Thank you to our 2025 Sponsors

In a world where everyone is just one search engine query away from a digital threat manifesting into a potential physical concern, 360 Privacy provides digital executive protection and real-time risk mitigation for executives, organizations, board members, and high-net worth individuals, such as athletes and entertainers. By removing personal information from data broker websites (like home addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses), and conducting daily scans on the deep and dark web, 360 Privacy helps keep our clients' attention focused on their firms, the field, and their families.

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Technology and Operations services and Accenture Song — all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 710,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities.

AESC and its members share a deep commitment to the highest quality standards in executive search and leadership consulting—for the benefit of clients, candidates, and the profession. Through collaboration and innovative thinking, we deliver the future of global leadership today. 

Through BlueSteps, AESC’s career platform for senior executives, members support candidates throughout their leadership journeys—offering access to vetted executive opportunities, career insights, and board and C-level preparation resources.

AESC Members, ranging in size from large global executive search and leadership consulting firms and networks to regional and boutique firms, represent 16,000+ trusted professionals spanning 1,450+ offices in 70+ countries. Members leverage their access and expertise to find, place, and develop more than 100,000 executives each year in board and C-level positions for the world’s leading organizations of all types and sizes.

Agenda is a news source by the Financial Times for U.S. corporate boards. Through engaging articles, expert-led webcasts and exclusive research reports, we provide the insights boards need to navigate evolving governance challenges.

AlixPartners is a results-driven global consulting firm that specializes in helping businesses successfully capitalize on opportunities and address critical challenges. Our clients include companies, corporate boards, law firms, investment banks, private equity firms, and others. Founded in 1981, AlixPartners is headquartered in New York and has offices in more than 20 cities around the world.

The Alpha Companies, including Alpha IR Group and Alpha Advisory Group, deliver fully integrated and comprehensive Investor Relations, Communications, Issues & Crisis Management, and Transactions & IPO Advisory capabilities to build, protect, and enhance corporate reputations and investment brands. We bring deep sector expertise across 24 practice areas that highlight our senior-driven programs focused on our clients’ most critical stakeholders. Alpha is the right choice to manage our clients’ reputations, credibility, brand, and ultimately, their valuation. Our offices are located in Chicago, New York, Boston and Dallas and we have served companies across all industries and through multiple inflection points in the business cycle.

Alvarez & Marsal is a global professional services firm known for leadership, action and results. Since 1983, A&M has helped corporates, private equity, and governments drive transformation, improve performance, and mitigate risk through practical, hands-on solutions delivered by a network of seasoned professionals and former industry leaders.

Ankura Consulting Group, LLC is an independent global expert services and advisory firm that delivers end-to-end solutions to manage conflict, crisis, performance, risk, strategy, and transformation. Ankura has more than 2,000 professionals serving 3,000+ clients across 55 countries. Collaboration and experience drive our multidisciplinary approach to Protect, Create, and Recover Value™.

Aon is in the business of better decisions. Our Human Capital products and advisors help clients navigate today's most pressing people challenges to create a healthier, more engaged, and ultimately more productive workforce, from the executive suite to early careers. https://www.aon.com/en/contact-us

Since 2006, Amazon Web Services has been the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud. AWS has been continually expanding its services to support virtually any workload, and it now has more than 240 fully featured services for compute, storage, databases, networking, analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), mobile, security, hybrid, media, and application development, deployment, and management from 105 Availability Zones within 33 geographic regions, with announced plans for 18 more Availability Zones and six more AWS Regions in Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Thailand, and the AWS European Sovereign Cloud. Millions of customers—including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—trust AWS to power their infrastructure, become more agile, and lower costs.

Baker Botts L.L.P. is a leading international law firm that advises clients on complex legal and regulatory matters, including, but not limited to, high-stakes litigation, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and SEC compliance. With deep industry expertise and a track record of guiding clients through transformative transactions and critical risk management, the firm delivers strategic legal counsel aligned with company initiatives. Baker Botts helps corporate directors navigate their fiduciary duties, manage legal risk, and ensure compliance with evolving regulatory requirements. The firm provides strategic counsel on governance best practices, board oversight responsibilities, internal investigations, and crisis management, enabling directors to make informed decisions that support business priorities.

