Aulana Peters

Aulana L. Peters is a former Commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (1984-1988). In February 2003, the Association of Securities and Exchange Commission Alumni named her the 11th recipient of the William O. Douglas Award for significant contributions to the development of the Federal Securities Law and to the SEC and Financial Community.​​

Mrs. Peters has served on the Boards of Directors of several Fortune 500 companies and non-profit companies, including Northrup Grumman, John Deere & Co., 3M Corporation, the New York Stock Exchange, and the Mayo Clinic. She is a retired litigation partner of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, and is a frequent lecturer and author on federal securities regulation and corporate governance.​​

From 2000 to 2002, Mrs. Peters served on the Public Oversight Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and from 2005 to 2012, she served on the International Public Interest Oversight Board for Auditing, Education and Professional Ethics Standards. In October 2010, she was awarded the Medal of Honor by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) for distinguished service by a non-accountant to the accounting profession.

Mrs. Peters currently serves on the United States Comptroller General’s Accountability Advisory Panel and on the Advisory Board to the Public Company Accountants Oversight Board (PCAOB).​