2022

Kim Yapchai

Kim Yapchai is an accomplished C-suite leader with almost 30 years of experience in multinational public companies where she spent ~10 years working with Boards of Directors and committees. She has an extensive background in ESG, risk, compliance, and legal.

Her industry experience includes consumer and commercial financing; consumer products … Read more

Sally A. Thurston

Sally A. Thurston is a strategic business partner who recently retired from global law firm Skadden Arps. Ms. Thurston was a results-oriented tax advisor to Fortune 500 companies on multi-billion dollar transactions for 35 years and is an expert on combinations between US and foreign multinationals, cross-border structures and post-acquisition … Read more

Vanessa Allen Sutherland

Vanessa L. Allen Sutherland, Executive Vice President, Legal and Government Affairs, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary of Fortune 50 Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX), is a seasoned executive and former U.S. Senate-confirmed political appointee with 25 years of private and public sector experience, focusing on helping publicly traded companies increase their … Read more

Mary Smith

Mary Smith is an independent board member, former CEO of a $6 billion national healthcare organization and C-suite executive with 25+ years of business experience. Mary currently serves on the board of PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTCT), a global biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of … 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

Monica Karuturi

Monica Karuturi is Executive Vice President and General Counsel of CenterPoint Energy, Inc., a public electric and gas utility with electric transmission and distribution, power generation and natural gas distribution operations that serve more than seven million metered customers in a multi-state footprint. As a member of the company’s Executive … Read more

Phyllis P. Harris

Phyllis Perrin Harris is a seasoned and multifaceted C-suite business executive with over 25 years of proven leadership in the corporate, federal regulatory and nonprofit sectors providing strategic direction, forward thinking, and continuous improvement to drive value to the organization’s bottom line.

Ms. Harris has deep experience in environmental, societal … Read more

Michele Colucci

Michele Colucci is a public/private board member with experience on audit, compensation, nomination/governance, exit and risk committees, a venture capitalist, CEO, and lawyer. Michele is the Founder and CEO of DigitalDx Ventures, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm that invests at the intersection of biology, chemistry, and technology. Her firm … Read more

Cynthia J. Cole

Cynthia Cole is a former CEO and general counsel of publicly-traded, multinational companies. She has deep international experience building global teams, having served as general counsel and board secretary to a French multinational. She has lived and worked in France and is bilingual English/French. Cynthia is a strategic executive and … Read more

Kimberly Y. Chainey

Kimberly Y. Chainey (Kim) is an experienced public company board member, strategic advisor, compliance and governance expert enabling organizations that operate in complex and changing regulatory environments. As a trusted advisor, she provides strategic counsel to executives in driving their business objectives. She has over 20 years of experience leading … Read more