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Accountability Central Editors
| Hank Boerner Columns Hank Boerner is a columnist for Accountability Central and various publications | 
| Ken Cynar Columns Ken Cynar is Executive Vice President of the Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc. and Executive Editor of this Web site – Accountability Central. |
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| Richard Barr Columns Richard Barr transitioned out of a 20-year career as an SRI advisor with First Affirmative Financial Network and is now a commentator for the Governance & Accountability Institute. | | | 
| Michael P. Benard Columns Speaker, Writer, Coach on Communications Issues Blogger on Property Rights & Energy Industry Former Director, Communications and Public Affairs, and Vice President, Eastman Kodak Company | | | 
| Eleanor Bloxham Columns Eleanor Bloxham is a strategic governance authority, author and advisor, and CEO of The Value Alliance (www.thevaluealliance.com) and Corporate Governance Alliance. | | | 
| John Hardman, Ph.D. Columns John and the Regenerative Organization team are a visionary and diverse network of experts in the fields of regenerative leadership, integral psychology, business, engineering, education, community building, policy and law, whose mission is to help organizations develop a triple-top line vision and practice. | | | 
| Keld Jensen Columns A prolific author, Keld's internationally-acclaimed book Negotiating Partnership has been translated into four languages and published in more than 28 countries. He also writes feature articles for the national and international media and appears in the broadcast media as a highly-regarded commentator on international business issues. He is a frequent speaker at conferences around the world and has worked with numerous global businesses in a training and consulting capacity. | | | 
| Timothy J. Keating Featured commentator Timothy J. Keating is President of Keating Investments, LLC, the investment adviser to Keating Capital, Inc. of Greenwood Village, Colorado. Before founding Keating Investments in 1997, we was the Managing Director of Bear Stearns International Limited in London, where he was responsible for proprietary trading. Prior, he was the founder of the European Equity Derivative Products Department at Nomura International plc in London. | | |  | Peter Kinder Columns Mr. Kinder co-founded KLD Research & Analytics, Inc. in 1988 and served as its president and board chair until its sale in 2009 to Risk Metrics Group (now owned by MSCI). Then, KLD served over 400 institutional clients and was the world's leading provider of social investment research and indices. | | | 
| Bob McMillan Columns Robert R. (" Bob") McMillan was the first U.S. chairman of the Panama Canal Commission who was not an official of the Defense Department. He was a member of the Board of Directors of WellChoice, Inc. (NYSE) from 1994 through 2005 when WellChoice was acquired by WellPoint, Inc. In addition, he served on the Board of Directors of Lumex, Inc. (AMEX) from 1984 through 1998. He also served on advisory boards of Key Bank for over nine years and is a member of the Board of Madison National Bank. | | | 
| James McRitchie Columns Jim McRitchie's popular portal chronicles and facilitates developments in corporate governance: www.CorpGov.Net | | | 
| Robert A.G. Monks Columns Robert A. G. Monks is a shareholder activist and one of the founders of the field of corporate governance. He is the author of Corpocracy and The New Global Investors, and with Nell Minow, Watching the Watchers, Corporate Governance and Power & Accountability. | | | 
| Sam Pizzigati Columns Sam Pizzigati edits Too Much, an online weekly on excess and inequality. An associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C., he co-authors the Institute's annual executive pay analysis. | | |
| Ron Robins Ron Robins is founder of the globally popular and respected ethical investing site, Investing for the Soul; writes the Enlightened Economics blog about a new economics integrating consciousness, natural law, and free-market theory.
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| Mark Sickles Columns Mark W. Sickles is an author, professor, and advisor to corporate directors and officers. The founding principal of Mark W. Sickles, LLC, he is the creator of Shareholder Value Assurance and Strategic Governance™. | | | 
| Tim Smith Columns Tim Smith is Senior Vice President and head of Walden Asset Management's ongoing shareholder engagement program to promote greater corporate leadership on ESG issues. This includes company dialogues, shareholder proposals, proxy voting and public policy advocacy. | | | 
| Rick Schweiger Columns Featured commentator Rick M. Schweiger is a member of the Investment Committee of Keating Investments. From 1999 to March 2010, Mr. Schweiger was the owner of Garisch Financial, Inc., a firm providing business and financial consulting services to private companies, including private operating companies interested in raising private or public financing as part of a going public strategy. Prior to founding Garisch Financial, Inc., Rick Schweiger spent nearly 15 years advising middle market companies in various capacities including as a corporate attorney, mergers and acquisition adviser, chief financial officer and investment banker. | | | 
| Geoff Styles Columns Geoffrey Styles is Managing Director of GSW Strategy Group, LLC, an energy and environmental strategy consulting firm. Since 2002 he has served as a consultant and advisor, helping organizations and executives address systems-level challenges. | | | 
| Tim Quast Columns Tim Quast is a fifteen-year Investor Relations veteran and founder and managing director of ModernIR.com, which parses and categorizes over a half-billion shares per week with its trading intelligence systems.
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| Deborah Wallace Columns Deborah Wallace is currently Principal at BrinkPoint Consulting, LLC, a firm providing consulting and research services to both public and private sector organizations. BrinkPoint’s consulting services focus on Director Education and Governance Reform. | 
| Lois Yurow Columns Lois Yurow practiced corporate and securities law for several years and now helps public companies use plain English principles in their disclosure documents and investor communications. |
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Guest Commentators - Periodic & ArchivedBill Baue Columns Writer, SocialFunds.com - Co-Host/Producer, Corporate Watchdog Radio- Adjunct Professor, Marlboro College Graduate Center Managing for Sustainability MBA
Larry Checco Columns Larry Checco is president of Checco Communications and author of Branding for Success: A Roadmap for Raising the Visibility and Value of Your Nonprofit Organization.
Ernest Fazio Columns Ernest Fazio is affiliated with LIMBA, LIA, and ICE
Ken Gordon Columns Ken Gordon is a member of the Colorado State Senate
Kenny Moore Columns Kenny Moore (www.kennythemonk.com) is co-author of The CEO and the Monk: One Company's Journey to Profit and Purpose
Francesca Rheannon Columns Francesca Rheannon is Co-Director of Sea Change Media and Co-Host/Producer of Sea Change Radio. She's an award-winning broadcast journalist with a background in political economy and environmental education. She has written on sustainability for E-The Environmental Magazine, SocialFunds.com, CSRwire.com, The CRO, and New Solutions.
Deborah Wallace Columns Deborah Wallace is a governance reform advisor, author and Principal Owner of BrinkPoint Consulting, LLC.
Mike Wallace Columns Mike Wallace is a recognized expert in the field of sustainability and business strategy whose diverse background as an advisor, manager, author, and lecturer provides him with the integrated perspective that today's complex sustainability challenges demand.
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