Brian Bennett Email & Phone Number

Rochester, New York, Us

Rochester, New York, Us

Leadership of Corporate Legal Function• Lead a team of 8 supporting corporate and secretary legal functions, SEC disclosure and federal securities laws, NYSE compliance, stockholder engagement and Board of Directors governance, subsidiary governance, privacy and information security, enterprise risk management, sustainability, and ESG matters, and executive compensation and employee benefits• Attend board and committee meetings; prepare materials, policies, governance documents, minutes, and consents; advise the board on corporate legal matters and aspects of corporate governance, executive and director compensation, data privacy, and cybersecurity• Primary interface with controlling stockholder family office• Responsible for all aspects of Constellation’s proxy statement, annual report, and annual meeting, Director and Officer Questionnaires and other related diligence matters, all disclosures, managing interactions with external stakeholders, conduct the annual meeting• Section 16 filings to report transactions by corporate insiders• Review SEC filings, press releases and investor materials, and manage associated coordination with Treasury, Investor Relations and External Reporting/Technical Accounting departmentsProficiencies• Implement technology including online legal research platforms, secure online questionnaires, virtual stockholder meetings, and data mapping platforms to increase in the speed and efficiency of the legal department• Expert user of Diligent Boards portal; wDesk/Workiva SEC reporting platform; hCue CTAdvantage; Microsoft Teams; familiar with various modules in OneTrust privacy management platform

Rochester, New York, Us

Above Corporate Legal Responsibilities and Leadership of Global Privacy Function (until December 2021)• Responsible for global data privacy function; advise on cybersecurity/data privacy legal requirements• Develop cybersecurity and data privacy templates; monitor and advise on implementation of new governing security and privacy laws• Develop and provide legal counseling and training on privacy and cybersecurity subject areas

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Provided legal advice (including ERISA, tax code, securities laws) to the global Human Resources leadership and operations teams in their design, implementation and operation of effective, efficient, and legally compliant compensation and benefit arrangements for the Company’s global workforceProvided legal support to Management and the Compensation & Benefits Committee of the Board of Directors regarding design, operation and disclosure of executive and director compensation arrangementsProvided secretary services to the Company’s fiduciary committee for ERISA plans, including organizing and conducting committee meetings and providing fiduciary training and legal updates to the committee; negotiated investment advisor contracts and other service provider agreements on behalf of the committeeAdvocated for the Company and the financial services industry generally with respect to employee benefits and executive compensation issues through membership on the Policy Board of Directors of the American Benefits Council and the Executive Compensation Committee of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association

Rochester, New York, Us

Provided legal services regarding proxy statement disclosure for public companies, including executive and director compensation disclosure and corporate governance best practicesAdvised clients regarding all aspects (including ERISA, tax code, securities laws) of executive and director compensation and employee benefits, including:nonqualified deferred compensation plans; equity compensation arrangements; employment, retention, severance and change in control agreements for public and private companies, CEOs and other senior executives; incentive compensation arrangements (including compliance with Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code); executive compensation and employee benefits advice for mergers and acquisition transactions, including issues concerning the treatment of stock options and other equity awards, change in control and “golden parachute” issues, severance obligations and related matters; andfederal and state securities law analysis for executive compensation arrangements.Established new client relationships and enhanced existing client relationships with local, regional and national publicly traded employers in order to grow the firm’s benefits and executive compensation practiceSelected for inclusion in Super Lawyers® Rising Stars 2013 in the field of Employee Benefits/ERISA

Rochester, New York, Us

Conducted research, drafted legal memoranda, agreements and client documents and conducted due diligence

Researched issues presented to the courtDrafted memorandums of law, Decision & Orders and Report & Recommendations

Managed and led a team of 10-12 engineers on multiple concurrent technology projectsSubject Matter Expert on Xerox’s Lean Six Sigma initiative

Us

Managed all projects for over 20 accounts in the Northeast US, with budgets ranging from $50,000 to $1.1 millionFull life cycle responsibility for hardware and software implementation projects.Pre-sales engineering, project plan development, budget estimations, resource allocation, scheduling, development and customer acceptance.

Rochester, New York, Us

Education record

Juris Doctor (J.D.), Law

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics / Sociology