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we work closely with clients to embrace a transformational approach aimed at benefiting all stakeholders—empowering organizations to grow, build sustainable competitive advantage, and drive positive societal impact.

BDO delivers assurance, tax and advisory services throughout the country and around the globe. We offer an unparalleled commitment to meeting clients’ needs through partner-involvement, deep industry knowledge, geographic coverage across the U.S. and a cohesive global network. BDO brings world-class resources and exceptional service to each of our clients. What truly sets BDO apart is our commitment to exceeding expectations on every assurance, tax and advisory engagement, local or multinational. It’s about more than our depth of experience or technical excellence, more than our open, communicative culture. It’s about a firm-wide dedication to delivering exceptional client service, without exception.

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Board Voice is the done-for-you content and personal branding service built exclusively for board directors and aspiring board members.

We craft the authority-building content, executive positioning, and visibility strategies that put you on the radar of decision-makers, search firms, and corporate boards. You focus on leadership, we handle the rest.

The CAQ is a nonpartisan public policy organization serving as the voice of U.S. public company auditors and matters related to the audits of public companies. The CAQ promotes high-quality performance by U.S. public company auditors; convenes capital market stakeholders to advance the discussion of critical issues affecting audit quality, U.S. public company reporting, and investor trust in the capital markets; and using independent research and analyses, champions policies and standards that bolster and support the effectiveness and responsiveness of U.S. public company auditors and audits to dynamic market conditions. 

Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET) is the leading connectivity cloud company on a mission to help build a better Internet. It empowers organizations to make their employees, applications and networks faster and more secure everywhere, while reducing complexity and cost. Cloudflare’s connectivity cloud delivers the most full-featured, unified platform of cloud-native products and developer tools, so any organization can gain the control they need to work, develop, and accelerate their business.

Powered by one of the world’s largest and most interconnected networks, Cloudflare blocks billions of threats online for its customers every day. It is trusted by millions of organizations – from the largest brands to entrepreneurs and small businesses to nonprofits, humanitarian groups, and governments across the globe.  

Learn more about Cloudflare’s connectivity cloud at cloudflare.com/connectivity-cloud. Learn more about the latest Internet trends and insights at radar.cloudflare.com. 

CrowdStrike, a global cybersecurity leader, has redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced cloud-native platform for protecting critical areas of enterprise risk — endpoints and cloud workloads, identity and data. Powered by the CrowdStrike Security Cloud and world-class AI, the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform leverages real-time indicators of attack, threat intelligence, evolving adversary tradecraft and enriched telemetry from across the enterprise to deliver hyper-accurate detections, automated protection and remediation, elite threat hunting and prioritized observability of vulnerabilities.

Deloitte's Center for Board Effectiveness helps directors fulfill their oversight responsibilities through a portfolio of innovative insights, experiences, and educational programs. Whether an individual is aspiring to board service or has extensive board governance experience, our board of directors program resources cover a range of focus areas—such as audit, strategy, risk, innovation, compensation, technology, succession, and more.

Effective corporate governance is an important element in building a better working world. The EY Center for Board Matters supports boards, committees and directors in their oversight role by providing content, insights and education to help them address complex boardroom issues. Using our professional competencies, relationships and proprietary corporate governance database, we identify trends and emerging governance issues. This allows us to deliver timely and balanced insights, data-rich content, and practical tools and analysis for directors, institutional investors and other governance stakeholders.

Farient Advisors LLC is an independent premier executive compensation and corporate governance consultancy. Farient provides a full array of services, linking business strategy to compensation through a tailored, analytically rigorous, and collaborative approach. Farient has offices in Los Angeles, New York, Louisville, and London and works with clients globally through its partnership in the Global Governance and Executive Compensation (GECN) Group where Farient is a founding partner. Contact information: Randi.caplan@farient.com

FGS Global is the world's leading stakeholder strategy firm. Whether it’s navigating high-stakes transactions, complex corporate transformations, or mission-critical situations, FGS Global’s experts provide boards and leaders with nuanced thinking that drives successful outcomes. We don’t just advise—we mobilize the stakeholders that hold the keys to your success.

In your most decisive moments, FGS Global’s top communications and public affairs professionals, located across 31 offices worldwide, help you lead in your market, influence change, and win over audiences. Visit www.fgsglobal.com to learn more.

