Investment Governance Rebrands and Adds New Directors

SHELTON, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Investment Governance, Inc. (formerly known as Pension Governance, Incorporated) today unveils the company’s new brand identity to include a redesigned logo, tagline and name. According to Dr. Susan Mangiero, CEO and founder, the changes reflect a continued emphasis on assisting institutional investors and their service providers with independent research, analysis and training. “Repositioning our identity is an exciting milestone for us as our team prepares to soon launch an array of best practices tools for those in charge of pensions, endowments, foundations, mutual funds, college plans, family offices and insurance company portfolios.”

“Repositioning our identity is an exciting milestone for us as our team prepares to soon launch an array of best practices tools for those in charge of pensions, endowments, foundations, mutual funds, college plans, family offices and insurance company portfolios.”

In addition, Investment Governance, Inc. announces that it has expanded its Board of Directors to include three distinguished individuals with a wealth of experience in finance and governance - Mr. Martin D. Magida, Mr. Gerald R. Odening and Ms. Phoebe A. Wood.

Mr. Martin D. (“Marty”) Magida, CFA and Managing Director with Carter Morse & Mathias, has over 26 years of advisory experience in the technology, media, financial and business services industries. Prior to 2009, Mr. Magida was Group Head of Private Capital for the Trenwith Group, the investment banking arm of BDO Seidman, where he was responsible for placing debt and equity with institutional investors.

Mr. Gerald R. Odening (“Gerry”), CEO of advisory firm GRO Capital, has more than twenty-five years of experience in the education sector. Prior to 2003, Mr. Odening headed the knowledge services research practice for Jefferies & Company. As a Managing Director at JP Morgan Securities, Mr. Odening was in charge of equity research about education services companies. Mr. Odening has been recognized by Institutional Investor Magazine’s All-Star Analyst poll.

Ms. Phoebe A. Wood is the Chairman of the Board of Investment Governance, Inc. and is the recently retired Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Brown-Forman Corporation where she was a member of the Executive, Corporate Strategy, and Compensation and Benefits Committees. Her twenty plus year career in financial management includes work for Motorola and the Atlantic Richfield Company (now BP). Ms. Wood is a trustee of the University of Louisville, Smith College, Louisville Collegiate School and the Gheens Foundation. Ms. Wood serves on the board of Leggett & Platt Corporation.