Policy & Regulatory
Vanguard funds’ shareholders elect trustees
February 26, 2025
Vanguard fund shareholders elected the Boards of Trustees for all U.S.-domiciled funds according to the preliminary voting results announced at today’s Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders, with an overwhelming majority of the voted shares favoring each nominee as trustee.
“We’re pleased that we’ve concluded voting for all funds and that we have such an accomplished group of trustees,” said Tonya Robinson, Vanguard general counsel and secretary of the Vanguard funds. “With the proxy campaign concluded, we’ve strengthened our ability to give our clients the best chance for investment success, which is always our ultimate goal.”
Of the 13 fund trustees elected, four are new to the fund boards: Salim Ramji, Vanguard chief executive officer; John Murphy, president and chief financial officer of The Coca-Cola Company; Rebecca Patterson, former chief investment strategist at Bridgewater Associates LP; and Barbara Venneman, former global head of Deloitte Digital.
Nine other trustees have served on the fund boards previously and were elected by the shareholders to remain on the boards: Mark Loughridge, who is the independent chair; Tara Bunch; Scott Malpass; Lubos Pastor; André Perold; Sarah Bloom Raskin; Grant Reid; David Thomas; and Peter Volanakis. The newly elected boards of trustees will become effective on February 26, 2025.
For more information on the preliminary voting results, Vanguard shareholders are encouraged to visit the funds’ proxy resource center.
