Overview
Public Companies & Corporate Governance
Angie has extensive experience advising on issues and requirements encountered by public companies. In particular, her skills cover:
- SEC reporting requirements
- stock exchange listing standards
- corporate secretary and board matters
- executive compensation and stock plan issues
- investor relations and shareholder engagement programs
- Regulation FD considerations
- insider trading and stock trading window administration
- Section 16 reporting
- executive and director transitions and succession planning
- annual meeting mechanics
- proxy advisory firm considerations
- stock repurchase activity
- financial reporting and disclosure issues
- takeover and activism preparedness and defense
- shareholder litigation
- fiduciary duty considerations
- general corporate governance matters
Mergers & Acquisitions
Angie’s experience includes bolstering internal M&A programs and being a primary part of internal leadership teams that completed many successful M&A transactions. During her tenure in-house, she was an integral part of the leadership team that supported the growth of an NYSE-listed company through acquisitions. She has served as the primary in-house business partner for business development teams and has led large cross-functional internal and external teams through the deal life-cycle — target identification, due diligence, deal negotiation, deal updates to board of directors and executive teams, deal closing, public company disclosure and stock trading considerations, and post-deal integration. Angie also has experience with establishing minority investment programs and the administration of joint ventures.
Corporate Counseling
She has extensive experience advising companies on a variety of global corporate issues, including corporate finance and treasury activities, debt financing, ethics and compliance, and general corporate matters. In particular, Angie has led global compliance teams, ethics programs, and subsidiary governance and maintenance activities. She has also created, influenced and led ESG programs.
In-House & Finance Experience
Angie has over a dozen years of in-house experience at two NYSE-listed companies where her anticipatory and collaborative leadership yielded a track record of success for legal and cross-functional teams. During her tenure in-house, she had oversight for the legal, corporate secretary, compliance and ESG functions; developed and supported legal talent; and reorganized law teams to align with corporate strategic priorities. She served as senior vice president; corporate, ethics and compliance officer; and assistant corporate secretary for a mid-cap technology company. In addition, she served in a variety of capacities for a mid-cap manufacturing company, including as the assistant general counsel and assistant corporate secretary. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Angie served in a variety of finance and compliance roles at a large-cap insurance company and was an external auditor at a public accounting firm.
Personal Interests
In her free time, Angie enjoys spending time on Lake Minnetonka with family and friends, lifting weights at Life Time, hiking mountains, wake surfing, snow skiing, and cheering on Minnesota sports teams.
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Credentials
Bar Admissions
Minnesota
Education
University of St. Thomas
LL.M. in Organizational Ethics and Compliance (2019)
William Mitchell College of Law
J.D. magna cum laude (2008)
University of North Dakota
B.Acc. cum laude (2001)
Insights & Events
Latest
News
Other Perspectives
- Insider Trading and Buybacks
Panelist, Society for Corporate Governance National Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah (June 22, 2023) - Rising to the Challenge: Stories of Success
Panelist, Minnesota Women Lawyers (Dec. 12, 2022) - Sustainability Reporting: Small & Mid-Cap Perspectives
Panelist, TheCorporateCounsel.net (Oct. 16, 2019)
Leadership & Community
Professional Associations
- TheCorporateCounsel.net — Advisory Board, 2021-present
- PracticalESG.com — Advisory Board, 2021-present
- Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship — Advisory Board, 2022-25
- Minnesota Women Lawyers — Advisory Board, 2018-23
- Society for Corporate Governance — Twin Cities Chapter: Former Vice President, Secretary
- Chief — Member, 2022-23
Civic Activities
- Share Our Strength: No Kid Hungry — Minnesota Taste of the Nation, Former Host Committee Member
Honors
- Women We Admire — “Top 50 Women Leaders in Minnesota,” 2022
No aspect of these recognitions has been approved by the highest court of any state.