# Professor Karen Brenner comments on mandatory retirement ages for corporate boards

1 Faculty News February 12, 2016 ![Wall Street Journal logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/wsjlogo.jpg?itok=5Qt0z3WX)>

Excerpt from [The Wall Street Journal](http://blogs.wsj.com/cfo/2016/02/12/redstone-departure-shows-boardroom-age-and-control-issues/) -- "The problem, experts say, is that board age limits risk sacrificing experience in a quest for new blood. 'The age limit is the default option,' said professor [Karen Brenner](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/karen-brenner) of New York University’s Stern School of Business. 'There are plenty of elderly board members who continue to contribute.'"

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