Alyce is a highly-experienced and sought-after business counselor and advisor to companies and boards of directors with a principal focus in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, financial analysis, governance, internal investigations, tax, and executive compensation. She has led teams of lawyers and business executives in multi-party acquisitions, and is … Read more
Area of Expertise: M&A
Ann Harlan
Ann Harlan has extensive business and legal experience in consumer products and manufacturing business segments and has a reputation as a trusted advisor in the Boardroom. In her board appointments on both public and private company boards, she has led strategic planning initiatives and c-suite succession planning.
Since 2009, Ann … Read more
Nesa E. Hassanein
Nesa E. Hassanein grew up on Long Island in New York, one of five siblings. Her father immigrated to the United States from Egypt and her mother was from the Appalachian Mountains in eastern Kentucky. Both her parents instilled in her the importance of having a dream and believing that … Read more
Louise Firestone
Global Business Leader, General Counsel, Board Member | Trusted Advisor to Senior Management Teams & Boards of Directors | M&A | Retail & Banking
A global and multi-cultural business leader, lawyer and General Counsel in the retail and banking industries,
Louise has deep leadership and hands-on management experience at leading … 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