NASD Announces Nominees for Regional Industry Member Seats on the National Adjudicatory Council
INFORMATIONAL
NAC Nominees
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Executive Summary
The purpose of this Special Notice to Members is to announce the proposed nominees for the National Adjudicatory Council (NAC) from the New York and West Regions. The nominees, nominated for three-year terms beginning January 2007, are listed in Exhibit 1. The nominees will be proposed to NASD's National Nominating Committee unless an additional candidate comes forward within 14 calendar days from the date of this Special Notice.
We appreciate the interest shown by many members in expressing their desire to serve on the NAC, and thank everyone for their continuing support of the self-regulatory process. The New York and West Regional Nominating Committees thoroughly reviewed the background of every candidate before selecting their nominees in an effort to secure appropriate and fair representation of both regions.
Contested Election Procedures
If an officer, director or employee of an NASD member in the New York and West Regions has not been proposed for nomination by the Regional Nominating Committee and wants to seek the nomination, he or she should send a written notice to Barbara Z. Sweeney, NASD's Corporate Secretary, at the address below within 14 calendar days of the date of this Special Notice, or by September 6, 2006.
Barbara Z. Sweeney
NASD
Office of the Corporate Secretary
1735 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006-1506
The Contested Nomination Procedures can be found in Article VI of the NASD Regulation By-Laws. If no additional candidate comes forward within 14 calendar days, the New York and West Regional Nominating Committees shall certify their candidates to NASD's National Nominating Committee.
Questions/Further Information
Questions concerning this Special Notice may be directed to Barbara Z. Sweeney, Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary, at (202) 728-8062, or via e-mail at [email protected].National Adjudicatory Council Membership and Function
Membership
The NAC consists of 14 members—seven Industry members and seven Non-Industry members. Two Industry members are nominated by NASD's National Nominating Committee and are appointed by the NASD Regulation Board of Directors as at-large members. Five Industry members each represent one of the following geographic regions:
| Midwest Region: | Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin (Districts 4 and 8) |
| New York Region: | New York (the counties of Nassau and Suffolk, and the five boroughs of New York City) (District 10) |
| North Region: | Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York (except for the counties of Nassau and Suffolk, and the five boroughs of New York City), Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and West Virginia (Districts 9 and 11) |
| South Region: | Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, the Canal Zone, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (Districts 5, 6 and 7) |
| West Region: | Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming and the former U.S. Trust Territories (Districts 1, 2 and 3) |
Two regions (New York and West) will have open seats that need to be filled during this election. NAC members for the other three regions (Midwest, North and South) are indicated in Exhibit II, along with the year in which their terms expire.
Function
According to the NASD Regulation By-Laws, the NAC is authorized to act for the NASD Board of Governors in matters concerning:
The NAC also considers and makes recommendations to the Board on enforcement policy and rule changes relating to the business and sales practices of NASD members and associated persons.
EXHIBIT I
Nominees for NAC Industry Member Seats
| New York Region (District 10) |
West Region (Districts 1, 2 and 3) |
| Laurence H. Bertan Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC New York, NY |
Francis X. Roche, II RBC Dain Rauscher Inc. San Francisco, CA |
EXHIBIT II
NAC Members with Terms Expiring in January 2007
| New York Region |
West Region |
| Judith R. MacDonald Rothschild, Inc. New York, NY |
Neal E. Nakagiri NPB Financial Group, LLC Burbank, CA |
NAC Members with Terms Expiring in January 2008
| Midwest Region |
South Region |
| Timothy Henahan Baker & Co., Inc. Rocky River, OH |
W. Dennis Ferguson Sterne Agee Clearing Boca Raton, FL |
NAC Member with Term Expiring in January 2009
| North Region |
| Stephanie L. Brown Linsco/Private Ledger Corp. Boston, MA |