LAKE DAI Founder and Managing Partner at Sancus Ventures
CRAIG SILVERMAN Executive Vice President for Merchandising Operations and AI Innovation at Walmart
JENNIFER DULSKI CEO and Founder at Rising Team
Aon Appoints Admiral James Stavridis to the Board of Directors
HELEN SUN AI Engineering Leader at Meta
KHWAJA SHAIK Chief Technology Officer at IBM
Arianna Huffington Joins Board of Williams-Sonoma
Medicines Appoints Frank Clyburn to the Board of Directors
Welcome to the September 2024 Issue of Board Recruitment! BoardProspects’ flagship publication is dedicated to keeping you at the cutting edge of corporate governance and boardroom composition. Our goal is to provide you with the strategies and knowledge needed to strengthen your boardroom.
This is our special AI issue. Our lead article, “Top AI Talent for Your BoardRoom,” addresses a crucial and timely topic. As AI continues to revolutionize industries, ensuring that your board is equipped with the right talent to oversee these innovations is more important than ever. I explore the growing demand for directors with expertise in artificial intelligence and how this talent can enhance governance, risk management, and strategy in an increasingly digital world. All corporate boards should be undertaking an analysis to determine whether or not to add AI talent in the boardroom.
This issue also features insightful articles from our BoardRoom Resource Partners and contributing experts:
• “Board Oversight of GenAI” (Source: KPMG): Explore the key considerations for boards as they navigate the complexities of generative AI technologies.
• “U.S. FTC’s New Rule on Fake and AI-Generated Reviews and Social Media Bots” (Source: Sidley Austin): Understand the regulatory landscape surrounding AI-generated content and its implications for businesses.
• “Enabling Enterprise AI Adoption Through Next-Generation Governance” (Source: Protiviti): Learn about governance frameworks that can support the responsible and effective adoption of AI at the enterprise level.
• “Reimagining Digital Transformation with GenAI: Anthony Soohoo’s Framework for Success”: Gain practical insights into leveraging generative AI for digital transformation.
Your feedback is invaluable as we continue to refine our content to best serve your needs. Thank you for being an essential part of the BoardProspects community.
Mark Rogers Founder and CEO, BoardProspects
Over the past 18 months, Anthony Soohoo, an established leader in AI, technology, media, and retail, has worked with both public and private companies to explore the question: What will distinguish companies that redefine their industries with AI from those that fall short? Through these conversations, he has gained a unique perspective on the factors that will determine which companies successfully transform through AI and which will fall short.
Given the significant shifts generative AI can bring, effective implementation requires a comprehensive and structured approach which Soohoo has outlined in the following strategic framework:
1. Purpose and Strategy: Be specific as to the problems AI is tasked with solving and ensure they align with broader business strategies.
2. Leadership Commitment: Successful AI and digital transformation initiatives require commitment and oversight from the CEO and board of directors. This involves setting the vision, allocating resources, and ensuring organizational alignment.
3. Talent and Organizational Transformation: The workforce and organizational structure must be reshaped to prosper in a generative AI-driven world. This may
include reimagining roles, adjusting workplace culture, and facilitating an environment that supports continuous learning and innovation.
4. Maximizing AI Impact with Systems Thinking: Identify the necessary skills and tools needed for AI implementation and create integrated systems that enhance AI’s ability to utilize data across the organization. Ensuring all systems work cohesively and foster alignment between human roles and AI functions, will optimize the human-machine relationship and maximize AI’s impact.
About Anthony
5. Approaching AI Transformation as a Continuous Process: AI transformation is not a one-time initiative but a continuous journey. Create a culture of continuous improvement with metrics to measure AI’s impact and regularly review and refine your AI strategies based on these insights. This ensures AI initiatives remain effective and aligned with evolving business needs and industry changes.
Please find Anthony’s complete article which explores each of these areas in greater depth here.
Anthony Soohoo is an established leader in AI, technology, media, and retail. In his most recent position as Executive Vice President at Walmart, he spearheaded a transformation to merge the stores and eCommerce businesses, turning Walmart into the nation’s largest omni-channel retailer for home goods. Prior to Walmart, Anthony co-founded and led Dot & Bo, an AI-based online retailer acquired by Alibaba as well as mobile news service Dotspotter, acquired by CBS.
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GenAI has captured the attention of business leaders and boards for its potential opportunities, inherent risks, and record-breaking speed of adoption. Management teams are simultaneously under pressure to move faster so that they don’t miss out on opportunities yet go slowly enough to responsibly manage the potential risks posed by the technology.
With GenAI, effective board oversight has never been more important or more challenging. Many companies are starting to move from piloting the technology to larger-scale rollouts while also trying to separate the hype from
reality in a period featuring significant market uncertainty, an accelerating pace of artificial intelligence, and a great deal of regulatory change.
First, boards should ask, “Are we moving fast enough?” The answers to the following questions can provide the board with a good sense of the here and now, as well as a picture of the near and longerterm future.
To the chief operating officer, chief technology officer, and chief information officer: How many of our employees can safely access GenAI tools at work, and how many are actively using them to be
more productive? Have we connected these tools to our own proprietary data? By the end of the year, what measurable productivity improvements should this translate into? While many executives will struggle to answer these questions now, they should be able to at some point this year.
To the chief security officer, chief revenue officer, and chief marketing officer: How are we using GenAI to sell and deliver our products and services more efficiently and effectively? Are we embedding GenAI into our products and services to make them more attractive to customers? What new offerings are we planning to take to market? Do we need to change our price levels or structure to capitalize on these changes? If customer-facing executives are not thinking about these issues now, the company could lose competitive advantage.
