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Our mission is to strengthen the integrity of corporate culture by providing solutions that support values-based decision making.

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The Institute's Board of Directors

• David J. Anable, Harrison, ME
• David F. Hurwitt, Norwalk, CT
• Rushworth M. Kidder, President & Founder , Lincolnville, ME
• Paul S. McAuliffe, Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ
• Yve Newbold, London, England
• Graham Phaup, Camden, ME
• Charles S. Rainwater, Burlington, VT
• George W. Reid, Springdale, MD
• Philip L. Smith, Penn Valley, CA
• Jennifer C. Smucker, Orrville, OH
• Deborah S. Steckler, Old Greenwich, CT
• Peter A. Stickler, Vancouver, BC, Canada
• Colburn S. Wilbur, Chair , Palo Alto, CA
• Ellen R. Williams, Morristown, NJ
• Marcia L. Worthing, New York, NY
• Emeritus:
  • Theodore J. Gordon, Old Lyme, CT
  • Elizabeth Hart, London, England
  • Anne E. D. Kidder, Lincolnville, ME
  • Robert W. Pratt, Jr., Rye, NY

David J. Anable, is the recently-retired president of the International Center for Journalists, a Washington-based nonprofit organization working with professional journalists worldwide; former managing editor of The Christian Science Monitor; and former professor of journalism at Boston University.

David F. Hurwitt, a marketing and management expert who spent 26 years at General Foods Corporation, is president of Renaissance Executive Forums in Connecticut and serves on the boards of several nonprofit organizations.

Rushworth M. Kidder is an award-winning former columnist for The Christian Science Monitor; author of Moral Courage, Shared Values for a Troubled World: Conversations with Men and Women of Conscience, and How Good People Make Tough Choices; frequent writer and lecturer on ethics.

Paul McAuliffe, formerly chief ethics officer at BD (Becton, Dickinson & Co.), is executive director of the Federal Reserve Employee Benefits System, where he oversees employee benefits and related compensation programs for 24,000 employees and 10,000 retirees of the Federal Reserve System.

Yve Newbold, is currently a member of the Policy Committee of FTSE4Good and chairs the Institute for Global Ethics UK Trust. She qualified as a solicitor in the UK, serving as international counsel (Xerox Corporation) in the US and European Counsel (Walt Disney) and Company Secretary (Hanson plc) in the UK, where she has also held non-executive directorships of BT plc and Coutts & Co and been a Governor of the London Business School, among many other appointments. 

Graham Phaup, is Executive Director at the Institute for Global Ethics. Having initially worked as a civil engineer, with expertise in tunneling, Graham then headed an office of public and international affairs in London, UK. He has been with the Institute since 1994.

Charles S. Rainwater, is a government relations attorney and public interest and environmental advocate. His previous experience includes arts management and work as a field biologist and outdoors educator; his background is in conservation biology and mass communications.

George W. Reid is COO of Porter Educational & Communications, Inc.; former president of Kentucky State University; historian (Ph.D. Howard University), speaker, writer, fund raiser; former member of Harvard University's Institute for Educational Management.

Philip L. Smith, is the managing partner of Riven Rock Holding, in Penn Valley, California, with holdings in several companies. His previous experience includes work in the aerospace and electrical products industries, among others.

Jennifer C. Smucker helped to found the Wayne Center for the Arts in Wooster, Ohio and has served on the boards of the Orrville Area Boys and Girls Club, the Orrville Area YMCA, and the Wayne County Community Foundation. She is also a founding member of the Heartland Education Community, Inc., an initiative to improve schools that focused on, among other things, the development of good character.

Deborah S. Steckler is a former associate staff for the Appropriations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives and currently serves on the board of the Long Ridge School in Connecticut as well as that of Creative Connections, a non-profit international cultural exchange organization founded and headed by her husband, Alan.

Peter Stickler has held positions at Ford Motor Company and Visteon, and is currently vice president of Human Resources at Ballard Power Systems, a world leader in the production of zero-emission fuel cells, where he is responsible for leading the company's global human resources function.

Colburn S. Wilbur is a trustee and past president of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Previous experience includes CEO of the Sierra Club Foundation, international banking, and computer service.

Ellen R.(Randy) Williams is Managing Director of Redmond, Williams & Associates, LLC, a firm that assists clients in the corporate, non-profit, academic, and governmental sectors with developing processes for risk mitigation, ethics, asset protection and governance. Prior to RWA, she was with American Express for 24 years, most recently as their global Corporate Ombudsperson.

Marcia L. Worthing is executive vice president of Mullin & Associates, an outplacement and executive coaching firm located in New York City, and was formerly the senior vice president of human resources and corporate affairs for Avon Products.

The Institute's Board of Directors: Emeritus

Theodore J. Gordon is founder and chairman of The Futures Group, a large management consulting firm, and a senior research fellow of the Millennium Project for the American Council of the United Nations University. He is also former chief engineer for the Saturn program at McDonnell Douglas.

Elizabeth Hart, former chair of the board of trustees of the Institute for Global Ethics U.K. Trust, represented U.S. organizations in the United Kingdom through advertising and public relations and coordinated student groups in European universities.

Anne E. D. Kidder is a former academic counselor with a long career of ministerial work, writing, child-raising, and volunteer leadership activities for community, church, arts, and environmental nonprofits

Robert W. Pratt, Jr., former executive vice president at Avon Products, Inc., and past president of the Association for Consumer Research, was recently on the faculty of Columbia University's Graduate School of Business and is currently at the Michael Allen Company.

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