Saba Capital disclosed that it plans to run a proxy contest for two board seats. Chevedden, a longtime shareholder activist based in California, initiated two of the three successful campaigns this year. He successfully proposed an amendment to Humana Inc.'s bylaws in February to adopt a simple majority voting standard, and succeeded again by proposing the same change at Verisk Analytics Inc. in April. The National Center For Public Policy Research is an activist group focusing on anti-ESG, pro-neutrality campaigns, said Scott Shepard, the group's general counsel and free enterprise project director. T he organization has targeted some of the largest nonbank financial institutions, including Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Mastercard Inc., American Express Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc, often submitting shareholder proposals to amend the companies' human rights, social or diversity statements.