NELL MINOW The Corporate Library Nell Minow is editor of The Corporate Library, an Internet site that compiles research, study, and critical thinking about the nature of the modern global corporation, with a special emphasis on best practices and standards. Formerly, she was a principal of LENS, an $100 million investment firm that buys stock in underperforming companies and uses shareholder activism to increase their value. LENS companies have included Sears, American Express, Kodak, and Waste Management. She formerly was president of Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc., a firm that advises institutional investors on issues of corporate governance. Before that, she was employed at the Environmental Protection Agency, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of Justice. She has appeared on CNN's Crossfire and Moneyline and PBS' On the Issues, and written more than 100 articles as well as chapters in treatises on executive compensation, annual shareholder meetings, and in the books Law Stories and The Financial Services Revolution. She is co-author with Robert A.G. Monks of three books: Power and Accountability, (HarperBusiness 1991), Corporate Governance (Blackwell 1995), and Watching the Watchers: Corporate Governance for the 21st Century (Blackwell 1996). She also writes about movies and television, with articles in Family Fun, Parents, Slate, and Child magazines and three editions of The Practical Guide to Practically Everything. Her latest book, The Movie Mom's Guide to Family Movies, was published in 1997 (Avon). She serves on the boards of WETA (educational television and radio in the Nation's Capital) and Reading is Fundamental. Minow is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and the University of Chicago Law School.