The Corporate Directors Forum, a San Diego nonprofit providing corporate governance education, has appointed Jim Edwards, Justin Bird and Phil Rudolph, three corporate lawyers and governance experts, to its board of directors, the organization announced.
Edwards is senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of Cubic Corp. He helped establish and served as president of the San Diego Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel; he also served on the association’s national board. Edwards graduated from the University of San Diego School of Law, according to CDF.
Bird directs Sempra Energy’s ethics and compliance programs worldwide as vice president of Compliance and Governance and corporate secretary. Bird’s previous roles at Sempra include being director of project finance, as well as company, senior and principal counsel. Bird holds a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania.