National Board of Advisors

Roger Raber, President & CEO, National Association of Corporate Directors

Roger W. Raber is President and CEO of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD).  Founded in 1977, NACD has 16,000 members and clients, and is the only professional organization devoted exclusively to providing information, research, and education for corporate directors and boards.  NACD members serve as CEOs and directors of private and public companies, ranging in size from family businesses to Fortune 500 companies.

As the chief spokesman for corporate boards, Dr. Raber has testified before Congress on the recent corporate governance legislation and reforms, and has provided commentary on board governance principles and policies to a variety of policymakers, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, Nasdaq, and New York Stock Exchange.  He has also advised groups representing corporate counsels, internal auditors, and institutional investors, among others.  He has provided board consulting for many companies, including major public companies and national insurance groups.  His governance views appear regularly in professional publications.  

Dr. Raber has served on corporate boards and audit committees in the financial services industry.  He also has served on the board of a private college, and was elected chairman of the board for a public school district.  Recently, he was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to serve on the Board of Overseers of the Malcolm Baldrige Award Program.  He speaks frequently to national and international groups, including the American Red Cross, Japanese Management Association, and the World Bank Group.  He has been influential in shaping the founding of new governance institutes in a variety of regions, including Asia, Central Europe, and South America.

Prior to his appointment to NACD in 1999, Dr. Raber was Director of Member Services for America's Community Bankers (ACB) in Washington D.C., and President of the ACB’s Center for Financial Studies in Connecticut.  He received his doctorate in education from Columbia University, and has taught in graduate and professional development programs at Johns Hopkins University, Dartmouth College, and the University of Virginia.