To the chief financial officer or chief strategy officer: If you assume that our customers, competitors, and suppliers are also rolling out GenAI, what might that do to the company’s revenue and cost over the next one, three, and five years? What revenue is at risk? What new revenue can be generated? What costs will be reduced? What price pressure or opportunity does the company see? How much has the company invested in GenAI this fiscal year, and how much will be budgeted for next year?
To the CEO or chief operating officer: Who in management is on point for driving and coordinating the GenAI transformation, and how is the work
being distributed and orchestrated across multiple C-suite executives? Has management considered appointing a chief AI officer to spearhead the change? While very few executives can answer these questions right now, it is important that they start thinking ahead to be able to do so by the end of this fiscal year.
Second, boards should ask, “Are we going slowly enough to manage the potential risks?” One critical area for board focus is the adequacy of management’s policies for the development, deployment, and use of GenAI. Key topics include the following:
• How and when a GenAI system or model—including a third-party model—is developed and deployed, and who makes that decision.
• An inventory of where GenAI is being used.
• Designating a management point person and a cross-functional team with responsibilities for GenAI.
• Responsible GenAI use policies that align with the company’s values and address ethical issues and legal compliance.
• GenAI risk management, mitigation, monitoring, and reporting, including a GenAI risk management framework.
• Staying apprised of the rapidly evolving regulatory landscape and ensuring compliance.
• The quality of the GenAI data (inputs and results).
While the trajectory of GenAI deployment is uncertain, we speculate that 2024 will be the year many companies move from experimentation to larger-scale rollouts;
that next year might see meaningful, measurable results in workforce productivity; and that 2026 may reveal some breakaway winners and losers, with significant business model implications and competitive fallout.
On August 14, 2024, the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a final rule that prohibits fake and artificial intelligencegenerated consumer reviews, consumer testimonials, and celebrity testimonials, along with other types of unfair or deceptive practices involving reviews and testimonials. This new rule is the latest development in the FTC’s increased rulemaking efforts and increased focus on AI, and will take effect on October 21, 2024.
The final rule addresses and prohibits:
Fake or False Consumer Reviews, Consumer Testimonials, or Celebrity Testimonials
• Businesses are banned from creating or promoting fake consumer reviews, consumer testimonials, or celebrity testimonials that misrepresent the identity, experience, or existence of the reviewer or testimonialist. This includes, for example, fake celebrity endorsements or AIgenerated reviews and testimonials. Purchasing or disseminating such misleading content is also prohibited. Businesses also cannot
use reviews from their own employees or relatives on third-party platforms if those reviews are deceptive. With respect to fake reviews from real people, this provision echoes activity at the heart of the privacy torts of misappropriation and right of publicity. But while those torts are not recognized in every state, this new regulation will have national reach.
• Businesses are prohibited from providing compensation or other incentives in exchange for reviews that express a specific sentiment, whether positive or negative. For example, contacting customers and saying “Tell us how much you loved [product] for 10% off your next purchase!” would likely violate this section because consumers receiving this message could reasonably interpret the message as saying that their reviews must be positive and enthusiastic in order to obtain the reward.
• This section does not apply to testimonials, and applies only to reviews that appear on a website or portion of a website dedicated to receiving and displaying such reviews. For example, a blogger’s “review” is not considered a consumer review, and if such a review was incentivized, it would be considered a testimonial.
• The rule prohibits selling, purchasing, procuring, or distributing known or reasonably known “fake indicators of social media influence” that are used to deceive others about a business’s or individual’s importance for commercial gain. “Fake indicators of social media influence” are defined as those “generated by bots, purported individual accounts not associated with a real individual, accounts created with a real individual’s personal information without their consent, hijacked accounts, or accounts that otherwise do not reflect a real individual’s or entity’s activities, opinions, findings, or experiences.”
• Officers or managers of a business, or their immediate relatives, must clearly and conspicuously disclose their relationship to the business when posting reviews or testimonials. The intention of this section is to address certain inherently biased reviews and testimonials, not merely those that are fake or false. If a business fails to ensure these disclosures, or encourages others to hide their connections, it is considered an unfair or deceptive practice. Not covered by these restrictions are general solicitations for customers to post testimonials and merely engaging in consumer review hosting.
• Businesses cannot materially misrepresent that a website, organization, or entity they control provides independent reviews or opinions, other than consumer reviews, about a category of products or services that includes its own products or services. For example, a business cannot create purportedly independent seals or badges that it then awards to its own products.
• Businesses cannot mislead consumers into believing that all submitted reviews are displayed if negative reviews are being hidden. Nor can businesses suppress consumer reviews through threats, intimidation, or false accusations. However, certain types of content, such as defamatory or false reviews, may be legitimately withheld.
This latest rulemaking effort comes as no surprise. The FTC has significantly increased its rulemaking efforts since the Supreme Court’s decision in AMG Capital Management, LLC v. FTC, 141 S. Ct. 1341 (2021), which held that the FTC cannot obtain equitable monetary relief, including consumer redress, under Section 13(b) of the FTC Act. Prior to AMG, Section 13(b) was the FTC’s favored statutory vehicle for seeking monetary relief. Indeed, the commentary to the rule explains that the AMG ruling “has made it significantly more difficult”
for the FTC to obtain monetary relief. Thus, as the commentary explains, “[a] lthough such unfair or deceptive acts or practices are already unlawful under Section 5 of the FTC Act, the rule will increase deterrence of such conduct by allowing courts to impose civil penalties against the violations” and “will allow the Commission to seek court orders requiring violators to compensate consumers for the harms caused by their unlawful conduct.”
