50 Women to Watch for Boards
Directory

Find Board-Ready Talent

The 50 Women to Watch for Boards Honoree Directory is a searchable resource featuring highly qualified executives recognized for their readiness to serve on corporate boards. Each honoree has been rigorously vetted by Board Chairs, Nominating & Governance Chairs, and stock exchange leaders.


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Lynette Aguilar

AT&T (Former)

Dallas, TX

Technology

Board experience: Nonprofit

Chris Anderson

Jewelers Mutual; Baker Tilly (Former)

Bonita Springs, FL

Financial Services

Board experience: Nonprofit

Dagmar Boggs

The Coca-Cola Company

Atlanta, GA

Consumer Cyclical

Board experience: Nonprofit

Kristy Clement

Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation

Bainbridge Island, WA

Government / Public Sector

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Vicki Curry

Fox Corporation

Los Angeles, CA

Communication Services

Board experience: Nonprofit

Nina D'Amato

Lenovo

San Francisco, CA

Technology

Board experience: Nonprofit

Kristin Darby

State of Tennessee

Nashville, TN

Government / Public Sector

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Claire DeMatteis

Global Kompass Strategies

Wilmington, DE

Healthcare

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Mary Francis

Chevron

San Ramon, CA

Energy

Board experience: Nonprofit

Yvonne Garcia

State Street Corporation

Boston, MA

Financial Services

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Julie Gilbert

Full Throttle Growth & Capital

New York, NY

Technology

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Kristina Heinze

Halstatt LLC

Naples, FL

Financial Services

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Lauren Holland

Tides

Memphis, TN

Nonprofit / Philanthropy

Board experience: Nonprofit

Rachel Hutter

The Walt Disney Company (Former)

Glendale, CA

Communication Services

Board experience: Nonprofit

Shannon Janis

onsemi

Scottsdale, AZ

Other

Board experience: Nonprofit

Rachana Kumar

Stealth Startup

New York, NY

Technology

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Maggie Lapcewich

Breakthru Beverage Group and Diageo Plc (Former)

Chicago, IL

Consumer Cyclical

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Edlynne Laryea

Meta

Brooklyn, NY

Consumer Defensive

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Katya Laviolette

1PASSWORD

BEACONSFIELD, CA

Technology

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Susan Levitt

Long-Term Stock Exchange

New York, NY

Financial Services

Board experience: Nonprofit

Nicole McNeill

Municipal Property Assessment Corporation

Pickering, CA

Real Estate

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Ranit Mishori

The World Bank Group

Washington, DC

Other

Board experience: Nonprofit

Kim Padeletti

AWS

Houston, TX

Technology

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Alice Pope

Amazon (former)

Leander, TX

Technology

Board experience: Nonprofit

Shontra Powell

Hubbell, Incorporated

Naples, FL

Industrials

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Tracy Preston

Macy’s Inc.

New York, NY

Consumer Cyclical

Board experience: Nonprofit

Vijaya Raghunathan

Truist Financial

Richmond, VA

Financial Services

Board experience: Nonprofit

Cheryl Richards

Catapult

Charlotte, NC

Other

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Aleida Rios

BP

Houston, TX

Energy

Board experience: Nonprofit

Elena Robles

Estafeta Mexicana

México D.F., MX

Other

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Bhawna Sapra

Fortune 150 National Health Plan

Hayward, CA

Healthcare

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Laurie Schalow

Chipotle Mexican Grill

Newport Beach, CA

Consumer Cyclical

Board experience: Nonprofit

Diane Schwarz

Smurfit Westrock

Dallas, TX

Industrials

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Terrilynn Short

Halma plc

Oak Park, IL

Industrials

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Tequila Smith

Reworld Waste

Florham Park, NJ

Energy

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Esprit M. Smith

Teamshares

Inglewood, CA

Consumer Cyclical

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Barbara Stoyko

Shell USA

The Woodlands, TX

Consumer Cyclical

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Lorena Sánchez García

Built to Adapt (an Orrington Partners company)

Ciudad de México, MX

Technology

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Sara Tresch

Optum

Piedmont, CA

Financial Services

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Yasmina Triki

TORONTO, CA

Technology

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Marsha Vande Berg

MVandeBerg Advisory

San Francisco, CA

Other

Board experience: Private, Nonprofit

Shelli Willis

Troutman Pepper Locke

Atlanta, GA

Real Estate

Board experience: Nonprofit

Rebecca Wooters

Upbound Group

McKinney, TX

Consumer Cyclical

Board experience: Nonprofit

Elizabeth Wright

Paramount

New York, NY

Communication Services

Board experience: Nonprofit

Angela Zutavern

AlixPartners

Dallas, TX

Other

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Sweeny Bansal

National Health Plan, Virginia Operations

Richmond, VA

Healthcare

Board experience: Nonprofit

Nooshin Behroyan

Paxon Energy

Oakland, CA

Energy

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Lavonne Burke

Dell Technologies, Inc.

