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Redesigning Your Life: The Transition to a Portfolio Lifestyle
By Susan Paley
Shifting from an executive to a board career, or “portfolio lifestyle,” can come with unexpected challenges, as these directors recount.
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Claudia Fan Munce is a seasoned venture capital investor with New Enterprise Associates. In addition, Fan Munce serves on multiple public company boards, and she is a faculty member of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where she teaches governance of venture capital-backed companies. Fan Munce is the chair of NACD Northern California.
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