Facilitators, Mentors, Advisors, & Partners
An amazing community of facilitators, mentors, and advisors from all backgrounds and experiences has come together to make the dream of the Black Corporate Board Readiness program a success. Our mentors are board directors, thought leaders, and innovators across industries, bringing diverse perspectives and expertise to support our mission.
Mentors bring valuable lived experience as corporate board directors and lived experience with anti-Black racism and/or collaborating closely with Black leaders to support their careers. They devote four flexible hours to provide individualized guidance to each participant over the course of the cohort.
Advisors serve on four hour panels the last afternoon of each cohort to help individual participants broaden their networks and discern pathways to appropriate public or private corporate board seats. Advisors include CEOs, corporate board members, nomination/governance committee members, talent partners from VC/PE firms, and search consultants.
Facilitators create and co-lead modules with support from the BCBR team for the program and continuing education opportunities for BCBR Alumni.
Interested in joining the BCBR community? Submit our interest form to become a mentor or advisor.
Ify Afe
Chief of Staff - Hp (Global), Board Director, DEI Leader, HP Inc.
Chinwe Ajene-Sagna
Managing Partner - Catalyst Realty Solutions
Kamil Ali-Jackson
Board member, Co-founder, Life Sciences Entrepreneur, Forum for Executive Women, Princeton University External Advisory Council for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Quincy Allen
Board Member, Office Depot
LaShonda Anderson-Williams
Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer
Shellye Archambeau
Strategic Advisor/Board Member, Multiple
Michael Armstrong
EVP, ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group
Claudia Astrachan
Dr. , Generation6
Byron Bagby
Board Director, Cybersecurity, DE&I, Executive Leadership Development, William Woods University, Columbia Southern University, Ira Dorsey Scholarship Endowment Fund
Emma Battle
Independent Director, Unifi Manufacturing, Inc.
Matt Blumberg
Co-founder and CEO, Bolster
Tom Bondi
Managing Director, TCBONDI CPA Inc
Lisa Bougie
Board Director, Strategic Advisor
Teresa Briggs
Board Member, Stanford DCI Fellow
Donna Brown
Federal Trademark Attorney, CEO ALWAYS RESOURCEFUL LLC, Premier Credit Union
George Brown
Executive Director, Stanford Center for Racial Justice
Lemar Brown
Independent board director, Managing Partner, Negocium Group Consulting, College of Women’s Studies - University of Houston, MS Finance program at Texas A&M Univeristy.
Stephen Brown
MD & Senior Advisor at KPMG Board Leadership Center, NACD, African American Directors Forum, BCBR, BiPartisanship Commission, Latino Corporate Directors Assoc.
Clinton Browning
Partner and Head of Dreamscape
Agnes Bundy Scanlan
President, Independent Board Director, The Cambridge Group
Cynthia Burks
Board Member, Advisor, Coach, Consultant, Former CHRO, Excel Advising, LLC
Joyce Cacho
Board Chair & Independent Director, Sistema Biobolsa
Carolyn Carpeneti
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
Gyasi Chisley
Experienced & Diversified Healthcare Management Executive/Investor/Governance Leader/Author, PNC Bank
E. LaBrent Chrite
Caretha Coleman
Owner, Coleman Consulting
Ken Coleman
Chairman, EIS Group Ltd
Asha Collins
Corporate Board Member, Healthcare Growth Executive, Aspen Institute Health Innovators Fellow, Angel Investor, Speaker
Paula Collins
Founder, Chief Executive Officer, WDG Ventures Inc.
Grace Colón
CEO, InCarda Therapeutics
Rod Cotton
Gail Covington
Senior Vice President, Family Wealth Director, Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley
Bruce Cozadd
Co-founder, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
Audra Cunningham
Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer
Valerie Darling
CEO, CBO Healthcare / MedTech / Life Sciences, Board Member and Advisor
Robert Davidson
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Corporate Board Director
Meghan Day
Sr. Director of Board Member Experience, Diligent
Alecia Decoudreaux
Experienced Executive in Business and Higher Education
Keith Dorsey
Managing Partner, Board Member
Sherri Douville
CEO & Board Member, Medigram Inc.
John Driver
CEO, Lynx Technology, Independent Public Board Director City First Bank, Vital Energy Inc.
