Mark Donohue Elected as New NIRI Board Chairman

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Sept. 25, 2014 - PRLog -- The National Investor Relations (NIRI) today announced the election of Mark Donohue as the 2015 Chairman of the NIRI Board of Directors. Donohue is vice president, investor relations and corporate communications for Impax Laboratories, Inc. . He will succeed John Chevalier, director, global investor relations for The Procter & Gamble Company, at the NIRI Annual Meeting of members in December.

Chevalier said, “I am very pleased that Mark Donohue will be the next Chairman of NIRI. Mark has been an extremely active contributor at the local and national levels and exemplifies the best of the volunteer spirit that is so prevalent among NIRI members. NIRI will be in good hands as Mark, the other talented members of our national Board of Directors and NIRI staff, and the many dedicated volunteer members throughout our organization execute our strategic plan and steward the association on a path of continued success.”

“I am extremely honored to be elected Chair of an association that has been essential to my investor relations career,” said Donohue. “During my tenure as Chair, I look forward to partnering with the Board, NIRI’s staff, and fellow members to ensure a seamless leadership transition following the completion of our search for a new President and CEO of NIRI. In addition, I intend to focus on the continuing implementation and launch of an Investor Relations certification program and moving the OneNIRI 2015-2018 strategic plan into the execution phase for the benefit of all NIRI members.”

”I would like to thank outgoing board chair John Chevalier, and fellow board members Jane Okun Bomba and Ruth Cotter for their extraordinary contributions while serving on the board the past four years,” Donohue continued. “I encourage members to actively participate in local chapter and national activities so that together, we can advance the NIRI organization and profession.”

Before joining Impax in 2008, Donohue was director of investor relations for Dow Jones & Co., where he was responsible for developing and executing a global investor relations program. Prior to joining Dow Jones in early 2001, he was vice president, investor relations, with Summit Bancorp. Before getting his start in the investor relations field in early 1999, Donohue worked in corporate finance at Covance, Inc., after beginning his career as an auditor with Ernst & Young. He earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Villanova University and is an inactive Certified Public Accountant in the state of Pennsylvania. He also served four years active duty in the United States Air Force as an air traffic controller. He is a member of the NIRI Philadelphia chapter Advisory Board, having previously served on the Philadelphia chapter Board of Directors and as chapter President. Donohue is a member of the NIRI Senior Roundtable, served as Co-Chair of the 2014 NIRI Annual Conference, and has chaired the NIRI Board Audit Committee. He was a member of NIRI’s IR Update Magazine Editorial Advisory Board, and was NIRI’s 2010 University of Michigan Theory and Practice of IR Program Scholarship recipient.

About the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI)

Founded in 1969, NIRI is the professional association of corporate officers and investor relations consultants responsible for communication among corporate management, shareholders, securities analysts and other financial community constituents. NIRI is the largest professional investor relations association in the world with more than 3,300 members representing over 1,600 publicly held companies and $9 trillion in stock market capitalization.