Hank is the editor of the Institute’s Web sites:  www.accountability-central.com and www.communityinvestmentnetwork.org.

Hank Boerner was Managing Director of Rowan & Blewitt for 15 years (the brand closed in July 2007) and has over three decades of corporate communication, investor communications, issue management and crisis communications experience.  He is recognized for his expertise in corporate governance, corporate and institutional accountability and social responsibility trends affecting corporations, the public sector, non-profit organizations, and trade associations. 

Before becoming a consultant, Boerner was a board-elected officer and senior communications manager for the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).  He has also held senior public relations, marketing and public affairs posts with the N.Y.S. Metropolitan Transportation Authority and American Airlines, and was a member of New York State Governor Nelson Rockefeller’s administration.  Boerner began his career as a business and financial newspaper and magazine journalist and editor, and was a radio and television broadcaster.

Boerner is a member of the Issue Management Council and has served as board member, treasurer and chairman.  He is a member of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) and is Editor, NIRI Publications (including the monthly NIRI Investor Relations Update and quarterly IR Mentor). He serves as an independent arbitrator and mediator; is a Panel Arbitrator of the American Arbitration Association; and member of the American Bar Association’s Section of Resolution Dispute.