Louis Zahorak

The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is a state-owned pension fund management firm headquartered in Sacramento, California. Founded in 1932, the firm has long been at the forefront of shareholder activism in the US. CalPERS provides retirement and health benefit services to private individuals and employers, specifically active, inactive and retired employees of California state and local public agencies. They routinely put pressure on companies to achieve better corporate performance corporate governance.

Ameritech Corp. provided telecommunications services in the United States. Its Bell Group provided exchange telecommunications, local and long-distance exchange access services for business and residential customers in the Midwest was made up of Illinois Bell, Indiana Bell, Michigan Bell, Ohio Bell and Wisconsin Bell. The company was headquartered in Chicago, IL.