Facilitators and Mentors
Mentors bring valuable lived experience as corporate board directors and lived experience with anti-Black racism and/or collaborating closely with BCBR program participants to support their board journeys.
1:1 Mentors devote four flexible hours to provide individualized guidance to each participant over the course of the cohort.
Mentors Panels the last day of each cohort enable participants to practice their intentional networking skills in real-time with several Mentors and fellow cohort members in breakout rooms.
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Facilitators and Mentors
Ify Afe
Chief of Staff - Hp (Global), Board Director, DEI Leader, HP Inc.
Managing Partner - Catalyst Realty Solutions
Board member, Co-founder, Life Sciences Entrepreneur, Forum for Executive Women, Princeton University External Advisory Council for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Board Member, Office Depot
Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer
Strategic Advisor/Board Member, Multiple
EVP, ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group
Dr. , Generation6
Byron Bagby
Board Director, Cybersecurity, DE&I, Executive Leadership Development, William Woods University, Columbia Southern University, Ira Dorsey Scholarship Endowment Fund
Independent Director, Unifi Manufacturing, Inc.
Co-founder and CEO, Bolster
Managing Director, TCBONDI CPA Inc
Board Director, Strategic Advisor
Board Member, Stanford DCI Fellow
Federal Trademark Attorney, CEO ALWAYS RESOURCEFUL LLC, Premier Credit Union
Executive Director, Stanford Center for Racial Justice
Independent board director, Managing Partner, Negocium Group Consulting, College of Women’s Studies - University of Houston, MS Finance program at Texas A&M Univeristy.
MD & Senior Advisor at KPMG Board Leadership Center, NACD, African American Directors Forum, BCBR, BiPartisanship Commission, Latino Corporate Directors Assoc.
Partner and Head of Dreamscape
President, Independent Board Director, The Cambridge Group
Board Member, Advisor, Coach, Consultant, Former CHRO, Excel Advising, LLC
Board Chair & Independent Director, Sistema Biobolsa
Vice President Talent, All Raise
James Chapman
Partner at Rimon P.C.
Susan Chapman-Hughes
Independent Director, Toast, JM Smucker Co. Principal, Speaker, SusanCHSpeaks, LLC
Experienced & Diversified Healthcare Management Executive/Investor/Governance Leader/Author, PNC Bank
Owner, Coleman Consulting
Chairman, EIS Group Ltd
Asha Collins
Corporate Board Member, Healthcare Growth Executive, Aspen Institute Health Innovators Fellow, Angel Investor, Speaker
Founder, Chief Executive Officer, WDG Ventures Inc.
CEO, InCarda Therapeutics
Senior Vice President, Family Wealth Director, Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley
Co-founder, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer
Board Search Practice Leader, Boardspan
CEO, CBO Healthcare / MedTech / Life Sciences, Board Member and Advisor
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Corporate Board Director
Sr. Director of Board Member Experience, Diligent
Experienced Executive in Business and Higher Education
Managing Partner, Board Member
CEO & Board Member, Medigram Inc.
CEO, Lynx Technology, Independent Public Board Director City First Bank, Vital Energy Inc.
Mentor, Miller Center 91¶ÌÊÓƵ
Partner at Ellis Kirk Group
Board Director, President, Advisor, Member Board of Directors
Business Consultant, Coach, Advocate for Resource-Challenged Women
Community Outreach Specialist
President & CEO, Star Cypress Partners
Wanta Felton
Senior Advisor for Diversity, North American Board Practice
Board Director, Partner at Pelkham S2K Managers LLC
Managing Partner, InfraStrategies; Independent Board Member, National Express; Board Member, Eno Center for Transportation
Director of ESG, Private Investments
Senior Advisor, Board Trustee, Director, Venture Partner
Partner & Co-Head of SEC Reporting and Compliance
Board & Advisory Service
Partner, Linchpin Health Ventures, VC Include
Independent Board Director
Director of Programs, Him For Her
Co-Founder, Bolster
Retired Technology Executive
Ed Grier
Dean, Leavey School of Business, 91¶ÌÊÓƵ
Colonel, U.S. Army; Dr.;Professor
Independent Director, Audit Committee Chairman, Advocate, IADEI Fellow
Member of Board of Directors at TrueBlue Inc., United Rentals Inc., and Fossil Group Inc.
