The Board has established an Audit Committee, a Leadership Development and Compensation Committee, and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, each of which is comprised entirely of directors who meet the applicable independence requirements of the Nasdaq rules. The Committees keep the Board informed of their actions and provide assistance to the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibility to shareholders. The table below provides current membership information as well as meeting information for the last fiscal year.
Name | Audit Committee | Leadership Development and Compensation Committee | Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee | |||||||||
Jeffrey P. Bezos | ||||||||||||
Tom A. Alberg | X | |||||||||||
John Seely Brown | X | |||||||||||
Jamie S. Gorelick | X | * | ||||||||||
Daniel P. Huttenlocher(1) | X | |||||||||||
Judith A. McGrath | X | |||||||||||
Jonathan J. Rubinstein | X | * | ||||||||||
Thomas O. Ryder | X | * | ||||||||||
Patricia Q. Stonesifer | X | |||||||||||
Wendell P. Weeks(2) | X | |||||||||||
Total Meetings in 2016 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
* | Committee Chair |
(1) | Mr. Huttenlocher joined the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee on September 7, 2016. |
(2) | Mr. Weeks joined the Audit Committee on February 10, 2016. |
The functions performed by these Committees, which are set forth in more detail in their charters, are summarized below.