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ELLEN RICHSTONE

Board Director, Cognition Therapeutics Inc., Orion Energy Systems Inc.

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Ellen Richstone is a former CEO, Fortune 500 CFO, and Fortune 500 Treasurer.

Currently, Richstone is a professional director with extensive financial, global and M&A experience. Her M&A experience includes 48 deals closed and integrated as an Operating Executive and over 14 deals completed as a Board director. She has been a public company director since 2003, sitting on public boards ranging from IPO up to Fortune 500. Her operating background is primarily at technology companies. Her board experience spans: automotive, industrial, consumer products, pharma, life science, and technology companies. Richstone has experience on both public and private boards. In 2020, the National Association of Corporate Directors named her to the NACD Directorship 100™. Richstone is both an NACD Board Leadership Fellow and NACD Directorship Certified®. In 2023, she received the CFO Lifetime Achievement award from the Boston Business Journal