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
Industry Experience: Government
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
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
Arleas Upton Kea
Arleas Upton Kea is a C-level executive with extensive professional experience and significant executive leadership accomplishments. She reports directly to the Chairman (CEO) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), a government corporation, and she has strong diplomatic skills and a natural affinity for cultivating relationships and convening, facilitating, persuading … Read more
Jennifer S. Zucker
Jennifer Zucker is a seasoned business advisor, public company director, senior military officer, public sector strategist and lawyer focused on counselling corporations and their leaders on a broad range of transactional and governance issues. Her experience extends across multiple industries, including defense, aerospace, intelligence, information technology, finance, public assistance and … Read more
The Hon. Elisse B. Walter
Elisse B. Walter was appointed Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission by President George W. Bush and served beginning in July 2008. She was designated the 30th Chairman of the SEC by President Barack Obama, and she served as the agency’s leader from December 2012 to April 2013. She … Read more
Wendy Shiba
Wendy Shiba is a corporate attorney who served in C-level executive positions for three NYSE-listed companies, including Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary of KB Home; Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary of PolyOne Corporation; and Vice President, Secretary & Assistant General Counsel of Bowater Incorporated. In … 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
Carol A. Robles-Román
Carol has been active in global, national and local partnerships that enhance access to justice and educational opportunities throughout her career in government, academia and not for profit leadership. She recently retired as Hunter College’s General Counsel and Dean of Faculty where she led the Legal Affairs office and provided … Read more
The Hon. Lynn Schenk
Having decades of experience as a public company board member of Fortune 500 and smaller companies, and having served at the highest levels of State and Federal government, my objective is to leverage that professional and life experience by adding value to private or public companies, including portfolio companies of … Read more