Meet WCBR Alumnae
We are proud to present the highly qualified women executives who have graduated from our Women's Corporate Board Readiness program.
Cohort 1
Elizabeth (E. Marie) Brierley
Founder & President at Saatvik Advisors
Janice Charley
Principal at Financial Executive Partner
Alessandra Costa
VP, Technical Field Operations at Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Karen Gaydon
SVP and CHRO at zuora
Mary Moslander
Principal | Private Investor
Ann Oleson
CEO at Converge Consulting
Dolly Parikh
Founder, CEO, UX Design Strategist at Aloki Design
Susan Thomas
Of Counsel at Thomas, Whitelaw & Kolegraf, LLP
Gwendoline Tuma
Product Strategy & Operations Lead at Walmart Labs
Cohort 2
Sharon Alberts
President at Talus Construction Inc.
Kelly Carioti
Vice President - Strategy & Transformation at PepsiCo
Mary Fuller
Principal at Fuller Tech Law Group, PC
Jhilmil Jain
Director Product Design and User Experience at Google
Deborah Lindsay
Head of Operations and Director of Sustainability at Sellhound
Melissa Ross
Chief Operating Office at VisiQuate
Keri Stokstad
Executive Director/CEO at Midpen Media
Cohort 3
Ana-Luiza Georgescu
Partner at KPMG Canada
Lori Harmon
VP, Worldwide Cloud Virtual Sales at NetApp
Claire Hayes
Managing Director at PWC
June Manley
Founder at Female Founders Faster Forward
Janet Olson
VP R&D at Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Marlena Ronne
Senior Corporate Auditor at Southern California Edison
Anna Schlegel
VP, Product Portfolio Management & Author at NetApp
Cohort 4
Renu Bhatia
Vice President at NVIDIA
Ashlie Bryant
Co-Founder, CEO at 3Strands Global Foundation
Laura McDonnell
VP, Enterprise Sales at ServiceNow
Carrie Darling
VP, Deputy GC & Asssitant Secretary at FICO
Barbara Donaldson
Senior Vice President at Workplace Resources
Tracy Edkins
CHRO at SPLUNK
Danielle Evans
Director, Strategy and Analytics - Tech Ops at Nike
Fiona Giuffre
VP People at Stellus Technologies
Kimmi Grewal
Chief Strategy Officer
Deborah Kravitz
Partner at KamberLaw LLP
Nicole Leonard
Vice President, Research at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Katie McMahon
Vice President & General Manager at SoundHound
Kayce Neil
Founder at Twelve21, Internationa
Gina O'Reilly
COO at Nitro
Jimmé Peters
Founder and CMO at 24/7 Consulting
Mary Rotunno
General Counsel at El Camino Health
Catherine Turkel
CEO at CCT Pharma Consulting
Máire Walsh
SVP Digital Technologies at Enterprise Ireland
Patty Watkins
Managing Partner at MORE Sales Advisors
Whitnie Wiley
Founder/CEO at Shifting Into Action
Cohort 5
Banafsheh Akhlagi
Member Board Of Directors at Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
Aisha Banks
Registered Nurse at Bailey Square Surgery Center
Sharifa Batts
Environment, Health & Safety Director at Ports America
Candace McKeever
President and CEO at AESA
Marie Burris
VP Corporate Culture and Human Resources at Welk Resorts
Diane Cowin
SVP Director Global Transit at Americas West at AECOM
Valerie Darling
CEO and Chief Business Officer, Venture Partner at Life Sciences Management Consultants, Tings Capital
Tamra Johnson
COO at Liquid
Alice Katwan
SVP and GM, North America Sales at Twilio Inc.
Dawn McCale
VP of Sales at Trace3
Rekha Murthy
Professor of Medicine at Cedars-Sinai
Pamela Roussos
CEO at WeavingImpact
Sally Sommers
Global Employment, Labor, and DEI Consultant at SMS Advisors
Candice Tang
VP, Resillience Engineer at Nike
Denise Tormey
President at PlanNet21 Communictaions
Sandhya Venkateshan
Corporate VP at Cadece Design Sytems
Robyn Whalen
Business Strategy Consultant at Logan Health
Vida Williams
Chief Digital and Branding Officer at Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority
Joanne Wrenn
VP, Talent Services at LinkedIn
Cohort 6
Audra Anderson
Director, Global & NA Technology Operations at Nike
Bahar Ansari
CEO at 2nd.law
Teresa Brewer
VP Corporate Communications at Roblox
Melisa Buie
Corporate Director for Lean Operational Excellence at Coherant
Cecilia Frew
SVP, Retired at Visa Inc.
Laurie Harting
SVP Operations-CEO at Common Spirit Health
Michelle Hodges
VP Global Channels at Gitlab
Karen Hunter
System Director II, Nursing Informatics at Commonspirit Health
Li Jacobson
VP of Information Technology at Nike
Erica Kubr
Director, Global Operations & Technology Communications at Nike
Janice McCourt
Chief Business Officer/ Strategic Advisor at BIOtech
Larkin Mehta
Senior Director, Office of the CIO at Hill Physicians Medical Group
Nalini Murdter
Senior Vice President at JSR Life Sciences - Crown Biosciences
Sherrod Patching
Head of Global Technical Account Management at GitLab
Maria Porco
President at Cool Gray Consulting
Tascia Pregno
Global Patient Safety Evaluation Partnership Operations Lead at Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Dana Staskerz
CDIO Chief of Staff / Sr. Dir., Strategy & Operations at Nike, Inc.
Kristen Tebo
Process Engineering Senior Manager at Coherant
Emily White
Vice President Enterprise Data and Analytics at Nike
Ani Abrahamian
SVP Engineering at Procore Technologies
Dr. Ginny Baro
SVP Global Merchandising at Williams Sonoma Inc.
Julia Cooper
Director of Finance at City of San José
Cohort 7
Lelani Craig
CEO of Expert in Localization, Technology, and Turn-key Services for over 200 languages at CommGap
Maryam Dickey
Founder & CEO at Rosemarie Property LLC & Luxury
Winnie Heh Yung Chung
Middlebury Institute of International Studies | Board Member, Career and Performance Coach, Advisor
Michelle Hummel
Executive and Leadership Coach at Healing Leadershp
Bernice Johnson
Vice President Tech Capability Development at GSK
Susan Loveall
CFO at The Carey School
Caroline Morgan
Director, Global Consumer Insights at Netflix
Christine Roach
CFO at ICU Eyewear, Inc.
Debra Rutherford
Vice President, Head of Respiratory Sales at GlaxoSmithKline Pharma
Melanie Shelby
Managing Director | Board of Trustees at State Bar of California
Carol Waldron
Vice President at Claims State Farm Insurance Company
Cheryl Watton
Senior Vice President Drug Safety at Exelixis