Pamela Packard is Chair of the Board of Directors of the NACD New York Chapter. She is recognized as an NACD Board Leadership Fellow and holds the CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight. She is a qualified financial expert, an experienced board and committee chair and has held senior management roles with P&L and operational responsibilities at a major public accounting and consulting firm.

Packard currently serves as lead independent director of Gray & Company Inc., a diversified financial services holding company. She also serves on The Nathaniel Witherell board of directors, a skilled nursing facility.  Formerly, Packard served on the board of directors of BJI Holdings (Brown Jordan International), and BDO Seidman LLP (now BDO USA LLP.) She also served as chairperson of the board of directors of FPSB Ltd. (Financial Planning Standards Board) and on the advisory boards of Planitax Inc., and Pension Governance LLC.

Previously, Packard was vice chairman and national business line leader for tax services at BDO Seidman LLP, with P&L and operational responsibility for the tax practice, after years serving as a tax and business advisor to middle market entrepreneurial, family-owned, management-controlled, and multinational companies in the professional services, financial services, manufacturing, distribution, and retail sectors. 

She is a published author, editor, and speaker on tax topics, corporate governance matters, business strategy, and leadership issues. Packard is a CPA licensed by New York State and a member of the International Women's Forum and Extraordinary Women on Boards.