New York

conversation ON BOARD DIVERSITy

WOMEN DIRECTORS DURING TIMES OF CRISIS

Friday, December 4: 2:00pm - 3:30pm et

90-minute Conversation

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Chair & Co-chairs

Susan Sholinsky

Member of the Firm — Epstein Becker Green

SGross@ebglaw.com

Rochelle Rosato

Global Talent, Learning and Inclusion Leader — Marsh & McLennan Companies

Rochelle.Rosato@marsh.com

Dawn Langeland

Managing Director — Golin

DLangeland@golin.com

Sandra Zarraga

Principal | Advisory | Financial Services — Ernst & Young

sandra.zarraga@ey.com

moderator

Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire

CEO — 2020 Women on Boards

Since 2018, Betsy has been CEO of the nonprofit 2020 Women on Boards, the leading global education and advocacy campaign committed to increasing the number of women directors on public company boards of directors. A 501c3 research and education nonprofit, 2020WOB produces the annual Global Conversation on Board Diversity in more than 30 cities every November, and Get on Board! Interactive workshops. She is the author of two books, "The Board Game: How Smart Women Become Corporate Directors” and “Winning the Board Game: How Women Directors Make the Difference.”

For 26 years, Betsy has co-owned Berkhemer Clayton, Inc., a retained executive search firm based in Los Angeles, specializing in senior-level and board searches for corporations, universities and nonprofit organizations. The firm is committed to advancing gender and ethnic diversity on corporate boards and in senior management positions throughout the country, with 44% of placed management candidates women and 36% men and women of color. She previously served on the boards of the Southern California Leadership Network and UCLA Medical Center, and the consumer advisory board for SoCal Edison.

Robin Ferracone

CEO — Farient Advisors

Robin A. Ferracone is founder and Chief Executive Officer of Farient Advisors LLC, an executive compensation, performance and corporate governance advisory firm, based in New York and Los Angeles. Her boards include Trupanion, Inc., a pet insurance company; WildAid Board (nonprofit) and 2020 Women on Boards. She is a member of NACD, WCD, YPO Gold, the International Women’s Forum (IWF), and the NACD Directorship 100. She has authored the book “Fair Pay Fair Play: Aligning Executive Performance and Pay.” Robin was Chairman of the U.S. West Region for Mercer’s parent company, Marsh & McLennan Companies, and she was market leader and Worldwide Partner at Mercer. She received an MBA from Harvard Business School and her BA summa cum laude in Management Science and Economics from Duke University where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Corporate Boards: 2020 Women on Boards, Trupanion

Herman Bulls

Vice Chairman, Americas — JLL

Herman E. Bulls is Vice Chairman, Americas of JLL the 2nd largest global commercial real estate firm in the world. During 30 years at JLL, Mr. Bulls has worked in the areas of development, investment management, asset management, facilities operations and business development/retention. Working across the firm’s platform he provides thought leadership, strategic guidance and perspective to senior executive clients for improving organizational performance through real estate. Prior to joining JLL, Bulls completed 12 years of active duty service with the United States Army. He is a retired Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves. Mr. Bulls received a BS degree in engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point and an MBA in finance from Harvard Business School. Mr. Bulls’ awards include the National Association of Corporate Directors Top 100 Directors, Top Blacks in Corporate America and Most Influential Black Directors in Corporate America, Savoy Magazine 2016, 2017 and 2020.

Corporate Boards: USAA, Comfort Systems, USA

Julie Hill

Director

Julie Hill serves on the boards of Anthem (insurance), The Lord Abbett Family of Funds (a $150 billion New York-based mutual fund management firm), and previously on Lend Lease based in Sydney, Australia. She chaired the Board of Trustees of the University of California Irvine Foundation. Previously, her career included U.S. CEO of Costain Homes based in England, and Mobil Land Development Corp. a division of Mobil Oil in Atlanta.She chaired the board of Human Options, a shelter for abused women and children and Orange County Community Foundation. She is a member of the International Women’s Forum and a prior member of the Women’s Leadership Board of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. She graduated in English from UCLA and has a Master’s in marketing from the University of Georgia. She resides in Newport Coast, CA, and London.

Corporate Boards: Anthem, Inc., Lord Abbett

Joanna Lau

Founder & CEO — Lau Technologies

Joanna Lau is founder and CEO of Lau Technologies, a technology development company which now handles debt financing and previously delivered state of the art products to the US Army and Air Force. Joanna is a member of the Young/World President Organization (YPO/WPO) and served as Chair of the New England Chapter in 2012. Joanna received the Ernest & Young National Turnaround Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Her nonprofit boards include Nellie Mae Education Foundation, New England’s largest philanthropic organization dedicated exclusively to education; the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, and the National Defense Industrial Association. Education: MBA from Boston University; MS in Computer Science from Old Dominion University and a BS in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics from SUNY at Stony Brook.

Corporate Boards: Nellie Mae Education Foundation, The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation