Success Stories

More than 40% of DirectWomen’s alumnae have been elected to serve on at least one corporate board. DirectWomen alumnae who currently serve on corporate boards include:

SUCCESS STORIES

Linda L. Addison

Linda Addison is an experienced independent director and chief executive, currently building out her board portfolio with private and PE-backed companies. She is Lead Independent

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Susan H. Alexander

Susan H. Alexander is Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Corporate Secretary of Biogen. Biogen is a global Fortune 500 global biotechnology company focused

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DeLisa Alexander

Overview: An accomplished executive leader and board director, DeLisa Alexander brings more than 25 years of unique experience in open leadership, with notable contributions across

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Priscilla Almodovar

Priscilla brings over 30 years of expertise in finance, real estate, banking and community development across a number of leading institutions and organizations. Her executive

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Gabriele Apfelbacher

Ms. Apfelbacher serves as independent non-executive director on the board of Kroll Bond Rating Agency Europe Limited where she is also a member of the

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Marcia Backus

Marcia E. Backus is Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, and Chief Compliance Officer at Occidental Petroleum Corporation, where she is responsible for the

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Valerie L. Banner

Valerie L. Banner is a member of the Board of Directors and Nominating Committee of Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE:MAIN), an investment firm providing debt

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Rosemary T. Berkery

Rosemary T. Berkery is Vice Chairman of UBS Wealth Management Americas (WMA) and Chairman of UBS Bank USA (BUSA). With approximately 7,000 of the most productive

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Suzanne S. Bettman

Sue Bettman is a Partner at Brunswick Group, the world’s leading critical issues advisory firm, where she advises clients on financial transactions, litigation and corporate

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Susan L. Blount

From 2005 to 2015, Susan Blount served as General Counsel of Prudential Financial, Inc. (Prudential), a leading provider of insurance, retirement and asset management products

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April Miller Boise

April Miller Boise is executive vice president and chief legal officer at Intel Corporation. She leads Intel’s global legal, trade and government affairs team, and

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Sharon Bowen

Commissioner Sharon Bowen was the first African-American to be appointed as Commissioner of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. She was sworn in on June

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Tamara Box

Tamara Box is an experienced C‐Suite executive, independent director and global business leader. She is currently Managing Partner, Europe and Middle East for global law

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Lisa J. Brown

Lisa J. Brown is an accomplished global C-suite executive and corporate Board member with diverse experience in a variety of industries including, automotive, transportation technology,

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Maureen Brundage

Maureen Brundage is an accomplished corporate board member, global C-suite executive and international business leader who has worked across diverse industries. Throughout her career, she

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