Initial Public Offerings

Paulette R. Dodson

Paulette Dodson is an executive leader and board director with extensive experience as a strategic advisor to CEOs and boards of directors of Fortune 500 and large privately-held companies. As General Counsel at Alight, Inc. (NYSE: ALIT), Petsmart, Inc., and Sara Lee Corporation, Paulette executed and advised on strategic and … Read more

Erin H. Abrams

Executive Profile

Erin H. Abrams has nearly 20 years of legal and management experience at blue-chip law firms, financial services, and pre-IPO technology companies. Ms. Abrams currently serves as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of Via Transportation, Inc., a venture-backed B2B SaaS company in the on-demand transit technology space. … Read more

Jennifer W. Pileggi

Jennifer is an accomplished and seasoned former C-Suite executive with more than 30 years of global business and legal experience.  She has served as a trusted and strategic advisor to boards of directors and executive management of public and private companies ranging in size from $100M/500 employees to $5B/25,000+ employees.  … Read more

Lora D. Blum

Lora is an accomplished C-suite executive and boardroom advisor with 20+ years’ experience. She has expertise in corporate development, SaaS, tech, consumer internet, privacy and security, corporate governance and shareholder activism, compliance, risk management, and policy. Lora spearheaded the teams that took both Momentive (formerly SurveyMonkey) and LinkedIn public, advising … Read more

L. Scott Askins

L. Scott Askins brings 20+ years of C-suite experience as a senior executive and board member with expertise in scaling disruptive technology companies, driving strategy to lead organic and acquisitive growth, and international expansion. She has executed 50+ strategic deals valued in aggregate at $15B+, including as a key contributor … Read more

Gabriele Apfelbacher

Ms. Apfelbacher serves as independent non-executive director on the board of Kroll Bond Rating Agency Europe Limited where she is also a member of the audit committee. In addition, Ms. Apfelbacher is a member of the Supervisory Board (Aufsichtsrat; non-executive director equivalent in a two-tier board system ) of Nomura … Read more

Mallun Yen

As a repeat founder, operator, public company officer, and tech executive, Mallun Yen is known for launching and growing enterprise businesses using a data-driven approach to disrupt industry conventions and fundamentally altering behaviors using aligned incentives.

Currently, Mallun is the founder and CEO of Operator Collective, a new and … Read more

Marguerite Woung-Chapman

Marguerite Woung-Chapman is an independent corporate director and experienced C-Suite leader.

Since May 2020, Ms. Woung-Chapman has served as a director of the General Partner of Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE:SMLP), a limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets located in unconventional resource basins in … Read more

Susan T. Smith

Susan T. Smith is a semi-retired executive who most recently served on the boards of Engineering World Health (Durham, NC) and The Rosecrance Foundation Board – Chicago. She is a neutral arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association and is fully retired from legal practice.

Ms. Smith served as Senior Vice … Read more

Karyn Smith

Karyn has spent her career working with and for high growth companies, including as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) from 2014 to 2022. During her time at Twilio, Karyn built the legal team from one person when she joined to more than 140 attorneys and legal … Read more