"I will admit it's a task with a lot of pitfalls, " says Neil Budde, editor of the Wall Street Journal's interactive edition and head of the steering committee.
Mulally, the former head of Boeing, has gotten high marks generally for steering the company through the worst economic downturn since the great depression, and was expected to step down at any time now that the worst has passed.
Speeches were given by heritage experts from across the UK including Ian Barnes, the Head of Archaeology for the National Trust, Chairman of the WHS Steering Committee Andrew Williamson, and WHS Coordinator Sarah Simmonds.