About Masters-Rudnick
Alan A. Rudnick, Principal
To a specialization in all aspects of corporate governance, Alan Rudnick brings extensive experience having served as a former general counsel and corporate secretary and as a former assistant state attorney general, and having worked in private law practice, in finance, and as a principal of his own governance consulting firm. Drawing on his legal training and board experience, he helps CEOs, directors, boards, and support staffs become aligned with the company’s strategic goals and plans, understand the full implications of corporate governance issues, establish effective structures for dealing with them, and manage them in line with the long-range goals of the enterprise.
As an expert in corporate governance and board responsibilities, he served as Counsel to The Conference Board’s Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprise, a blue-ribbon group of 12 business, finance, and government leaders convened by The Conference Board to focus on corporate governance, executive compensation, and audit and accounting issues following recent corporate scandals. Also expert in helping directors of both public, private, and not-for-profit organizations achieve greater effectiveness, he continues to serve as Program Chair for The Conference Board’s Directors’ Institute, established for the training of corporate directors. He is also a member of International Finance Corporation's (World Bank Group) Global Corporate Governance Forum's Private Sector Advisory Group.
Alan is also an Adjunct Professor at the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary, where he teaches corporate governance. He has been a speaker and panelist about corporate governance issues at The Conference Board, the University of Delaware Center for Corporate Governance, and the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Officials. .
Prior to co-founding Masters-Rudnick & Associates, he was principal in Alan A. Rudnick LLC, where he provided a full range of corporate governance consulting services to corporations, directors, and corporate staffs. He began his consulting practice following his retirement as Vice President-General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for the CSX Corporation, a major transportation company. During his 25 years at CSX and its predecessor companies, Alan held a variety of positions in the law and finance areas.
Prior to joining a CSX predecessor, he worked with the State of Ohio as an Assistant Attorney General and as Deputy Chief of the Ohio Consumer Protection Agency. He was also in private practice, concentrating on commercial and bankruptcy law. He is trained as a mediator, and he is admitted to the bars of Ohio, Maryland, and Virginia, is a member of the American Society of Corporate Secretaries, and the American, Ohio, Maryland, and Virginia State Bar Associations.
Alan has also been actively engaged in all aspects of non-profit governance, both as Chairman of CSX’s corporate philanthropic program, overseeing grants to non-profit organizations, and as a trustee serving on the boards of a number of non-profit organizations. He is currently a director of the Arts Council of Richmond and a member of the Advisory Board of the Visual Art Center of Richmond, Virginia, for which he earlier served as Chairman of its board of directors. Alan received his B.A. degree from the University of Chicago. He received his J.D. degree from Case Western Reserve University, where he graduated Order of the Coif and was a member of the law review.