A secretly held meeting that happened on May 5, 2009 at the Rockefeller University escaped the prying eyes of the public and media until a week later, when New York-based website IrishCentral.com first divulged details of the unusual confab. In attendance were some of the most recognizable names in the country – the who’s who [...]

GlaxoSmithKline is a leading pharmaceutical company and manufacturer of quality prescription and non-prescription drugs. It also has one of the best lineups of board directors. Sir Richard Sykes is the company’s non-executive chairman and was Glaxo Wellcome plc’s chairman in 1997. He is the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine’s Rector. Sir Roger Hurn [...]

The second biggest institutional philanthropist in the country is planning to pour millions into a nonprofit project that it hopes will alleviate the housing crisis. Ford Foundation announced its $50 million grant to a consortium that will trim down the process for municipalities buying foreclosed homes from financial institutions. In this manner, it hopes to [...]

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is stepping up on its advocacy for the eradication of malaria with a $23 million donation to support the efforts of the World Health Organization (WHO) and Bangkok-based Wellcome Trust-Mahidol University Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Programme to contain the spread of a new drug-resistant malaria strain. Malaria is a [...]

Werner von Siemens and his partner Johann Georg Halske, laid the cornerstone 162 years ago for a global enterprise that will change the world. From building Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens & Halske in Berlin in 1847, he moved on to open a London office in 1850 and constructed a telegraph network in Russia in 1853. Today, [...]

The recognition given to General Mills as one of the “World’s Most Ethical Companies” is proof that General Mills’ team of board members has led the company well. Kendall J. Powell has been the chief executive officer of the company since September 2007 and became chairman May 2008. Powell is also a member of the [...]

General Mills is one of the largest manufacturers of yogurts, breakfast cereals, fruit snacks, baking mixes, frozen food, and other products in over 100 countries.

GE’s Board of Directors, GE’s success as a technology/services conglomerate would not be possible.

General Electric (GE) is a multi-national American technology services conglomerate incorporated located in the state of New York. The company provides services concerning the development in all aspects of progress in the world through products such as appliances, aviation, electrical distribution, consumer electronics, finances, health care, media and entertainment, oil and gas, rail, security, water [...]

Headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, Constellation Energy is the country’s largest supplier of electricity to large commercial and industrial customers and the largest wholesaler of power. Constellation Energy is a Fortune 500 company, employing more than 10,000 people. The company’s 2008 revenue came in at an estimated $19.8 billion. As the country’s number one supplier of [...]