WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Council of Institutional Investors (CII) is pleased to announce that Mellissa Campbell Duru has joined the organization as deputy director and deputy general counsel.

“Mellissa brings an invaluable combination of experience, knowledge and commitment to investor protection, all of which will help CII serve its members well for years to come,” said CII Executive Director Glenn Davis.

Duru joins CII from a law firm where she was a partner in the Securities Regulatory and Corporate Governance practice group, advising boards, C-suite executives and industry groups on SEC compliance, SEC rulemakings, shareholder activism developments, institutional investor and beneficial ownership reporting, sustainability practices and reporting, and global tokenization and digital asset regulation.

From 2023 to 2025, Duru served as deputy director of legal and regulatory policy in the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance where she oversaw the Offices of Rulemaking, Mergers & Acquisitions, International Corporation Finance, Small Business Policy and Structured Finance.

During an earlier 17-year tenure at the SEC, Duru was counsel to Commissioner Kara Stein, cybersecurity legal and policy advisor in the Division of Examinations and special counsel in the Office of Mergers & Acquisitions. Duru also served as the SEC’s Brookings Institute LEGIS Congressional Fellow in the office of Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.). She earned her J.D. from Harvard Law School and her B.A., with first-class honors, from McGill University.

“CII has always been, and will continue to be, a necessary voice that provides balanced, reasoned and sensible viewpoints that help safeguard the interests of all investors while protecting the transparency and integrity of our capital markets”, said Duru. “I am thrilled to join CII at this critical time when shareholder rights increasingly need protection.”

About CII: The Council of Institutional Investors (CII) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan association of U.S. asset owners, primarily pension funds, state and local entities charged with investing public assets, endowments and foundations, with combined global assets that exceed $5.6 trillion. CII’s associate members include non-U.S. asset owners with more than $6.6 trillion in global assets, and a range of asset managers with more than $90 trillion in global assets under management. CII is a leading voice for effective corporate governance, strong shareowner rights and sensible financial rules that foster fair, transparent and vibrant capital markets.

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