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NACD Directorship Certification®

Recertification Courses

Earn Your Recertification Credits

NACD and the NACD Chapter Network offer more than 400 annual events nationwide, many with the option to earn continuing education credits. Tally them among your maintenance credits over your 24-month recertification cycle.

Explore upcoming events below or visit the NACD events page for more information and listings.

Upcoming NACD Events

Designed to fit your schedule and learning style, with most offering eligible for recertification credits.

Explore all NACD Events

  • Webinar/Virtual

    Empowering Boards: Using Peer Benchmarking to Strengthen Cyber Oversight

    Board cyber risk oversight is only as strong as the information behind it. Join ISS-Corporate experts to explore how peer benchmarking and data-driven risk metrics can help all board members, regardless of technical background, ask sharper questions, engage more confidently, and provide more meaningful oversight of cyber risk. This webinar is complimentary to NACD members and nonmembers.

  • Webinar/Virtual

    Cyber Warfare: The Evolving Enemy of Geopolitical Conflict

    Nation-state cyber warfare has become one of the most potent threats facing organizations today, and geopolitical conflict is accelerating the risk. Join Optiv's James Turgal for a timely, board-focused conversation on what cyber warfare looks like in 2026, who is most at risk, and what organizations can do to protect themselves from an enemy that has moved from the battlefield to the network. This webinar is complimentary to NACD members and nonmembers.

  • Virtual, Instructor Led

    Generative AI Tools for Directors (Summer Offering)

    This interactive, instructor-led, virtual program helps directors gain hands-on experience with generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Gemini. Through guided exercises and real-world examples, you’ll learn how to apply AI to strategic decision-making, streamline workflows, and identify high-value use cases across the organization.

    Exclusively for NACD members.

  • In Person

    Leading Minds of Governance & Tech

    A one-day, high-impact program where directors tackle today’s toughest boardroom issues and learn how peers are handling them.

    This program is available to NACD members and nonmembers.

  • Virtual, Instructor Led

    Generative AI Tools for Directors (Fall Offering)

    This interactive, instructor-led, virtual program helps directors gain hands-on experience with generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Gemini. Through guided exercises and real-world examples, you’ll learn how to apply AI to strategic decision-making, streamline workflows, and identify high-value use cases across the organization.

    Exclusively for NACD members.

  • In Person

    NACD Directors Summit™ 2026

    The boardroom's most important conversations happen here. Join the governance leaders shaping the future of directorship at NACD Directors Summit™ 2026 — October 11–14 in the Washington, DC area. Register now before rates increase after August 31.

NACD Education Network™

Through this partnership, NACD.DC® directors gain access to leading U.S. academic institutions for recertification credits.

Additional universities and educational opportunities will be added to the Education Network. Please check back or contact credentialing@nacdonline.org with questions or to recommend programs.

NACD Education Network programs may have unique eligibility criteria that participants must meet before registration.

Education Network Events

NACD.DC directors also have the option to earn recertification credits through upcoming programs offered by the Education Network.

Please note that credits earned via the Education Network apply only to NACD Certified Directors and do not count toward the NACD Board Leadership Fellowship.

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