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NACD Directors Summit™ 2025

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Global thought leaders shaping the future of governance.

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2025 Mainstage Speakers

Anu Aiyengar

Global Head of Advisory and Mergers & Acquisitions, J.P. Morgan

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Anima Anandkumar

AI researcher and professor, Caltech

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Sharon Bowen

Chair, New York Stock Exchange; Director, Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., Neuberger Berman Group LLC, Akamai Technologies; Partner, Seneca Women

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Ian Bremmer

President & Founder, Eurasia Group and GZERO Media

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Adam Bryant

Senior Managing Director and Partner, The ExCo Group

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Peter Gleason

President and Chief Executive Officer, NACD

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Diane Hessan

Director, Panera Brands, Eastern Bank, Brightcove, Sago, NACD New England Chapter

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Ramy Houssaini

Chief Cyber Solutions Officer, Cloudflare

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Ryan McManus, NACD.DC

Board Member, Nortech Systems, NACD New York, Limbik AI, ArcticBlue AI; Founder, techtonic.io

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Wayne Peacock

Former CEO and President, USAA; Vice Chair, Elizabeth Dole Foundation

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Shelly Palmer

Advanced Media Professor, Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications; CEO, The Palmer Group

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Andrew Senchak

Board of Trustees, 9/11 Memorial & Museum; Former Chairman, KBW, Inc.

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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

Founder & President, Chief Executive Leadership Institute, Senior Associate Dean, Leadership Studies & Lester Crown Professor, Practice of Management, Yale University

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Kimberly Simpson

Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, NACD

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Mary A. Winston

Chair, NACD Board of Directors; Board Member, Chipotle Mexican Grille Inc., TD Bank Group, TD US Bank, Northrop Grumman

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Dona Young, NACD.DC

Former Chair, President, and CEO, The Phoenix Companies; Former Nonexecutive Chair, Foot Locker; Director, Spahn & Rose, USAA, NACD

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Donna F. Zarcone, NACD.DC

Director, CDW Corporation, Cigna Group, Duchossois Capital Management, Halstatt, and Quinnox

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2025 Concurrent Session Speakers

Esther Aguilera

Senior Advisor, Altura Capital; Advisor, Angeles Investors; Board Member, MasPanadas, Latinas in Beauty

Nisa Amoils

Director, Wharton, Robotics Automation; Managing Partner, A100x Ventures

Linda E. Amuso

Senior Partner, Aon and Vice Chair, Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

Stephanie Anderson

Senior Managing Director, Global Co-Leader, Investigations and Forensic Accounting, Ankura

Sheila Bangalore

Director, StoneAge Holdings Inc.; Advisory Board Member, Games Global Ltd.

Thorold Barker

Director, Moelis & Co; Director, Tiger 21, Senior Adviser, AlixPartners

Jordan Barth

Managing Director, US Cyber Response & Resilience Leader, KPMG LLP

Patricia M. Bedient NACD.DC

Chair, Alaska Air Group; Director, Suncor Energy, Park Hotels and Resorts; Board Member, Overlake Hospital Medical Center; Chair-Elect, Oregon State University Foundation

Megan Belcher

Director, Yakima Chief Hops; Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary, Kohler Co.

Robyn Bew

Director, EY Americas Center for Board Matters

Lynne Biggar

Senior Advisor, BCG; Independent Director, Hiscox, Anheuser-Busch; Director, Voya Financial, Finastra

Charles K. Bobrinskoy

Vice Chairman, Head of Investment Group, Ariel Investments; Board Member, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Andrea Bonime-Blanc

CEO & Founder, GEC Risk Advisory; Director, NACD New Jersey, Epic Theatre Ensemble, Cyber Future Foundation

Kim Box, NACD.DC

Independent Director, McGrath Rentcorp, Med One Group, Applied Science, PCTA

Jerry Burris

Director, nVent Electric Plc, Mohawk Industries, President & CEO, PolyShield Group

Alicja Cade

Director, Financial Services, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud; Member, CxO Trust Advisory Council, CSA

Gregory D. Cessna, NACD.DC

Lead Independent Director, Maclean-Fogg, Henderson Brothers Inc.; CEO & President, Consumers Produce Inc., Northbound Consulting

Kimberly Y. Chainey

Director, Warrior Met Coal; Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Corporate Secretary, AptarGroup

Sandra B. Cochran

Director, Lowes Inc.; Six Flags Entertainment Corporation; Signet Jewelers Limited

Stephen Cohen

Partner and Global Practice Leader, Regulatory and Enforcement Group, Sidley Austin LLP

Paul Connelly, NACD.DC

Professor of Practice for Cybersecurity, Belmont University; Independent Director, Fortified Health Security; Technical Advisor, U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network

