Facilitators, Mentors and Advisors
Michael Armstrong
EVP, ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group
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
Cynthia Burks
Chief Human Resource Officer, Genentech
Caretha Coleman
Ken Coleman
Chairman, EIS Group Ltd
Paula Collins
Founder, Chief Executive Officer, WDG Ventures Inc.
Grace Colón
President, CEO and Director, InCarda Therapeutics
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
Robert Davidson
Corporate Board Director; Retired Chairman & CEO, R. Davidson & Associates
Alecia Decoudreaux
President Emerita, Mills College
Keith Dorsey
President of Dorsey Management Consulting, Boyden
Sherri Douville
CEO & Board Member, Medigram Inc.
John Driver
CEO, Lynx Technology, Independent Public Board Director City First Bank, Vital Energy Inc.
Matrice Ellis-Kirk
Partner at Ellis Kirk Group
Taia Ergueta
Business Consultant, Coach, Advocate for Resource-Challenged Women
Hillary Flynn
Director of ESG, Private Investments, Wellington Management
Raquel Fox
Former Director at SEC
David Gimpelevich
Partner, Linchpin Health Ventures, VC Include
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
Karen Walker Johnson
Medicare Officer of Centene Corporation
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
Anita Lynch
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.
Randy Melville
Member Board of Trustees, Northwestern Mutual
Jocelyn Moore
Board Member, Strategist, Advisor
Larry Morse
David Motley
Corporate Executive, Entrepreneur, Board Director
Jacqueline Musiitwa
Board Director; ESG Advisor, IDEO
Malur Narayan
Vice President, Technology, Tata, Co-founder and CEO, STRIDES.ai, board member, 1PlaySports, Board Member, Dara Ashley Foundation
Shannon Nash
CFO, Board Member, Wing
Brian C. Patterson
Partner, Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP
Zain Oke
VP Organizational Readiness & Real Estate, Daily Harvest
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
Derrick Roman
Independent Director, CommScope
Eva Sage-Gavin
Senior Managing Director of Accenture's Global Talent & Organization
Chinwe Sagna
Managing Partner, Catalyst Realty Solutions
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
Carrie Stone
President, cStone & Associates
Mary Stutts
SVP, Corporate Relations Sumitovant BioPharma; Diversity & Inclusion Advisor, Stanford Healthcare; Zogenix Board Director; NBA Wives Advisor; Author; Speaker
Lawrence Taylor
President, Taylor Strategy Group
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
Patricia Webb
Corporate Board Member; Executive Leadership Advsior, AdvisoryCloud
Barry Lawson Williams
Keyaan Williams
Managing Director of Cyber Leadership and Strategy Solutions, LLC; Director at Worldwide Discipleship Association
Marlene Williamson
CEO & Board Director, Watermark
Ben Wilson
Chairman, Beveridge & Diamond; PC Environmental Litigator
Howard Woolley
President & CEO Howard Woolley Group LLC, Somos Inc.
Kim Harris-Jones
Member Board of Directors, Fossil Group Inc.
Tracy Harris
Board Member, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
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