Honors and Awards:

• Carleton College Award for Distinguished Achievement, Carleton College, 1992
• Lifetime Achievement Award, Metropolitan Economic Development Association, 1997
• Distinguished Legal Service Award, Corporate Legal Times, 1997
• American Bar Association Section of Business Law 1997 Public Service Award, 1997
• Business Journal's Minority Business Advocate of the Year, 2003
• Lifetime Achievement Award, Milestone Growth Fund, 2005
• Pro bono Distinguished Service Award, Fredrikson & Byron, 2005
• Champion of the Year Award, Metropolitan Economic Development Association Annual Meeting, 2006
• Twin Cities International Citizens Award, International Leadership Institute, 2009

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Adjunct Professor, Corporate Governance, University of St. Thomas Law School, University of St. Thomas Opus School of Business
• Malaysian Alliance of Corporate Directors (MACD) (Advisory Board Member)
• National Association of Corporate Directors Best Practices Council on Preventing and Detecting Fraud and Other Illegal Activities
• National Association of Corporate Directors Blue Ribbon Commissions on Risk Governance, Board Leadership and Director Professionalism
• National Association of Corporate Directors (past member, Board of Directors); Director and Chair, Minnesota Chapter
• Hennepin County Bar Association (member)
• American Bar Association, Committee on Corporate Governance, Business Law Section (Vice Chair/Chair Elect); Sub-Committee on International Governance Developments (past Co-Chair); Committee on Non Profit Governance (past Co-Chair); Task Force on Director and Officer Liability, 2011

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Carleton College (past Trustee)
• Center for International Private Enterprise (Director and Member of Executive Committee)
• Learning Through Music Consulting Group (co-founder, Director and Chair)
• Minnesota Film Board (co-founder, Director and past Chair)
• Milestone Growth Fund (co-founder, Director and past Chair)
• Metropolitan Economic Development Association (co-founder, Director, past Chair and Secretary)

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Presentation, ABA Corporate Governance Committee Spring Meeting, “The Allocation of Responsibility Between Directors and Shareholders,” Dallas, 2008
• Presentation, Center for International Private Enterprise, “Developing an Effective Board of Directors,” Tunis, Tunisia, 2008
• Presentation, ABA Annual Meeting, “Assessing the Risks of Corporate Directorships—the Board’s Role in Risk Assessment Mitigation and Disclosure,” New York City, 2008
• Presentation and seminar with Mumtalakat Bahrain Holding Company, Bahrain Accountants Association, Center for International Private Enterprise, “The Board’s Balancing Act:  Managing Risk and Setting Strategy,” Bahrain, 2009
• Contributing editor and presenter, Center for International Private Enterprise, “From Sustainable Companies to Sustainable Economics:  Corporate Governance as a Transformational Tool,” Muscat, Oman, 2009
• “Corporate Governance in the Middle East,” FredNEWS:  Business – Corporate Governance Edition, 2009
• Presentation, “The Board’s Responsibility for Corporate Culture – Selected Governance Concerns and Tools for Addressing Corporate Culture and Board Performance,” ABA Corporate Governance Spring Meeting, Denver, CO, 2010
• Presentation, “The Board’s Responsibility for Corporate Culture – Selected Governance Concerns and Tools for Addressing Corporate Culture and Board Performance,” Caux Round Table 25th Global Dialogue Conference, Beijing, China, 2010
• Presentation, “The Allocation of Responsibility Between Directors and Shareholders,” Malaysian Alliance of Corporate Directors Conference, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, 2011
• Presentation, “The Board’s Responsibility for Corporate Culture – Selected Governance Concerns and Tools for Addressing Corporate Culture and Board Performance,” Board of Directors of the Bursa Malaysia, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, 2011