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2026 Honorees

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NACD Directorship 100 / NACD Directorship 100™ 2026 Honorees

2026 Honorees

Learn more about the exceptional individuals recognized in 2026 for their contributions to corporate governance:

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Richard K. Davis

B. KENNETH WEST LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

Dow Inc.
Mastercard Inc.
Wells Fargo & Company
Mayo Clinic

George Vradenburg

Nonprofit Director of the Year

UsAgainstAlzheimer’s, Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative, Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation, World Dementia Council 

Yvonne Wassenaar

Private Company Director of the Year

JFrog Ltd. (NASDAQ: FROG), Rubrik, Inc. (NYSE: RBRK), Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE: ANET), Private: Alation; Infoblox; Finout

Ellen Zane

Public Company Director of the Year

Boston Scientific Corporation, Haemonetics Corporation, Synchrony Financial, Fiduciary Trust Company Boston

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B. Kenneth West Lifetime Achievement Finalists

Ted Philip

United Airlines, BRP, Strata Critical Medical, REI

John W. Thompson

Rubrik, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Wetlands America Trust, Concordance, True Prices

James Turley

Citigroup, Emerson Electric, Northrop Grumman Corp., Precigen Inc., Kohler Co., ArchBridge Family Office

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Public Company Director of the Year Finalists

Rodney C. Adkins

UPS, W.W. Grainger, Avnet, Georgia Tech, Rollins College, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts

Mark Hawkins

Toast (NYSE: TOST), Workday (NASDAQ: WDAY), Cloudflare (NYSE: NET), Plaid, Ariel Alternatives

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Private Company Director of the Year Finalists

Frank Martire

Cannae, CSI, Folded Flags Foundation, Sacred Heart University, Mayo Leadership

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Nonprofit Director of the Year Finalists

Julie Greiner Weiser

Goodwill South Florida, Girls Inc., Miami Dade College Foundation, Fashion Institute of Technology

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NACD Directorship 100: Directors

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NACD Directorship 100: Governance Professionals

Aparna Bawa

Executive Vice President and Chief Legal & People Officer, Intel

Dannetta Bland

Managing Director; Board Effectiveness Practice Lead, Accenture

Beth Boland

Partner; Vice Chair, Environmental, Social & Corporate Governance (ESG) Practice, Foley & Lardner LLP

Jared Brandman

Chief Legal & Strategy Officer; Corporate Secretary, National Vision Holdings, Inc.

Chris Brandon

Worldwide FSI Enterprise Technologist Lead, Amazon Web Services

John Bremen

Senior Managing Director; Board Advisor; Chief Innovation & Acceleration Officer, WTW

Chris Drewry

Partner; Global Co-Chair of the Shareholder Activism and Takeover Defense Practice, Latham & Watkins

Ted Dysart

Managing Director; Board & CEO Advisory Practice, Russell Reynolds Associates

Matt Fawcett

 Executive Vice President; General Counsel; Secretary, DXC Technology Company

Rich Fields

Head of Board Effectiveness, Russell Reynolds Associates

Holly Gregory

Partner; Co-Chair, Global Corporate Governance Practice; Co-Lead, Crisis Management and ESG Teams, Sidley Austin LLP

Catie Hall

Senior Director, PwC, Governance Insights Center

Amy Jennings

North America Practice Leader - Executive & Board Advisory Services, AON

Nichole Jordan

Managing Partner, Dallas/Austin, Texoma Region, Grant Thornton Advisors LLC

Frank Kurre

Managing Director & Global Board Governance Leader, Protiviti Inc.

Kai Liekefett

Partner; Co-Chair, Public Company Advisory; Co-Chair, Shareholder Activism & Corporate Defense, Sidley Austin LLP

Jeff McAndrews

Partner and Co-Head, Global Crisis and Issues Management Practice, FGS Global

Dede Orraca-Cecil

Partner; Member, Healthcare Practice; Member, CEO & Board Advisory Practice, Egon Zehnder

Krista Parsons

Global and US Audit Committee Program Leader; Center for Board Effectiveness; Audit & Assurance Managing Director, Deloitte & Touche LLP

John Rodi

Partner; Co-Leader, KPMG Board Leadership Center, KPMG LLP

Amy Rojik

National Managing Principal – Corporate Governance; Leader, BDO Center for Corporate Governance, BDO USA, P.C.

James Turgal

Vice President, Cyber Risk, Strategy and Board Relations, Optiv Security

Matt Turner

President, Executive Compensation Consulting, Pearl Meyer

Samantha Wellington

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Secretary, eBay Inc.

Lori Zyskowski

Partner; Co-Chair, Securities Regulation & Corporate Governance Practice Group, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP