Michelle has served as a senior-level executive at Fortune 500 publicly traded companies in positions ranging across General Counsel, Internal Audit Leader, International Operations President and Senior Supply Chain Leader, delivering accretive business results in domestic and global industries such as transportation, construction and aerospace. Her specific areas of expertise … Read more
Area of Expertise: M&A
Elisa D. Garcia
Elisa D. Garcia is an accomplished corporate executive and attorney with over 30 years of experience advising management and boards of directors on strategy, legal, business, structuring, activism, capital markets and government relations matters. Until October 2023, Ms. Garcia served as the Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of Macy’s, … Read more
Cynthia Gibson
Cynthia Gibson is an experienced C-suite executive, independent director and an audit committee financial expert. Her M&A background includes global acquisitions, joint ventures and divestitures. She also has deep experience in human capital, executive compensation, sustainability/ESG, regulatory and governance matters.
Cynthia is currently General Counsel at Bush Brothers & Company, … Read more
Emily D. Dickinson
Emily D. Dickinson is the Retired Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of PetSmart, Inc. She was a member of PetSmart’s senior management team, reporting directly to the CEO and participating in the development and support of the company’s strategic initiatives. The over $5 billion publicly traded company is … Read more
Sarah C. Dodds-Brown
Sarah Dodds-Brown currently serves as Executive Vice President & Deputy General Counsel of American Express. She has held a variety of roles over the course of her 18-year career with American Express and is an highly adaptable enterprise leader who fosters connection and collaboration across divisions and bridges issues relating … Read more
Deneen Donnley
Known as a strategic, resourceful, and collaborative leader with a passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion and a wealth of experience as a legal and business leader in fast-paced, dynamic, and highly regulated businesses. Deneen has worked for several Fortune 500 companies with a focus on financial services. She has … Read more
Tracey Edwards
Tracey Edwards has held multiple global leadership roles during her 30+ years at Deloitte. She created, grew, and/or reinvented many different businesses and served on the Board of Directors and the Global, Finance, and Risk Committees at Deloitte.
Ms. Edwards managed several complex international business units during her career at … Read more
Ulrika Ekman
Ulrika Ekman, 62, is an experienced board member with broad expertise in global financial and professional services. Ms. Ekman currently serves as an independent member of the Board of Directors of Société Générale, a global French bank (PARIS: GLE), where she is a member of the Risk Committee, the US … Read more
Kimberly T. Ellwanger
Kimberly Ellwanger serves as a board member of Heritage Bank, a full-service commercial bank headquartered in Olympia, WA, with 67 branches in Washington and Oregon, and Heritage Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: HFWA), the approximately $3.4 billion parent company of the Bank. She has also served as a senior executive of Microsoft … Read more
Barbara Finigan Fitzgerald
Barbara Finigan is a corporate director, strategic advisor and retired C-Suite executive, with extensive corporate governance, global business and legal expertise.
Barbara’s collaborative leadership at Hasbro, Inc., a $5B publicly traded toy developer and manufacturer, supported the Company’s growth blueprint as Hasbro embraced digital innovation, intellectual property reimagination, geographic expansion … Read more