David Crosbie

Founder, Redengage; Former SEC Visiting Fellow, Crypto and AI

Christine Davine

Managing Partner, Center for Board Effectiveness, Deloitte & Touche LLP

Dan Diasio

Global Consulting Artificial Intelligence Leader, EY

Evelyn Dilsaver

Independent Board Director, SomniGroup, Health Equity, QuidelOrtho, PACS Group

John Driver, NACD.DC

Director, Broadway Financial Corp., City First Bank N.A., and Vital Energy; CEO, Lynx Technology

Josh Dubofsky

Global Co-Chair, Shareholder Activism and Takeover Defense Practice, Latham

Ana Dutra, NACD.DC

Director, Pembina Pipeline, Carparts.com, Latino Corporate Directors Association

Matrice Ellis-Kirk

Founder, Ellis Kirk Group; Chair Emeritus and Board Member, AT&T Performing Arts Center; Jefferies Financial Group

David Garfield

Co-CEO and Board Member, AlixPartners; Board Member, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Zach Georgeson

Managing Director and North America Executive Compensation & Board Advisory Practice Co-Lead, WTW

Diane Gherson

Independent Board Director, Kraft Heinz, Centivo, TechWolf; Senior Advisor, BCG

John P. Gimigliano

Co-Principal in Charge, Federal, Legislative, and Regulatory Services Group, Washington National Tax Practice, KPMG US; Board Member, NYU Institute on Federal Taxation, The Tax Council

Jamie Gorelick

Director, Amazon, Verisign; Chair, Regulatory and Government Affairs Department, WilmerHale

Christine Gorjanc, NACD.DC

Audit Committee Chair, Forward Air, Polestar

Kathleen A. Graham

CEO, The HQ Companies, Inc; Director, Chicago Finance Exchange, NABE Chicago, North Central College

Ginger Graham

Lead Independent Director, Nominating and Governance Committee Chair, Walgreens Boots Alliance

Jill Granoff

Senior Advisor, Eurazeo & Alix Partners; Board Director, Macy's Inc.

Beth Haddock

Director and Advisor, GMO Trust, Stablecoin Standard, Buxton Hemseley

Lisa Hammitt

Chair, Intelsat; Director, Sun Corporation, Clear Channel Outdoor

Gail B. Harris

Lead Director and Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee, Evercore Inc.; Trustee Emeritus, Stanford University

Alyssa H. Henry

Board Member, Intel, Confluent, Samsara, Athenahealth

Chad Holliday

Lead Independent Director, Venterra Group PLC; Chief Advisor, Resource Resolutions, PLC.

Richard Holt

Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal Corporate Performance Improvement

Ben Holzemer

Director, Commonwealth Club World Af; Firm Partner and Global Head of Human Capital, TPG

Marie Oh Huber

Director and Nominating, Governance, and Sustainability Committee Chair, Portland General Electric

Becky Huddleston

Managing Director and North America Executive Compensation & Board Advisory Practice Co-Lead, WTW

D'Anne Hurd

Independent Trustee, Impax Funds; Audit Committee Chair, Martin Engineering, Inc.

Jonathan Johnson

Director, The J.M. Smucker Co.; Audit Committee Chair, Nursa; Director, Bloom

Regina Jones

Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM); Board Member, National Association of Manufacturers

Nichole Jordan

Regional Managing Principal, Market Managing Principal, Partner, National Leadership Team, Grant Thornton

Shaz Kahng

Director, GoPro Inc., Wharton Alumni for Boards

Samantha Kappagoda

Independent Director, Credit Suisse Funds; Member, Business Board at University of Toronto

Karin Klein

Director, Regency Centers and Paramount Group; Founding Partner, Bloomberg Beta

Nita Kohli, NACD.DC

CEO & Co-Founder, Kohli Advisors LLC; Advisory Board Member, Interos Inc., BD Logic

Frank Kurre

Managing Director, Global Board Governance & CEO Program Leader, Protiviti

Johnny Lee

National Practice Leader for Forensic Technology, Grant Thornton

Carol P. Lowe

Audit Committee Chair, Arrow Electronics, Inc., EMCOR Group, Duravant, Novolex

Vladimir Lukić

Managing Director and Senior Partner; Global Leader, Tech and Digital Advantage Practice, BCG

Ed Magee

Independent Director, WD-40 (WDFC); COO, Thomas F. Frist Jr. College of Medicine

David Martin

Managing Director and Senior Partner, Global Lead, People and Organization Practice, BCG; Director, United Way of Metropolitan Dallas

Kevin Martin

Chief Research Officer, Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)

Aeisha Mastagni

Senior Portfolio Manager, Sustainable Investment & Stewardship Strategies, California State Teachers’ Retirement System; Chair, Council of Institutional Investors; Vice Chair, Golden 1 Credit Union

Nichelle Maynard-Elliott

Founder and CEO, Dunamis Transaction Advisors LLC; Independent Director, Xerox; Independent Director, Lucid Group, Inc.

