Denise Keane is the principal of D. Keane LLC, and is a public speaker and advisor on risk, litigation and regulatory management, governance, and a broad range of diversity and leadership topics. Until July 2017, she was Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Altria Group, Inc., where she led … Read more
Area of Expertise: M&A
Laurie B. Keating
Laurie is an enterprise-wide, strategic leader with entrepreneurial insights and three decades of executive management, Board and Board counselling experience in diverse settings. She has expertise in M&A, business development, finance, governance, quality, government affairs, compliance, and human resources, in addition to business law, intellectual property and litigation.
She served … Read more
Peggy A. Heeg
Peggy Heeg is an experienced corporate director and business leader who has served in executive and board leadership positions for numerous public and private companies. She has significant audit committee, M&A, governance, regulatory, compensation, and risk experience gained from years of service in the energy and professional services sectors.
Peggy … Read more
Diane Honda
Diane Honda is a public board director and CXO who accelerates growth for mid to large technology companies by creating the people, operational, and governance frameworks needed to scale. Diane currently serves on the Board and Compensation Committee of The Hillman Group (Nasdaq: HLMN), a leading provider of retail building … Read more
Michelle A. Friel
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
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
Deborah A. Golden
Deborah A. Golden is an independent board director, corporate advisor and senior executive with over 25 years of experience leading businesses. She currently serves on the board of directors of Midland States Bancorp, Inc., a publicly-held, community-based financial holding company, where she is the Chair of the Compensation Committee. Ms. … Read more
Ashley C. Gould
Ashley C. Gould has over two decades of professional experience, during which she has been a member of executive teams of private and public companies in the technology and life sciences fields, advisor to emerging companies as well as investment funds and a member of not-for-profit boards.
As a trusted … Read more
Laurel Grammig
Laurel Grammig is Vice President, Secretary, and Chief Corporate Counsel of Brown & Brown, Inc., a public, highly decentralized insurance intermediary organization, where she is part of the Senior Leadership team. Since 1994, when she joined as Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, the company’s annual revenues have grown from … Read more