Sentences with phrase «in serving on boards»

We encourage those women interested in serving on boards to read the report.

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I think there's also a need for some education on what is involved in serving on a board,» she says.

I have no interest in serving on a Board just for the sake of being there.

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She held various senior positions at Petro - Canada until she left the company in 1991, going on to serve on numerous corporate boards and start a governance consulting firm.

Mr. Thiel has long stood out in Silicon Valley for his vocal libertarianism, but he drew heavy criticism from many tech - industry peers — including fellow Facebook board member Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix Inc. — when he backed Mr. Trump's presidential campaign and later served as an adviser on his White House transition team.

Diamonte serves on the board for the Committee on Investment of Employee Benefit Assets, representing more than 100 of the country's largest private - sector retirement funds on fiduciary and investment issues in Washington.

Ari was named among the Top 20 Most Influential People in VoIP 2012 and currently serves on several boards, including the New Jersey Tech Council.

About 100 Boardlist candidates (some of whom already sit on not - for - profit, for - profit, or advisory boards, and the vast majority of whom live in the U.S.) were asked a number of questions about their experiences in business, and also about the fact that so few women serve on corporate boards.

A noted philanthropist, his name adorns the University of Toronto's Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building, the faculty from which he graduated in 1954, and he has served on the board of directors of Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital and the Royal Conservatory of Music.

Harford is a prominent diversity champion, both in the financial services sector and the wider business community, and served as the co-head of Citi Women and on the board of directors of The Forte Foundation, a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the number of women leaders in business.

He previously served on the Board of Directors for the Biotechnology Industry Organization for nine years, where he was active in the policy areas of capital formation, bioethics, intellectual property and regulatory policy.

We open the restaurant on Thanksgiving to serve meals to those in need, we raise money for scholarships, and we serve on the boards of several local community groups.

Activist investors in both Canada and the US recently proposed — for Hess Corporation and Agrium Inc. — that their nominees to serve as independent directors on the companies» boards should receive incentive pay directly from the activist investors themselves, with the amount that tied to share price appreciation.

We need to put some points on the board — closing deals and showing real revenue — as quickly as possible to demonstrate that we're serving a real need in the marketplace.

Activist hedge fund investor and recent Valeant Pharmaceuticals (vrx) board appointee Bill Ackman on Wednesday slammed the company's steep drug price hikes in testimony before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, going so far as to say the cost bumps «contributed to healthcare inflation and called into question the company's commitment to the patients it serves.»

According to the census, approximately 40 % of companies (177 in 2011) had no women serving on their boards — a shockingly high number.

Anyone who read Isabelle Hudon's resumé would expect she struggled with work - life balance: in addition to serving as president of Quebec operations for Sun Life Financial, she chairs two boards of directors and sits on five more.

«An Irish lion is gone,» Tony Clement, the Treasury Board president who also served previously with Flaherty in the Ontario legislature, posted on Twitter.

Balsillie eventually resigned from the RIM board in March, while Lazaridis remains on the board and serves as vice-chairman.

He founded his company Weedmaps, a sort of Yelp for marijuana dispensaries, in 2008, and now serves on the board of directors for the National Cannabis Industry Association, the Marijuana Policy Project and the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, which most people know as NORML and for which he also serves as treasurer.

Logan had served on a transit board and knew public transportation in cities was broken.

Another prong in No Ceilings» new program is an effort by the nonprofit Catalyst to create what's being billed as an annual list of CEO - endorsed female candidates who are ready to serve as directors on U.S. corporate boards.

Participation by specialty physicians in an ABMS Member Board MOC program has a positive impact on patient care, improves outcomes, and serves as an important tool for consumers, hospitals, and physicians.

(KPCB invested in both DataStax and PernixData; Murphy serves on PernixData's board.)

As part of her commitment to leadership and her community, Rodriguez has served on numerous boards and has been recognized with several awards and honors, including being named Corporate Elite by Hispanic Business Magazine, featured twice in Working Mother magazine, and selected as a 2017 University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley distinguished alumni.

Spencer Lanthier, who serves on a variety of boards, recently asserted during a speech in Toronto that, despite recent advances in regulation and enforcement, large frauds still unfold in Canada largely with impunity.

In addition, Dominguez serves on the board of directors for CIT Bank, KB Home, Coca - Cola Advisory Council, and the Notre Dame Latino Studies Advisory Council.

Concerning, though, that it had travelled halfway around the world from Tasmania to Heathrow in order to be served on board.

She is also an experienced public and private corporate board director and has served on the boards of Darden Restaurants, Publix Supermarkets, Laidlaw International and various non-profit organizations in Miami.

I've served on several boards and in each case I've been one of just a few women in the room.

In addition to his work in San Diego, Chilcott is on the board of the National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders and serves on Bank of America's National Community Advisory CounciIn addition to his work in San Diego, Chilcott is on the board of the National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders and serves on Bank of America's National Community Advisory Counciin San Diego, Chilcott is on the board of the National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders and serves on Bank of America's National Community Advisory Council.

I lean toward a system in which each new member of the board agrees to hand in their resignation every six to eight years, with the idea being that some directors will be asked to serve multiple terms it they are uniquely qualified to help the CEO and company build value, but most will be thanked for their service and move on after that time frame.

«It is so important to find exciting new ways to inspire our next generation of space explorers,» NASA astronaut Megan McArthur, who serves on the project's advisory board, said in a statement.

In addition to his role at Expedia, Khosrowshahi also serves on the board of The New York Times.

Walker became one of the youngest members to serve on the Stanford Board of Trustees; found a career in his chosen field of real estate, where he has a successful real estate investment fund; holds equity in Hollywood nightclubs; and has a small ownership stake in the Oakland Athletics Major League Baseball team.

His extensive experience serving on the boards of directors of numerous companies brings to our Board of Directors valuable direction in dealing with the complex issues facing boards of directors today.

Mr. Lee's qualifications to serve on our Board of Directors include his broad - based knowledge in the areas of management, corporate strategy development, and finance.

[153] His civic work has involved serving on the boards of several organizations in the New York - New Jersey area, including the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, the New York Philharmonic, the New York Child Study Center and the NYC Partnership.

In addition to current positions on the boards of JBT Corporation and Valeo and as a member of the Nominating Committee of Petroleum Geo - Services ASA, Ms. Devine previously served on the boards of Det Norske Veritas, FMC Technologies, Inc., and Technip.

Mr. Shea is well qualified to serve as a director due to his experience in public and private company governance and private equity, including his service on numerous corporate boards and on audit and compensation committees, including his experience with Hennessy I and Hennessy II.

In the past, Schmidt sat on the Board of Governors for the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, has also served as Director of INHOUSE Attainable Housing Society of Calgary, and Director for Elkhorn Resources Inc..

Today, Freston serves on the board for Vice Media, a platform he thinks that Viacom could have become with the right model in place.

Active in community circles, he currently serves on the boards of VIA Rail Canada and the Jack Webster Foundation.

Todd serves as Vice Chairman of the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, and sits on the board of Opportunity Education Foundation.

The Audit Committee serves a Board - level oversight role, in which it provides advice, counsel, and direction to management and to the auditors on the basis of the information it receives, discussions with management and the auditors, and the experience of the Audit Committee's members in business, financial, and accounting matters.

Powell Jobs also has longstanding interests in environmental work, serving on the board of Conservation International, and has advocated causes including immigration reform.