CalSTRS wants Facebook board to expand, add women

Started by ayodele, Feb 09, 2012, 08:05 PM

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(Reuters) - The California State Teachers' Retirement System, the second-largest largest pension fund in the United States, wants Facebook Inc to expand its board of directors and diversify a panel that has no women. "We are disappointed that the Facebook board will not have any women members," CalSTRS corporate governance director Anne Sheehan wrote in a letter to Facebook founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg Tuesday. "We believe that investors and the company would benefit from a larger, more diverse board. ...