Alan A. Rudnick
Alan offers unique perspectives on the challenges facing boards today because he understands the issues from the inside out, with decades of experience as a corporate general counsel and corporate secretary, working in the corporate finance and treasury arenas, practicing with a private law firm and acting as a governance consultant.
Drawing on his 25 years’ experience with CSX Corporation, a major transportation company, where he was Vice President-General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, he
works extensively with CEOs, boards, and corporate teams to help align them with the company’s strategic goals and plans, evaluate their effectiveness, resolve internal disputes, and establish the best governance processes for the enterprise’s long-range goals and risk profile.
Alan has served as Counsel to The Conference Board’s Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprise convened to focus on corporate governance, executive compensation, and audit and accounting issues following the corporate scandals earlier in the decade. He serves as Senior Advisor to The Conference Board’s Governance Center and as Program Chair and faculty member for The Conference Board’s Directors’ Institute, established for the training of corporate directors. He is also a member of the International Finance Corporation’s (World Bank Group) Global Corporate Governance Forum’s Private Sector Advisory Group where he and Jon are among the co-authors of a tool kit for handling corporate governance disputes. Alan received his B.A. degree from the University of Chicago and his J.D. degree from Case Western Reserve University, where he graduated Order of the Coif and was a member of the law review.
