Reaction or Overreaction: The Response to the Financial Crisis by Congress and the SEC

January 14, 2010

Brad Wilks, NIRI Board Chair Harvey Pitt, CEO, Kalorama and former SEC Chair 1991-93 Elizabeth Higashi, Vice-President, Programs David Ruder, Professor Emeritus, former SEC Chair 1987-89 Kevin Kelly, Chairman, NIRI-Chicago

With a reputation for being candid and outspoken, Harvey L. Pitt, CEO of Kalorama Partners and former Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, shared his perspectives on a wide range of topics, including:

• Washington's response to the current turmoil in the financial markets.


• Proposed regulatory changes and the impact on the IRO, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary.


• The SEC's response to 9/11's impact on the securities markets - what did and didn't work.

This was an excellent opportunity to gain insights into recently enacted and pending regulations to keep you, your senior management and board current.

The Michigan Room
Metropolitan Club
Willis Tower, 66th Floor
233 S. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL

The lunch was co-sponsored by NIRI-Chicago and the Society of Corporate Secretaries & Governance Professionals

Biography

Harvey L. Pitt is the Chief Executive Officer of the global business consulting firm, Kalorama Partners, LLC. Prior to founding Kalorama Partners, Mr. Pitt was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as the twenty-sixth Chairman of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. In that role, from 2001 until 2003, Mr. Pitt was responsible, among other things, for overseeing the SEC's response to the market disruptions resulting from the terrorist attacks of 9/11, for creating the SEC's "real time enforcement" program, and for leading the Commission's adoption of dozens of rules in response to the corporate and accounting crises generated by the excesses of the 1990s.

This event is sponsored by Broadridge