Boards: Long Term Stock Exchange, NMI Holdings, Inc., Realty Income Corporation,  Woodruff Sawyer.

Priya Cherian Huskins is an experienced public and private company board member. 

She serves on the board of directors of Realty Income Corp. (NYSE: O), an S&P 500 company. She chairs Realty Income’s compensation committee and serves on its nominating and governance committee. Priya also serves on the board of NMI Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: NMIH) and is a member of its compensation committee and nominating and governance committee.

Priya is the presiding director and a partner of Woodruff Sawyer, a full-service insurance brokerage that services clients worldwide. There she also chairs the compensation committee and serves on the nominating and governance committee. She is a recognized expert in directors and officers (D&O) liability risk and its mitigation. In addition to consulting on D&O insurance matters, she counsels clients on corporate governance, including ways to reduce their exposure to shareholder lawsuits and regulatory investigations.

Priya is also on the board of the Long-Term Stock Exchange, where she serves on the audit committee and governance committee. She was formerly the lead independent board member for Anzu SPAC I (Nasdaq: ANZUU).

Priya is a frequent speaker on D&O issues. She has appeared on CNBC and has been quoted in publications including the Wall Street Journal,  the New York Times, and the Financial Times. She is the editor of the D&O Notebook, a blog that analyzes issues as they arise in the areas of D&O liability, insurance, and corporate governance.

Priya is a member of the advisory board of the Stanford Rock Center for Corporate Governance and is an active participant in its programs, including as faculty for Stanford’s Directors College.

Prior to joining Woodruff Sawyer, Priya practiced corporate and securities law at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Priya has worked with both public and private technology companies through all stages of their development, including initial public offerings and merger and acquisition transactions.

Priya was awarded a juris doctor with honors from the Law School at the University of Chicago. She earned an undergraduate degree with high honors from Harvard University. Priya is a member of the California Bar.