
Andrea Bonime-Blanc
CEO & Founder, GEC Risk Advisory; Director, NACD New Jersey, Epic Theatre Ensemble, Cyber Future Foundation
Andrea Bonime-Blanc, JD/PhD, is founder and CEO of GEC Risk Advisory. She specializes in the governance of change, including strategic risk, geopolitics, sustainability, leadership trust, and exponential tech, advising business, NGOs, and government. A former c-suite executive, Bonime-Blanc serves on several boards and advisory boards, including NACD New Jersey, Epic Theatre Ensemble, Athena Alliance, and Cyber Future Foundation. She is a senior fellow at The Conference Board's Governance and Sustainability Center, a visiting fellow at NYU’s Center for Global Affairs, and an AI Ethics Strategy Fellow at the American College for Financial Services. Bonime-Blanc serves as Independent Ethics Advisor to the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, founding global faculty at the Institute for Corporate Directors Malaysia Mandatory Board Sustainability Certificate, and is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She has received numerous awards including the 2023 Diligent Governance 100, 2022 NACD Directorship 100, 2019 Cyber Futurist Award, 2018 Directors & Chief Risk Officers (DCRO) Exemplar Award, and Ethisphere’s 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics in 2014 and 2015. Bonime-Blanc is the author of Gloom to Boom: How Leaders Transform Risk into Resilience and Value (Routledge 2020) and Governing Pandora: Leading in the Age of Generative AI and Exponential Technology (forthcoming in early 2026 with Georgetown University Press).