Rick Alexander

CEO - The Shareholder Commons

Rick Alexander is the CEO of The Shareholder Commons, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping shareholders use systems stewardship to protect common resources and vulnerable populations.

Previously, Rick practiced law in Delaware for 30 years. During that time, he was selected as one of the ten most highly regarded corporate governance lawyers worldwide and as one of the 500 leading lawyers in the United States. In 2015, Rick became Head of Legal Policy at B Lab, where he worked to create sustainable corporate governance structures around the globe. He left that position in 2019 to found The Shareholder Commons.

Rick is a member of the Delaware Corporation Law Council, the body responsible for maintaining the premier corporate statute in the United States, where he previously served as Chair, testifying multiple times in the Delaware General Assembly, and drafting and shepherding legislation, including provisions prohibiting mandatory arbitration, enabling proxy access, protecting majority voting, and authorizing benefit corporations. He has also testified before the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Comptroller of the Currency. Rick also serves on the PRI System Stewardship Advisory Committee, as Treasurer of the American College of Governance Counsel, and on the Advisory Board of Beren Pharmaceuticals, P.B.C.