Tepper School of Business, Jones Day and SEC Chief Economist To Discuss Corporate Governance in a Post Sarbanes-Oxley Environment

Corporate directors and their advisors will hear firsthand details of the future of corporate governance from the chief economist of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, faculty from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University and leading attorneys from across America at "Getting Back to Business—Beyond Sarbanes-Oxley" on June 9. The event, which runs from 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. at the Tepper School, will also feature discussions from business leaders on such topics as white-collar crime, bankruptcy, Sarbanes-Oxley and other major issues in corporate governance led by the international law firm Jones Day and faculty from the Tepper School. Topics include: How to Interpret Sarbanes-Oxley, Protecting Your Directors and Officers, New Audit Committees, Good Corporate Governance, Handling Corporate Investigations and the Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley on Non-Profits. There is no fee for participants.

Scheduled presenters include Chester Spatt, chief economist of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Mellon Bank Professor of Finance at the Tepper School; Kenneth B. Dunn, dean of the Tepper School; Jonathan Glover, professor, the Tepper School; David Tungate, associate teaching professor, the Tepper School; Rachel Allen, partner, Jones Day; Laura E. Ellsworth, partner-in-charge, Jones Day Pittsburgh; Randy Walters, partner, Jones Day; J.W. Montgomery, partner, Jones Day; Stephen G. Sozio, partner, Jones Day; Dave Porter, partner, Jones Day; Eleanor Bloxham, The Value Alliance and Corporate Governance Alliance; Kevin D. Lyles, partner, Jones Day; and James R. King, partner, Jones Day.

For more information, visit http://www.cmu.edu/PR/releases05/050603_sox.html.

Susan Cribbs
June 6, 2005