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Jan 27, 2026

Corporate Governance Awards 2025: On the red carpet with Sallie Mae

Jeffrey Lipschutz reflects on his personal awards nomination

Governance Intelligence recently presented its 18th annual Corporate Governance Awards at a gala ceremony this past November in New York City. Live from the red carpet, we spoke with several esteemed guests from across the world of GRC, including Jeffrey Lipschutz, senior director, associate general counsel & assistant secretary at Sallie Mae.

Lipschutz shares his advice for companies wanting to enter the awards this year and credits his making the shortlist for Governance Professional of the Year to his amazing team while praising colleague Megan Smegala on her Rising Star nomination.

The awards celebrate outstanding achievements by the governance profession in areas such as hosting AGMs, compliance and ethics programs, ESG reporting, entity management, use of technology, proxy statements, investor engagement and corporate transactions.

Natalie Bannerman

Natalie is a former telecoms and infrastructure journalist, a role she held for nearly seven years. Before this, she worked in the B2C startup space, covering lifestyle, arts and culture reporting. As senior reporter for Governance Intelligence she...