Speakers

Board Leaders:

Pat Russo (Chair of Hewlett Packard Enterprises and Lead Director of General Motors), Sharon Bowen (Chair of the NYSE), Rich Stoddart (Chair of Hasbro), Robin Washington (Lead Director at Salesforce and Board Member of Alphabet), Dr. Helene Gayle (President of Spelman and Compensation Chair of Coca-Cola), Nora Denzel (Lead Director of AMD), Glenn Hubbard (Chair of MetLife), Mindy Grossman (former CEO of WW, Int’l)

Leading Investment Firms:

Jeff Smith (CEO of Starboard Value), Aeisha Mastagni (Portfolio Manager at CalSTRS), Michelle Gadsden-Williams (Global Head of DEI at BlackRock), Hilary Gosher (Managing Director at Insight Partners), Christine O’Brien (Head of Investment Stewardship at Elliott Investment Management)

Industry Thought Leaders:

Gretchen Carlson (Co-Founder of Lift Our Voices), Dr. Judith Rodin (former President of the Rockefeller Foundation and the University of Pennsylvania), Kristen Silverberg (President and COO of Business Roundtable), Donna Morris (Chief People Officer of Walmart), Brad Lerman (Chief Legal Officer of Starbucks), Homaira Akbari and Shamla Naidoo (authors of The Cyber Savvy Boardroom)

Trusted Board Service Providers:

Lex Suvanto (Global CEO of Edelman Smithfield), Jing Ulrich (Vice Chairman of Investment Banking at JP Morgan), Jaimie Nawaday (Co-Head of Government Enforcement & Internal Investigations at Seward & Kissell), Robin Ferracone (CEO of Farient Advisors), Kai Liekefett (Co-Chair of Sidley’s Shareholder Activism & Corporate Defense Practice), Jim Rossman (Global Head of Shareholder Advisory at Barclays) , Kevin Kajiwara (Co-President of Political Risk Advisory at Teneo) and Diane McIntyre (CEO of People Advisory in the US at Teneo)

Board Search and Advisory Professionals:

Beth Stewart (CEO of Trewstar), Rusty O’Kelley (Managing Director in Russell Reynolds Associates’ Board and CEO Advisory Practice), Lisa Blais (Co-Head of US CEO & Board Practice at Egon Zehnder), Seonaid Charlesworth (Spencer Stuart’s Board Practice), Chuck Gray (Co-Head of the US CEO and Board Practice at Egon Zehnder)

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