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James Drury III leads one of America’s foremost board advisory services firms, Chicago-based JamesDruryPartners. Retained by a third of the Fortune 100, his firm has successfully placed hundreds of America’s most accomplished executives onto the boards of the country’s largest public companies. In addition to generating thought-provoking intellectual capital such as “The Weight of America’s Boards,” Jim has revolutionized the field through his firm’s principal advisory service, BoardSelect®, a process that upends the traditional search model and enables CEOs and other top executives to proactively select the outside board they join. Prior to founding JamesDruryPartners, Jim was Vice Chairman, Americas, and served on the board of Spencer Stuart – a leading global executive search firm. He is a past Board Director of the Association of Executive Search Consultants and a former member of the University of Chicago’s Booth School Advisory Council. Jim currently serves on the boards of several Chicago-area civic and professional organizations. A renowned innovator and industry thought leader, Jim pioneered the development of two of the country’s most respected corporate governance conferences, Toward Common Ground at Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management, and The Directors' College at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business. Jim earned his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and a BS in Engineering from the University of Notre Dame.* Inquiries and Consultation Requests * Is BoardSelect® (Proactive Corporate Board Selection) right for you or your company’s top executives? Contact JamesDruryPartners to find out. Send service inquiries and consultation requests to info@jdrurypartners.com or visit www.jdrurypartners.com/wsj/