Director, Entrepreneur, Founder, CEO; WCD
Co-Founder & COO at Icon Blue
Advisor and Managing Director, Generation6
EVP, Public Policy and Chief External Affairs Officer; Exelon
Managing Director, Technology and Board Practices at ZRG Partners, LLC
Operating Partner, SOSV
Non-Executive Director, Trustpilot Group PLC and Hays PLC
Teresa Jacques
Partner,Technology and Board Practice; Major Executive Search
CEO, Director, Founder, President, Board Member
Senior Technology Executive, Investor, Board Member
Independent Director, Advisor/Consultant
Chief Executive Officer, Diversified Search
Director, Global Compliance (Legal Compliance); Uber Technologies
Senior Financial Advisor/Consultant, Board Member and Owner
Chairman of the Board, IDEAL Industries; Founder, The Lodis Forum; Director, Kingsbury, Inc; Advisory Board Member, Brightstar Capital
Jonathan Kelly
President, Asymmetric Holdings
Celi Khanyile-Lynch
VC/PE, ESG & Entrepreneur; Green Source
Managing Director, RSR Partners
Operating Executive, Former CIO, Board Director
Board Member, Independent Advisor, and BCBR Program Co-Founder
Dennis Lanham
Sr. Assistant Dean and Executive Director, Leavey Executive Center & BCBR Program Co-Founder
Chief Financial Officer, Chief Investment Officer; Tides
Independent Director, Board & Committee Chair
Global Head of Board Engagement
CEO Emeritus of CommonSpirit Health
Client Solutions Consultant, Boardspan
VP Strategic Operations, Belmont University; Executive in Residence, Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Busienss
Head of Human Capital Management, Sixth Street
Managing Director, Executive Strategist, Advisor, Board Member
Nola Masterson
Managing Director, Sciences Futures Management Co. LLC.
Global Manager
VP & Chief Sustainability Officer, Genesys.
Managing Director, Life Science and Board Diversity Practice, ZRG Partners
Managing Principal McKinney-James & Associates
Co-Founder & CEO, Great Ball of Light, Inc.
Member Board of Trustees, Northwestern Mutual
Partner, Concrete Rose Capital
Independent Board Director, MAG3LLC
Head of US Platform, Blisce
Managing Partner, Chairman of the Board, Independent Director, Senior Managing Partner, JMJ Advisors LLC.
Executive, Strategist, Speaker, Board Member
President & CEO, Chisara Ventures Inc.; VC & Startup Advisor
Corporate Executive, Entrepreneur, Board Director
Board Director; ESG Advisor, IDEO
Vice President, Technology, Tata, Co-founder and CEO, STRIDES.ai, board member, 1PlaySports, Board Member, Dara Ashley Foundation
CFO, Board Member, Wing
Founder & Executive Director, African Diaspora Network; Board Director; Executive Leader
Partner, Morgan Lewis Bockius LLP
VP Organizational Readiness, AAA Northern California
Partner, Business Attorney, Global Vice Chair Emerging Companies at Latham & Watkins
Litigation & Trial Practice Partner, Alston & Bird; Lecturer on the Law, University of Chicago Law School
Chief Legal Officer & Global Managing Director, Diversified Search Group, CEO, Board & Corporate Governance Leader, Independent Corporate Director
Founder & CEO, Board Director. Retired EY Global Client Service Partner
Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs; Netflix
Jo-Ellen Pozner
Assistant Professor, Management
CFO & COO, Him For Her & Illumyn
Managing Director, Financial Services & Canada, LinkedIn
Partner, Acrew Capital
CEO, BizWorld.org
Board Member, Boeing
Chief People Officer, project44
Independent Director, CommScope Holding Company
Senior Managing Director, Talent and Human Potential at Accenture
Lead Independent Director, Fortune 100 Board Member, Advisor, Speaker, Investor
CEO, Partner, Advisor, Board Member
CEO, Board Director & Change Agent
Managing Director
Board Member, CEO & Venture Capitalist
Ian Simmonds
Chief Financial Officer, Managing Director
Senior Director of Leadership Ethics, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
Senior Director, Biologics; Cue Health
Co-founder, General Partner; Footwork
Board Member at Carter Bank
President, cStone & Associates
SVP, Corporate Relations Sumitovant BioPharma; Diversity & Inclusion Advisor, Stanford Healthcare; Zogenix Board Director; NBA Wives Advisor; Author; Speaker
Founder/CEO, Autonomous Vehicle Computing Consortium
President, Merchant Services US
President, Taylor Strategy Group
Senior Director, Trane Technologies
Board Member, Advisor, Former CFO
President, Board Director; Hospitality Development Company Group
Managing Partner, Walls Torres Group
Venture Partner, Board Member
Head of Partnerships, AboveBoard
Director, HUD
Chief Operating Officer, Zenefits
Vice President & General Manager, Head of Consumer Business, North America Leadership Team, Kohler Co.
President
Interim Executive, Board Member, Business Strategist, and Inclusion Champion
Board Member, Corporate Development Executive in Bio/MedTech
Board Member; Former CFO, The Coca-Cola Company
Head of Programming, New Formats; Spotify
Board Director and Adviser, CFO
Denelle Waynick
Chief Legal Officer, Saniona Inc.
Corporate Board Member; Executive Leadership Advsior, AdvisoryCloud
Experienced General Counsel, Chief Operating Officer, and Advisory Board member
Corporate Director and Trustee, TWG Partners LLC; Principal
Managing Director of Cyber Leadership and Strategy Solutions, LLC; Director at Worldwide Discipleship Association
CEO & Board Director, Board Advisor, Lecturer and Guest Speaker
Former Chairman, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Law, Member of the Board of Trustees, Member of the Board of Directors, advocate for diversity & inclusion
Partner & Head of the U.S. Corporate and Government Affairs Practice
President & CEO, Member, Board of Directors, Allianz Life Insurance of North America
