors Series - Portland

Wed, 20 Jan 2010

2009 - 2010 Northwest Directors Series

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— $550 series pricing includes attendance at all 2009-10 Seattle-Northwest Chapter NACD programs (in both Seattle and Portland) and 2 events but does not include Director of the Year Event
— Up to 8 hours Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Corporate Directors Institute (CDI) director education credits by attending at least 4 programs
— CDI is the NACD’s Director Education Certification Program for directors of public and private corporations—our programs provide annual continuing credits only
— ISS Accreditation for public board members is reported annually upon completion

Registration Policies:

— Online registration must be completed no later than the day of the first program you wish to attend. The latest possible registration would be for the January program. (If the January, February, March, and May meetings are attended, this fulfills your requirement.)

— Director Series registration fee is non-refundable after Friday, September 18, 2009.

— Individual meeting fees may not be applied to the Directors Series - you must sign up for the series before attending the first meeting you wish to apply to continuing education credits.

— Directors Series Participants will receive a monthly email reminder to sign up for that month's meeting. Please follow the instructions in the email.

— Parking is not included in the Directors Series

Scrutinizing Financial Statements At the Board - January 20, 2010 Morning Program

Wed, 20 Jan 2010

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Seattle

Tuesday,
January 19, 2010

Washington Athletic Club
1325 6th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101

Breakfast: 7:00am
Program: 7:30am - 9am

Portland

Wednesday,
January 20, 2010

The Multnomah Athletic Club
1849 SW Salmon
Portland, OR 97205

Breakfast: 7:00am
Program: 7:30am - 9am

Registration

Single Meeting Early Registration:
NACD Members: $45
Non-Members: $60

Single Meeting Late Registration after January 15
NACD Members: $60
Non-Members: $75

* Registrations require advance payment.
* Onsite event registration begins at 7am.

Event Description

Financial statements, whether prepared for internal or external purposes, and whether at year-end or for interim periods, can provide insights into both performance and risks. Assessments can be made relative to key performance metrics as well as to external benchmarks. A panel will share Board, CEO and CFO perspectives on using financial statements to identify, understand and address enterprise risks, and to enhance operational effectiveness.

The Seattle program was planned in collaboration with the Seattle chapter of Financial Executives International.

Program Chairs

Seattle Co-Chairs

Chuck Gottschalk

Chuck Gottschalk is a VP – Financial Advisor at Bernstein Global Wealth Management. He also is currently President of the Seattle chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth. For the seven years prior to joining Bernstein he was a Managing Partner for Tatum, a national financial and technology executive services firm, where he led the Pacific NW practice from start-up to 50 professionals and one of the firm’s consistently top performing markets. Earlier in his career Chuck was a senior executive in three venture-backed emerging technology companies (CEO in two and CFO in one), where he successfully led equity and debt financings, strategic partnering initiatives, the spin-out of a corporate division (that ultimately went public), and the sale of two of the businesses to publicly-traded companies. He spent the first 15 years of his career at Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers).

Arnie prentice

Arlen I. “Arnie” Prentice is Chairman and CEO of Kibble & Prentice, a Pacific Northwest financial services firm providing commercial and personal property and casualty insurance brokerage, a full range of employee benefit services, and investment advisory services to high net worth individuals and qualified retirement plan sponsors.

He also serves on the board of directors of Flow International (nasdaq), Northland Telecommunication Corporation and Pacific Marketing International. Mr. Prentice serves as a member of the USI Executive Management Board. USI is a Goldman Sachs Capital Partners IV Company. He served nineteen years on the Starbucks Coffee Company board of directors and as the non-executive chairman of Percon Inc. (nasdaq) for eight years. He is also a principal of the Prentice Family Partnership which invests primarily in early stage Pacific Northwest companies including the Northwest Drug Emporium franchise (sold to Longs Drugs), Optiva Corporation – maker of the Sonicare toothbrush (sold to Phillips), Wizards of the Coast (sold to Hasbro), Advanced H2O (sold to LaSalle Partners) and Spider Staging (sold to Flow International).