The FTC is also increasingly focusing on the role of artificial intelligence in consumer protection. The FTC issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the fall of 2022 which included, in part, a focus on AI and algorithmic processing concerns. And as explained in the commentary to this fake and AI-generated reviews final rule, “AI tools make it easier for bad actors to pollute the review ecosystem by generating, quickly and cheaply, large numbers of realistic but fake reviews that can then be distributed widely across multiple platforms.” Thus, “AI-generated reviews are covered by the final rule, which the Commission hopes will deter the use of AI for that illicit purpose.” The agency is concerned with how AI can be exploited to mislead consumers and, in line with President Biden’s October 2023 AI Executive Order, is actively working to enforce regulations and promulgate rules that ensure transparency and fairness, holding businesses accountable for using AI in ways that harm or deceive the public. This focus is part of the FTC’s broader effort to adapt consumer protection laws to the evolving digital landscape.
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become increasingly important in the enterprise, thanks in part to the rise of generative AI (GenAI). While not a new technology or concept, AI (including machine learning) holds tremendous promise to transform various business functions and activities worldwide — from accounting and finance to cybersecurity, customer experience and more. In boardrooms and C-suite offices everywhere, AI is inspiring conversations on reimagining how the business operates.
Realizing AI’s opportunities, measuring and managing both benefits and risk, becomes difficult without appropriate and effective guardrails in place. Such guardrails, more commonly referred to as governance, are critical — not to slow down AI adoption and implementation, but rather to accelerate and optimize its responsible and effective use throughout the enterprise while creating new opportunities.
By implementing effective governance frameworks and policies, organizations can efficiently recognize, comprehend and measure the potential risks and opportunities associated with AI. This enables them to align their governance practices with the specific use cases they have identified and agreed upon, and
ultimately make well-informed decisions regarding the utilization of AI.
In this paper, we share some best practices for aligning AI efforts with the foundational elements of a strong AI governance program, starting with forming an advisory board and defining use cases.
First things first — select an advisory board and use cases
Most organizations are familiar with governance. They already have policies in place for various technology solutions that can serve as a guide for effective AI governance. Additionally, the lessons learned from establishing governance for other business processes and technologies can expedite the development of an efficient AI governance approach and framework.
The foundation for AI governance begins with people who, in this case, will form an advisory board that should guide and promote the adoption of this rapidly evolving technology to meet business needs. The advisory board typically includes senior managers, legal counsel, compliance managers and experts from across the organization who understand the business’s defined goals and the importance of driving transformation.
The role of an advisory board
An advisory board, which might also be called a steering committee, is primarily responsible for providing strategic direction and oversight and ensuring
alignment with the organization’s broader mission and objectives. The advisory board should define the vision and objectives for deploying AI in the organization and outline the opportunities and risks.
Ultimately, the advisory board is responsible for identifying the key areas where AI can be beneficial, and it promotes adherence to ethical guidelines and regulatory compliance. It also ensures that the aspects of the AI governance framework align with legal requirements, industry standards (for example, NIST AI RMF controls), the company’s ethics, and moral principles such as transparency, fairness and security.
It is critical for the advisory board to represent leaders and experts throughout the organization to ensure a multidisciplinary approach and mindset. It should be comprised of key stakeholders, including those that have knowledge and expertise in key areas, such as AI technology, internal audit, cybersecurity, compliance, legal counsel and business operations.
Once the advisory board is identified, its first order of business should be to identify and evaluate potential AI use cases for the organization.
Use cases pave the way to identifying governance requirements
One of the first and most essential functions of the advisory board is identifying and examining individual use
cases for AI in the organization, ensuring that each use case gets customized controls based on its unique needs while considering the potential benefits against any risks that need to be addressed and managed.
As we noted earlier, governance is not a new concept for organizations. Most have a high level of familiarity and often sophisticated governance policies and practices in place around numerous functions — ERP systems, supplier management, cybersecurity and more. Most organizations likely have detailed governance frameworks that they apply to these functions, ones that may have taken months or even years to refine.
When it comes to AI, the key points here are that (1) there is no need to reinvent the wheel with a unique approach to AI governance — it’s likely existing policies and practices offer some nuances and specificity that can be used as foundation components for AI governance and (2) the governance components and controls should be flexible and adapt to how AI will be used — i.e., the use case.
Each use case may have unique capabilities and requirements that may require different controls in the governance framework. For example, an AI use case of identifying preventive maintenance needs will carry a much different set of risks than a use case that supports hiring decisions. It is also possible that some controls defined in the organization’s current governance programs, policies and frameworks
may not be necessary for a particular AI use case. Which controls are and are not relevant and necessary depends on the specific AI use case and its context. For example, an AI deployment that is considered a closed system, where no queries or data extend beyond the internal systems, may not need stringent privacy or data sovereignty controls.
The advisory board should support the examination of the implications of the use case and evaluate its viability. This includes:
• Identifying the problem the AI solution will solve and setting measurable objectives for success.
• Ensuring visibility into the quality and relevance of the data sources used.
• Determining data requirements such as storage, processing, privacy and security.
• Determining the high-level technical components needed for implementing the use case.
• Assessing compliance requirements, including data protection laws and industry regulations.
• Addressing ethical concerns and incorporating principles of fairness, transparency and accountability.
• Performing a risk assessment to understand potential challenges and unintended consequences.
• Identifying and engaging stakeholders affected by the use case.
• Comparing potential benefits against costs to justify investment in the use case.
• Creating metrics to evaluate the success or failure of the use case.
• Once these tasks are completed, the next step is to outline further the use case to determine how it fits into a broader governance framework.
Refining a use case requires incorporating considerations that are typically defined in an AI governance framework. These considerations will help accelerate the development of the use case and make the deployment
align with business goals.
Keep in mind that different use cases may have different considerations. However, most use cases share some common principles that are encapsulated in the governance framework. These principles, summarized below, can speed the development of use cases while also preventing essential elements from falling through the cracks.
