Frederick Alexander

Rick is the CEO of The Shareholder Commons, a non-profit organization that advocates on behalf of diversified shareholders.

Rick practiced law for 30 years at a leading Delaware-based firm, including four years as managing partner. 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 serves on the Delaware Corporation Law Council and the Council of Institutional Investors Markets Advisory Council.  He is also Director and Treasurer of the American College of Governance Counsel, a member of the Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative Advisory Board,  and serves on the Advisory Board of Beren Pharmaceuticals, P.B.C.