Aulana L. Peters

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Aulana L. Peters
Born
Aulana Louise Peters

(1941-11-30) November 30, 1941 (age 82)
Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationCollege of New Rochelle
University of Southern California (JD)
OccupationLawyer

Aulana Louise Peters

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, where she was active partner from 1980 to 1984 and from 1988 to 2000.[4]

From 1984 until 1988,

African American ever to serve as a commissioner of the SEC, and only the third woman ever to do so.[7]

According to her resume at

Merrill Lynch
.

Education

Peters earned degree in philosophy from the College of New Rochelle in New York in 1963, and then earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Southern California in 1973.

Career

Peters joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in

class action suits and SEC enforcement actions. She became a partner in the firm in 1980, but resigned in 1984 to accept an appointment as the commissioner of the SEC under President Ronald Reagan
. When Reagan's term ended, so did Peters', and she returned to Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in 1988, where she remained until her retirement in 2000.

In 1999 she was elected to

U.S. Comptroller General, and on the Market Regulatory Advisory Committee of the New York Stock Exchange.[citation needed] She has also served on Southern California Edison's Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund Committee for the past 10 years (two terms), and is currently under consideration for reappointment for another 5-year term.[9]

Peters was appointed to the International Public Interest Oversight Board for Auditing, Education and Professional Ethics Standards in 2005 and held that role until 2012. She has also served on the United States Comptroller General’s Accountability Advisory Panel and on the Advisory Board to the Public Company Accountants Oversight Board.[10]

In 2003, the Association of Securities and Exchange Commission Alumni named her the recipient of the William O. Douglas Award. In 2010, she was awarded the Medal of Honor by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for distinguished service by a non-accountant to the accounting profession.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Aulana Louise Peters # 58002 - Attorney Licensee Search".
  2. ^ "Aulana Louise Peters Profile | Los Angeles, CA Lawyer | Martindale.com".
  3. ^ Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Volume 20, Issues 1-26 (1984) - page 569
  4. ^ a b c Aulana Peters "tear sheet" at Forbes.com
  5. ^ "Fraud Bill Draws Fire," New York Times, June 20, 1986, page d6. Abstract of Reuters article; subscriber access NYTimes
  6. ^ "Global Overseer of Auditing Rules Is Born," Floyd Norris, New York Times, March 1, 2005, p. c9
  7. ^ "The Peters Principle," Executive Financial Woman, Jan/Feb 1986, p.29
  8. ^ SEC Form DEF 14A on 01/15/09 [permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "Resolution" (PDF). ca.gov. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  10. ^ a b "Aulana L. Peters - Directors' College 2017". Directors' College 2017. Retrieved 2017-08-09.

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