Now that we’ve set up the advisory board and defined the AI use cases, it’s time to discuss governance.
With the introduction of any innovative technology, there are considerations that must be addressed to help drive success. For example, a benefit versus risk analysis is a critical element for vetting any use case. In addition to defining the opportunities created by implementing an AI use case, it is important to identify and manage risk properly to realize the full potential
offered by that use case. Only then can the specifics of the use case be aligned with the components of a governance framework.
In many cases, particular components of a governance framework may not be applicable or may have reduced importance during the alignment process. Even so, there are some basic foundational tasks that are common across most use cases:
Understanding and communicating the benefits of governance
One of the biggest benefits offered by a strong governance program is ensuring AI adoption is aligned with organizational strategy and designed to maximize business value.
The benefits offered by a properly executed governance program should be shared with the core stakeholders that are impacted by the defined use case and, eventually, the broader enterprise. Some of these benefits include:
Shaping AI governance: internal and external dynamics
Governments, legislative bodies and other authorities are working to address concerns related to the adoption of AI technologies and are developing or modifying legislation, guidelines and compliance requirements to meet the challenges posed by AI. Organizations that are adapting their governance programs for AI use cases need to consider how external factors will influence the design and application of their frameworks. Whether an organization is modifying existing frameworks or creating new ones, it is important for them to conduct their own due diligence.
Selecting the appropriate governance policies depends on the specific needs of the organization. For example, certain
businesses may have charters, codes of conduct or foundational perspectives that influence the use of AI technologies and guide appropriate use policies. Therefore, the organization needs to consider and define the following factors:
As noted earlier, an important aspect of AI governance is establishing company standards for the implementation and use of the technology, and how those standards impact use cases. Fortunately, many organizations already have broader technologyrelated standards in place that can be used to support the development of AI governance standards. This simplifies the process of creating specific AI governance standards.
Identifying appropriate governance for an AI solution is one of the most critical steps for an effective deployment of the technology. However, determining the applicable policies and components of governance is a task that should not be taken lightly. Assembling the appropriate controls to protect data and ensure ethical use of AI systems will take a team effort, where stakeholders as well as management have a clear understanding of the goals being pursued. Obviously, there are steps to instantiating appropriate governance before deploying any AI solution, which
include the following:
• Create an advisory board.
• Align the governance framework, policies, standards and controls.
• Educate users.
• Develop an inventory of existing AI technologies and use cases and rate those use cases for risk.
• Apply controls as appropriate to the use cases, including red-team testing of high-risk use cases.
Of course, AI systems evolve over time and require measurement for effective long-term management. Governance goes a long way toward providing the foundation that supports an AI deployment, while also setting the stage for reiteration and agility.
Mark Rogers, CEO of BoardProspects
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is perhaps the biggest topic in today’s corporate world in terms of its implications for innovation, growth, and efficiencies. And although it will be some time before AI disrupts nearly every industry (supposedly for the better according to the pundits), the race for boardroom expertise in this field is in full swing.
Earlier this year, Amazon made headlines when it recruited Andrew Ng, Managing General Partner of AI Fund, to its board of directors. Despite being one of the biggest names in technology, Amazon was late to the game of AI and was chasing Apple, Meta, Google, and Microsoft in the rush to bring AI products to the market. Ng was the Founding Lead
of Google’s Google Brain (Deep Learning) Project and is considered one of the foremost AI experts in the world. Amazon still has a ways to go to bridge the AI distance with its competitors, but Ng should help close that distance. Amazon is just one of the many companies this year which has appointed an AI expert to its board of directors. Even companies which don’t feel the need to fill an empty board seat with an AI expert are convening AI advisory boards to help directors understand the opportunities and risks of AI on their business. Such an advisory board can serve as a vital “check and balance” on the existing AI talent among a businesses’ technology resources.
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Hillary Super named CEO and she is appointed to the Board of Directors. Ms. Super is the former Chief Executive Officer at Savage X Fenty.
Walmart (NYSE: WMT)
Appoints Bob Moritz to the Board of Directors. Mr. Moritz is the former Chair of the Board at PwC.
Wheels Up Experience (NYSE: UP)
Appoints Greg Summe to the Board of Directors. Mr. Summe is the former Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer at Carlyle.
Williams-Sonoma (NYSE: WSM)
Appoints Arianna Huffington to the Board of Directors. Ms. Huffington is the Founder and CEO at Thrive Global and the Founder and CEO at The Huffington Post.
Alight (NYSE: ALIT)
Stephan Scholl to resign as CEO and from the Board of Directors.
BJ’s Restaurants (NASDAQ: BJRI)
Gregory Levin departs as CEO and from the Board of Directors. Mr. Levin is the former Chief Financial Officer at California Pizza Kitchen.
Custom Truck One Source (NYSE: CTOS)
Rahman D’Argenio resigns from the Board of Directors. Mr. D’Argenio is a Partner at Energy Capital.
Dollar General (NYSE: DG)
Patricia Fili-Krushel resigns from the Board of Directors. Ms. Fili-Krushel is the former Chief Executive Officer at NBCUniversal.
Estee Lauder (NYSE: EL)
Fabrizio Freda to retire as CEO and from the Board of Directors. Ms. Freda is a former President Procter & Gamble.
European Wax Center (NASDAQ: EWCZ)
David Willis resigns from the Board of Directors. Mr. Willis is the former Chief Executive Officer at European Wax Center
McGrath RentCorp (NASDAQ: MGRC)
Elizabeth Fetter resigns from the Board of Directors. Ms. Fetter is the former Chief Executive Officer at Symmetricom.
Multiplan (NYSE: MPLN)
Michael Attal resigns from the Board of Directors. Mr. Attal is a former Principal at Hellman & Friedman.