Susan Eddins
Mentor, Miller Center SCU
Matrice Ellis-Kirk
Partner at Ellis Kirk Group
Jené Elzie
Board Director, President, Advisor, Member Board of Directors
Taia Ergueta
Business Consultant, Coach, Advocate for Resource-Challenged Women
Brian Evans
Community Outreach Specialist
Heidi Everett
President & CEO, Star Cypress Partners
Wanta Felton
Senior Advisor for Diversity, North American Board Practice
Venita Fields
Board Director, Partner at Pelkham S2K Managers LLC
Carolyn Flowers
Managing Partner, InfraStrategies; Independent Board Member, National Express; Board Member, Eno Center for Transportation
Hillary Flynn
Director of ESG, Private Investments
Kaye Foster
Senior Advisor, Board Trustee, Director, Venture Partner
Raquel Fox
Partner & Co-Head of SEC Reporting and Compliance
David Gimpelevich
Partner, Linchpin Health Ventures, VC Include
William Gipson
Independent Board Director
Laura Gluhanich
Director of Programs, Him For Her
Jen Goldman
Co-Founder, Bolster
Mark Goodman
Leslie Gray
Retired Technology Executive
Ed Grier
Dean, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University
Hise Gibson
Colonel, U.S. Army; Dr.;Professor
Tracy S. Harris
Independent Director, Audit Committee Chairman, Advocate, IADEI Fellow
Kim Harris-Jones
Member of Board of Directors at TrueBlue Inc., United Rentals Inc., and Fossil Group Inc.
Eileen Healy
Director, Entrepreneur, Founder, CEO; WCD
Bonnie Hill
Co-Founder & COO at Icon Blue
Rodrigo Himiob
Advisor and Managing Director, Generation6
Colette Honorable
EVP, Public Policy and Chief External Affairs Officer; Exelon
Lisa Hooker
Managing Director, Technology and Board Practices at ZRG Partners, LLC
Joe Hurd
Operating Partner, SOSV
Non-Executive Director, Trustpilot Group PLC and Hays PLC
Teresa Jacques
Partner,Technology and Board Practice; Major Executive Search
Anthony Johnson
CEO, Director, Founder, President, Board Member
Arthur Johnson
Senior Technology Executive, Investor, Board Member
Karen Walker Johnson
Independent Director, Advisor/Consultant
Dale Jones
Chief Executive Officer, Diversified Search
Dianna Jones
Director, Global Compliance (Legal Compliance); Uber Technologies
Louis Jordan
Senior Financial Advisor/Consultant, Board Member and Owner
Meghan Juday
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
Matrice Kirk
Managing Director, RSR Partners
Thane Kreiner
Board Member, Independent Advisor, and BCBR Program Co-Founder
Dennis Lanham
Sr. Assistant Dean and Executive Director, Leavey Executive Center & BCBR Program Co-Founder
Holden Lee
Chief Financial Officer, Chief Investment Officer; Tides
Lara Lee
Independent Director, Board & Committee Chair
Byron Loflin
Global Head of Board Engagement
Kevin Lofton
CEO Emeritus of CommonSpirit Health
Melissa Lopoo
Client Solutions Consultant, Boardspan
Anita Lynch
Ed Magee
VP Strategic Operations, Belmont University; Executive in Residence, Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Busienss
Kelly Marshall
Head of Human Capital Management, Sixth Street
Karla Martin
Managing Director, Executive Strategist, Advisor, Board Member
Nola Masterson
Managing Director, Sciences Futures Management Co. LLC.
Lance Matthiesen
Global Manager
Lisa McCann
Managing Director, Life Science and Board Diversity Practice, ZRG Partners
Rose McKinney-James
Managing Principal McKinney-James & Associates
Ronald McNeil
Co-Founder & CEO, Great Ball of Light, Inc.
Randy Melville
Member Board of Trustees, Northwestern Mutual
Sean Mendy
Partner, Concrete Rose Capital
Michael Millegan
Independent Board Director, MAG3LLC
Davi Miller
Head of US Platform, Blisce
James Mitchell
Managing Partner, Chairman of the Board, Independent Director, Senior Managing Partner, JMJ Advisors LLC.
