Rochelle Rosato
Global Talent, Learning and Inclusion Leader — Marsh & McLennan Companies
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
Margaret Preston
Independent Director
Corporate Boards
McCormick & Company, Inc., Otis Worldwide, Inc.
Helaine Suval
President — Suval Consultants, LLC
Corporate Boards
Lenox Inc, UJA-Federation of NY
Andrea H. Bierce
Senior Partner — KPMG (Retired)
Corporate Boards
UBS Bank USA
Deborah Borg
Corporate Boards
SWM International
Jeannie Diefenderfer
Founder & CEO — CourageNPurpose, LLC
Corporate Boards
Colony Capital, Inc.
Merrie Frankel
President/Founder — Minerva Realty Consultants
Corporate Boards
Agree Realty Corporation
Ramona Heine
Co-Founder — Heine & Kim Fiduciary Partners LLC
Corporate Boards
MUFG Investor Services, UBS Investment Funds
Gail Lieberman
Managing Partner — Rudder Capital LLC
Corporate Boards
WL Gore, ICTS
Patricia Lizarraga
Managing Partner — Hypatia Capital
Corporate Boards
Credicorp, Ltd., Banco de Credito del Peru
Lori Tauber Marcus
Founder — Courtyard Connections, LLC
Corporate Boards
Phunware, Golub Corporation (dba Price Chopper)
Amy Radin
Corporate Boards
AICPA
Jana Schreuder
Retired Chief Operating Officer — The Northern Trust
Corporate Boards
Blucora Inc. ; Butterfield Group
Stefanie L. Shelley
Executive Advisor, Coach and Board Director
Corporate Boards
Mercer Advisors, Fora Financial
Rowena Track
Corporate Boards
University of New Haven, Stamford Partnership
Sheila Hooda
Corporate Boards
Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company
Marilyn Skony Stamm
President & CEO — Stamm International Corp
Corporate Boards
The Stamm International Corp., Powrmatic Ltd., UK
Erin Russell
Operating Advisor — Starboard Value Acquisition Corp
Corporate Boards
Kadant Inc., Tivity Health
Kate Buggeln
Corporate Boards
Five Below, cabi Clothing
Dr. Sharmila Makhija, MD
Professor and University Chair — Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Dept of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health
Corporate Boards
Every Mother Counts
JoAnn Laing
President and CEO — 3 Oxbridges Inc.
Corporate Boards
3 Oxbridges Inc., The National Robotics Education Foundation
Maureen Adolf
Senior Policy Adviser/Insurance — Eversheds Sutherland
Corporate Boards
USAA Life of New York, Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc
Alice Brennan
Corporate Boards
RENN Fund, Inc.
Bonnie Hill, Ed.D
President — B. Hill Enterprises, LLC
Corporate Boards
Banc of California, The RAND Corporation
Ann Sardini
President — In Progress Advisors
Corporate Boards
Treehouse Foods.Pier 1 Imports
Teresa DeLuca, MD, MBA
Corporate Boards
Surgery Partners , North Bud
Laurie Harris
Audit Partner (Retired) — PwC
Corporate Boards
IWG PLC, Synchronoss Technologies Inc.
Laurie Goodman
Corporate Boards
MFA, Arch Capital Group, Ltd.
Emily Peterson Alva
Robin Josephs
Corporate Boards
MFA, iStar
Barbara Faulkenberry
Major General, USAF (Retired) — U.S. Air Force
Corporate Boards
Callon Petroleum; USA Truck
Maria Rivas
Chief Medical Officer — EMD Serono, Inc.
Corporate Boards
Medidata Solutions
Alfreda Bradley-Coar
Principal — Bradley Coar Group
Sheila Hopkins
EVP & President Global Vision Care (Retired) — Bausch+Lomb
Corporate Boards
Prestige Consumer Healthcare
Robyn Muskat Frank
VP Diversity/General Counsel — Centerforce USA
Fran Green
Partner — Epstein Becker Green
Michelle Capezza
Member of the Firm — Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Michelle Middleton
EVP — Chubb Overseas General
Kelly Wallace
Managing Director — TrailRunner International
Dr. Sandi Webster
CEO — Sandi Webster LLC
Melissa Jampol
Member of the Firm — Epstein Becker Green
Jennifer Mota, FVP
Director of Human Resources — MFA Financial, Inc.
Tamara Bock
Member of the Firm — Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Deborah Cannavino
Member of the Firm — Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Erika Collins
Member of the Firm — Epstein Becker Green
Gretchen Harders
Member of the Firm — Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Deborah R. Chatman
Former Director — J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., UBS
Deborah Borg
EVP – Chief HR & Communications Officer — Bunge
Wendy Marcari
Member of the Firm — Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Dana Gilland
President, Chair of Board of Directors — Nest Egg Foundation, Inc.
Jen Mulrooney
Vice President, Regional Retirement Consultant — American Century Investments
Ann Sardini
President — In Progress Advisors
Afsar Farman-Farmaian
General Counsel — Varagon Capital Partners
George Carroll Whipple III
Board of Directors and Member of the Firm — Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Payam Siadatpour
Partner — Eversheds Southerland
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