Dennis J. McGowan

Vice President, Professional Practice and Anti-Fraud Initiatives, Center for Audit Quality

Lauren McIlvany

Technical Director, CERT Division Threat Analysis Directorship and Director, Artificial Intelligence Security Incident Response Team, Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute

Roberto Medrano

Director, Lief Organics, Cyvatar, Linker, Earth Lab Holdings, Braille Institute

Liz Micci

Co-Global Head of Strategy & Reputation, FGS Global

Donna Morris

Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer, Walmart Inc.; Trustee, Fordham University; Director, PhonePe; Director, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

James Mullen

Director, Thermo Fisher Scientific; Operating Partner, Advent International

Linda K. Myers

Partner, Kirkland & Ellis; Director, LCI Industries Inc., Gibraltar Industries, Marex

Nick Oldham

Global Chief Risk, Privacy & Compliance Officer, Equifax

Lyndon Park

Managing Director, Shareholder Engagement and M&A Capital Markets, J.P. Morgan

Jerry Perullo, NACD.DC

Professor of the Practice, School of Cybersecurity and Privacy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Founder, Adversarial Risk Management

Tom Petro, NACD.DC

Director, Univest Financial Corp., Fintegra LLC, NovaData Solutions; Managing Partner, 1867 Capital Partners

Rima Qureshi

Director, Mastercard, British Telecom, Loblaw Companies

Raffaela Rein

Director, PE Mutares, Tech Unicorn IU; Managing Director, BoardLens Inc.

Gregory Rice

Partner and Director, Corporate Finance and Strategy Practice, BCG

Ellen Richstone, NACD.DC

Director, Cognition Therapeutics Inc., Superior Industries, Orion Energy Systems Inc., NACD New England Chapter; Advisory Board Member, Amerian College of Corporate Directors; Former Fortune 500 CFO and Private Company CEO

Jane Sadowsky, NACD.DC

Director, Allied Gold, Nexa Resources, Scientific Games, NACD New York Chapter; Senior Advisor, Moelis

Stacey L. Schabel

Director, Institute of Internal Auditors Global Board; Chief Audit Executive, Jackson Financial Inc.

Teresa Sebastian

Director, The AES Corporation, Kaiser Aluminum Corporation; President, Dominion Asset Group LLC

Harpreet Sidhu

Senior Managing Director, Americas Security Lead, Accenture LLP

Shiv Singh

CEO, Savvy Matters; Co-Founder, AI Trailblazers; Director, United Rentals

Chris Smith

Chief Government Affairs Officer, Ford Motor Company

Vito Sperduto

Head of RBC Capital Markets U.S., RBC Capital Markets (RBCCM); Board President, Play Rugby USA

Dave Stainback

US Territory Crisis & Resilience Leader, Global Crisis & Resilience Co-Leader, PwC US

Christa L. Steele

Board Member, Tanimura & Antle, The Doctors Company, Deep Isolation Nuclear; Former CEO, Balco Holdings; Former President and CEO, Mechanics Bank

Jeffery M. Swain

Chairman of the Board Burris Logistics, Chairman Draper Media, Lead Director Holden Connor

Lawrence X. Taylor, NACD.DC

Director, Caliber Companies, 1847 Holdings, Runbeck Election Services, NACD Pacific Southwest Chapter; President, Taylor Strategy Group

Tim Theriault

Risk and Technology Committee Chair, Bread Financial; Board Member, Wellmark

James L. Turgal

Vice President, Global Advisory, Risk and Board Relations, Optiv; Former FBI Executive Assistant Director and CIO

Matt Turner

President, Executive Compensation Consulting, Pearl Meyer

Jing Ulrich

Vice Chairman of Investment Banking, J.P. Morgan; Supervisory Board of Adidas

Tony Wells

Venture Partner, AZ-VC; Director and Compensation Committee Member, Yelp; Director, Nexstar, TripleLift, Amalgamated Bank

Alejandro Wolff

Director, Governance and Public Policy Committee Chair, Albemarle Corporation; Director, Compensation Committee Chair, Frontier Group Holdings; Director, JetSMART Holdings

Helen Yu

Director, CEC and KeenFolks; CEO, Tigon Advisory Corp.

Dawn Zier

Chair, Hain Celestial; Director, Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Acorns; ExCo Leadership Group

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