Facilitators, Mentors and Advisors

Emma Battle
Independent Director, Unifi Manufacturing, Inc.

Matt Blumberg
Co-founder and CEO, Bolster

Tom Bondi
Partner, Tax at Armanino

Lisa Bougie
Independent Director

Teresa Briggs
Board Member, Stanford DCI Fellow

George Brown
Retired Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Stephen Brown
Senior Advisor at KPMG Board Leadership Center

Clinton Browning
Partner and Head of Dreamscape

Caretha Coleman

Ken Coleman
Chairman, EIS Group Ltd

Paula Collins
Founder, Chief Executive Officer, WDG Ventures Inc.

Gail Covington
Senior Vice President, Family Wealth Director, Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley

Valerie Darling
CEO, CBO Healthcare / MedTech / Life Sciences, Board Member and Advisor

Alecia Decoudreaux
President Emerita, Mills College

Sherri Douville
CEO & Board Member, Medigram Inc.

Matrice Ellis-Kirk
Partner at Ellis Kirk Group

Taia Ergueta
Business Consultant, Coach, Advocate for Resource-Challenged Women

Raquel Fox
Former Director at SEC

William Gipson
Independent Board Director

Mark Goodman
Ed Grier
Dean, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University

Bonnie Hill
Co-Founder & COO at Icon Blue

Lisa Hooker
Managing Director, Technology and Board Practices at ZRG Partners, LLC

Joe Hurd
Operating Partner, SOSV
Non-Executive Director, Trustpilot Group PLC and Hays PLC

Anthony Johnson
President, CEO

Dale Jones
Chief Executive Officer, Diversified Search

Louis Jordan
Senior Financial Advisor/Consultant; Board Member and Owner, Tympany Vineyards


Thane Kreiner
Board Member, Independent Advisor, and BCBR Program Co-Founder
Dennis Lanham
Sr. Assistant Dean and Executive Director, Silicon Valley Executive Center & BCBR Program Co-Founder

Lara Lee
Independent Director, Board & Committee Chair

Byron Loflin
Global Head of Board Engagement, Nasdaq Governance Solutions

Kevin Lofton
CEO Emeritus of CommonSpirit Health

Karla Martin
Executive Strategist, Advisor, and Board Member

Lance Matthiesen
Global Manager, McKinsey Black Network Programs at McKinsey & Company

Rose McKinney-James
Managing Principal McKinney-James & Associates
Ronald McNeil
Co-Founder & CEO, Great Ball of Light, Inc.

Jocelyn Moore
Board Member, Strategist, Advisor

Larry Morse

David Motley
Corporate Executive, Entrepreneur, Board Director

Brian C. Patterson
Partner, Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP

Denielle Pemberton-Heard
Chief Legal Officer & Managing Director, Diversified Search Group I Independent Corporate Director

Jeffery Perry
Founder & CEO, Lead Mandates LLC; Board Director; Retired EY Global Client Service Partner
Jo-Ellen Pozner
Assistant Professor, Management


Eva Sage-Gavin
Senior Managing Director of Accenture's Global Talent & Organization

Merline Saintil
Board Member

Debra A. Sandler
Board Director, Trewstar Advisor

Anne Sempowski Ward
CEO, Board Director & Change Agent

Greg Shell
Managing Director, Bain Capital

Sue Siegel
Board Member, CEO & Venture Capitalist

Ann Skeet
Senior Director of Leadership Ethics, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics

Theresa Strickland

Mary Stutts
SVP, Corporate Relations Sumitovant BioPharma; Diversity & Inclusion Advisor, Stanford Healthcare; Zogenix Board Director; NBA Wives Advisor; Author; Speaker

Hilliard C. Terry, III
Chief Financial Officer, Advisor and Board Member

Yuri Tuppince
Head of Partnerships, AboveBoard

Issac Vaughn
Chief Operating Officer, Zenefits

Darren Walker
President, Ford Foundation

Virginia Walker
Interim Executive, Board Member, Business Strategist, and Inclusion Champion

Rhonda Wallen
Board Member, Corporate Development Executive in Bio/MedTech

Robin Washington
Board Director and Adviser, CFO

Barry Lawson Williams

Marlene Williamson
CEO & Board Director, Watermark

Ben Wilson
Chairman, Beveridge & Diamond; PC Environmental Litigator
