Cynthia Falardeau serves as a regional director for the Chapter Network Team at the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD). As a member of the Chapter Network Team, she supports nine NACD Chapters that are located across the North and Southeast regions of the United States. (NACD’s Chapter Network is comprised of 22 chapters across the country.) Cynthia also works collaboratively across NACD departments to support the organization’s mission to empower directors and transform boards to be future-ready.

Prior to NACD, Cynthia served as senior director of membership at Women Corporate Directors (WCD), managing a portfolio comprised of 80 chapters and 2,500 members spanning six continents.

Before WCD, Cynthia served as the CEO of the Education Foundation of Indian River County (EF-IRC), where she led community-wide projects of impact to increase high school graduation and kindergarten readiness rates. Before joining EF-IRC, Cynthia managed department stores as an assistant store manager and interim store manager for Federated Department Stores (Burdines/Macy’s) and Jacobson’s stores.

Cynthia holds a bachelor of arts in speech communications from Albion College (Albion, Michigan). She lives in Vero Beach, Florida, with her husband, Jim, and their son, Wyatt, who is a senior at her alma mater.

Cynthia is a self-proclaimed endurance junkie. She loves all things related to triathlon—swimming, biking, and running, plus, and she is an Ironman finisher. Additionally, when her family is not cheering her across the finish line, they are enjoying a great homemade meal together in the Chateau Falardeau kitchen!