Ira M. Millstein is a senior partner at the international law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, where he practices in the areas of government regulation and antitrust law and counsels boards on issues of corporate governance. In addition to his active legal practice, Mr. Millstein is a lecturer-in-law and Co-Chair of The Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership at Columbia Law School. He was formerly the Senior Associate Dean for Corporate Governance and the Theodore Nierenberg Adjunct Professor of Corporate Governance at the Yale School of Management.
A graduate of Columbia Law School, Mr. Millstein is a Life Trustee and former Chairman of the Board of the Central Park Conservancy, Chairman Emeritus and member of the Board of Overseers of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees of the American Red Cross of Greater New York and Emeritus Director for New Yorkers for Parks. He serves on the Advisory Council of Transparency International.
Among many distinguished positions and roles, Mr. Millstein has served as Chairman of the OECD Business Sector Advisory Group on Corporate Governance, where he was instrumental in the development of the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance, Co-Chair of the Blue Ribbon Committee on Improving the Effectiveness of Corporate Audit Committees (sponsored by the New York Stock Exchange and the National Association of Securities Dealers) and Chairman of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Blue Ribbon Commission on Director Professionalism. He is an Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
Mr. Millstein is a dedicated member of the Board of Directors of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center. Most recently, Mr. Millstein has played a key role in the reform of New York State's numerous public authorities, serving at the request of Governors Pataki, Paterson and Cuomo, as Chairman of various task forces charged with overseeing successful implementation of the new public authorities' laws. He is also currently a co-Chair of Governor Cuomo's NYS Ready Commission.
Mr. Millstein is a frequent lecturer and author on corporate governance, antitrust, and government regulation.