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July 14, 2021 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PDT

Webinar

Pricing
Members: Free

Overview (Program Summary)

A program hosted by:

ACC Southern California

Please join us to hear from an experienced, distinguished and diverse panel of sitting and former GCs as they discuss their paths to becoming board members of private and public companies.  The panel will uncover the board member selection process (valuable tips from Nom/Gov Committee members) and explore how in-house lawyers can best position themselves for a future board seat, and discuss how sitting GCs can gain buy-in from their management to sit on another company’s board.

Interest Area(s): Career Development

Speakers

• Ako Williams, moderator. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ako-williams-5400451/
o General Counsel of Ushio America and Ushio Europe, the U.S. and European subsidiaries of Ushio Inc., a Japanese company providing lighting solutions which is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
o Ako is a board member of affiliated company KA Imaging Inc., which specializes in developing innovative X-ray imaging technologies and systems.

• Paul Williams, panelist. https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-s-williams-67009a12/
o Public Storage (NYSE: PSA): Board member; Comp and Nom/Gov Committees
o Romeo Power (NYSE: RMO): Board member; Comp, Nom/Gov and Audit Committees
o Air Transport Services Group (Nasdaq: ATSG): Board member
o Capital Group: Board member; Audit Committee, and other committees
o President and Chair of Chicago Chapter of the NACD

• Malissia Clinton, panelist. https://www.linkedin.com/in/malissia-clinton-2b756320/
o General Counsel of The Aerospace Corporation
o Progyny (Nasdaq: PGNY): Board member; Nom/Gov Committee
o 3D Systems Corporation (NYSE: DDD): Board member; Compliance Committee Chair; Corp Gov and Sustainability Committee
o City of Hope: Board member
o Arizona State University Foundation: Board member

• Catherine Smith, panelist. https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherineannesmith/
o General Counsel and CAO, Brightstar Corp.
o Tilson Tech board member: https://ti

Contact (RSVP)

Betty St. Marie

Sponsored By

Co-Sponsored by the ACC SoCal Works Committee, CLO Suites Committee, and Diversity & Inclusion Committee