Dr. Dan Heitger, associate professor of accountancy at the Farmer School of Business, has been named one of Yale University’s inaugural “Rising Stars of Corporate Governance.”
Heitger is one of 56 corporate governance professionals under the age of 40 to be so recognized by the Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance at the Yale School of Management. The honorees, who represent a broad array of business and not-for-profit organizations all over the world, were nominated by their peers. Final selections were made by a committee of leaders from the Millstein Center, the Open Compliance and Ethics Group, and the International Corporate Governance Network, based on criteria such as past accomplishments and thought leadership, future projects and endeavors, reputation among existing industry leaders, and potential to influence the industry in the future.
Heitger, on the faculty of the Farmer School since 2004, earned a B.S. in Accounting at Indiana University and a Ph.D. in Accounting at Michigan State University. He and faculty colleague Dr. Brian Ballou co-founded the Farmer School’s Center for Governance, Risk Management, and Reporting (now the Center for Business Excellence) in 2006.
He is the only honoree from academia.
“Dan’s teaching, research, and professional endeavors with regard to the Center have made him a very valuable member of our faculty and have given him national exposure in the profession,” said Dr. Marc A. Rubin, chair of the Farmer School’s Department of Accountancy. “We are very pleased that he has been honored by the Yale School of Management.”
“This is the first year we are recognizing the next generation of corporate governance leaders,” said Ira M. Millstein, senior associate dean for corporate governance at the Yale School of Management. “Every one of this year’s 56 recipients is a Rising Star in his or her own right. I’m honored to be able to recognize them in this way.”
The Rising Stars were recognized June 9 at a reception during the 2008 Yale Governance Forum hosted by the Millstein Center. (View Yale SOM announcement.)
The Millstein Center is a global resource for testing, challenging and advancing the premise that corporations should and can serve society. The center convenes events; sponsors empirical research; generates policy briefings; and builds market capacity through teaching and student interaction, and by developing training, databases and institutions.
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