Garzon brings more than two decades of legal and governance expertise to support the Center’s initiatives

San Francisco, May 20, 2025 – Glass Lewis, one of the world’s leading providers of corporate governance data and insights and proxy voting services to institutional investors and companies, today announced its chief legal officer and senior vice president of corporate development, Nichol Garzon, has been appointed to the Advisory Board of the Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership at Columbia Law School.

“I’m honored to join the Millstein Center’s Advisory Board and contribute to its vital mission of shaping modern governance practices,” said Nichol Garzon. “Throughout my career at Glass Lewis, I’ve seen firsthand how governance challenges and opportunities continue to evolve for companies and institutional investors alike. I look forward to bringing that perspective to the Center’s work and supporting its efforts to promote resilient, forward-looking practices.”

As Chief Legal Officer and SVP of Corporate Development at Glass Lewis, Garzon leads global legal, compliance, and regulatory affairs, and oversees corporate development initiatives worldwide. She joined the firm in 2004 as it began expanding its international research coverage. In her early tenure, Garzon served as a resident expert on corporate governance in Latin America and Continental Europe, drawing on her fluency in multiple languages and her expertise in corporate and securities law.

Erica Mitnick Klein, executive director of the Millstein Center, said, “We are thrilled to welcome Nichol to our advisory board. As a senior leader of Glass Lewis, Nichol brings to the Center invaluable experience and perspective that will enable us to continue cultivating cutting-edge research and programming to enhance corporate governance, sustainability, and performance.”

Building on Columbia Law School’s longstanding strength in corporate and securities law, the Millstein Center operates at the forefront of new thinking about how corporations are governed. The center engages with business leaders and board directors to create meaningful dialogue about the challenges companies face and serves as a focal point for the most innovative research into the policy solutions required to tackle those challenges.

About Glass Lewis

Founded in 2003, Glass Lewis is a leading global provider of independent corporate governance, stewardship, and proxy voting solutions. The firm serves more than 1,300 investment managers and pension funds globally, who use its high-quality corporate governance and ESG research and proxy voting software to carry out their fiduciary duties. Glass Lewis also helps companies understand and implement corporate governance best practices and how investors view them. Headquartered in San Francisco, Glass Lewis has offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, and Australia. For more information, please visit www.glasslewis.com.

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