Advance Your Board Journey

Board service is earned through strategy, preparation, visibility, and trusted relationships.

Your Strategic Path Toward Board Service

Board Essentials

Explore board service across nonprofit, private, and public boards. Build a foundation in governance, board responsibilities, and director expectations, while beginning to align your experience and expertise with board service.

Board Preparation

Translate your operating experience into board value. Get the coaching to craft a compelling board profile, plus the strategic insight and visibility with corporate directors that set standout candidates apart.


Tony Wells

Board Member, Yelp and Nexstar

Branding for Boards Workshop changes how women see themselves as candidates. The shift from executive to board director requires a different kind of visibility, and this workshop delivers exactly that. Watching participants refine their story and own it with conviction is what makes coaching in this program so impactful.

Anouk Pappers

Brand Anthropologist, Signitt

The first conversation a nominating committee has about you usually happens before you enter the room. Branding for Boards gives women the framework to shape their board narrative intentionally, ensuring that how they're perceived reflects the full depth of what they bring to board service.

Angeli Chawla

Executive Director, GlobalWIN

At GlobalWIN, we build networks that advance women across innovation-driven fields. Partnering with 50/50 Women on Boards extended that mission to the boardroom — connecting our community with an organization whose rigor, research, and reach are unmatched in corporate governance.

Michael Fracarro

Former Chief People Officer, Mastercard

We've made progress to be proud of, but our work continues. Achieving equal access to opportunity requires ongoing action. We must keep fostering inclusion across all levels of leadership.

Bunita Sawhney

Chief Consumer Product Officer, Mastercard

When leadership teams represent different perspectives and lived experiences, they make more informed decisions, drive innovation, and collaborate in ways that show through in your bottom line. That's why 50/50 Women on Boards and their mission to bring more voices to the boardroom are critical.

David Cahoy

Senior Managing Director, Evercore

50/50 Women on Boards brings together board directors, business leaders, and highly qualified women shaping the next generation of board leadership. Supporting this mission is a natural extension of our commitment to helping clients build high-performing boards and create long-term value.

Helen Mason

Senior Managing Director, Head of Markets, Riveron

At Riveron, we know that exceptional boards drive exceptional outcomes. Partnering with 50/50 Women on Boards puts us at the center of the conversation that matters most: building the leadership capacity that companies need to perform.

Kris Pederson

Former Americas Center for Board Matters Leader, EY

Diversity of thought and perspective elevates board effectiveness and leads to better governance. Leading boards understand the importance of directors who reflect and address the needs of all stakeholders. I remain committed to supporting efforts to make boards as diverse and inclusive as possible.

Belen Gomez

Vice President, Strategic Initiatives & Communications, Equilar

In a time when some companies are retreating from their DEI commitments, it's more important than ever to stay the course. We support 50/50 Women on Boards in our belief that diverse boards lead to stronger, more innovative businesses.

Sean Ferguson

Vice President, Strategy and Innovation, Bentley University

Bentley is proud to be a strategic research partner for 50/50 Women on Boards. Our collaboration provides critical, data-driven analysis on the advancement of women in board leadership, helping ensure all women leaders can share their expertise to enhance the quality of board governance.

David Chun

Founder & CEO, Equilar

Through our partnership with 50/50 Women on Boards, we provide the research that drives action. Companies that treat board composition as a strategic priority rather than a compliance exercise build the leadership capacity to outperform.

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RESEARCH

EVENTS

The Global Summit

Join influential board directors and global leaders on Sept. 17, 2026, in New York City to discuss critical issues impacting boardrooms globally.

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