Nancy R. Heinen
Nancy R. Heinen | |
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| Born | Nancy Regina Heinen |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley (PhD) Boalt Hall (JD), 1982 |
| Occupation(s) | Corporate lawyer, corporate executive |
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| Spouse | Dennis DeBroeck |
Nancy Regina Heinen of Portola Valley, California, is an American corporate lawyer, business executive, and philanthropist. Heinen is for being the General Counsel, Senior Vice President, and Secretary for Apple Computer, Inc. (now Apple Inc.) between September 1997 and May 2006. Heinen is currently a member of the board of VERB and the Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund (SV2). She also serves on the board of directors and advisory boards for several other companies and philanthropic organizations.
Early life and education
Heinen received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and English from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Juris Doctor from Boalt Hall Law School in 1982.
Career
Early life and career
Heinen began her career as an associate in several San Francisco Bay Area law firms. She then worked in the legal department of Tandem Computers and became the general counsel at NeXT afterwards. From 1988 to 1993, Heinen was the Secretary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise. While at NeXT, Heinen helped to prepare the company for its initial public offering, and its eventual acquisition by Apple Computer Inc.[1]
Apple Computer Inc (1997 - 2006)
After NeXT was purchased by Apple in March 1996, Heinen stayed with the company as General Counsel and secretary. Heinen later became was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Legal Secretary of Apple Computer Inc.[2] She was also on the board of BSA from 1996 to 2005.
Heinen was one of several Apple executives, along with Fred D. Anderson, Mitch Mandich, Jon Rubinstein, and Avie Tevanian, credited with helping to revive Apple after it experienced a financial decline in the 1990s.[3] During this time, Apple began pre-emptively purchasing patents to prevent them from being produced by the competition, a tactic Heinen described as "a defensive tool".[4] Heinen left Apple on May 1, 2006, after nine years with the company. Neither Heinen nor Apple commented on her departure other than to confirm it.[5] Shortly afterwards, the company admitted to irregularities in its handling of executive stock option dating.[6]
SEC allegations
On April 24, 2007, the SEC filed a claim against Heinen alleging that she caused Apple to backdate large option grants and altered corporate records to hide the actions.[7] According to the SEC press release, "Heinen is charged with, among other things, violating the antifraud provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, lying to Apple's auditors, and violating prohibitions on circumventing internal controls" based on options awarded to Steve Jobs which were dated October 19, 2001 but allegedly granted in December 2001, and also option grants awarded to top company executives, including Heinen which were dated January 17, 2001, but allegedly granted in February 2001.[7]
Heinen settled with the SEC on August 14, 2008, agreeing to pay a total of $2.2 million to resolve all of the SEC charges against her, but without either admitting or denying any wrongdoing.[8] Heinen was to return $1.575 million from the stock options that she received, plus interest, and pay a $200,000 penalty.[9] Apple's former CFO Fred D. Anderson had already reached a $3.5 million settlement with the SEC in 2007, without admitting or denying its allegations regarding the stock-option backdating at the technology company.[10] The SEC settlement also barred Heinen from serving as a public company officer or director for five years and barred her from practicing before the SEC for three years.[11] Heinen's settlement ended the civil suit filed in California federal court by the SEC in April 2007 that would otherwise have gone to trial in 2009. A two-year criminal investigation into the matter by the U.S. Justice Department was closed without criminal charges being filed.
Philanthropy and non-profit work: 2006 - present
After leaving Apple, Heinen became involved in various philanthropic and non-profit organizations, particularly those related to social justice, and economic and educational outreach.[12][13] Heinen is Chair of the Board of Directors for First Place For Youth, a non-profit organization which helps foster youths,[14] and of Teen Success Inc.[15] Heinen has served as a member of the board of several other organizations such as Embrace, the UC Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy, Northern California Innocence Project, Illuminate Ventures, Duarte, and Vitamix.[16]
Nancy Heinen joined the Silicon Valley Social Venture's board of directors in 2009, became Vice Chair 2011, and became Chair in 2012. She participated in the education grant round and partner advisory board, and served as a co-leader of FY16-17's international grant round.[17]
On December 20, 2019, it was announced that Heinen had joined the board of directors for VERB, an Austin, Texas based software company.[18]
Personal life
Heinen is married to attorney Dennis DeBroeck, a partner in the corporate group at Fenwick & West law firm, which is counsel to Apple Inc.[19]
References
- ^ "Nancy Heinen". Minority Corporate Counsel Association. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
- ^ Nancy R. Heinen and Fred D. Anderson: Securities and Exchange Commission Litigation Complaint. DIANE Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4578-0434-2.
- ^ Rubinstein, Ruth (2018-05-04). Dress Codes: Meanings And Messages In American Culture. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-429-97491-5.
- ^ "Friendly Reminder: Apple Patents Do Not Indicate Future Products". Time. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
- ^ May 11, Petra Pasternak |; Law.com, 2006 at 12:00 AM | The original version of this story was published on. "Exit of Apple GC Cloaked in Mystery". The Recorder. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Chmielewski, Dawn C.; Gaither, Chris (5 October 2006). "Apple CEO Knew of Backdating: Steve Jobs apologizes for the company's option practices. A former CFO resigns from the board". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ a b Fagel, Marc J.; Dicke, Michael S. (24 April 2007). "SEC Charges Former Apple General Counsel for Illegal Stock Option Backdating" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: SEC. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ "Ex-Apple General Councel Nancy Heinen Settles Backdating Charge; $2.2 Million Fine". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
- ^ "Nancy R. Heinen: Lit. Rel. No. 20683 / August 14, 2008". www.sec.gov. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
- ^ Nocera, Joe (2008-05-29). Good Guys and Bad Guys: Behind the Scenes with the Saints and Scoundrels of American Business (and Every thing in Between). Penguin. ISBN 978-1-4406-3203-7.
- ^ "SEC Settles Options Backdating Charges With Former Apple General Counsel For $2.2 Million". SEC. 14 August 2008.
- ^ "Nancy Heinen Board Chair". Empowering teen mothers, transforming lives. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
- ^ "An Evening with Churchill Club in Silicon Valley – Microsoft Bay Area Blog". blogs.microsoft.com. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
- ^ Miller, Claudia. "Our Board". First Place For Youth. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
- ^ "Leadership Luncheon 2018". PACT- People Acting in Community Together. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
- ^ "Business Hall of Fame 2017: Jodi Berg". clevelandmagazine.com. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
- ^ "Nancy Heinen – Lead Partner to Village Enterprise". Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ "VERB To Appoint Former APPLE Executive Nancy Heinen". SalesTechStar. 2019-12-26. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
- ^ Tuesday, AppleInsider Staff; January 23; 2007; PT, 07:00 am. "Apple chief executive questioned by U.S. authorities". AppleInsider. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
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