Janet E kerr: chief strategy officer, exemplify Inc.

Janet Kerr is professor emeritus of the Pepperdine University School of Law and chief strategy officer of Exemplify Inc., a technology knowledge management company. She is the founder and former executive director of the Palmer Center for Entrepreneurship and the Law at Pepperdine Law School.

Kerr was awarded the Laure Sudreau-Rippe Endowed Chair in 2011. She is a nationally recognized author, lecturer and consultant in the area of securities law compliance, banking law, corporate governance, and general corporate law. Kerr has served as a consultant in several high profile cases dealing with financial institution fraud.

At La-Z-Boy Inc. she is currently on the board of directors and chair of the corporate governance/nominating committee and former chair of the risk committee. At TCW Strategic Income Fund Inc., an NYSE-listed closed end registered investment company, Kerr serves on the board of directors and is a member of both the audit and the nominating committees. Additionally, she is a member of the board of directors of TCW Funds, a related entity. She also serves as chair of the...