Mr. Prentice is a member of many professional and civic associations at the international, national and local levels, including the Million Dollar Round Table, the Board of Trustees for the Seattle World Trade Center, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Business Alliance and the Methow Conservancy.

seattle panel

rick fox

Rick is an independent director of companies in diverse industries. In addition he provides consulting services to entrepreneurs and the financial services industry. Rick previously held executive, operational and financial positions at CyberSafe, Wall Data and PACCAR and is the former Managing Partner of Ernst & Young’s Seattle office. He is the Treasurer and a member of the board of directors of The Seattle Foundation and a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Visitors of the Fuqua School of Business, DukeUniversity. He serves on the board of directors of Premera Blue Cross, a Northwest managed care company, Flow International (NASDAQ – FLOW), a machine tool manufacturer, Orbitz Worldwide (NYSE: OWW), an online travel service and Univar Inc., an international chemical distributor as well as several private equity backed technology companies. He served on the board of Shurgard Self Storage (NYSE – SHU), an REIT until August 2006 when it was sold to Public Storage (NYSE – PSA) and aQuantive (NASDAQ – AQNT), an on line marketing company, until it was sold to Microsoft (NASDAQ – MSFT) in August 2007.

Rick has an undergraduate degree in business with a major in Accounting from OhioUniversity, an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business, DukeUniversity and is a CPA in WashingtonState. He is married and has two adult children and two grandchildren.

bob george

Bob George is Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer for Esterline Technologies. Prior to assuming his current position, he served as Esterline’s Treasurer and Corporate Controller. Before joining Esterline in 1997, Bob held management positions in finance and operations with Zurn Industries, Elgin Electronics, and Xerox Corporation. During his tenure with Esterline, the company has grown in size and scope - from $200 Million to $1.5 Billion today, and from a purely domestic focus to a global organization. Bob has led multiple capital raising initiatives; enhanced the corporation’s capital structure; and contributed strategic and technical expertise to 35 acquisitions and 8 divestitures. Bob has significant international experience as well as operations and information technology integration expertise.

He has an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and a BA in economics from Drew University. While in residence at the University of Brussels, Belgium, he completed an intensive study of the European Community. Bob has presented at conferences on such topics as Finance Excellence, Leadership and Teaming, Ethical Leadership, The Role of the Controller, Strategic Outsourcing, and Client/Server Accelerated Implementation. He has been an instructor for the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) regional education series and a keynote speaker for the American Accounting Association, the IMA’s annual Controllers Conference, and the Kathoff

International EDM/PDM Users Conference. Bob is a frequent guest lecturer at Seattle area universities at the undergraduate, graduate, and executive education levels in accounting, finance, and ethics programs. In 2007, Bob was honored as the Puget Sound Public Company CFO of the Year by the Puget Sound Business Journal..

brad tilden

Brad Tilden is the President of Alaska Airlines, overseeing Alaska Airlines’ operating divisions, as well as Marketing, Cargo, Planning and Revenue Management. Previously, Tilden served as Alaska Air Group’s Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Finance, leading the Finance, Information Technology, Planning, Revenue Management and Corporate Real Estate organizations. Before joining Alaska in 1991, he spent eight years with the accounting firm Price Waterhouse at its offices in Seattle and Melbourne, Australia.

Tilden earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Pacific Lutheran University and an executive master’s degree in business administration from the University of Washington. He also holds a private pilot’s license.

Tilden serves on the boards of Pacific Lutheran University and the Chief Seattle Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He is also a regular guest speaker in University of Washington business school classes.

Portland Chair

Roy Tucker

Roy, who is a Partner with Perkins Coie, is an experienced business counselor and advisor who focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, securities compliance and corporate governance, and restructurings. Roy has represented issuers and underwriters in numerous public offerings and regularly advises corporate clients and private equity firms on mergers, asset sales and leveraged buy-outs.

portland panel

john kretchmer

John Kretchmer is the CEO of American Licorice Company, the maker of Red Vines and other confection products. He’s also the chairman of Candy Alliance LLC and is a past board member of the National Confectioners Association as well as Longview Fibre Company. A former audit partner with Price Waterhouse and graduate of University of Oregon, John now lives in Bend, Oregon with his wife Gail and three teenage boys.

Bob Walker

Robert R. (Bob) Walker was CFO of Agilent Technologies from its creation in 1999 until December of 2001. Walker created and led Agilent’s financial functions as the company was spun out from Hewlett Packard and completed its IPO. Since leaving Agilent, he has served on the boards of several publicly traded companies. He currently serves on the board and the Audit Committee of Electro Scientific Industries, based in Portland, OR. He also was national chair of Financial Executives International (FEI) and currently serves as the board chair of FEI's research foundation.

