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Succession by Design:

Governing Transitions in a Volatile Leadership Market

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November 16, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST Webinar

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Lisa Spivey, 
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Kate Azima, 
Co-Executive Director
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About The Event

Member Price: Complimentary

Non Member Price: Complimentary

Credits: 1 NACD Credit

CEO and executive leadership turnover is rising at a pace few boards have experienced before, placing succession planning squarely at the center of board accountability.

In this virtual session, experts will examine how boards are approaching succession in a more volatile leadership environment. Discover how compensation strategy can reinforce leadership continuity, how boards are identifying and preparing future CEOs earlier, and where gaps often emerge between planning and execution.

The event is part of NACD Northern California's Cafecito Series. All directors are welcome.

Learning Outcomes

  • Where are boards seeing the greatest breakdowns in succession planning today, and how does rising CEO turnover change the timeline and rigor required
  • How should a compensation strategy be structured to retain, motivate, and fairly transition CEO and C-suite talent during periods of uncertainty 
  • What distinguishes boards that are proactively building internal CEO pipelines from those relying too heavily on external searches
  • How can compensation committees work with nominating and governance committees more effectively to align leadership development, succession planning, and long-term value creation
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Speakers

Additional speakers to be announced.

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Sylvia Acevedo

Director, Qualcomm, Credo Technologies; Former CEO and Director, Girl Scouts of the USA

Sylvia Acevedo is a technology executive, board leader, and author whose career bridges engineering, business, and national impact. She began as a rocket scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and went on to hold senior executive roles at Apple, Autodesk, Dell, and IBM. Today she serves on the boards of Qualcomm and Credo Technology...

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Logan McDougal

Consultant and Bay Area Offices Leader, Egon Zehnder

Logan McDougal leads Egon Zehnder’s San Francisco and Palo Alto offices, where he is a trusted advisor to executives, clients, and boards. McDougal is also active across Egon Zehnder’s consumer and technology practice groups and helps lead the agro-food, marketing and sales, and alcohol beverage segments. He has extensive operating expertise across...

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Tara Tays

Partner, Pay Governance LLC

Tara Tays, a partner with Pay Governance LLC, has 20+ years of executive compensation experience and advises management and boards of directors on a range of compensation matters, including the design…

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Thank you to our partners for making this event possible.

Egon Zehnder Pay Governance
NACD Northern California
Contact Us

Lisa Spivey, 
Co-Executive Director

Kate Azima, 
Co-Executive Director
programs@northerncalifornia.nacdonline.org

Find a Chapter

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