NACD PSW | UCLA Corporate Directors Symposium

Jim Hackett is a distinguished American businessman renowned for his transformative leadership roles at Ford Motor Company and Steelcase Inc. He began his association with Ford in 2013 when he joined the company’s Board of Directors. By 2016, he had become Chairman of Ford Smart Mobility LLC, a subsidiary focused on...

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Cheryl Ainoa serves as executive vice president and chief technology officer for Sam’s Club. In this role, Cheryl heads a team of skilled technologists that are focused on delivering seamless and advanced technology solutions that enhance the overall experience for Sam’s Club members and associates...

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Dean Antonio Bernardo is the 9th dean of UCLA Anderson School of Management, where he also holds the John E. Anderson Chair in Management. He became dean on July 1, 2019. Dean Bernardo joined the Anderson faculty in 1994 as a professor of management in the school’s finance area, and he has a long history as an active and engaged member of Anderson’s faculty and administration...

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Dr. Karen Smith Bogart is the President of Smith Bogart Consulting. She has extensive experience in profit and loss management, marketing, innovation, manufacturing, change management, and human resources. She formerly was a Senior Vice President of Eastman Kodak Company and managed global consumer, health, and commercial businesses. She also was the Chairman and President of Greater Asia, located in Shanghai, China, responsible for Kodak’s businesses and operations across Asia...

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Dr. Das Dasgupta is the Chief Data and Analytics Officer at Starbucks. He has held leadership roles at Amazon, McKinsey, Viacom, EY, and Saatchi, a journey that rounded him well across diverse functions, including Customer Experience, Operational Excellence, Marketing, Advertising, and Product Innovation. He has over 25 years of experience leading...

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Davis joined Make-A-Wish America in January 2019, where he served as the President & CEO until November 2022. Previously, he served as the executive chairman and CEO of U.S. Bancorp, a financial service holding company with more than $460 billion in total assets and businesses across the United States, Canada and Europe...

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Kate Duchene is a C-suite executive with 21 years of leadership experience at RGP (NASDAQ: RGP), a global project consulting firm helping clients match the right professional talent needed to tackle operational and transformational initiatives...

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Dominique Hanssens is a Distinguished Research Professor of Marketing at the UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management. He has served as the school’s faculty chair, associate dean, and marketing area chair. From 2005 to 2007 he served as executive director of the Marketing Science Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts...

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As Co-CEO, Mellody is responsible for management, strategic planning and growth for all areas of Ariel outside of research and portfolio management. Additionally, she serves as chairman of the board of trustees of Ariel Investment Trust—the company’s publicly traded mutual funds. Prior to being named Co-CEO...

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Susan H. Mallory draws from a range of experiences and expertise acquired over her career as a senior banking, wealth management and financial services executive at respected publicly traded financial institutions, as a commercial banker and advisor to companies and as a Board Director of Fortune 500 and private companies and non profit organizations...

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Deborah Martin is the vice president of people and culture and chief diversity officer for Sempra. In this role, Martin is responsible for employee acquisition, development and retention at Sempra corporate center. She leads enterprise-wide functions including benefits, ethics and...

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Christobel Selecky is a seasoned board member and former CEO with more than two decades of governance experience in global and US-based publicly traded, venture-backed, private equity, private, and not-for-profit companies. She currently serves on the boards of directors of Teleperformance (TEP.PA), a publicly traded leader in...

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