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June 16, 2008

AFL-CIO’s Pedrotty Tapped as ‘Rising Star’ in Corporate Watchdog World
by Mike Hall

Dan Pedrotty, director of the AFL-CIO’s Office of Investment has been named a top young corporate watchdog by one of the nation’s leading organizations that keeps tabs on corporate behavior and ethics.

Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance at the Yale School of Management honored Pedrotty and 55 other young professionals as “Rising Stars of Corporate Governance” last week.

The award recognizes corporate governance professionals under the age of 40 who are making their mark as outstanding analysts, experts, activists and managers. The Millstein Center is a leading global resource for testing, challenging and advancing the premise that corporations should and can serve society.

The winners were selected by a committee of leaders from the Millstein Center, the Open Compliance and Ethics Group and the International Corporate Governance Network. The group looked at past accomplishments and thought leadership, future projects and endeavors, reputation among existing industry leaders and potential to influence the industry in the future.

The AFL-CIO Office of Investment leads the AFL-CIO’s capital stewardship efforts to protect worker capital—the $6 trillion in union- and other worker-based pension, health and savings funds. That’s the retirement and health security of millions of working families.

Pedrotty says his primary focus is on providing corporate governance strategies for affiliate unions and pension fund trustees. He also concentrates on regulatory issues in front of the U.S. Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) and monitors retirement security fights in the states.

He’s a graduate of Dickinson College and earned his law degree from Wake Forest University Law School. Before joining the AFL-CIO in 2004, he worked as an associate in law firms in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., and also for the Gephardt for President campaign from 2003-2004.