Houston, TX

Technology

Board experience: Nonprofit

Angela Cotie

Cotie Consulting

Houston, TX

Real Estate

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Selena Cuffe

Blackstone Consulting, Inc.

Los Angeles, CA

Industrials

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Janine Daughtry

Hudson Valley Credit Union

New York, NY

Technology

Board experience: Nonprofit

Laura Deutscher

Dallas, TX

Financial Services

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Brooke Effron

BWE Consultancy LLC

New York, NY

Consumer Defensive

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Linda Elkins

W. L. Gore (former)

Bozeman, MT

Healthcare

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Kimi Ellen

Benford Brown & Associates, LLC

Chicago, IL

Financial Services

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Shonn Evans Brown

Heidelberg Materials North America

Irving, TX

Basic Materials

Board experience: Nonprofit

Heather Ford

Power Design Inc.

Tampa, FL

Real Estate

Board experience: Nonprofit

Mary Gentry

ScanSource, Inc.

Greenville, SC

Technology

Board experience: Nonprofit

Megan Heinze

Accelerate Consulting LLC

Atlanta, GA

Financial Services

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Ellen Herbst

University System of Maryland

College Park, MD

Other

Carolyn Herzog

Elastic NV

San Jose, CA

Technology

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Cooper Jackson

Electronic Arts (EA)

Los Angeles, CA

Communication Services

Board experience: Nonprofit

Marissa Jarratt

Jarranova

Plano, TX

Consumer Defensive

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Jennifer Knight

Former U.S. Department of Commerce

New York, NY

Basic Materials

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Michele Kuhrt

Lincoln Electric

Cleveland, OH

Industrials

Board experience: Nonprofit

Lisa Kulok

Columbia Sportswear Company

Portland, OR

Consumer Cyclical

Board experience: Nonprofit

Lisa Lawson

The Annie E. Casey Foundation

Baltimore, MD

Nonprofit / Philanthropy

Board experience: Nonprofit

Rebekah Le

Legacy Community Health

Houston, TX

Healthcare

Board experience: Private

Pamela Neferkara

Hanna Andersson

Portland, OR

Consumer Defensive

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Tracy Nolan

Humana

Estero, FL

Healthcare

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Kara Pelecky

American Bureau of Shipping

Spring, TX

Technology

Board experience: Private

Beverly Propst

Graybar Electric Company, Inc.

St. Louis, MO

Industrials

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Amanda Renteria

Code for America

Piedmont, CA

Government / Public Sector

Board experience: Nonprofit

Dai Shi

Mission Square (Former)

Washington, DC

Financial Services

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Effie Silva

Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.

Miami, FL

Consumer Defensive

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Eileen Simon

Mastercard

Purchase, NY

Financial Services

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Jenny Sohn

Mindvalley

Los Altos, CA

Technology

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Laura Tapia

Independent

Mexico City, MX

Consumer Cyclical

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Bianca Wallace

The Norinchukin Bank

Maplewood, NJ

Financial Services

Board experience: Private

Pamela Wheeler

NFP, an Aon Company

New York, NY

Financial Services

Board experience: Nonprofit

Lisa Youngers

Access Intelligence

Vienna, VA

Technology

Board experience: Nonprofit

Freda Zietlow

Bank of the Orient

San Francisco, CA

Financial Services

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Nicole Adrien

Oaktree Capital Management

Los Angeles, CA

Financial Services

Board experience: Private

Sarah Aiosa

Merck

West Orange, NJ

Healthcare

Board experience: Nonprofit

Rashmi Badwe

TIAA

New York, NY

Financial Services

Board experience: Private

Amira Barger

D&A Communications

San Francisco, CA

Communication Services

Board experience: Nonprofit

Megan Belcher

Kohler Inc.

Omaha, NE

Consumer Defensive

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Brenda Boehm

Underline

Allen, TX

Technology

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Barbara Bouza

The Walt Disney Company (Former)

Los Angeles, CA

Communication Services

Board experience: Nonprofit

Mariuz Calvet

Santander

Mexico City, MX

Financial Services

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Nancy Casey

Oracle Corporation

Los Angeles, CA

Technology

Board experience: Nonprofit

Kiki Del Valle

Mastercard

Miami, FL

Financial Services

Board experience: Nonprofit

Sarah Delille

Equinor

Houston, TX

Energy

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Michol Ecklund

Callon Petroleum Company

Houston, TX

Energy

Board experience: Nonprofit

Veronica Foley

Precision Drilling Corporation

Houston, TX

Energy

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Tanya Giles

Paramount Global (Former)

New York, NY

Communication Services

Board experience: Nonprofit

Brandi Harleaux

South Post Oak Recycling Center

Houston, TX

Basic Materials

Board experience: Nonprofit

Victoria Harvey

Smile Brands Inc.