Before joining Agilent, Walker served as vice president and general manager of Hewlett Packard’s Professional Services Business unit responsible for consulting, outsourcing and customer education. He joined HP in 1975 and held a variety of financial and administrative positions including the controller for the company’s computer business. He spent four years leading HP’s Information Technology function. Walker was named HP’s first CIO and elected a vice president in 1995.

Walker received both a BS in electrical engineering and an MBA from Cornell University.

This program announcement is a subscription-based email publication from the National Association of Corporate Directors Seattle-Northwest Chapter to its members. If you would prefer not to receive program announcements anymore, to unsubscribe enter "Unsubscribe" in the subject line of the email reply. You may also register for any program by calling 425-562-2636. Visit our web site at www.nacdnw.org.

Copyright © 2009 National Association of Corporate Directors Seattle-Northwest Chapter. All rights reserved.

Pre-paid Directors Series Individual & Sponsor Meeting Registration Portland Morning Program

Wed, 20 Jan 2010

Use this form to register for each meeting for 2009 - 2010 if you have paid for the entire Directors Series or you are the designated Sponsor representative and you wish to attend a meeting in Seattle.

Please use this form to register only for the current month's meeting - please do not register for multiple meetings in the future.

Scrutinizing Financial Statements At the Board - January 20, 2010 Morning Program - FEI Member Registration

Wed, 20 Jan 2010

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Seattle

Tuesday,
January 19, 2010

Washington Athletic Club
1325 6th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101

Breakfast: 7:00am
Program: 7:30am - 9am

Portland

Wednesday,
January 20, 2010

The Multnomah Athletic Club
1849 SW Salmon
Portland, OR 97205

Breakfast: 7:00am
Program: 7:30am - 9am

Registration

Single Meeting Early Registration:
NACD Members: $45
Non-Members: $60

Single Meeting Late Registration after January 15
NACD Members: $60
Non-Members: $75

* Registrations require advance payment.
* Onsite event registration begins at 7am.

Event Description

Program Chairs

Seattle Co-Chairs

Chuck Gottschalk

Arnie prentice

seattle panel

rick fox

bob george

brad tilden

Portland Chair

Roy Tucker

portland panel

john kretchmer

Bob Walker

This program announcement is a subscription-based email publication from the National Association of Corporate Directors Seattle-Northwest Chapter to its members. If you would prefer not to receive program announcements anymore, to unsubscribe enter "Unsubscribe" in the subject line of the email reply. You may also register for any program by calling 425-562-2636. Visit our web site at www.nacdnw.org.

Copyright © 2009 National Association of Corporate Directors Seattle-Northwest Chapter. All rights reserved.

What Activist Shareholders Want, and Whats Coming Next - February 24, 2010 Morning Program

Wed, 24 Feb 2010

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Seattle

Tuesday,
February 23, 2010

Washington Athletic Club
1325 6th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101

Breakfast: 7:00am
Program: 7:30am - 9am

Portland

Wednesday,
February 24, 2010

The Multnomah Athletic Club
1849 SW Salmon
Portland, OR 97205

Breakfast: 7:00am
Program: 7:30am - 9am

Registration

Single Meeting Early Registration:
NACD Members: $45
Non-Members: $60

Single Meeting Late Registration after February 19
NACD Members: $60
Non-Members: $75

* Registrations require advance payment.
* Onsite event registration begins at 7am.

Event Description

The economic crisis and its impact on so many companies has sharply brought into focus the Boards of Directors, and their central role in corporate governance. In addition to its role of management oversight, the Board represents the shareholder. Hear from long-term shareholder groups and what they expect of their representatives, the Directors.

Program Chairs

Seattle Co-chairs

annette jacobs

Annette Jacobs is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer for Door To Door Storage and Moving, Inc. in Kent, Washington. Door To Door pioneered an environmentally-friendly container design to provide a convenient, secure and cost-effective alternative to traditional self-storage and household moving. Today, Door To Door operates in more than 20 U.S. metropolitan markets and her leadership will position the company for growth and expansion.

Previously, Ms. Jacobs served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SafeHarbor Technology Corporation in Seattle, Washington. During her tenure, SafeHarbor transformed from a dot-com company to a technology leader serving Fortune 100 enterprise clients. Its primary solution, SmartSupport™, developed under Ms. Jacobs’ leadership, combined software and business services to dramatically improve Web product support and was recognized with more than 16 industry distinctions. SafeHarbor received a Stevie Award for “Best Overall Company” in June 2007, while Ms. Jacobs was honored with 2 Stevie Award finalist distinctions as CEO and Chairman of the Year.

