Photo Galleries

Capturing scenes from the Center’s numerous programs where members of the Center’s diverse constituencies (business leaders, board members, stockholders, the judiciary, the legal community, academics, students, and others) can be viewed learning, teaching, interacting and networking. Also captured are other Center noteworthy events.

Recent Center Activities

Blue Hen Investment Club

The WCCG’s Director, Lawrence Cunningham, a leading scholar of Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway, spoke to a standing room only gathering of The Blue Hen Investment Club, which manages a multi-million dollar value investing fund.

UD's Lerner College Private Markets Club

Director Cunningham with students from UD’s Lerner College Private Markets Club after an evening lecture.

Private Markets Club

Student members of UD’s Lerner College Private Markets Club taking a quiz after a Weinberg Center lecture.

Blue Hen Investment Club

The Center’s Nicole Rich and Lawrence Cunningham (center left and center right) with students from UD Lerner’s Blue Hen Investment Club.

Weinberg Distinguished Speaker Series

John L. Weinberg Center Distinguished Speaker Series

Lawrence Cunningham

(pictured at left with Advisory Board Chair Andre Bouchard) delivered the 2024 Weinberg Distinguished Lecture | April 11, 2024

The Chiefs: Past and Present

The Weinberg Center was honored to present as its 2023 Weinberg Distinguished Speaker, “The Chiefs: Past and Present,” which will feature the following current and former Chief Justices from the Delaware Supreme Court: Corinne Elise Amato, Director, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A. Rolin P. Bissell, Partner, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP Gary A. Bornstein, Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP | May 4, 2023

The Chancellors: Past and Present

On March 23rd, 2022 the Weinberg Center hosted “Delaware Chancellors: Past and Present,” which featured current and former Chancellors from the Delaware Court of Chancery, as the Weinberg Center’s 2022 John L Weinberg Distinguished Speaker. The program consisted of two roundtable discussions focusing on recent developments and emerging issues in Delaware law.

The Honorable J. Travis Laster

Delaware Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster was the 2021 Weinberg Distinguished Speaker. His fascinating lecture was “Purpose, Power, and Fiduciary Duty: Dimensions of Delaware’s Corporate Law Regime.” Read more and listen to a recording here .

Indra Nooyi

Former, Chairman and CEO, PepsiCo about her career with the company and her next steps | March 20th, 2019

Ed Garden

Chief Investment Officer and a Founding Partner of Trian Fund Management, L.P. (Trian) | March 6, 2018

Ronald P. O’Hanley

President and Chief Executive Officer – State Street Global Advisors. Delivers talk on Governance Issues of Critical Importance to Boards and Investors | March 7, 2017

F. William ‘Bill’ McNabb, III

Chairman and CEO, Vanguard. Weinberg Center’s event “The Independent Expert Director” panel in Gore Recital Hall at the CFA | October 30, 2014

William Lauder

Executive Chairman, The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. talks to audience of business faculty, students and associates about his experiences in the industry | October 22, 2013

Center Roundtables

Zapata and Special Litigation Committees: Perspectives on What’s Working, What’s Not, and How We Can Improve the Process | April 11, 2024

ESG in the Boardroom | February 21, 2024

ESG in the Boardroom | February 22, 2023

ESG in the Boardroom | March 3, 2022

The John Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP co-sponsored a conference titled “Snap Judgment: The Legal and Investment Issues Associated with Non-Voting Stock” with Charles Elson as the moderator. The conference was held in the Gore Recital Hall in the Center for the Arts on April 24, 2018.

Snap Judgment: The Legal and Investment Issues Associated with Non-Voting Stock

Center Webinars

Board Minutes in Sixty Minutes

Recommended Practices and Insights | October 24, 2024

The M&A Process Demystified

Lessons from the Front Lines | November 7, 2024

Navigating an Evolving Challenge

Role of the Board and the CEO in Navigating Political and Social Issues | January 10, 2023

How Companies Navigate Political and Social Issues

Investor Perspective | November 28, 2022

Proposing Amendments To Your Charter

Considerations After Delaware’s Officer Exculpation Amendments (103(b)(7)) | November 14, 2022

Moving Beyond Modern Portfolio Theory

Jon Lukomnik | May 26, 2021

How Corporate Boards Can Oversee ESG Issues

Running the Risk | May 20, 2021

Corporate Governance Panel

Governance Issues of Critical Importance to Boards and Investors | March 23, 2021

Delaware Governance Institute

The Weinberg Center partnered with the Corporate Governance Committee of the American Bar Association’s Business Law Section to co-host the in-person Delaware Governance Institute on October 12, 2023. Panelists included Delaware judges, corporate directors, advisors, investors, and regulatory officials. Topics addressed the backlash against ESG, the scope of director oversight duties, conflict of interest transactions, and the challenges facing boards amid expanding expectations of their roles.