Andrea E. Utecht is the former Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of FMC Corporation, an S&P 500 multinational agrochemical manufacturing company. She also served until January 2024 as a Director of Livent Corporation (now known as Arcadium Lithium as a result of a merger with Allkem), an NYSE-listed … Read more
Area of Expertise: Regulatory/Compliance
Linda J. Vilardo
Linda J. Vilardo is the Founder of MPowerment Consulting LLC, a firm dedicated to identifying practical solutions to business and legal issues faced by small to mid-size businesses. Her primary focus is on transactions, operational efficiencies, project management and effective communication.
Prior to launching MPowerment Consulting, Linda was Executive Vice … Read more
Marianne D. Short
Marianne Short was appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, UnitedHealth Group and member of Office of the Chief Executive in December 2012. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of legal, regulatory and compliance matters across the enterprise. UnitedHealth Group is the most diversified health care company in the … Read more
Karyn Smith
Karyn has spent her career working with and for high growth companies, including as General Counseland Chief Compliance Officer for Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) from 2014 to 2022. During her time at Twilio, Karynbuilt the legal team from one person when she joined to more than 140 attorneys and legal professionals,supporting Twilio’s … Read more
Christine J. Spadafor
Christine J. Spadafor is an experienced corporate, private equity, venture capital, university and non-profit board director with deep expertise in regulatory compliance and quality, enterprise growth strategies, corporate transitions, corporate sustainability, M&A, turnarounds, and risk management. She has a demonstrated track record leading both domestic and international initiatives at the … Read more
Catherine Sazdanoff
Catherine is a board member and consultant with extensive global healthcare experience. She is an independent director of the Board of Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIVO) and of Vascugen, Inc. (privately held), and formerly of InMed, Inc. (NASDAQ: INM). Catherine is President/ CEO of Sazdanoff Consulting LLC and serves as … Read more
Teresa M. Sebastian
Teresa Sebastian is a C-Suite executive and board member. She has spent two decades in boardrooms driving strategy, participating in the creation of shareholder value, and implementing best practices.
Sebastian is currently a board member of The AES Corporation, a public power generation and utility company [AES: NYSE, $13B … Read more
Karen Popp
KAREN A. POPP is a partner and Global Co-Chair of the White Collar and Compliance Practice at Sidley Austin LLP, where she leads a group of over 175 attorneys. Karen has 25 years of experience representing corporations, Boards of Directors and members of the C-Suites, from a diverse range of … Read more
Tracy Preston
Tracy Preston is Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, and Corporate Secretary of HanesBrands, Inc. (“HBI”), a $ 4+ billion public company, overseeing a global team of 36 professionals and approximately $18+ million budget. She is also a member of HBI’s Global Executive Leadership Team which is … Read more
Juliette Pryor
Juliette Pryor is a public company corporate director and a skilled public and private company c-suite executive with 25+ years of business experience. She has deep boardroom experience providing key leadership in IPOs, multi-billion-dollar mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, corporate restructurings, and entity transformations. Juliette serves as a director of Genuine … Read more