Barton Edgerton

Barton Edgerton is associate director of Governance Analytics and Products for the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD). He is responsible for generating valuable insights to elevate board performance and prepare directors for future challenges. Some of his most recent work for NACD includes, “What’s the Status? A Look into the Year’s Boardroom Trends and Practices,” and developing the annual reports, Inside the Private Company Boardroom and Inside the Public Company Boardroom, which capture NACD member perspectives on emerging governance areas that recently include climate; diversity, equity, and inclusion; and boardroom dynamics.

Over the past 20 years, Edgerton has worked with a variety of boards, private equity firms, and Fortune 500 executives. Prior to joining NACD, he worked at Gartner and CEB serving senior executives in finance, audit, risk, and HR. He has a diverse research background which also includes time as an adjunct faculty member of Tufts University and as a course teacher at Harvard, Colgate, and the London School of Economics.