The list of Shareholder Engagement Leaders is comprised of 28 schools that earned “A” grades in this category. Below is a sample of ten very different institutions that all qualified for the list. These summaries are based on data from each school’s profile page.
At Clark University, students, faculty, and alumni serve on an advisory committee which makes proxy voting recommendations on environmental and social resolutions to the board. For some corporate governance matters, the university provides its investment managers with general guidelines that determine its proxy votes.
Earlham College’s advisory committee consisting of three students, two faculty members, one administrator, and three trustees makes recommendations to the board of trustees.
Gettysburg College’s advisory committee consisting of two students, two faculty members, and ten administrators makes proxy voting recommendations to the president.
Proxies are voted by the Loyola University of Chicago according to a set of Catholic proxy voting guidelines. An advisory committee with three students, three faculty members, three staff, and two administrators may make proxy voting recommendations to the board of trustees.
The Social Concerns Committee at the University of Minnesota annually reviews and recommends votes for shareholder resolutions concerning social issues for which the university holds stock. The committee includes academic, alumni, staff, faculty, and student representatives.
An advisory committee at Oberlin College consisting of five students, one faculty member, one administrator, and one staff person makes proxy voting recommendations to the board of trustees.
Pomona College’s advisory committee consisting of two to three students, three faculty members, and two staff makes proxy voting recommendations to the president.
An advisory committee with one administrator, two faculty members, two students, two staff, and seven alumni representatives makes proxy voting recommendations to the board of trustees at Smith College.
The University of Vermont’s advisory committee consists of two administrators, two faculty members, two staff members, and four students who make proxy voting recommendations to the board of trustees.
Wellesley College’s advisory committee consists of one administrator, two students, two faculty members, two staff members, and six trustees makes proxy voting recommendations to the board of trustees' investment committee.