Board: Society of Corporate Governance (New York Chapter Advisory Board)

Lori Zyskowski is a partner in Gibson Dunn’s New York office and cochair of the firm’s Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance Practice Group. She advises public companies, their boards of directors, and committees on corporate governance matters, securities disclosure and compliance issues, shareholder engagement and activism matters, shareholder proposals, environmental, social and governance matters, and executive compensation practices.

Zyskowski’s practice focuses on fiduciary duties, oversight of enterprise risks, director independence, Securities and Exchange Commission reporting requirements, proxy statements, annual shareholders meetings, proxy advisory services, and executive compensation disclosure best practices. She also advises on board succession planning, board evaluations, and has considerable experience advising nonprofit organizations on governance matters.

Zyskowski graduated from Columbia University School of Law in 1996, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. She received her undergraduate degree from Harvard University.