Private Women’s Global Corporate Venture Group

Venue: Menlo Park, CA

Time: 1:30 - 5:00 pm (General Session Followed By Two Tracks featuring three Keynote Interviews)

**All proceedings will follow Chatham House Rule.

1:30 – 2:00 pm – WOMEN ON BOARDS KICKOFF

Opening Program Greeting & Commentary:

Christina Riboldi, Executive Producer, GCV

Claudia Fan Munce, Board Advisor, NEA

Guest Speaker: Melissa Taunton, Partner, NEA

NEA with its vast portfolio of over 470 companies relies on its talent team to support these companies including building an effective board at the various stages. Melissa, who is the head of its talent team, will talk about how women leaders should position themselves to join venture backed boards.

Concurrent Tracks: Taking Place Across 2:00 – 5:00 pm

Attendees of Women On Boards will separate into areas of programing across two board rooms.

Track A: Private Company Board Training

Track B: Public Board Member Leadership Exchange

2:00 – 5:00 pm - TRACK A: PRIVATE BOARD SEAT TRAINING

This track is provided for insight offerings to those female fund managers that are considering/new at taking a private board seat. Seasoned private company board members will participate.

Session 1:

AVOIDING HEARTBURN: WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN TAKING A PRIVATE BOARD SEAT

Time: 2:00 – 2:30 pm -- with Audience Participation / Q&A

Magdalena Yesil, Founding Board Member, Salesforce

Einat Meisel, Partner, Fenwick

Session 2:

Time: 2:30 – 3:00 pm - -- with Audience Participation / Q&A

ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE: GENDER DIVERSITY & THE FEMALE BOARD MEMBER’S IMPACT

Cindy Padnos, Founder & Managing Partner at Illuminate Ventures

Lisa Spivey, Executive Director, National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD)

Session 3:

TURNING THE TIDES: WAYS TO CHARTER & CHANGE WHEN SERVING

Time: 3:00 – 3:30 pm – with Audience Participation / Q&A

Jennifer Fonstad, General Partner, Owl Capital

Karen Roter Davis, Managing Partner, Entrada Ventures

AFTERNOON BREAK

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Session 4:

REVOLUTIONARY ROAD: BEST PRACTICES FOR TOMORROW’S FEMALE BOARD MEMBER

Time: 4:00 – 4:30 pm – with Audience Participation / Q&A

Stacey Bishop, General Partner, Scale Venture Partners

Victoria Treyger, General Partner, Felicis Ventures

Session 5:

THE WAY FORWARD:

THE RESPONSE FROM NEXT-GEN FEMALE FUND MANAGERS

Daniela Proske, Managing Director, bp Ventures

Melina Bergkamp, Venture Capital, SVB

2:00 – 5:00 pm - TRACK B: PUBLIC BOARD SEAT TRAINING

This track is provided for insight offerings those keen to make the jump to public board seats.  Perspectives will be shared by experienced female public board members around three (3) areas of programming:

• Session 1: Public Persona: Governance and the Work of Public Company Boards

• Session 2: The Way Forward: What To Do To Secure a Board Seat

• Session 3: Rules of Engagement: How To Be An Effective Board Member

Contributing Insights From:

• Claudia Fan Munce, Board Advisor, NEA
• Heidi Roizen, General Partner, Threshold Ventures
• Laurie Yoler, General Partner, Playground Global
• Sonita Lontoh, Board Member, Sunrun, TrueBlue; advisor, Sway Ventures; former CMO, HP 3D Printing
• Cathy Benko, Former Vice Chairman of Deloitte LLP; Board Member of Nike, SolarWings, WorkBoard

CLOSING RECEPTION
Time: 5:00 – 7:30 pm