Global Guardian is a McLean, VA-based global duty of care firm that protects and delivers employees and families from political, environmental, and bad actor threats around the world. It provides clients with a comprehensive suite of travel and corporate security services, including personnel location sharing supported by a dedicated 24-hour Global Security Operations Center, a full range of personnel-based security and executive protection services, medical support and transportation, travel intelligence, and emergency response and evacuation services in over 140 countries. Global Guardian’s management and advisory team is comprised of professionals with backgrounds in military operations, special forces, intelligence, and federal law enforcement entities, ensuring a high level of subject matter expertise on the global security climate and the changing needs of businesses working and traveling internationally. Its suite of risk mitigation services provides organizations with innovative and cost-effective solutions to help them protect their staff and business operations around the world. 

Make Google part of your security team with unmatched threat visibility, a unified security platform, and Mandiant frontline experts — supercharged by AI.

At Grant Thornton, we believe in making business more personal and building trust into every result. We’re collaborators – obsessed with quality and ready for anything – who understand the value of strong relationships. We challenge the expectations of business. And we can help you do the same.

Infosys is a global leader in digital services and consulting. We work to amplify human potential and create the next opportunity for businesses and communities. With four decades of experience managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer clients, as they navigate digital transformations. We enable them with an AI-first core, empower the business with agile digital at scale and drive continuous improvement through the transfer of digital skills, expertise, and ideas.

TCB Benchmarking, from The Conference Board, is the most comprehensive platform in the market for benchmarking your governance, compensation, and sustainability practices against US public companies. Powered by ESGAUGE, TCB Benchmarking helps you visualize emerging trends, screen for disclosure examples, and track how your company’s reporting practices compare to your peers and the market.

The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) is an international professional association that serves more than 265,000 global members and has awarded more than 200,000 Certified Internal Auditor® (CIA®) certifications worldwide. Established in 1941, The IIA is recognized throughout the world as the internal audit profession's leader in standards, certifications, education, research, and technical guidance. For more information, visit theiia.org.

Joele Frank provides essential strategic counsel and tactical support when it matters most, from market-moving transactions and high-stakes situations to ongoing investor relations and corporate communications. We are differentiated by the depth of our experience, our commitment to fresh thinking and reputation for delivering impactful results.

Kekst CNC has pioneered strategic communications to help clients achieve their critical business objectives for more than 50 years. Our creativity, judgment, and empathy are trusted by Boards and management teams for their most complex reputational opportunities and challenges. We build deep partnerships with clients to deliver expert, top-ranked counsel on high-stakes matters including M&A, shareholder activism and contested situations, crisis and issues management, cybersecurity, litigation support, investor relations, public affairs, and bankruptcy and restructurings. As part of Publicis Groupe, Kekst CNC leverages our unique access to data to drive highly targeted, effective solutions for our clients when it matters most.

The KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC) champions outstanding corporate governance to drive long-term value and enhance stakeholder confidence. Through an array of insights, perspectives, and programs, the BLC—which includes the KPMG Audit Committee Institute and close collaboration with other leading director organizations—promotes continuous education and improvement of public and private company governance. BLC engages with directors and business leaders on the critical issues driving board agendas—from strategy, risk, talent, and sustainability to data governance, artificial intelligence, audit quality, proxy trends, and more. Learn more at kpmg.com/blc.

KUNGFU.AI is a management consulting and engineering firm focused exclusively on artificial intelligence. Established in 2018, we empower CEOs and senior executives to leverage the full potential of AI so they remain competitive in a rapidly evolving world. Our expert team delivers AI strategy and bespoke production-grade solutions that allow clients to rapidly realize value. We stand apart because we implement our AI strategies into production quickly, safely, and responsibly.

Latham & Watkins is a leading global law firm that brings together exceptional legal talent in financial centers around the world to advise on complex transactions, litigation, and regulatory matters. The firm’s deep market and product knowledge, industry experience, vast scale, and commitment to innovation and excellence help clients navigate their most critical challenges and achieve their goals.

ICEO is LHH’s global executive boutique practice that exists to provide strategic mentoring and considered advisory to organizations and individuals experiencing critical inflection points – from handling business mergers and economic shifts to navigating planned and unplanned transitions.

