ALAN MURRAY, WALL STREET JOURNAL COLUMNIST,

SPEAKS TO Y's MEN MAY 17 ABOUT “REVOLT IN THE BOARD ROOM”

Alan Murray, Assistant Managing Editor and Columnist of The Wall Street Journal, will speak to the Y's Men of Westport/Weston at their weekly meeting on May 17th. His topic is the title of his just-published book, "Revolt in the Board Room: The New Rules of Power in Corporate America." In his talk he will discuss the firings of Carly Fiorina (Hewlett-Packard), Maurice “Hank” Greenberg (AIG) and Harry Stonecipher (Boeing) and how those beheadings signaled a revolution in the power structure of public corporations. The meeting begins at 10AM at the Saugatuck Congregational Church, 245 Post Road East.

Alan Murray is the author of the Journal's "Business" column, which runs on page 2 every Wednesday. He is also a regular contributor to CNBC. Previously, he served as CNBC's Washington, D.C., bureau chief and was co-host of “Capital Report with Alan Murray and Gloria Borger." While working at CNBC, he also wrote the Journal's weekly "Political Capital" column. Prior to that, he spent a decade as the Washington bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal.

Mr. Murray joined The Wall Street Journal in 1983, as a reporter covering economic policy. He was named Washington deputy bureau chief in 1992 and became bureau chief in 1993. During his tenure as bureau chief, the Washington bureau won three Pulitzer Prizes, as well as many other awards.

Mr. Murray also is a regular panelist on Public Broadcasting Service's “Washington Week in Review.” He is the author of two best-selling books: “The Wealth of Choices: How the New Economy Puts Power in Your Hands and Money in Your Pocket,” and “Showdown at Gucci Gulch: Lawmakers, Lobbyists and the Unlikely Triumph of Tax Reform,” co-authored with Jeffrey Birnbaum. “Gucci Gulch” received the American Political Science Association's Carey McWilliams Award in 1988. He also garnered two Overseas Press Club awards for his writings on Asia, as well as a Gerald Loeb award and a John Hancock award for his coverage of the Federal Reserve.

Mr. Murray began his journalism career in June 1977 as the business and economics editor of the Chattanooga Times. He joined the Congressional Quarterly in Washington as a reporter in 1980, and the following year became a reporter at the Japan Economic Journal in Tokyo on a Luce Fellowship.

He serves on the Governing Council of the Miller Center for Public Affairs at the University of Virginia and is a member of the Gridiron Club and of the Council on Foreign Relations. He has served on the Board of Visitors of the University of North Carolina and the Board of Trustees of St. Patrick's Episcopal School.

Mr. Murray received a bachelor's degree in English literature from the University of North Carolina, where he was a John Motley Morehead scholar, a merit scholar and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He earned a master's degree in economics at the London School of Economics. In 2005, he completed the Stanford Executive Program.

He is married to Lori Murray, a foreign policy consultant and former special adviser to the president for chemical weapons and former assistant director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. They live in Greenwich, Conn., with their two children.