Jocelyn Moore
Executive, Strategist, Speaker, Board Member
Larry Morse
Lebone Moses
President & CEO, Chisara Ventures Inc.; VC & Startup Advisor
David Motley
Corporate Executive, Entrepreneur, Board Director
Jacqueline Musiitwa
Board Director; ESG Advisor, IDEO
Malur Narayan
Vice President, Technology, Tata, Co-founder and CEO, STRIDES.ai, board member, 1PlaySports, Board Member, Dara Ashley Foundation
Shannon Nash
CFO, Board Member, Wing
Almaz Negash
Founder & Executive Director, African Diaspora Network; Board Director; Executive Leader
Robin Nunn
Partner, Morgan Lewis Bockius LLP
Zain Oke
VP Organizational Readiness, AAA Northern California
Brian C. Patterson
Partner, Business Attorney, Global Vice Chair Emerging Companies at Latham & Watkins
Chaka Patterson
Litigation & Trial Practice Partner, Alston & Bird; Lecturer on the Law, University of Chicago Law School
Denielle Pemberton-Heard
Chief Legal Officer & Global Managing Director, Diversified Search Group, CEO, Board & Corporate Governance Leader, Independent Corporate Director
Jeffery Perry
Founder & CEO, Board Director. Retired EY Global Client Service Partner
Elizabeth Polk
Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs; Netflix
Jo-Ellen Pozner
Assistant Professor, Management
Kate Purmal
CFO & COO, Him For Her & Illumyn
Katheline Jean-Pierre
Managing Director, Financial Services & Canada, LinkedIn
Kendra Ragatz
Partner, Acrew Capital
Joan Robinson-Berry
Board Member, Boeing
Elliot Rodgers
Chief People Officer, project44
Derrick Roman
Independent Director, CommScope Holding Company
Eva Sage-Gavin
Senior Managing Director, Talent and Human Potential at Accenture
Merline Saintil
Lead Independent Director, Fortune 100 Board Member, Advisor, Speaker, Investor
Debra A. Sandler
CEO, Partner, Advisor, Board Member
Anne Sempowski Ward
CEO, Board Director & Change Agent
Greg Shell
Managing Director
Sue Siegel
Board Member, CEO & Venture Capitalist
Ian Simmonds
Chief Financial Officer, Managing Director
Ann Skeet
Senior Director of Leadership Ethics, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
Vanessa Small
Senior Director, Biologics; Cue Health
Mike Smith
Co-founder, General Partner; Footwork
Carrie Stone
President, cStone & Associates
Jeffrey Stone
Mary Stutts
SVP, Corporate Relations Sumitovant BioPharma; Diversity & Inclusion Advisor, Stanford Healthcare; Zogenix Board Director; NBA Wives Advisor; Author; Speaker
Selika Talbott
Founder/CEO, Autonomous Vehicle Computing Consortium
Colleen Taylor
President, Merchant Services US
Lawrence Taylor
President, Taylor Strategy Group
Michelle Taylor
Senior Director, Trane Technologies
Hilliard C. Terry, III
Board Member, Advisor, Former CFO
Bruce Thompson
President, Board Director; Hospitality Development Company Group
Daria Torres
Managing Partner, Walls Torres Group
John Torrey
Venture Partner, Board Member
Yuri Tuppince
Head of Partnerships, AboveBoard
Marvin Turner
Director, HUD
Issac Vaughn
Chief Operating Officer, Zenefits
Anddria Clack-Rogers Varnado
Vice President & General Manager, Head of Consumer Business, North America Leadership Team, Kohler Co.
Darren Walker
President
Virginia Walker
Interim Executive, Board Member, Business Strategist, and Inclusion Champion
Rhonda Wallen
Board Member, Corporate Development Executive in Bio/MedTech
Kathy Waller
Board Member; Former CFO, The Coca-Cola Company
Verdell Walker
Head of Programming, New Formats; Spotify
Robin Washington
Board Director and Adviser, CFO
Denelle Waynick
Chief Legal Officer, Saniona Inc.
Patricia Webb
Corporate Board Member; Executive Leadership Advsior, AdvisoryCloud
Ross Weiner
Experienced General Counsel, Chief Operating Officer, and Advisory Board member
Bennie Wiley
Corporate Director and Trustee, TWG Partners LLC; Principal
Barry Lawson Williams
Keyaan Williams
Managing Director of Cyber Leadership and Strategy Solutions, LLC; Director at Worldwide Discipleship Association
Marlene Williamson
CEO & Board Director, Board Advisor, Lecturer and Guest Speaker
Ben Wilson
Former Chairman, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Law, Member of the Board of Trustees, Member of the Board of Directors, advocate for diversity & inclusion
Howard Woolley
President & CEO, Member, Board of Directors, Allianz Life Insurance of North America
Bridgette McAdoo
VP & Chief Sustainability Officer, Genesys.