In addition, Ms. Jacobs had a 24-year executive career, managing multi-billion dollar business units in wireless and telecom with GTE Wireless, Verizon Wireless, Qwest Communications and AT&T. Ms. Jacobs' positions, as well as her board involvement, have spanned the country. She is currently lead independent director for Alaska Communications Systems (NASDAQ:ALSK), serves on the board executive committees for the National Association of Corporate Directors-Northwest (NACD) and the Seattle Humane Society. She is a member of the Dean’s Executive Advisory Board for the Albers School of Business and Economics and has been an adjunct professor for Seattle University.

catherine walker

In 2003, Catherine Walker co-founded the Seattle-Northwest Chapter of the NACD and currently serves as President. She is Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary for Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) in Kent, WA, the largest consumer co-operative in the U.S. Prior to joining REI, she was Vice President for Administration/ University Counsel for Seattle University and Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary for Westin Hotels & Resorts.

While at Westin and Seattle University, Catherine served for nearly eight years on REI’s Board of Directors, chairing the Nominating & Governance Committee and the Audit & Finance Committee and serving as Vice Chair of the Board. She also served as a mayoral appointee for nine years to the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission, chairing that board twice during her tenure.

Catherine is co-founder and director of Plymouth Healing Communities, a non-profit human services organization; she also served six years as the founding Board Chair. Catherine earned her BS degree from the UW and her JD degree, cum laude, from Seattle University. She holds a certificate from Seattle University’s Executive Leadership Program.

Portland chair

brendan mcdonnell

Brendan McDonnell counsels clients of K&L Gates on corporate and securities laws, mergers and acquisitions and public and private financings, including private equity and venture capital transactions. His practice focuses on the legal and business issues affecting public and private growth companies, both in the technology and non–technology sectors. He also regularly represents some of the regions most active private equity funds.

Mr. McDonnell counsels companies on a variety of everyday business issues including advice on securities laws, corporate laws (including director and officer duties), executive compensation plans and general corporate contracts. He has worked with clients at every stage of development, from initial formation to Fortune 1000 status.

Mr. McDonnell understands the importance of learning a client's business before providing business critical legal advice and works directly with his clients to implement tailored solutions to their complex business problems.

Mr. McDonnell’s accounting background affords him an advantage in understanding his clients’ business and financial objectives. He served on the board of directors of Hollis Eden Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: HEPH) from 1996 to 2008, including service on the compensation, audit and nominating committees. In 2000 and 2001, Brendan served as an adjunct professor of law at Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College.

This program announcement is a subscription-based email publication from the National Association of Corporate Directors Seattle-Northwest Chapter to its members. If you would prefer not to receive program announcements anymore, to unsubscribe enter "Unsubscribe" in the subject line of the email reply. You may also register for any program by calling 425-562-2636. Visit our web site at www.nacdnw.org.

Copyright © 2009 National Association of Corporate Directors Seattle-Northwest Chapter. All rights reserved.

The Government is Watching - March 31, 2010 Morning Program

Wed, 31 Mar 2010

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Seattle

Tuesday,
March 30, 2009

Washington Athletic Club
1325 6th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101

Breakfast: 7:00am
Program: 7:30am - 9am

Portland

Wednesday,
March 31, 2009

The Multnomah Athletic Club
1849 SW Salmon
Portland, OR 97205

Breakfast: 7:00am
Program: 7:30am - 9am

Registration

Single Meeting Early Registration:
NACD Members: $45
Non-Members: $60

Single Meeting Late Registration after March 26
NACD Members: $60
Non-Members: $75

* Registrations require advance payment.
* Onsite event registration begins at 7am.

Event Description

Risks to corporations from criminal and civil government enforcement actions have risen steadily over the years. Directors have a duty of oversight to see that their corporations are operating within the law and that they have robust compliance programs in place to reduce the risk that they will engage in unlawful activities. This panel will discuss trends in government enforcement against corporations, and how directors can help both their corporations and themselves to avoid criminal and other liability.

Program Chairs

Seattle Program chair

evelyn
cruz sroufe

Evelyn Cruz Sroufe is a securities partner with the law firm Perkins Coie, and a frequent speaker and author on corporate governance issues. Ms. Sroufe also serves as a board member of the Virginia Mason Healthcare System.

Ms. Sroufe is past director of Willamette Industries, Inc., Portland, OR, and Past President and CEO of The WebSea Group, Inc. She was a Vice President with Microsoft Corporation and a Senior Vice President of Worldwide Operations with Visio Corporation.

