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June 10, 2025 7:45 AM - 6:30 PM EST Boston, MA

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Deb Rosenthal
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Larissa Ravetto
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About The Event

Member Price: $600.00

Non Member Price: $700.00

Credits: 8 NACD Credits

This program is designed for directors currently sitting on public company boards.

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Foley Lardner

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Event Speakers

Steve Barth

Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP

For over 40 years, Steven R. Barth has provided practical advice and guidance on public and private offerings of equity and debt securities; public corporation securities laws and reporting compliance; and corporate governance...

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Beth Boland

Beth Boland

Chair, NACD New England; Chair, Securities Enforcement & Litigation Practice at Foley & Lardner

Beth I.Z. Boland is chair of Foley & Lardner's Securities Enforcement & Litigation Practice and vice chair of the Litigation Department. She represents clients in shareholder suits, SEC, and Attorney General investigations and consumer class actions. ...

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John Carlin

Partner - Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

John P. Carlin is a partner at Paul, Weiss where he leads the Investigations, Cybersecurity & Data Protection, and National Security practices, and advises industry-leading organizations on matters involving privacy and cybersecurity, crisis management, Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), sanctions and export control, white collar defense and internal investigations...

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Matt DiGuiseppe

Managing Director, PwC Governance Insights Center

Matt DiGuiseppe is a Managing Director in PwC’s Governance Insights Center, which strives to strengthen the connection between directors, executive teams, and investors by helping them navigate the evolving governance landscape...

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Jack Klinck

Jack Klinck

Board Member / Investor / Advisor

Jack is a senior executive with extensive international operating experience in financial services and public/private/non-profit boards. Jack has spent his career in financial services including three global banks and more recently Angel Investing/Venture Capital and consulting....

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Jim Mullen

Director, ThermoFisher Scientific

Jim Mullen is a recognized biotech leader with more than 40 years of experience building leading biotechnology and pharmaceutical organizations on a global scale...

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Rebecca Schechter

CEO and Healthcare Executive

Rebecca Schechter is a dynamic and results-driven P&L leader with a track record of profitably growing and transforming businesses in group benefits, retirement and healthcare. In addition to being a CEO/President, Rebecca is a corporate director for IA Financial Group as well as an advisor for a global venture health-tech fund...

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Maureen Wolff

CEO and Founder, Sharon Merrill Advisors

Maureen Wolff is the Chief Executive Officer, of Sharon Merrill Advisors and an accomplished visionary in the fields of investor relations and corporate communications with more than 30 years of success counseling C-level executives and directors to raise the level of their communications, build credibility and maximize shareholder value...

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AGENDA:

 

7:45am: Registration

 

8:15-9:10am: ADVANCED TOPICS IN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: Key issues in Corporate Governance today including Disruption (geopolitical, technological); M&A; Disclosure (transparency with stakeholders helping to build bridges); Innovation and the role of the Board; Climate.

 

9:10-10:10am: FIDUCIARY DUTIES: The latest court cases that impact fiduciary responsibilities, shareholder rights or Director risks, including how do you know you have enough D&O coverage and what questions directors should be asking.

 

10:10-11:00am: HOT TOPICS FROM AUDIT COMMITTEE: What every director needs to know

 

11:00-11:20am: Break

 

11:20am-12:15pm: INVESTORS: Activists and Investors. Panel discussing current environment and specific viewpoints, actions by both activists and investors and Boards different approaches.

 

12:15-12:45pm: Lunch

 

12:45-1:50pm: EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES: Setting the stage of emerging technologies including Quantum and AI.  AI will focus on practical applications.

 

1:50-3:10pm: MASTERING COMPLEX RISK IN A VOLATILE WORLD: WAR GAMES Interactive Crisis Management

 

3:10–3:35pm: Break

 

3:35-4:35pm: STRATEGY: Building a Culture of innovation and growth. Considerations of new technologies, ideas and transformation.

 

4:35–5:30pm: COMPENSATION: Hot Topics for the Compensation Committee; Compensation issues (Executives and Directors) current focus of ISS/Glass Lewis and Shareholders.

 

5:30–5:45pm: NACD Certification

 

5:45-6:30pm: Networking

 

CANCELLATION POLICY 
You may receive a full refund up to 5 business days prior to an event, after a written cancellation is received.  After that time, credit to a future program can be offered.

NACD New England
Contact Us

Deb Rosenthal
Executive Director
NACD New England Chapter
drosenthal@nacdne.org

Larissa Ravetto
Events & Administrative Coordinator
NACD New England Chapter
lravetto@nacdne.org
781-461-2668

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