The Sandra Day O’Connor Board Excellence Award is presented to women lawyers who have served with distinction as independent directors of public companies and exemplify the manner in which Sandra Day O’Connor led her life, paving new paths for the women who came after her.
Kim Lubel serves on the boards of directors of Westlake Corporation (NYSE:WLK), Arcosa Inc. (NYSE:ACA), and PBF Energy, Inc. (NYSE:PBF), as well as the boards of Southwest Research, Inc., Inspire Trust Co., United Ways of Texas, Miami University (Ohio) Foundation, and the UT Law School Foundation. Kim also mentors executive leaders in both private and public companies.
Laura is the Former SEC Commissioner and Acting Chair and a Director at Nomura Holdings Inc., Nomura Holdings America, Navient Corp., and Instinet Incorporated.
Mary L. Schapiro is the Vice Chair for Global Public Policy of Bloomberg, the global financial technology company that was founded in 1981. She has been at Bloomberg since October 2018, and also serves as a Special Advisor to the Founder and Chairman. Ms. Schapiro, who has had a distinguished
Kim Rucker is an accomplished executive, holding senior leadership positions since 2004. She is currently on the Board of Directors of 3 Fortune 500 Companies and a world-renowned medical non-profit. Kim serves on the Board of Directors of Celanese Corporation, a global specialty and materials company with net sales in
Valerie Jarrett is the President of the Barack Obama Foundation and a Senior Distinguished Fellow at The University of Chicago Law School. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling book Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward, published in April 2019.
A recognized leader in business and healthcare, Angela F. Braly serves on the board of directors of Brookfield Asset Management, ExxonMobil, Lowe’s, and Procter & Gamble. Ms. Braly formerly served as the Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer of WellPoint, Inc. (now called Anthem). Ms. Braly has been named one
Suzanne Rich Folsom is an accomplished board member and results-oriented C-Suite leader with broad global experience and a successful track record of driving transformation at public and private companies of
Karen King is a Managing Director of Silver Lake, the world’s leading large-scale technology investment firm, with over $80 billion in assets under management and committed capital. Silver Lake differentiates
Karyn Smith is a seasoned public company executive with more than 30 years of experience working with and for high-growth companies, having spent the last several years helping to scale
