About

OVERVIEW

Directors’ College, now in its twenty-third year, is the nation’s premier executive education program for directors and senior executives of publicly traded firms. The program addresses a broad range of problems that confront modern boards, including the board’s role in setting business strategy, CEO and board succession, crisis management, techniques for controlling legal liability, challenges posed by activist investors, boardroom dynamics, international trade issues, the global economy, and cybersecurity threats.

 

PROGRAM DIRECTORS

 Joseph A. Grundfest

W.A. Franke Professor of Law and Business, Stanford Law School; Senior Faculty, Rock Center for Corporate Governance; Co-Founder and Director, Financial Engines;

Joseph A. Grundfest ’78 is a nationally prominent expert on capital markets, corporate governance, and securities litigation. His scholarship has been published in the Harvard, Yale, and Stanford law reviews, and he has been recognized as one of the most influential attorneys in the United States. Professor Grundfest founded the award-winning Stanford Securities Class Action Clearinghouse, which provides detailed, online information about the prosecution, defense, and settlement of federal class action securities fraud litigation. Professor Grundfest previously served as a commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and on the staff of the President’s Council of Economic Advisors as counsel and senior economist for legal and regulatory matters.

 

Amanda K. Packel

Deputy Director, Rock Center for Corporate Governance

Amanda K. Packel coordinates and executes Rock Center programs and research projects and oversees the center’s communications strategy, finances, and academic fellowship program. Packel speaks and conducts research on corporate governance issues, with publications on diversity on corporate boards, leadership, and ethics in nonprofits. She serves on the board of directors of the Thirty Percent Coalition and the Silicon Valley Directors’ Exchange (SVDX). Packel previously practiced white-collar criminal defense at Covington & Burling and at Orrick.

 

F. Daniel Siciliano

Professor and Associate Dean for Executive Education and Special Programs, Stanford Law School; Faculty Director, Rock Center for Corporate Governance

F. Daniel Siciliano is a legal scholar and entrepreneur with expertise in corporate governance, corporate finance, and immigration law. He is the senior research fellow with the Immigration Policy Center and a frequent commentator on the long-term economic impact of immigration policy and reform. Prior to joining Stanford Law School, Siciliano co-founded and led LawLogix Group—named nine times to the Inc. 500/5000 list. Siciliano serves as a governance consultant and trainer to board directors of several Fortune 500 companies. 

 

ABOUT THE ROCK CENTER

The Rock Center for Corporate Governance was founded at Stanford University in 2006 with a generous donation from Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock, with the belief that by examining what constitutes good corporate governance and how to measure it in new and more rigorous ways, we could shape the future of corporate governance. For more information, please visit the Rock Center website.

 

OUR AFFILIATES

The Rock Center Affiliates contribute through sponsorship and program input on an annual basis and support sustained scholarship, policy, relevant research and teaching, and program development that bridges the gap between academia and the real world. You can find more information about the Affiliate Program here.