Director of the Year Awards

At Orange County’s premier business event of the year, the Forum for Corporate Directors acknowledged honorees who have, in the face of uncertain economic times, forged the path for new opportunities and continued success.

 

The 2012 Directors of the Year:


CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Maurice DeWald
Chairman & CEO
Verity Financial Group, Inc.
 

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Robert Ingram
General Partner
Hatteras Venture Partner
s
 

EARLY STAGE COMPANIES
Jeff Kearl
Chairman & CEO
Stance
 

CORPORATE GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
John Major
Founder & President
MTSG

CORPORATE LEADERSHIP & SERVICE
William Thompson, Jr.
Independent Director

ENHANCEMENT OF
ECONOMIC VALUE
William Wang
CEO & Co-founder
Vizio, Inc.

This annual celebration was made possible with
the generous support of our sponsors:

LEADERSHIP SPONSORS
RiechesBaird • Stradling, Yocca, Carlson & Rauth, P.C.

LEGACY SPONSORS
Grant Thornton LLP • KPMG LLP • Microsemi Corporation • PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

HERITAGE SPONSORS
Bank of America Merrill Lynch • Deloitte • Ernst Young LLP • Latham & Watkins LLP
Lockton Companies,  LLC • Marsh Risk and Insurance • Mercer Health and Benefits
Paul Hastings LLP • Union Bank

SUSTAINING SPONSORS
Abbott Medical Optics Inc. • Haskell & White LLP • McGladrey • Rhythm Interactive
The Paul Merage School of Business, UC Irvine • Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. Risk & Insurance

SUPPORTING SPONSORS
BDO USA LLP • Dorsey & Whitney LLP • Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

EVENT SPONSORS
Citigroup Inc. • Emulex Corporation • Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. • Pacific Life Insurance Company

 

 

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