Norwegian Cruise Line (NYSE: NCLH)
Russell Galbut resigns from the Board of Directors. Mr. Galbut is the Managing Principal at Crescent Heights.
Rimini Street (NASDAQ: RMNI)
Katrinka McCallum resigns from the Board of Directors. Ms. McCallum is the former Head Customer & Product Experience at Red Hat.
Solo Brands (NYSE: DTC)
Marc Randolph resigns from the Board of Directors. Mr. Randolph is the Co-Founder at Netflix and an Entrepreneur, Mentor & Investor.
Surf Air Mobility (NYSE: SRFM)
Stan Little resigns from the Board of Directors. Mr. Little is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Southern Airways Express.
Vera Bradley (NASDAQ: VRA)
Brad Weston resigns from the Board of Directors. Mr. Weston is the former Chief Executive Officer at Party City Holdings, Inc.
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Boston Beer Company (NYSE: SAM)
Appoints Chris Stone and Joseph Jordan to the Board of Directors. Mr. Stone is a Co-Founder at Twitter and Mr. Jordan is the President - U.S. and Global Services at Domino’s.
Hain Celestial Grp (NASDAQ: HAIN)
Appoints Alison Lewis to the Board of Directors. Ms. Lewis is the former Chief Growth Officer at Kimberly-Clark.
Utz Brands (NYSE: UTZ)
Appoints William Werzyn to the Board of Directors. Mr. Werzyn is the Executive Chair of the Board and CEO at West Shore Home.
Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ)
Judy Schmeling resigns from the Board of Directors. BMs. Schmeling is the former President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at HSN.
Crescent Energy (NYSE: CRGY)
Appoints Marcus Rowland and Michael Duginski to the Board of Directors. Mr. Rowland is the Founder at IOG Capital and Mr. Duginski is the former CEO at Sentinel Peak Resources.
Plug Power (NASDAQ: PLUG)
Appoints Colin Angle to the Board of Directors. Mr. Angle is the former Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer at iRobot.
Tetra Technologies (NYSE: TTI)
Appoints John Douglas to the Board of Directors. Mr. Douglas is the former Chief Executive Officer at RPS plc.
Helix Energy Solutions (NYSE: HLX)
Amerino Gatti resigns from the Board of Directors. Mr. Gatti is the former Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer at Team Inc.
Range Resources (NYSE: RRC)
Steven Gray retires from the Board of Directors. Mr. Gray is the former Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at RSP Permian.
AlTi Global (NASDAQ: ALTI)
Appoints Nazim Cetin and Andreas Wimmer to the Board of Directors. Mr. Cetin is the CEO at Allianz X and Mr. Wimmer is the CEO at Allianz.
Aon plc (NYSE: AON)
Appoints James Stavridis to the Board of DIrectors. Mr. Stavridis is a former 4-star Admiral in the U.S. Navy.
Arch Capital (NASDAQ: ACGL)
Appoints Dan Houston and Neal Triplett to the Board of Directors. Mr. Houston is the Chair of the Board and CEO at Principal Financial Group and Mr. Triplett is the CEO at Duke University Management Co.
Bancorp (NASDAQ: TBBK)
Appoints Todd Brockman to the Board of Directors. Mr. Brockman is the former SVP, Global Head of Issuing Solutions and General Manager of Visa DPS at Visa.
City Hldg (NASDAQ: CHCO)
Appoints James Hoyer to the Board of Directors. Mr. Hoyer is a Retired Major General for the National Guard.
Cohen & Steers (NYSE: CNS)
Appoints Lisa Dolly to the Board of Directors. Ms. Dolly is the former Chief Executive Officer at Bank of NY Mellon | Pershing
Corebridge Financial (NYSE: CRBG)
Appoints Ed Bousa to the Board of Directors.Mr. Bousa is the former Partner at Wellington Management
Diamond Hill Investment Grp (NASDAQ: DHIL)
Appoints Gordon Fowler to the Board of Directors. Mr. Fowler is the former Chief Executive Officer at Glenmede.
Enova Int’l (NYSE: ENVA)
Appoints Lindsay Corby to the Board of Directors. Ms. Corby is the Chief Financial Officer at Chicago Trading Company.
Gladstone Investment (NASDAQ: GAIN)
Appoints Katharine Cornell Gorka to the Board of Directors. Ms. Cornell Gorka is the President at Threat Knowledge Group.
Kennedy-Wilson (NYSE: KW)
Appoints Jeffrey Meyers to the Board of Directors. Mr. Meyers is the Chief Executive Officer at Zonda.
Princeton Bancorp (NASDAQ: BPRN)
Appoints Susan Barrett to the Board of Directors. Ms. Barrett is the former Chair of the Board at Cornerstone Bank.
QCR (NASDAQ: QCRH)
Appoints James Batten and Amy Reasner to the Board of Directors. Mr. Batten is the former Chair of the Board at Guaranty Bank and Ms. Reasner is the President at Lynch Dallas Law Firm.
United Bankshares (NASDAQ: UBSI)
Appoints Sara DuMond to the Board of Directors. Ms. Dumond is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Pediatric Housecalls.
Wintrust Financial (NASDAQ: WTFC)
Appoints Richard Postma to the Board of Directors. Mr. Postma is the former Chair of the Board at Macatawa Bank.
Ally Financial (NYSE: ALLY)
Melissa Goldman resigns from the Board of Directors. Ms. Goldman is the VP Corporate Engineering at Google.
CompoSecure (NASDAQ: CMPO)
Mitchell Hollin and Michele Logan resign from the Board of Directors. Mr. Hollin is a Partner at LLR Partners and Ms. Logan is the Co-Founder at CompoSecure.
