Join us for a dynamic panel discussion exploring the intersection of race and gender in corporate boardrooms. What does it take to get there? How do you effectively navigate not one, but two glass ceilings, while ensuring different perspectives are elicited and integrated into the board’s work? Learn about the challenges faced, successes and strategies, as well as the importance of diversity in achieving effective corporate governance. Gain valuable insights and leave empowered to increase diversity in your organization and ascend in your career.
Moderator:
Lanchi Venator is currently a member of the KFC Global Leadership Team as Chief Financial & Strategy Officer responsible for driving growth and profitability of the KFC business. Previously she was Senior Vice President of Global Finance & Strategy and Chief of Staff to the EVP & CFO of The Estee Lauder Companies.
Panelists include:
Mary Smith, President of the American Bar Association and 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 clinically differentiated medicines that provide benefits to patients with rare disorders. She also serves on the board of HAI Group, a leading member-owned property- casualty insurance company for the affordable housing industry. She brings a breadth of experience in governance, technology, compliance, human resources, government affairs, accounting, audit oversight, and regulatory experience. Her industry experience includes highly-regulated areas such financial services, insurance, and healthcare. Mary is currently Vice Chair at the VENG Group where she consults on business development, strategy, healthcare, and corporate governance. She concurrently serves as a Senior Fellow at Freedman Consulting LLC. Until 2017, Mary was the CEO of the Indian Health Service, a $6 billion national healthcare system serving over 2.2 million persons that included 26 hospitals and over 50 clinics. In this role, she reported directly to the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, and she oversaw the development of an overarching operational framework that utilized data analytics to improve services, allocate resources, and develop the workforce. She also testified before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee and the U.S. House Natural Resource Committee regularly.
Tricia Timm Tricia Montalvo Timm is a board director, venture investor, speaker and author. She is a first-generation Latina who rose through the ranks of Silicon Valley advising high-tech companies big and small, culminating in the sale of data analytics software company Looker to Google for $2.6 billion, Google’s fourth largest acquisition. She is one of the few Latinas to have attained the triple achievement of reaching the C-suite, joining the boardroom and cracking the venture capital ceiling.Tricia currently serves on the board of directors at Salsify, a top enterprise software company. She is also an advocate for women and girls and serves as a mentor, advisor and investor in female-founded companies.
Shelly Lombard's career includes 30+ years on Wall Street, investing in the debt and equity of companies and sitting on boards, most recently Bed Bath & Beyond. My finance specialties are: evaluating companies' financials in order to assess financial health, balance sheet management, and leveraging the capital markets and investor relations to maximize value for stakeholders. She started her career financing leveraged buyouts at Citibank. She then spent the rest of her career on either the buy side making proprietary investments in private and public companies or as a sell side analyst recommending investments in public companies. She has covered various industries, including media and automotive. During the time she covered the auto industry, she was one of the most quoted automotive analysts on Wall Street, frequently appearing in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and on CNBC. She is very familiar with the public markets, how investors value securities, and how companies can create long-term value for investors.