Lockton is a global leader in insurance brokerage and risk management, founded in 1966. The company specializes in delivering tailored insurance solutions, risk management consulting, and employee benefits services to clients across a wide range of industries. Lockton prides itself on offering personalized, client-focused service and maintaining an independent position that allows for customized, unbiased solutions.

With a presence in more than 125 locations worldwide, Lockton has established itself as a trusted partner to organizations in both the private and public sectors, offering extensive expertise and experience.

Get the credit you deserve for your board leadership – upholding strong governance and stewarding a long-term strategy to drive value outperformance in the short, intermediate, and long term. The Long-Term Stock Exchange is designed exclusively to help the top 10-15% of public companies committed to long-term value creation and strong governance get the recognition they deserve. Our principles promote robust corporate governance practices, helping you build upon your strong framework for durable business and stakeholder trust. When you list on the Long-Term Stock Exchange, you're not just another ticker symbol. You're part of a distinguished community acknowledging a commitment to building enduring value. Because true success isn't measured in quarters – it's measured in years and decades.

Meridian Compensation Partners provides the most effective solutions and independent advice in executive compensation and corporate governance consulting. We provide top management, boards, and compensation committees at public and private corporations with sound advice on executive pay and governance matters. We serve companies across all industries and have expertise in industry sectors with unique labor markets, business metrics, and compensation practices.

Nasdaq Governance Solutions offers an integrated ecosystem of AI-enabled technologies, expert advisory services, and a global community—all designed to accelerate board effectiveness. At the center of our offerings is Nasdaq Boardvantage®, a board management platform that enhances efficiency and decision-making for board members and governance teams through intelligent workflows, integrated technologies, and actionable insights. Our solutions simplify key governance activities such as board meeting management, board evaluations, and compliance questionnaires. Trusted by over 4,400 companies worldwide, we also provide access to industry expertise and valuable networking opportunities, empowering boards to lead with confidence and shape the future.

The Nina McLemore collection’s design concept is understated clothing for professional women using fine European natural that are made in New York. The collection is known for brilliant colors, timeless style, stand up collars and fit for all sizes 00 - 18.  Our clients are professional women, C-Suite executives and women who want quality elegant clothing for day, evening and travel.  The collection focuses on the jackets along with pants, dresses, shirts and tops   High performance technical and natural fabrics are used so that many resist wrinkling and are washable.

Nina and the company have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Telegraph, The Guardian, Fortune Small Business, and on interviews on NBC Now and other news media.  Nina is a member of 4 women’s business organizations and has served on non-profit and for-profit boards.

The New York Stock Exchange is the world's largest stock exchange, with a combined market capitalization of $40 trillion and an unmatched community of leading companies. It is the premier global venue for capital raising and is part of Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of technology and data. The NYSE Group includes five equity exchanges - the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE American, NYSE Arca, NYSE Texas and NYSE National - which trade more U.S. equity volume than any other exchange group. It also includes the equity options exchanges NYSE Arca Options and NYSE Amex Options. To learn more, visit nyse.com.

Optiv is the cyber advisory and solutions leader, delivering strategic and technical expertise to nearly 6,000 companies across every major industry. We partner with organizations to advise, deploy and operate complete cybersecurity programs from strategy and managed security services to risk, integration and technology solutions. With clients at the center of our unmatched ecosystem of people, products, partners and programs, we accelerate business progress like no other company can. At Optiv, we manage cyber risk so you can secure your full potential. For more information, visit www.optiv.com.

Paul, Weiss is a premier firm of more than 1,200 lawyers who provide innovative and effective solutions to our clients’ most complex challenges. The firm represents many of the world’s largest public and private corporations, asset managers and financial institutions, as well as clients in need of pro bono assistance.

Pearl Meyer is the leading advisor to boards and senior management helping organizations build, develop, and reward great leadership teams that drive long-term success. Our strategy-driven compensation and leadership consulting services act as powerful catalysts for value creation and competitive advantage by addressing the critical links between people and outcomes. Our clients stand at the forefront of their industries and range from emerging high-growth, not-for-profit, and private organizations to the Fortune 500.

Politics and Prose is a large, independent bookstore situated in the nation’s capital and serving a broad array of Washington readers, writers, thinkers, teachers, and policy-makers. Founded 41 years ago by Carla Cohen and Barbara Meade, the bookstore is owned (since June 2011) by Bradley Graham and Lissa Muscatine.