NI (NASDAQ: NODK)
Michael Alexander resigns as CEO and from the Board of Directors.
Progressive (NYSE: PGR)
Danelle Barrett resigns from the Board of Directors. Ms. Barrett is the former Rear Admiral of the U.S. Navy.
Truist Financial (NYSE: TFC)
Patrick Graney retires from the Board of Directors. Mr. Graney is the President at PCG Inc.
Abeona Therapeutics (NASDAQ: ABEO)
Appoints Bernhardt Zeiher and Eric Crombez to the Board of Directors. Mr. Zeiher Mr. Zeiher is the former Chief Medical Officer at Astellas Pharma and Mr. Crombez is the Chief Medical Officer Ultragenyx
Alphatec (NASDAQ: ATEC)
Appoints Keith Valentine to the Board of Directors. Mr. Valentine is the former Chief Executive Officer at Orthofix.
Cencora (NYSE: COR)
Appoints Frank Clyburn to the Board of Directors. Mr. Clyburn is the former Chief Executive Officer at International Flavors & Fragrances.
Centene (NYSE: CNC)
Appoints Thomas Greco to the Board of Directors. Mr. Greco is the former Chief Executive Officer at Advance Auto Parts.
Clover Health Investments (NASDAQ: CLOV)
Appoints Thomas Tran to the Board of Directors. Mr. Tran is the former Chief Financial Officer at Upstream Care.
Compass Pathways (NASDAQ: CMPS)
Appoints Gino Santini to the Board of Directors. Mr. Santini is the former Senior VP Corporate Strategy & Business Development at Eli Lilly.
Corbus Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: CRBP)
Appoints Winston Kung to the Board of Directors. Mr. Kung is the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at ArriVent BioPharma.
Gyre Therapeutics (NASDAQ: GYRE)
Appoints David Epstein to the Board of Directors. Mr. Epstein is the Co-Founder and the Chief Executive Officer at PairX Bio.
Lifecore Biomedical (NASDAQ: LFCR)
Appoints Jason Aryeh, Paul Johnson, Humberto Antunes, and Matthew Korenberg to the Board of Directors. Mr. Aryeh is the Founder and Managing Partner at JALAA, Mr. Johnson is the Operations Partner at Ampersand Capital, Mr. Antunes is a Partner at Gore Range Capital, and Mr. Korenberg is the Chief Operating Officer at Ligand Pharma.
MannKind (NASDAQ: MNKD)
Appoints Steven Binder to the Board of Directors. Mr. Binder is the Executive Vice President, Special Projects at MannKind
National Vision (NASDAQ: EYE)
Appoints Caitlin Zulla to the Board of Directors. Ms. Zulla is the Group Division CEO at UnitedHealth.
Revolution Medicines (NASDAQ: RVMD)
Appoints Frank Clyburn to the Board of Directors. Mr. Clyburn is the former Chief Executive Officer at Int’l Flavors & Fragrances.
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Select Medical (NYSE: SEM)
Appoints David Chernow to the Board of Directors. Mr. Chernow is the Chief Executive Officer at Select Medical.
SI-Bone (NASDAQ: SIBN)
Appoints Daniel Wolf to the Board of Directors. Mr. Wolf is the former Chief Strategy & M&A Officer at Baxter.
Trupanion (NASDAQ: TRUP)
Margaret Tooth promoted to CEO and she is appointed to the Board of Directors. Ms. Tooth is the former President at Allianz Insurance.
Warby Parker (NYSE: WRBY)
Appoints Bradley Singer to the Board of Directors. Mr. Singer is a former Partner and COO at ValueAct Capital.
Alignment Healthcare (NASDAQ: ALHC)
Jeffrey Margolis and Thomas Carella resign from the Board of Directors. Mr. Margolis is the former CEO, Chair of the Board and Founder at TriZetto and Mr. Carella is the Managing Director at Warburg Pincus.
Altimmune (NASDAQ: ALT)
David Drutz to leave the Board of Directors. Mr. Drutz is a former President at Pacific Biopharma Associates
Beauty Health (NASDAQ: SKIN)
Julius Few resigns from the Board of Directors. Mr. Few is a Plastic Surgeon at The Few Institute and Founder of Dr. Few Skincare.
Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY)
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Marschall Runge retires from the Board of Directors. Mr. Runge is EVP for Medical Affairs at the University of Michigan, Dean of the Medical School, and CEO of Michigan Medicine.
Endo (OTCMKTS: NDOI)
Blaise Coleman resigns as CEO and from the Board of Directors. Mr. Coleman is the former Executive Director Finance at AstraZeneca.
Korro Bio (NASDAQ: KRRO)
David Lucchino resigns from the Board of Directors. Mr. Lucchino is the former Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Frequency Therapeutics.
Notable Labs (NASDAQ: NTBL)
Thomas Bock resigns as CEO and from the Board of Directors. Mr. Bock is the former Founder, CEO & Chairman of the Board at HeritX.
NRx Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: NRXP)
Stephen Willard to resign as CEO and from the Board of Directors. Mr. Willard is the former Executive Director at Nozin.
Surmodics (NASDAQ: SRDX)
Ronald Kalich resigns from the Board of Directors. Mr. Kalich is the former Chief Executive Officer at FastenTech.
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AdvanSix (NYSE: ASIX)
Appoints Donald Newman to the Board of Directors. Mr. Newman is the Chief Financial Officer at ATI.
Alcoa (NYSE: AA)
Appoints John Bevan and Alistair Field to the Board of Directors. Mr. Bevan is the former CEO at Alumina and Mr. Field is the former CEO at Sims Limited.
Andersons (NASDAQ: ANDE)
William Krueger promoted to CEO and he is appointed to the Board of Directors. Mr. Krueger is the Chief Operating Officer at The Andersons, Inc.
