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 MC
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
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
Joseph K. Hurd III, NACD.DC
Director, Lloyd’s of London, Trustpilot Group PLC, and Hays Group PLC; Operating Partner, SOSV LLC
Karin Klein
Director, Regency Centers and Paramount Group; Founding Partner, Bloomberg Beta
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
Pam Reeve
Chair, American Tower Corp.
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
Lawrence X. Taylor, NACD.DC
Director, Caliber Companies, 1847 Holdings, Runbeck Election Services, NACD Pacific Southwest Chapter; President, Taylor Strategy Group
Amy Wilkinson
CEO and Founder of Ingenuity, Lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business
Helen Yu
Director, CEC and KeenFolks; CEO, Tigon Advisory Corp.
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