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Sandra Day O’Connor Board Excellence Award Luncheon

From left to right: 2023 Sandra Day O'Connor Board Excellence Award honoree Teri McClure, 2023 Mary Ann Jorgenson Board Excellence Award honoree Bobbi Liebenberg, Immediate Past Chair of DirectWomen Catharine Arrowood, 2023 Distinguished Alumna Award honoree Marie Oh Huber, and Chair of DirectWomen Lily Yan Hughes.

DirectWomen hosts the annual Sandra Day O’Connor Board Excellence Award Luncheon to honor lawyer directors and excellence in board service. The 2025 Sandra Day O’Connor Board Excellence Award Luncheon will be held on Friday, October 10, 2025, in New York City. 

Attending the Sandra Day O’Connor Board Excellence Award Luncheon not only supports DirectWomen’s mission of increasing the representation of women attorneys on corporate boards, but also provides an excellent opportunity for attendees to network with leading CEOs, directors, search firm executives, DirectWomen alumnae and honorees, and other prominent lawyers.

In 2025, DirectWomen will present the following awards to our distinguished 2025 honorees:

The Sandra Day O’Connor Board Excellence Award, presented to lawyers who have served with distinction as 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, will be presented to:

Patricia Salas Pineda

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, Inc., a joint venture between General Motors and Toyota Motor Corporation, where she oversaw legal, human resources, environmental affairs, and…Read More
 
 

Gaby Sulzberger

Gaby 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 expertise through her…Read More

The Distinguished Alumna Award, honoring a DirectWomen Board Institute Alumna who exemplifies the talents and accomplishments of our Alumni and who has joined at least one large corporate board since completing the Institute, will be presented to:

April Miller Boise

April Miller Boise is Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer at Intel Corporation. She leads Intel’s global corporate affairs, policy, integrity, trade, and legal team, and acts as a strategic adviser to the Intel executive leadership team and board of directors. Miller Boise has more than 30 years of experience serving in various executive leadership roles, including general counsel and head of global mergers and acquisitions. Earlier in her career, Miller Boise practiced on Wall Street and later led the largest office of an AmLaw 200 law firm as managing partner and was a member…Read More

The Ruth Bader Ginsburg Corporate Board Award, honoring a corporation for excellence in corporate governance, as illustrated by the critical mass of women directors on their board, including at least one woman lawyer-director, will be presented to:

Organon & Co.

DirectWomen is proud to present its 2025 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Corporate Board Award to Organon & Co. Organon CEO Kevin Ali will accept the award on behalf of the corporation. As of 2025, seven of Organon & Co.’s ten non-executive directors are women, including a woman lawyer-director…Read More

If you would like to sponsor DirectWomen and reserve a table for your firm or company for the 2025 Luncheon, please contact DirectWomen’s Executive Director, Shawn Taylor Kaminski, at skaminski@directwomen.org or 833.239.6636. 

Past Honorees