Atlas Energy Solutions (NYSE: AESI)
Appoints John Turner to the Board of Directors. Mr. Turner is the Chief Executive Officer at Atlas Energy Solutions.
Atlas Lithium (NASDAQ: ATLX)
Appoints Rodrigo Nazareth Menck to the Board of Directors. Mr. Nazareth is the former Chief Financial Officer at Sigma Lithium.
Boeing (NYSE: BA)
Robert Ortberg named CEO and he is appointed to the Board of Directors. Mr. Ortberg is the former president and CEO at Rockwell Collins.
Centrus Energy (NYSEAMERICAN: LEU)
Appoints Stephanie O’Sullivan to the Board of Directors. Ms. O’Sullivan is the former Principal Deputy Director at National Intelligence.
FutureFuel (NYSE: FF)
Appoints Richard Rowe to the Board of Directors. Mr. Rowe is a President at RPR Global Solutions.
Greif (NYSE: GEF)
Appoints Andrew Rose to the Board of Directors. Mr. Rose is the Chief Executive Officer at Worthington Enterprises.
MDU Resources (NYSE: MDU)
Appoints Michael Della Rocca and Marian Durkin to the Board of Directors. Mr. Della Rocca is the former Chief Executive Officer Americas at AECOM and Ms. Durkin is the former SVP General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer at Avista Corporation.
MSC Industrial Direct (NYSE: MSM)
Appoints Robert Aarnes to the Board of Directors. Mr. Aarnes is the President ADI Global Distribution.
Mueller Water Products (NYSE: MWA)
Appoints Christian Garcia to the Board of Directors. Mr. Garcia is the former Chief Financial Officer at BrandSafway.
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Nexstar Media Grp (NASDAQ: NXST)
Appoints Ellen Johnson to the Board of Directors. Ms. Johnson is the Chief Financial Officer at The Interpublic Group of Companies.
Quaker Chemical (NYSE: KWR)
Appoints Nandita Bakhshi and Lucrece Foufopoulos-De Ridder to the Board of Directors. Ms. Bakhshi is the former CEO at Bank of the West and Ms. Foufopoulos-De Ridder is the former EVP Polyolefins, Circular Economy Solutions and Innovation & Technology at Borealis.
Quanterix (NASDAQ: QTRX)
Appoints Jeffrey Elliott to the Board of Directors. Mr. Elliott is the former Chief Financial Officer at Exact Sciences.
Rocket Lab USA (NASDAQ: RKLB)
Appoints Kenneth Possenriede to the Board of Directors. Mr. Possenriede is the former Chief Financial Officer at Lockheed Martin.
Universal Corp (NYSE: UVV)
Promotes Preston Wigner to Chair of the Board and CEO. Mr. Wigner is a former Associate at Williams Mullen.
Waters Corp (NYSE: WAT)
Appoints Heather Knight to the Board of Directors. Ms. Knight is the Group President Medical Products & Therapies at Baxter International.
Bruker (NASDAQ: BRKR)
Philip Ma resigns from the Board of Directors. Mr. Ma is the Chief Executive Officer, President, and Founder at PrognomiQ.
FutureFuel (NYSE: FF)
Rose Sparks resigns from the Board of Directors. Ms. Sparks is the Chief Financial Officer at FutureFuel.
RTX (NYSE: RTX)
Robert Ortberg resigns from the Board of Directors. Mr. Ortberg is the Chief Executive Officer at Boeing.
Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ: STRL)
Charles Patton retires from the Board of Directors. Mr. Patton is the former EVP External Affairs at American Electric Power.
Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE: DBD)
Appoints Colin Parris and Maura Markus to the Board of Directors. Mr. Parris is the former Chief Technology Officer at GE Digital and Ms. Markus is the former Chief Operating Officer at Bank of the West.
Altus Power (NYSE: AMPS)
Appoints Richard Shapiro to the Board of Directors. Mr. Shapiro is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer at Ridge Run Partners.
Avista (NYSE: AVA)
Heather Rosentrater promoted to CEO and she is appointed to the Board of Directors.
Exelon (NASDAQ: EXC)
Appoints Elizabeth Buchanan and Stephen Bowman to the Board of Directors. Ms. Buchanan is a President at NielsenIQ NA and Mr. Bowman is the former Chief Financial Officer at Northern Trust.
Northwest Natural (NYSE: NWN)
Appoints Mary Ludford to the Board of Directors. Ms. Ludford is the former Chief Security Officer at Exelon Deputy.
York Water (NASDAQ: YORW)
Appoints Robert Lambert to the Board of Directors. Mr. Lambert is the President at York County Libraries
Adtran (NASDAQ: ADTN)
Brian Protiva resigns from the Board of Directors. Mr. Protiva is a CoFounder at ADVA Optical Networking.
Kinder Morgan (NYSE: KMI)
Joel Staff retires from the Board of Directors. Mr. Staff is a Private Investor.
NorthWestern Energy (NASDAQ: NWE)
Anthony Clark resigns from the Board of Directors. Mr. Clark is the Executive Director
Gladstone Commercial (NASDAQ: GOOD)
Appoints Katharine Cornell Gorka to the Board of Directors. Ms. Cornell Gorka is the President at Threat Knowledge Group.
Gladstone Land (NASDAQ: LAND)
Appoints Katharine Cornell Gorka to the Board of Directors. Ms. Cornell Gorka is the President at Threat Knowledge Group.
National Storage Affiliates Trust (NYSE: NSA)
Appoints Warren Allan to the Board of Directors. Mr. Allan is the former President at Optivest Properties.
Regency Centers (NASDAQ: REG)
Appoints Gary Anderson to the Board of Directors. Mr. Anderson is the former COO & CEO Europe Asia at Prologis.
