Joseph A. Grundfest, JD ’78, W. A. Franke Professor of Law and Business and senior faculty member of the Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance, has been appointed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Investor Advisory Committee. Grundfest is a former commissioner of the SEC and has served on the president’s Council of Economic Advisers as counsel and senior economist for legal and regulatory matters. The new committee was established to provide advice to the SEC on regulatory priorities including the regulation of securities products, trading strategies, fee structures, and the effectiveness of disclosure. It will also advise on initiatives to protect investor interests and to promote investor confidence and the integrity of the securities marketplace.

Grundfest joins F. Daniel Siciliano, JD ’04, professor of the practice of law and associate dean for executive education and special programs, in also being named by the National Association of Corporate Directors to the 2011 Directorship 100, an annual list of the most influential governance professionals and institutions.

Grundfest, a nationally prominent expert on capital markets, corporate governance, and securities litigation, founded the award-winning Stanford Securities Class Action Clearinghouse and Stanford Law School’s executive education programs, including Directors’ College, the nation’s leading venue for the continuing professional education of directors of publicly traded corporations, which he co-directs. Siciliano is a legal scholar and entrepreneur with expertise in corporate governance, corporate finance, and immigration law. He is faculty director of the Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance and the co-originator of the Open Source Corporate Governance Reporting System Project.