Los Angeles, CA

Healthcare

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Vijaya Kaza

Google

Austin, TX

Technology

Board experience: Private

Teresa Kong

Delphia Holdings Inc.

Berkeley, CA

Financial Services

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Kelly Lefferts

Bloomin' Brands, Inc.

Tampa, FL

Consumer Cyclical

Board experience: Nonprofit

Nidhi Luthra

Baxter

Chicago, IL

Healthcare

Board experience: Nonprofit

Latanya Mapp

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA)

Memphis, TN

Nonprofit / Philanthropy

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Ying McGuire

National Minority Supplier Development Council

Austin, TX

Nonprofit / Philanthropy

Board experience: Nonprofit

Alexandra Menke

Google

New York, NY

Financial Services

Board experience: Private

Bhanu Patil

New York, NY

Financial Services

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Joanna Popper

Laurel Beach

Los Angeles, CA

Communication Services

Board experience: Private

Maria Prince

DuPont

Houston, AL

Consumer Cyclical

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Safia Rizvi

CILA Therapeutics

Boston, MA

Healthcare

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Leah Solivan

Fuel Capital / TaskRabbit

San Francisco, CA

Technology

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Marie Sylla Dixon

Albertsons Companies

Bethesda, MD

Government / Public Sector

Board experience: Nonprofit

Mary Thompson

Bonduelle Fresh Americas (formerly Ready Pac Foods)

Pasadena, CA

Consumer Defensive

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Janeen Uzzell

NSBE: National Society of Black Engineers

Washington, DC

Nonprofit / Philanthropy

Board experience: Nonprofit

Ivonne Valdes

IV Advisory Services

Los Gatos, CA

Technology

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Christina Zabat-Fran

Lanvin Group

Mission Viejo, CA

Consumer Cyclical

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Terri Zandhuis

Krispy Kreme

Charlotte, NC

Consumer Cyclical

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Erin Zipes

1Password

Ottawa, CA

Technology

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Joanna Zucker

CP Skin Health (Colgate Palmolive's skin care subsidiary)

Scottsdale, AZ

Consumer Defensive

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Tina Brown

Vector Holding Group

Berkeley, AL

Technology

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Eleanor Brown

DiversiBoard

State College, PA

Technology

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Joyce Cacho

Adinura Advisory Services, Inc.

Boston, MA

Industrials

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Avani Desai

Schellman

Orlando, FL

Technology

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Katie Dudtschak

Formerly RBC

Toronto, CA

Financial Services

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Isaura Gaeta

Intel Corporation (Former)

Sunnyvale, CA

Technology

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Chandy Ghosh

Sinch

Superior, CO

Communication Services

Board experience: Nonprofit

Dawn Haghighi

Los Angeles, CA

Financial Services

Board experience: Private

Lisa Marie Harris

San Diego County Water Authority

San Diego, CA

Utilities

Board experience: Nonprofit

Beatrice Hsu

Los Angeles World Airports (Former)

Los Angeles, CA

Real Estate

Board experience: Nonprofit

Vonda Huss

Charlotte, NC

Financial Services

Board experience: Nonprofit

Karen Ideno

Toyota NA

Plano, TX

Financial Services

Board experience: Nonprofit

Rita Johnson-Greene

Alliance for Regenerative Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

Healthcare

Board experience: Nonprofit

Jaime Lee

Jamison

Los Angeles, CA

Real Estate

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Laura Maness

Grey

New York, NY

Communication Services

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Chandra McCormack

Gartner

Dallas, TX

Consumer Defensive

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Angela Michael

Multiple F10

Carmel, IN

Consumer Cyclical

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Tricia Montalvo Timm

Looker Data Sciences (acquired by Google)

Bay Area, CA

Technology

Board experience: Private

Kate Motonaga

Public Library of Science

Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area, DC

Technology

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Sharon Paul

Kent (Former)

Fulshear, TX

Technology

Board experience: Nonprofit

Joy Randels

Prowess Group

Bradenton, FL

Technology

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Michelle Rider

Endeavor Managment

Plano, TX

Healthcare

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Daniah Robertson

Sodexo Corporate Services and Energy US

Kissimmee, FL

Energy

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Lucy Rutishauser

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.

Timonium, MD

Communication Services

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Lillian Schumacher

Tiffin University

Tiffin, OH

Technology

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Jocelyn Seng

USAF

Alexandria, VA

Government / Public Sector

Board experience: Nonprofit

Lara Shewchuk

Architech

Toronto, CA

Technology

Board experience: Multiple sectors

Tessie Shih

Capital Fund Management

New York, NY

Nonprofit / Philanthropy

Board experience: Nonprofit

Theresa Szczurek

Technology and Management Solutions, LLC

Boulder, CO

Technology

Board experience: Private

Andrea Terrassa

Dentsu

Summit, NJ

Communication Services

Board experience: Private