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    Governance in the Age of AI

    How board governance must adapt and evolve to keep  pace with innovations in data, privacy, cybersecurity, and AI.  Hosted by Wharton Alumni  and the Nasdaq Center for Board Excellence. 

    Private Event

    Leading-Edge Stewardship Roundtable

    Inaugural, invitation-only event co-hosted by Stanford Women on Boards and the Stanford Rock Center for Corporate Governance. A discussion among experienced corporate board leaders on boardroom best practices. 

    Private Event

    Governance Lessons for Fintechs


    Insights that Fintech leaders can take away from the OpenAI, Tesla, Klarna, and other boardroom blowups of 2024.



    Register

    How to Sell Data Innovation to the Board
    An organization's data is a strategic asset. But how can you secure Board approval for the  investments in data, infrastructure and security necessary to make that a reality?



    Video

    Sustainable Hyper Growth

    Founders often fail the challenges that hit after Product-Market Fit but before scaling.  Donna provided a "How To" on achieving Product-Marketing Fit to the CEO/founders backed by Sway Ventures. 


    Video

    Reimagining Risk 

    In its 29th year, The Exchange is a community of senior executives, academics, scientists, and entrepreneurs who come together annually to exchange knowledge and collaborate to solve important business and societal problems. 

    Private Event

    Private Company Governance

    Sharing best practices and lessons learned from both sides of the boardroom in early- to late-stage VC-backed companies with CEO/founders backed by Redesign Health.


    Private Event

    Wharton "Catalyst" Interview 

    A virtual series hosted by Wharton Women.  "Catalysts" are industry leaders that continually drive change to enhance their business and community.  


    Video

    Modern Governance

    Exploring how boards are organizing and collaborating to address ESG, Information Security, DEI and digital transformation.  Hosted by Athena Alliance.


    Video

    M&A: New Realities

    As businesses accelerate digital transformation through deal-making, how should boards stay abreast of the changed environment?  Hosted by the Financial Times.


    Video

    Future of Corporate Governance

    Sharing perspectives on the rapidly evolving role of corporate boards and the imperatives for change in the boardroom. Interviewed by The Athena Alliance.



    Interview

    Growth Strategy

    Sharing lessons learned from scaling companies from Mint.com to Mindflash to Betterment (a Kinnevik portfolio company) with CEO's backed by this $16 billion European VC firm.


    Private Event

    Board Diversity

    Part of an annual, global discussion about the business imperative for diversity and gender balance on corporate boards.

    Corporate Governance

    Leading a session on SPAC Governance for public board members attending Stanford's annual Directors' College.  Hosted by the 

    Stanford Rock Center for Corporate Governance.


    Private Company Governance

    A panel discussion on how directors, investors, and executives can align on board composition, skills, and processes to help emerging companies better prepare for the long term.  Hosted by Women Corporate Directors and KPMG.

     Board Service

    Candid conversation about the realities of Board service in 2021: public, private, non-profit and SPAC.  Presenting with Mariam Naficy, founder and CEO of  Minted.com. Hosted by 

    Stanford Women on Boards.

    Video

    M&A Amid the Pandemic 

    A discussion of the specific challenges and new opportunities driven by the Covid economy.  Fellow panelists: Christine Heckart, CEO of Scalyr, Duncan Smithson of WTW.  Hosted by the Financial Times Agenda Week.

    Event Recording

    SPAC vs. Traditional IPO

    With over $80 billion raised by the 170+ SPAC’s listed in 2020 the SPAC option for private companies is hyper-competitive and growing.  This discussion focuses on the strategic and governance questions  raised.  Hosted by Deloitte.

    Private Event

    Role of Data in Decision Making

    With Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn CEO, and Tara Lemméy, LENS Ventures CEO, a deep dive into the approach and practice of iteration and analysis to achieve product::market fit.

    Video

    Customer Experience

    Understanding the future of the customer experience and outlining effective tactics to transform the way that innovation happens within organizations. Hosted by Sway Ventures.

    Video

    Building Mint.com

    Lessons learned from creating the first national Personal Financial Management application and brand for 2 million Millennials...with a marketing budget of $1 per user. 

    Video

    "The Future Ain't What it used to be." Yogi Berra

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