Anima Anandkumar
AI researcher and professor, Caltech
Session on Bridging the Digital and Physical Worlds with AI
NACD Directors Summit™ 2025
2025 Speakers
Global thought leaders shaping the future of governance.
Meet This Year's Powerhouse Speakers
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2025 Mainstage Speakers
Sharon Bowen
Director, Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., Neuberger Berman Group LLC, Akami Technologies; Chair, New York Stock Exchange; Partner, Seneca Women
Ian Bremmer
President & Founder, Eurasia Group and GZERO Media
Session on The Power of Crisis
Tripp Crosby
2025 Mainstage Host
Peter Gleason
President and Chief Executive Officer, NACD
Spencer Glendon
Founder, Probable Futures
Session on Strategic Insights for Navigating "Probable Futures"
Diane Hessan
Director, NACD New England Chapter, Panera Brands, Eastern Bank, Brightcove, Sago
Session on Transforming Corporate Leadership: A Conversation with Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, the CEO Whisperer
Shelly Palmer
Advanced Media Professor, Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications; CEO, The Palmer Group
Session on Navigating the Future: AI, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, NFTs & Smart Contracts
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld
Founder & President, Chief Executive Leadership Institute, Senior Associate Dean, Leadership Studies & Lester Crown Professor, Practice of Management, Yale University
Session on Transforming Corporate Leadership: A Conversation with Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, the CEO Whisperer
Kimberly Simpson
Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, NACD
2025 Concurrent Session Speakers
Nisa Amolis
Director, Wharton, Robotics Automation; Managing Partner, A100x Ventures
Annalisa Barrett
Senior Advisor, KPMG Board Leadership Center
Jordan Barth
Managing Director, US Cyber Response & Resilience Leader, KPMG LLP
Bhaskar Chakravorti
Dean of Global Business, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Keith D. Dorsey, NACD.DC
Director, Vimly Benefit Solutions and Continu; Founder & Executive Advisor, Boardroom Journey
John Driver, NACD.DC
Director, Broadway Financial Corp., City First Bank N.A., and Vital Energy; CEO, Lynx Technology
Theodore L. Dysart, NACD.DC
Managing Director, Russell Reynolds Associates
Chad Holliday
Lead Independent Director, Venterra Group PLC; Chief Advisor, Resource Resolutions, PLC.
Joseph K. Hurd III, NACD.DC
Director, Lloyd’s of London, Trustpilot Group PLC, and Hays Group PLC; Operating Partner, SOSV LLC
Samantha Kappagoda
Independent Director, Credit Suisse Funds; Member, Business Board at University of Toronto
Karin Klein
Director, Regency Centers and Paramount Group; Founding Partner, Bloomberg Beta
Nita Kohli, NACD.DC
CEO & Co-Founder, Kohli Advisors LLC; Advisory Board Member, Interos Inc., BD Logic
Shermin Kruse, NACD.DC
Author/Professor
Sonita Lontoh, NACD.DC
Board Member, Sunrun and TrueBlue; Advisor, Sway Ventures
Ed Magee
Independent Director, WD-40 (WDFC); COO, Thomas F. Frist Jr. College of Medicine
Michael Marquardt, NACD.DC
CEO, Epi One; Former Chair, American Cancer Society
James Mullen
Director, Thermo Fisher Scientific; Operating Partner, Advent International
Suzanne Nimocks
Director, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, Owens Corning
Jerry Perullo, NACD.DC
Professor of the Practice, School of Cybersecurity and Privacy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Founder, Adversarial Risk Management
Tom Petro, NACD.DC
Director, Univest Financial Corp., Fintegra LLC, NovaData Solutions; Managing Partner, 1867 Capital Partners
Pam Reeve
Chair, American Tower Corp.
Ellen Richstone, NACD.DC
Director, Cognition Therapeutics Inc., Superior Industries, Orion Energy Systems Inc., NACD New England Chapter; Advisory Board Member, Amerian College of Corporate Directors; Former Fortune 500 CFO and Private Company CEO
John Rodi
Co-leader, KPMG Board Leadership Center
Jane Sadowsky, NACD.DC
Director, Allied Gold, Nexa Resources, Scientific Games, NACD New York Chapter; Senior Advisor, Moelis
Jessica Sapterstein, NACD.DC
Board Director, Chief Customer Experience Officer & Strategic Advisor
Lawrence X. Taylor, NACD.DC
Director, Caliber Companies, 1847 Holdings, Runbeck Election Services, NACD Pacific Southwest Chapter; President, Taylor Strategy Group
Amy Wilkinson
Director, Hut 8, Innovate Corp.; CEO, Ingenuity
Helen Yu
Director, CEC and KeenFolks; CEO, Tigon Advisory Corp.
Dawn Zier
Chair, Hain Celestial; Director, Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Acorns; ExCo Leadership Group
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