Portland Program Chair

Alexis dow

Alexis Dow, CPA has more than 30 years diversified management experience, including 10 years auditing at PricewaterhouseCoopers, and 18 years as board member and audit committee chair for Longview Fibre Company, then a NYSE manufacturing company. For 12 years, she served as the elected auditor for Metro, the Portland region’s elected government. She has received eight top national awards, including best audit report and best innovative project. Alexis served as the 2007-2008 National Chairman of Financial Executives International. She is a member and former Board member of the Oregon Society of CPAs, Audit Committee Chair and Board member of the Oregon Heath Sciences University Medical Group and a member of the Audit Committees of the Multnomah Athletic Club and the Energy Trust of Oregon.

This program announcement is a subscription-based email publication from the National Association of Corporate Directors Seattle-Northwest Chapter to its members. If you would prefer not to receive program announcements anymore, to unsubscribe enter "Unsubscribe" in the subject line of the email reply. You may also register for any program by calling 425-562-2636. Visit our web site at www.nacdnw.org.

Copyright © 2009 National Association of Corporate Directors Seattle-Northwest Chapter. All rights reserved.

Seattle-Northwest Chapter-Portland

2009-2010 Directors Series - Portland

Scrutinizing Financial Statements At the Board - January 20, 2010 Morning Program

Seattle

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Portland

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Registration

Scrutinizing Financial Statements At the Board: Identifying and Addressing Risks / Finding the Red Flags Co-sponsored with FEI Washington State Chaper

A Breakfast Program Registration Deadline: Friday, January 15, 2010

Event Description

Program Chairs

Seattle Co-Chairs

Chuck Gottschalk

Arnie prentice

seattle panel

rick fox

bob george

brad tilden

Portland Chair

Roy Tucker

portland panel

john kretchmer

Bob Walker

Pre-paid Directors Series Individual & Sponsor Meeting Registration Portland Morning Program

Scrutinizing Financial Statements At the Board - January 20, 2010 Morning Program - FEI Member Registration

Seattle

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Portland

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Registration

Scrutinizing Financial Statements At the Board: Identifying and Addressing Risks / Finding the Red Flags Co-sponsored with FEI Oregon State Chaper

A Breakfast Program Registration Deadline: Friday, January 15, 2010

Event Description

Program Chairs

Seattle Co-Chairs

Chuck Gottschalk

Arnie prentice

seattle panel

rick fox

bob george

brad tilden

Portland Chair

Roy Tucker

portland panel

john kretchmer

Bob Walker

What Activist Shareholders Want, and Whats Coming Next - February 24, 2010 Morning Program

Seattle

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Portland

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Registration

What Activist Shareholders Want, and What’s Coming Next: CalPERS, CalSTRS and Barclays

A Breakfast Program Registration Deadline: Friday, February 19, 2010

Event Description

Program Chairs

Seattle Co-chairs

annette jacobs

catherine walker

Portland chair

brendan mcdonnell

The Government is Watching - March 31, 2010 Morning Program

Seattle

Tuesday, March 30, 2009

Portland

Wednesday, March 31, 2009

Registration

The Government is Watching: Changes in the Political Landscape and Implications for Business / Governance -- What the Obama Justice Department Cares About

A Breakfast Program Registration Deadline: Friday, March 26, 2009

Event Description

Program Chairs

Seattle Program chair

evelyn cruz sroufe

Portland Program Chair

Alexis dow

Top 3 Topics for Public and Private Company Directors to Consider in 2009/10 - May 19, 2010 Morning Program

Seattle

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Portland

Tuesday,
January 19, 2010

Wednesday,
January 20, 2010

Scrutinizing Financial Statements At the Board: Identifying and Addressing Risks / Finding the Red Flags
Co-sponsored with FEI Washington State Chaper

Tuesday,
January 19, 2010

Wednesday,
January 20, 2010

Scrutinizing Financial Statements At the Board: Identifying and Addressing Risks / Finding the Red Flags
Co-sponsored with FEI Oregon State Chaper

What Activist Shareholders Want, and Whats Coming Next - February 24, 2010 Morning Program

Tuesday,
February 23, 2010

Wednesday,
February 24, 2010

Tuesday,
March 30, 2009

Wednesday,
March 31, 2009

evelyn
cruz sroufe

Tuesday,
May 18, 2010

Wednesday,
May 19, 2010

barry
kaplan

bRandon
Bridwell