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.
Patricia Salas Pineda is a former General Counsel and Group Vice President of Toyota Motor North America, Inc., where she oversaw legal, corporate communications, corporate advertising, human resources, philanthropy, accounting, and Hispanic business strategies. Prior to Toyota, Ms. Pineda was General Counsel and Vice President of New United Motor Manufacturing,
Gabrielle Sulzberger is a seasoned financial executive with over 30 years of experience assisting public and privately held companies in consumer products, retail, financial services and life sciences. Gaby has helped companies globally navigate disruption and transformation, execute major M&A transactions, and engage with shareholder activists. She brings deep corporate governance
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
Sylvia Kerrigan has over a decade of experience in the board room as a director and former executive for the industrial, transportation and energy sectors. In addition to her leadership
Independent Director; Chair, Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee, and Member, Compensation Committee, NUBURU, Inc. (NYSE American: BURU). NUBURU uses ground-breaking technology to transform a new class of high-power, high-performance blue
Summary of Key Contributions 40+ years of business and legal experience in diverse industries advising multinationals and entrepreneurs in a global economy. Extensive knowledge of cross-cultural and international business and
