Thought Leadership from Our Local Sponsors

Aon

Aon plc (NYSE: AON) exists to shape decisions for the better — to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world. Our colleagues provide our clients in over 120 countries with advice and solutions that give them the clarity and confidence to make better decisions to protect and grow their business.

• Navigating Cybersecurity Risk in the New SEC Regime
• ESG Data: How Businesses Can Use Data to Gain an Edge
• Global Risk Management Report
• 2023 Cyber Resilience Report
• Pension Reforms: The Blueprint for a Sustainable Future

BDO

BDO delivers assurance, tax, and financial advisory services to clients throughout the country and around the globe. We offer numerous industry-specific practices, world-class resources, and an unparalleled commitment to meeting our clients' needs. We currently serve more than 400 publicly traded domestic and international clients.

• 2024 ESG Risk & ROI Survey
• 2023 Global Risk Landscape
• Data Quality for Nonprofits
• Spring 2023 Board Pulse Survey

Deloitte

Deloitte LLP provides industry-leading audit & assurance, consulting, tax, and risk and financial advisory services to many of the world's most admired brands, including more than 85 percent of the Fortune 500 and more than 6,000 private and middle market companies.

• Making waves: How Gen Zs and millennials are prioritizing—and driving—change in the workplace
• How boards are nurturing and measuring stakeholder trust
• Challenging the orthodoxies of brand trust

EY

EY exists to build a better working world, helping create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets. Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate.

• How boards can sharpen their focus on innovation
• The future of work: one size doesn’t fit all
• What if the difference between adversity and advantage is a resilient board?

Foley

Foley & Lardner LLP is a recognized national leader in the field of corporate governance. Through our National Directors' Institute, we educate board members on the challenges facing corporate boards, from Audit Committee compliance to cybersecurity issues to board refreshment in an age of increasing pressure on CEO performance.

• Key Takeaways for Directors on How to Harness the Power of AI in Health Care
• The Current State of FinTech
• The No Surprises Act: The Departments Proposed Another Increase to IDR Fee, Will it Stick?

Grant Thornton

Grant Thornton is the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd, one of the world's leading independent audit & assurance, tax and advisory firms, with over 60,000 professionals in more than 135 countries who are ready to help public and private organizations of all sizes take on today’s challenges.

• AI and life sciences: Navigating the risks and challenges
• Appetite for investment grows among mid-market leaders
• CSRD reporting: What you need to know

KPMG

One of the world's leading professional services firms and the fastest growing Big Four accounting firm in the United States. We're leading the industry in new and exciting ways. Our size and strength make us much more agile and responsive to changing trends.

• The DEI Challenge: Measuring Progress
• The C-suite’s dilemma: Who’s in charge of Artifical Intelligence risk?

Mintz

Founded in 1933, Mintz has grown into a versatile law firm of nearly 500 highly qualified and dedicated attorneys representing diverse international clients in many industries who turn to us for a wide range of legal services and resources.

• How Companies can Leverage the Value of Structured Workplace Mentoring
• The US Securities & Exchange Commission Targets AI on Multiple Fronts (Part 1 of 3)
• Lessons we all should learn from the Great Salt Lake Crisis 

Pay Governance

An independent executive compensation advisory firm. Our focus is on providing sound advice and counsel on how pay programs attract, retain and motivate executives to create shareholder value. The firm helps compensation committees and management ensure that compensation programs align pay with performance.

• Issues Facing Compensation Committees in 2024
• Board of Directors Compensation: Past, Present, and Future
• The 2023 Say on Pay Season - Outcomes and Observations
• Share Buybacks and Executive Compensation: Assessing Key Criticisms

PWC

At PwC, our purpose is to build trust in society and solve important problems. PwC is a network of firms in 158 countries with more than 236,000 people who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, advisory and tax services.

• Strategic oversight: the top 10 questions boards should ask about their process
• Global Family Business Survey
• Why should business be nature positive?

Sidley

The sixth-largest, U.S. based full-service corporate law firm. With more than 2,000 lawyers across 20 offices worldwide, it offers broad experience in transaction and litigation matters.

• SEC Finalizes Climate-Related Disclosure Rules Ushering in a New Era of Public Company Climate Reporting
• Artificial Intelligence: Key Business and Legal Issues to Consider
• Securities Class Actions in the Life Sciences Sector

ArentFox Shiff

ArentFox Schiff LLP is internationally recognized in core industries where business and the law intersect. With more than 600 lawyers and policy professionals, the firm serves as a destination for an international roster of companies, governments, individuals, and trade associations.

• 10 Legal Challenges for the Health Care Industry in 2023

Egon Zehnder

Egon Zehnder is the world’s preeminent leadership advisory firm, inspiring leaders to navigate complex questions with human answers. Our 600 consultants across 65 offices and 36 countries are former industry and functional leaders who collaborate seamlessly to deliver the full power of the Firm to every client, every time. We believe that together we can transform people, organizations and the world through leadership.

• Are you Building a Cabinet or Building a Board?
• A Call for Human Centric Governance

Lockton

Lockton is a global professional services firm with 6,500 Associates who advise clients on protecting their people, property, and reputations. Lockton has grown to become the world's largest privately held, independent insurance broker by helping clients achieve their business objectives.

• As AI's risks loom, organizations must proceed with caution

RSM

RSM is a leading provider of audit, tax, and consulting services focused on the middle market. We guide our clients through today's complex business environment by understanding their needs and bringing together the right teams to address them. With nearly 11,000 professionals in 87 U.S. cities, 4 locations in Canada, and access to over 43,000 people in 120 countries through our membership in RSM International, we can meet your needs wherever in the world you do business.

• Listening at Scale: Using AI to better connect and understand your customers (webseries)
• 2024 Industry Outlook: Industry-specific insights for the middle market