Our Boards of Directors

The Ethics & Compliance Initiative is comprised of two nonprofit organizations: the Ethics Research Center and the Ethics & Compliance Association. Both of our organizations are governed by an independent board of directors, those members are below.

See ERC By-laws

Ethics Research Center Board of Directors

Larry ThompsonChair

Of Counsel
Finch McCranie, LLP

Ashley WatsonVice Chair

General Counsel Medical Devices
Johnson & Johnson

Richard Davies

General Counsel | Chief Compliance Officer
RoC Skincare

Howard Hacker

Chief Compliance Officer of Walmart Health & Wellness
Walmart

David Huntley

Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer
AT&T

Alec Koch

Partner
King & Spalding, LLP

David Ogden

Partner & Chair, Government and Regulatory Litigation Practice Group
WilmerHale, LLP

Cynthia Patton

General Counsel and Secretary
Tessera Therapeutics

Tameika Pope

Senior Associate Director and Chief Human Capital Officer
Federal Reserve Board

Tonya Robinson

Vice Chair and General Counsel – Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance
KPMG, LLP

Melissa Stapleton-Barnes

Former Sr. Vice President, Enterprise Risk Management & Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer
Eli Lilly and Co.

Andrew Weissmann

Professor of Practice
NYU, Law

Charlie Whitaker

Sr. Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer, Chief Compliance Officer
Altria

Sally Yates

Partner, Special Matters & Government Investigations
King & Spalding, LLP

Paul ZikmundECA Chair

SVP Chief Risk, Compliance & Information Security Officer
Berkadia, LLC

Ex officio, non-voting member

Pat Harned, Ph.D.

Chief Executive Officer
Ethics & Compliance Initiative

Ethics Officer

Scott Avelino

Partner
Compliance Systems Legal Group

General Counsel

Patrick Montgomery

Partner
King & Spalding, LLP

Corporate Secretary

Patty Hernandez

Ethics & Compliance Initiative

For information about our boards, please contact Patty Hernandez, phernandez@ethics.org.

Ethics & Compliance Association Board of Directors

See ECA By-laws

Paul ZikmundChair

SVP Chief Risk, Compliance & Information Security Officer
Berkadia, LLC

Jamal Ahmed

Former Vice President, Internal Audit and Chief Ethics Officer
Day & Zimmermann

Robb Canning

Deputy E&C Officer, Risk Management, Americas
Ernst & Young

Richard Davies

General Counsel | Chief Compliance Officer
RoC Skincare

Seth Cohen

Director, Global Compliance
Alvarez & Marsal

Kurt Drake

Vice President, Global Compliance
Toyota Motor Corporation

Robert Mascola

Chief Compliance Officer
Juul Labs

Suzanne Milton

Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer
Virginia Commonwealth University

Nina Martin

Vice President and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer
Bechtel Group, Inc.

Justin Ross

Chief Compliance Officer
Sysco

Mike Santos

Deputy Corporate Ombuds, Office of the Corporate Ombuds
Con Edison

Yan Tougas

Global Ethics & Compliance Officer
RTX

Blake Wilson

Chief Compliance and Ethics Officer, CPA
BDO USA

Ex officio, non-voting member

Pat Harned, Ph.D.

Chief Executive Officer
Ethics & Compliance Initiative

Ethics Officer

Scott Avelino

Partner
Compliance Systems Legal Group

General Counsel

Patrick Montgomery

Partner
King & Spalding, LLP

Corporate Secretary

Patty Hernandez

Ethics & Compliance Initiative

For information about our boards, please contact ECI Executive Assistant & Corporate Secretary, Patty Hernández, phernandez@ethics.org