Understand Your Unique Value: Recognize and articulate the unique skills and experiences you bring to the board, focusing on your Unique Selling Point or Board Value Position, whether it is your potential contribution to the Audit Committee or your network of contacts among institutional clients. Prepare Success Stories: Have three to four examples of ... A Quick Guide to Acing Your Board Interview:

Here are some appointments of members of the Association in 2023: January 2024 (effective): Paul J. Hastings (Chair of the Board, Pacira BioSciences, Inc.) December 2023: Paula Boggs (Board Member, Banzai International, Inc.) Matthew K. Fust (Independent Director, Electra Therapeutics) Matthew K. Fust (Board Member, STAR Therapeutics Inc.) Susan E. Lester (Board Member, Banc of ... 29 key LGBTQ+ appointments in the Boardroom in 2023

December 18, 2023   Fabrice Houdart Executive Director Association of LGBTQ+ Corporate Directors   To: Vanessa Countryman Secretary Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street NE Washington, DC 20549 Via electronic mail   Re: Corporate Board Diversity RIN: 3235-AL91   Dear Ms. Countryman:   The Association of LGBTQ+ Corporate Directors respectfully submits this letter to ... Our letter to the SEC dated December 18, 2023

Closing 2023: A Year of the Queering of the Corporate Boardroom in Review In its sophomore year, the Association of LGBTQ+ Corporate Directors has pioneered a transformative shift in the narrative and framework of Board Diversity in the United States. This year stands as a milestone in elevating LGBTQ+ voices within corporate governance. Here is a recap ... 2023: A Year in Review for the Association

LGBTQ+ people only represent 0.6 percent of all corporate board members in Fortune 500 companies in 2022 (see our tracker here), an increase of only 0.1% over the past 5 years. Until this year, LGBTQ+ people were the only underrepresented group in the Boardroom without an organization to prepare, network, and position high-caliber diverse LGBTQ+ ... 2022: a year of LGBTQ+ Board Diversity in Review

Before joining the Annual Summit of the National Association of Corporate Directors in Washington this week, we carefully cross-examined the list of participants against the lists of the Association of LGBTQ+ Corporate Directors: counting 4 lesbians and 4 gay men (only 3 actual board directors — namely Maggie Fitzpatrick, Romy Diaz and Heather Hiles — ... Notes from National Harbor: a glimpse of LGBTQ+ inclusion at the NACD Summit?

Here are the companies listed on the NASDAQ Exchange our team at the Association of LGBTQ+ Corporate Directors came up with so far (reach out to us if you have more: info@lgbtqdirectors.org, we have a contest going on). We are also working with our research partner to come up with a comprehensive list in the coming months. Apple (Tim ... What are the NASDAQ companies with one or more LGBTQ+ Board members?

Thank you for your kind words Betsy and thank you for saying “yes” when I asked you to lend your name, expertise and knowledge to the Association. It is an honor to have you on our Advisory Board. Let me also echo our gratitude to our friends at JP Morgan and in particular Managing Director Brad ... Speech on the occasion of the launch of the Association of LGBTQ+ Corporate Directors

Oral arguments in AFFBR vs. SEC are taking place tomorrow morning but who really is the plaintiff? On August 9, 2021, Alliance for Fair Board Recruitment, AFFBR, filed a Petition for Review in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit seeking a review of the approval by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ... Who is Edward Jay Blum the plaintiff against the NASDAQ Board diversity listing rule?

Founded in 2004, the Alliance for Board Diversity (ABD) is a collaboration of four leadership organizations: Catalyst, the Executive Leadership Council (ELC), the Hispanic Association on..

As I have mentioned in my previous post, companies are reckoning with LGBTQ+ representation in the American corporate boardroom

30 seats (0.5%) in 28 companies (5%) occupied by 23 out LGBTQ+ people including 13 women, 3 LatinX, 3 POC..

The decision by Grindr, a company owned by straight people, but with many LGBTQ+ employees and consumers (and soon investors) to have a 60% LGBTQ+ Board raises..

While demand for LGBTQ+ candidates stagnated, other indicators turned full green: a good sign for 2022..

NACD will bring together experts, tools, and resources to help boards create an environment in which all voices are heard and valued..

In 2020 and thus far in 2021, sexual orientation and gender identity have become an important part of the board diversity conversation..

The radical shift in public attitudes towards same-sex relationships we have observed in the past 25 years in the United States and the UK is a testament to the power of being out in the workplace..