About IDC

Governing Council

Chair

  • William R. Ebsworth*
    Independent Director, Allspring Funds

Chair Emeritus

  • Cynthia R. Plouché*
    Independent Director, MassMutual Funds and Northern Trust Funds/Northern Trust Institutional Funds  

Governing Council

  • Kathleen T. Barr*
    Independent Director, Professionally Managed Portfolios and William Blair Funds
     
  • John E. Baumgardner, Jr.
    Independent Director, Pioneer Funds
     
  • John V. Boyer
    Independent Director, Voya Funds
     
  • Pamela G. Carlton*
    Independent Director, Columbia Funds
     
  • Robert Chersi
    Independent Director, Thrivent Funds
     
  • Michael G. Clark
    Independent Director, Cohen & Steers Funds
     
  • Susan C. Coté
    Independent Director, SEI Funds
     
  • Jonathan W. DePriest
    Independent Director, iMGP Funds
  • Coleen Downs Dinneen
    Independent Director, Artisan Partners Funds
     
  • William R. Ebsworth*
    Independent Director, Allspring Funds
     
  • Michael A. Forrester
    Independent Director, Nuveen Funds
     
  • Cecilia H. Herbert
    Independent Director, iShares Funds
     
  • Mary Davis Holt
    Independent Director, American Funds
     
  • Cynthia Hostetler*
    Independent Director, Invesco Funds
  • Hugh T. Hurley
    Independent Director, HSBC Funds and Oakmark Funds
     
  • Andrew J. Iseman
    Independent Director, Pacific Select Fund and Tortoise Capital Series Trust
     
  • Peter D. Jones
    Independent Director, MFS Funds
     
  • Patricia Louie
    Independent Director, Oakmark Funds
     
  • Mary E. Martinez
    Independent Director, J.P. Morgan Funds & ETFs
     
  • Eric T. McKissack
    Independent Director, FlexShares Trust and Morgan Stanley Pathway Funds
     
  • Margaret (Peg) McLaughlin
    Independent Director, SSGA Funds
     
  • Nancy M. Morris
    Independent Director, Diamond Hill Funds
     
  • Steven J. Paggioli*
    Independent Director, AMG Funds and Professionally Managed Portfolios
     
  • Cynthia R. Plouché*
    Independent Director, MassMutual Funds and Northern Trust Funds/Northern Trust Institutional Funds  
     
  • Kathryn L. Quirk
    Independent Director, Harbor Funds and Harbor ETF Trust
     
  • Karla M. Rabusch*
    Independent Director, Lord Abbett Funds
     
  • Marcus L. Smith
    Eaton Vance Funds
     
  • Ronald E. Toupin, Jr.*
    Independent Director, Guggenheim Funds
     
  • Dawn M. Vroegop*
    Independent Director, Brighthouse Funds
     
  • Gregory G. Weaver
    Independent Funds Director, Goldman Sachs Trust

*On the ICI Board of Governors
 

IDC Committees

The work of the Independent Directors Council currently is conducted by the following committees. The Independent Directors Council may form additional committees if the need arises.

Education and Engagement Committee

The mission of the Education and Engagement Committee is twofold. First, the committee aims to develop and promote a wide range of educational events, programs, and materials for independent fund directors. Second, it seeks to engage and involve independent fund directors in the activities of IDC, through enhanced communications, outreach efforts, and greater individual director involvement. The chair of the Education and Engagement Committee is Karla Rabusch.

Governance Committee

The mission of the Governance Committee is to identify, evaluate and recommend to the Council candidates for membership in the Council. The Committee also establishes the governance principles by which the work of the Council will be conducted. The current chair of the Governance Committee is Kathleen Barr.

Policy Steering Committee

The mission of the Policy Steering Committee is identifying and recommending to the Council issues on which the committee believes the Council should develop a policy. The current chair of the Policy Steering Committee is Patricia Louie.

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee manages the activities of the IDC and consists of the chair, William Ebsworth and the chair emeritus Cynthia Plouché; each committee chair named above; and three at-large members: John Boyer, Pamela Carlton, and Michael Forrester.