August Women on Boards Roundtable

• Are you interested in a For-Profit, Non-Profit or Advisory board position?

• Are you currently on a Board and willing to share insights?

  Join C-Sweet for the Women on Boards Roundtable, an on-going national initiative to discover how to land a board position, discuss what’s required when you serve on a corporate board. What are the challenges? What are the perks? How can you land one of these highly coveted positions?

  Women on Boards Roundtable
  Tuesday, August 17^th from 3-4:30 pm PST/ 6-7:30 pm EST
  We meet on the third Tuesday of each month.
  
  Join our next session for a conversation on Executive Compensation with Dayna L. Harris.
  
  

  Dayna Harris is a Partner with Farient Advisors, and has over 20 years of experience providing advice on executive and board compensation. She focuses on designing incentive programs that align compensation with business strategy and value creation for shareholders.

  Her experience includes advising boards and senior management of public and private companies across a variety of industries. This involves her working with management and boards to reach a consensus on program design that is effective within the context of a company’s organization structure and situation.

  Ms. Harris has been a speaker on pay and performance, disclosure, and regulatory topics for the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), WorldatWork, the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals (NASPP), the Council of Institutional Investors, and the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals. For three years, Ms. Harris was named to the NACD Directorship 100, the prestigious list of the most influential people in corporate governance and the boardroom.

  Farient Advisors LLC is an independent executive compensation and corporate governance consultancy. Farient provides a comprehensive array of services to board of directors and management including: compensation program design, goal setting, and performance measurement, pay and performance alignment, board of directors and shareholder communications among others. Farient has locations in Los Angeles, New York, Dallas and Louisville and services clients in more than 35 countries through its partnership with the Global Governance and Executive Compensation Group (GECN). Farient is certified diverse company and is recognized by the Women’s Business Enterprise Network.
  
  More about our Women on Board Initiative: 

  It takes a community, and we’re starting a focused initiative for YOU to land a Board position. The benefits of this roundtable include preparation for board readiness, community, expanded influence, and insights into the process.

  Topics for discussion can include:

  • Board Insights
  • • Board responsibilities
    • Recruiters/board placement organizations/sources to identify openings
  • Board Readiness
  • • Learning options
    • Creation of bios
    • Practice of board pitches / value add for board seat
    • Negotiation of compensation – pay and/or options
  • Act as an ongoing resource
  • Introductions
  • Expanded network
  • Training
  • Celebrate Success!

Steering Committee:
Carolyn Sims, Sr. Advisor & Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Projects, Local Public Affairs, Southern California Edison
Melinda Chelliah, former CFO and VP of Operations at Dermstore (exited)

We welcome you to join us!

This program is complimentary for C-Sweet Members. Non-members and guests may join any session for $45.

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