Recognition and Compensation for Presidential Spouses/Partners
Recognition and Compensation for Presidential Spouses/Partners Recognition and Compensation for Presidential Spouses/Partners
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Ray is Vice President of Higher Education for ML Strategies, LLC and a partner in the Mintz Levin law firm. He primarily represents higher education and other nonprofit entities. His clients include schools, colleges, universities, foundations and other nonprofits. He has represented over 250 university boards of trustees, presidents and nonprofit CEO’s during his more than twenty-five years in practice. He frequently counsels both boards of trustees and presidents on such matters as CEO compensation, performance evaluation, goal-setting, direct and deferred compensation, Intermediate Sanctions, Sarbanes-Oxley and best practices for managing non-profit institutions. Raymond D. Cotton, JD, M.Sc Ray is a frequent speaker on the programs of Higher Education Associations, as well as a regular contributor to the Chronicle of Higher Education. His legal work and compensation analyses have gotten him recognition in many national publications, including the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. Earlier in his career Ray served in the public sector as Special Assistant to the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare under Secretaries Elliot Richardson and Caspar Weinberger. He has also served as an adjunct faculty member at both the School of Law and the School of Medicine at George Washington University, as well as at the Georgetown University Medical School, and the Harvard University School of Public Health. In addition, he has lectured at the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), UCLA, Yale and many others. From 1991-1995, he served on the Board of Trustees of Monmouth University. Ray is admitted to legal practice in the District of Columbia, and to the U.S. Tax Court and the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a member of the American Bar Association. Ray received his BA with highest honors from Monmouth University, where he graduated first in his class. He is the first person in the history of Harvard University to have earned degrees from both its Law School (JD) and its graduate School of Public Health (M.Sc.). ML Strategies LLC CIC | Recognition and Compensation for Spouses/Partners | January 6, 2012 | 19
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Ray is Vice President of Higher Education <strong>for</strong> ML Strategies, LLC <strong>and</strong> a partner in the<br />
Mintz Levin law firm. He primarily represents higher education <strong>and</strong> other nonprofit entities.<br />
His clients include schools, colleges, universities, foundations <strong>and</strong> other nonprofits. He<br />
has represented over 250 university boards of trustees, presidents <strong>and</strong> nonprofit CEO’s<br />
during his more than twenty-five years in practice. He frequently counsels both boards of<br />
trustees <strong>and</strong> presidents on such matters as CEO compensation, per<strong>for</strong>mance evaluation,<br />
goal-setting, direct <strong>and</strong> deferred compensation, Intermediate Sanctions, Sarbanes-Oxley<br />
<strong>and</strong> best practices <strong>for</strong> managing non-profit institutions.<br />
Raymond D. Cotton, JD, M.Sc<br />
Ray is a frequent speaker on the programs of Higher Education Associations, as well as a regular contributor to the<br />
Chronicle of Higher Education. His legal work <strong>and</strong> compensation analyses have gotten him recognition in many national<br />
publications, including the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal <strong>and</strong> The Washington Post. Earlier in his career<br />
Ray served in the public sector as Special Assistant to the U.S. Department of Health, Education <strong>and</strong> Welfare under<br />
Secretaries Elliot Richardson <strong>and</strong> Caspar Weinberger.<br />
He has also served as an adjunct faculty member at both the School of Law <strong>and</strong> the School of Medicine at George<br />
Washington University, as well as at the Georgetown University Medical School, <strong>and</strong> the Harvard University School of<br />
Public Health. In addition, he has lectured at the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), UCLA, Yale <strong>and</strong> many<br />
others. From 1991-1995, he served on the Board of Trustees of Monmouth University.<br />
Ray is admitted to legal practice in the District of Columbia, <strong>and</strong> to the U.S. Tax Court <strong>and</strong> the U.S. Supreme Court. He<br />
is a member of the American Bar Association. Ray received his BA with highest honors from Monmouth University,<br />
where he graduated first in his class. He is the first person in the history of Harvard University to have earned degrees<br />
from both its Law School (JD) <strong>and</strong> its graduate School of Public Health (M.Sc.).<br />
ML Strategies LLC<br />
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