Protiviti (www.protiviti.com) is a global consulting firm that delivers deep expertise, objective insights, a tailored approach and unparalleled collaboration to help leaders confidently face the future. Protiviti and its independent and locally owned member firms provide clients with consulting and managed solutions in finance, technology, operations, data, digital, legal, HR, risk and internal audit through a network of more than 90 offices in over 25 countries.

Named to the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list for the 11th consecutive year, Protiviti has served more than 80 percent of Fortune 100 and nearly 80 percent of Fortune 500 companies. The firm also works with government agencies and smaller, growing companies, including those looking to go public. Protiviti is a wholly owned subsidiary of Robert Half (NYSE: RHI).

We are independent, trusted professionals dedicated to helping companies navigate corporate governance challenges with the insights and solutions you need.

Our team collaborates with boards of directors, investors and management teams to bring a global perspective across industries. We deliver insights and tools to help you stay ahead and make informed decisions.

RBC Capital Markets is a trusted global financial partner serving major corporations and institutions across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. As part of Royal Bank of Canada (founded 1864), it's among the world's largest and highest-rated banks, offering expert capital markets and banking services.

ReputationDefender by Norton is a trusted leader in online reputation management and digital privacy.

Founded on the belief that everyone deserves control over their online narrative, ReputationDefender offers innovative and bespoke solutions to help clients protect and promote their digital identities.

ReputationDefender is part of Gen Digital Inc.

RSM empowers middle market companies worldwide to take charge of change. Our unique middle market perspective makes RSM the natural choice for growth-oriented, internationally active organizations seeking relevant insights and tailored, innovative solutions for a complex and changing world. With a global reach spanning more than 120 countries, we instill confidence in a world of change by bringing the full power of RSM to make a lasting impact on our clients, colleagues and communities.

Russell Reynolds Associates is a global leadership advisory firm with 500+ consultants in 47 offices. We help organizations build transformational leadership teams to tackle challenges and foresee business trends. Our experts enhance board structure and identify ideal leadership. We exist to improve the way the world is led.

Sidley is an elite global law firm. With approximately 2,300 lawyers and nearly 160 years of experience, we have established a reputation for deploying innovative legal strategies to achieve powerful results for our clients in complex transactional, restructuring, crisis management, investigation, regulatory, and litigation matters.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                             

THEIA Analytics Group, Inc. provides actionable risk insights that empower stakeholders. Its Regulatory Risk Ranx™ (RRX™), a SaaS-based solution powered by patented AI, transforms qualitative information into quantitative risk assessments. RRX’s Risk Quotients enable Wall Street investors and analysts, corporate advisors, public company executives and regulators to make smarter, faster and more cost-effective decisions. The platform leverages over 12 billion data points derived from over two million documents sourced from the SEC, U.S. Senate, and the Federal Election Commission, covering all 5,700 companies traded on U.S. major exchanges across 16-plus years. THEIA Analytics Group holds several proprietary methodologies and patents that set industry benchmarks and has been recognized for its innovation, including the 2024 FIA Innovators Pavilion Selection for groundbreaking advancements in quantitative governance. Learn more at https://theiarisk.com/.

Vistage is the world’s largest CEO coaching and peer advisory organization for small and midsize businesses. For more than 65 years, we’ve been helping CEOs, business owners and key executives solve their greatest challenges through confidential peer groups and one-to-one executive coaching sessions. Today, more than 45,000 members in 40 countries rely on Vistage to help make better decisions for their companies, families and communities. Learn more at vistage.com.

WilmerHale provides legal representation across a comprehensive range of practice areas that are critical to the success of its clients. The law firm’s leading Securities and Financial Services, Intellectual Property, Litigation/Controversy, Regulatory and Government Affairs and Transactional Departments participate in some of the highest-profile legal and policy matters. With a staunch commitment to public service, the firm is renowned as a leader in pro bono representation. WilmerHale is 1,000 lawyers strong with 12 offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. For more information, please visit www.wilmerhale.com.

At WTW (NASDAQ: WTW), we provide data-driven, insight-led solutions in the areas of people, risk and capital. Leveraging the global view and local expertise of our colleagues serving 140 countries and markets, we help you sharpen your strategy, enhance organizational resilience, motivate your workforce and maximize performance.