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Deb Rosenthal
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NACD New England Chapter
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Larissa Ravetto
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About The Event

The Aspiring Public Company Director full-day program was designed for individuals who currently sit on large nonprofit boards or private corporate boards and/or are C-Suite leaders who wish to take the next step toward securing a public company board seat. Public company directors and industry experts led the discussions. It was held at the Boston KPMG offices on April 16, 2025.

 

Agenda

 

7:00-7:30AM: Registration

FUNDAMENTALS

7:30-8:25AM: Corporate Governance: Public board governance requirements, Board and committee structures, Functions, and Responsibilities; Ethics and compliance programs; Setting the tone at the top; Strategy and the role of the board.

8:25-9:20AM: Legal: Fiduciary duties and regulatory responsibilities of a public company board director; includes basic regulations (FD, insider trading, etc.) and D&O insurance and why needed.

9:20-10:15AM: Finance: Questions every board director should be asking.

10:15-10:35AM: Break

10:35-11:30AM: Shareholder Relations: ISS/Glass Lewis, activists.

11:30-12:30PM: Hot Topics in the Boardroom. Panel discussion.

12:30-1:00PM: Lunch and Networking

THE ART OF GETTING ON A PUBLIC BOARD

1:00-2:00PM: Getting on a public board: View from search firm.

2:10-3:00PM: Toolkit & Blueprint and Table Exercise

3:00-3:20PM: Break

3:20-4:10PM: Director Compensation

4:10-5:15PM: Hear from two Experienced Directors. Lessons Learned from the Boardroom. Conversation will be focused on the directors’ public company board experience. Q&A session about public company board service.

5:15-5:30PM: NACD Certification

5:30-6:30PM: Networking

 

Speakers

 

Senior Advisor, KPMG Board Leadership Center

Susan Angele

Susan, a Senior Advisor at the KPMG Board Leadership Center, is a leading voice in board governance, and is a frequent writer and speaker on board oversight of topics including strategy, innovation, technology, risk, DEI, climate change, leadership, and culture...

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Director, Analog Devices, Inc.; Aspen Technology, Inc.; iROBOT Corporation

Karen Golz

Karen is a board member and Chair of the Audit Committees of Analog Devices, Inc. and iROBOT Corporation and was previously Chair of the Audit Committee of Aspen Technology, Inc. prior to its successful sale to Emerson Electric earlier in 2025…

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Independent Board Director

Gary Haroian

For the past 20 years, Gary has served on fifteen (15) publicly held and privately held venture backed or private equity backed companies as a Director, Financial Expert and Audit Committee Chairman...

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Independent Board Director

Tom Iannotti

Thomas Iannotti served as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Enterprise Services, for Hewlett-Packard Company, a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally, from 2009 until his retirement in 2011…

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Chair of Dianthus Therapeutics

Alison Lawton

Alison Lawton is an executive leader with over 35 years of experience in the biopharma industry.  She was president and CEO of Kaleido Biosciences (KLDO), chief operating officer of Aura Biosciences, and fractional Chief Operating Officer at X4 Pharmaceuticals...

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Member, Litigation, Mintz

Breton Leone-Quick

Bret Leone-Quick is a Member of the firm’s Litigation section and has significant experience guiding clients through disputes in a manner that helps them avoid litigation...

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Senior Client Partner & Board and CEO Services, Korn Ferry

Julie Norris

Julie Cohen Norris is a Senior Client Partner in the Boston Office of Korn Ferry and a member of the Board & CEO, Technology, and Legal Services Practices. Julie specializes in the recruitment of Board Directors and C-suite executives...

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National Managing Principal - Corporate Governance, BDO

Amy Rojik

As a managing principal of corporate governance within BDO’s National Professional Practice, Amy directs BDO’s Center for Corporate Governance, overseeing the firm’s communications and governance efforts...

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Partner, Human Capital Solutions, Aon

Theo Sharp

Theo Sharp is a Partner for Aon, based in Boston. He is a member of the Executive Compensation practice and consults with clients extensively in compensation related issues with expertise including incentive plan design, executive benchmarking, employment and severance agreement design and evaluation, and the tax and accounting treatment of equity compensation...

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CEO and Founder, Sharon Merrill Advisors

Maureen Wolff

Maureen Wolff is the Chief Executive Officer, of Sharon Merrill Advisors and an accomplished visionary in the fields of investor relations and corporate communications with more than 30 years of success counseling C-level executives and directors to raise the level of their communications, build credibility and maximize shareholder value…

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NACD New England
Contact Us

Deb Rosenthal
Executive Director
NACD New England Chapter
drosenthal@nacdne.org

Larissa Ravetto
Chapter Administrator
NACD New England Chapter
lravetto@nacdne.org
781-461-2668

Find a Chapter

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