Udemy (NASDAQ: UDMY)
Eren Bali resigns from the Board of Directors. Mr. Bali is the Co-Founder at Udemy and Co-founder, CEO at Carbon Health.
Avnet (NASDAQ: AVT)
Appoints Virginia Henkels and Helmut Gassel to the Board of Directors. Ms. Henkels is the former Chief Financial Officer at Swift Transportation and Mr. Gassel is the Founder and Partner at Silian Partners.
Bumble (NASDAQ: BMBL)
Appoints Martin Brand to the Board of Directors. Mr. Brand is a Managing Director at Blackstone.
Cardlytics (NASDAQ: CDLX)
Amit Gupta promoted to CEO and he is appointed to the Board of Directors.
Clarivate plc (NYSE: CLVT)
Matitiahu Shem Tov named CEO and he is appointed to the Board of Directors. Mr. Shem Tov is the former Operations Partner at Long View Capital.
Clear Secure (NYSE: YOU)
Appoints Peter Scher to the Board of Directors. Mr. Scher is the Vice-Chair at JPMorganChase.
Coherent (NYSE: COHR)
Appoints James Anderson to the Board of Directors. Mr. Anderson is the President and CEO at Coherent.
Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT)
Appoints Daniel Whalen to the Board of Directors. Mr. Whalen is the former Chief Executive Officer at ATX Networks.
Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ: IAS)
Appoints Robert Lord to the Board of Directors. Mr. Lord is the former SVP Chief Digital Officer at IBM.
Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI)
Appoints Elizabeth Mann to the Board of Directors. Ms. Mann is the Chief Financial Officer at Verisk Analytics.
PROS (NYSE: PRO)
Appoints Jennifer Biry to the Board of DIrectors. Ms. Biry is the Chief Financial Officer at McAfee.
Samsara (NYSE: IOT)
Appoints Alyssa Henry to the Board of Directors. Ms. Henry is the former Chief Executive Officer of Square at Block, Inc.
SS Innovations Int’l (OTCMKTS: SSII)
Appoints Frederic Moll and Timothy Adams to the Board of Directors. Mr. Moll is the former Chief Development Officer at J&J Medical Devices and Mr. Adams is the Regional Operations Officer at Ascension.
Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ: SMCI)
Appoints Susie Giordano to the Board of Directors. Ms. Giordano is the former General Counsel (Interim) and Corporate Secretary at Intel Capital.
Vishay Precision (NYSE: VPG)
Appoints Erez Lorber to the Board of Directors. Mr. Lorber is the former Chief Executive Officer at Questar Auto Technologies.
ZipRecruiter (NYSE: ZIP)
Appoints Mike Gupta to the Board of Directors. Mr. Gupta is the Chief Financial Officer at Calm.com.
Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ: ZM)
Appoints Mike Fenger to the Board of Directors. Mr. Fenger is Vice President WorldWide Sales at Apple.
Zoominfo Technologies (NASDAQ: ZI)
Appoints Domenic Maida and Owen Wurzbacher to the Board of Directors. Mr. Maida is the former Chief Data Officer at Bloomberg and Mr. Wurzbacher is the Chief Investment Officer at HighSage Ventures.
Intel (NASDAQ: INTC)
Lip-Bu Tan resigns from the Board of Directors. Mr. Tan is the Founder and Chair of the Board at Walden International.
Sabre (NASDAQ: SABR)
Gregg Saretsky resigns from the Board of Directors. Mr. Saretsky is the former Chief Executive Officer at WestJet.
Seagate Technology (NASDAQ: STX)
Robert Bruggeworth to leave the Board of Directors. Mr. Bruggeworth is the Chief Executive Officer at Qorvo.
ESCO Technologies (NYSE: ESE)
Appoints Penelope Conner to the Board of Directors. Ms. Conner is the EVP Customer Experience & Strategy at Eversource Energy.
Shenandoah Telecommunications (NASDAQ: SHEN)
Appoints Michael Rhymes to the Board of Directors. Mr. Rhymes is the Chief Information Officer at Entergy.
Caris Life Sciences
Appoints Dave Fredrickson to the Board of Directors. Mr. Fredrickson is the Executive Vice-President of the Oncology Business Unit at AstraZeneca.
Fortress Solutions
Appoints Ed Chan to the Board of Directors. Mr. Chan is CIO at Crown Castle.
Gate Bioscience
Appoints Jeff Hatfield to the Board of Directors. Mr. Hatfield is the former CEO at Vividion Therapeutics.
MOBILion Systems
Appoints Rohit Khanna to the Board of Directors. Dr. Khanna is the coFounder of Dynamic Solutions.
Sachem Capital
Appoints Jeffrey Walraven to the Board of Directors. Mr. Walraven is CoFounder and Chief Operating Officer at Freehold Properties, Inc.
SearchStax
Appoints Brad Allen and Carol Meyers to the Board of Directors. Mr. Allen is the founder and CTO of three enterprise software startups and Ms. Meyers is the former CMO at Rapid7.
SIGNiX
Appoints Ronny Chapman to the Board of Directors. Mr. Chapman is a Former SVP at TruStage.
StoneAge Holdings
Appoints Kristina Heinze and Sheila Bangalore to the Board of Directors. Ms. Heinze is the Co-Founder and a Senior Advisor at ParkerGale Capital. Ms. Bangalore is the former Chief Strategy Officer, GC, and Corporate Secretary at MP Materials.
VerAI Discoveries
Appoints Gordon Bogden as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Bogden is the former Chair of the Board of the Canada Mining Innovation Council.
Wanna.com
Appoints Chuck Bowling to the Board of Directors. Mr. Bowling is the former President and COO at MGM Resorts.
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