Women in the Boardroom

Directors are being asked to apply judgment across a broader and more complex set of issues than ever before.
Which signals actually require board attention—and which are noise? When does investor or activist concern start to build, even if it hasn’t surfaced publicly? Where do boards need to rethink risk oversight as threats become less linear and harder to contain? What should directors be asking as AI, cyber risk, succession, and compensation decisions become more consequential?
These are the conversations taking place at Corporate Board Member’s Boardroom Summit & Board Committee Peer Exchange on Sept. 29-30 in New York.

This year’s agenda is built around the decisions boards are being asked to make as expectations shift:
• Geopolitics and the Board Agenda: What actually requires board attention—and what can remain at the management level?
• How Investors and Activists Are Evaluating Your Board: Where is credibility built, where does it erode, and what signals raise flags?
• When Risk Should Trigger a Strategic Reset: Are current oversight models equipped for faster-moving, less predictable threats?
• AI Oversight as Decision-Making Shifts: How do boards maintain accountability when decisions are made by autonomous AI agents?
• AI and Cyber: Where Exposure Is Changing: What new vulnerabilities are emerging—and what should boards be pressing management on now?
• Boardroom Simulations: How do you plan for real scenarios in activism, workforce risk, M&A and CEO succession so you are properly prepared?
• Where Regulatory Expectations Are Tightening: How are enforcement priorities evolving and where are boards most exposed?
• Compensation Decisions Under Scrutiny: How do investors evaluate pay, performance alignment, and the board’s use of judgment?

The goal is not to simply cover topics. It is to compare how your peer directors are approaching difficult decisions right now, and to leave with better questions for management, and for your fellow board members at your next meeting.

Women in the Boardroom is excited to be a part of this year’s Boardroom Summit, and we invite you to join us at a special discounted rate. Members email us for your code!

Interested? Learn more here: https://buff.ly/ynj0lj9

FREE Webinar: How to Position Yourself for Board Opportunities and Beyond

You’ve built the career.
Now the question is: what comes next?
Board service may be the obvious next step, but it is not the only one. Are you positioned to move into the next opportunity?

Join us for this 30-minute session on Tuesday, June 23, at 3:00pm ET.
Register Here: https://buff.ly/a2KJtyQ

DON'T MISS OUT!
AI is creating a new class of enterprise technology solutions that sit between traditional software and services—more adaptive, tailored, and able to respond quickly to specific customer needs. This webinar will help board directors understand the pressure this puts on technology vendors, SaaS businesses, and internal development teams, while offering practical questions for overseeing strategy, risk, and emerging AI-native options.
Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2026
Time: 12:00-1:00 ET
Featuring: Ryan Breen
Register today to secure your spot! $50 dollars for non-members— FREE for members.
Learn more and register here: https://buff.ly/sBnMWb4

Fear often focuses us on what could go wrong. Hope and possibility encourage us to see what could go right.
Whether you're considering a new career opportunity, pursuing a leadership role, starting a business, or taking on a new challenge, growth rarely happens inside your comfort zone. The most rewarding opportunities often begin with the courage to believe in what's possible.
What decision could you make today if you focused on possibility instead of fear?

IN ONE WEEK!
AI is creating a new class of enterprise technology solutions that sit between traditional software and services—more adaptive, tailored, and able to respond quickly to specific customer needs. This webinar will help board directors understand the pressure this puts on technology vendors, SaaS businesses, and internal development teams, while offering practical questions for overseeing strategy, risk, and emerging AI-native options.
Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2026
Time: 12:00-1:00 ET
Featuring: Ryan Breen
Register today to secure your spot! $50 dollars for non-members— FREE for members.
Learn more and register here: https://buff.ly/sBnMWb4

Private equity-backed CEOs and CFOs are operating in a more demanding environment than at any point in the past decade. Capital is tighter. Exit timelines are less predictable. Sponsors expect stronger ex*****on and clearer results.

The PE-Backed Leadership Summit is a one-day peer forum for CEOs and CFOs of sponsor-backed companies to compare how leaders at similar scale are managing capital, boards and performance under these conditions.

The 2026 agenda focuses on the operating priorities PE-backed CEOs and CFOs are actively managing:
Allocating capital when financing costs are higher and flexibility is limited
Aligning with sponsors and boards when expectations are rising
Protecting competitive advantage as markets become more volatile
Building performance metrics that boards trust—and that hold up under scrutiny

Women in the Boardroom is excited to be a part of this year’s summit and our members are invited to join at a special discounted rate (see your email for the savings code).

Learn more here: https://buff.ly/dgleJjq

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

And to those who keep choosing them.

Quietly.

Bravely.

Again and again.

Honoring that beautiful dream with how you live.

IN ONE WEEK!

Our Partner Private Company Director is hosting The Private Company Governance Summit 2026 from June 10–12, 2026.

The Private Company Governance Summit is the largest national conference focused on private company governance from both the owner and director perspectives. From launching a first board to navigating succession, AI, risk and compensation, the program delivers board-tested frameworks, actionable insights and peer exchange that elevate governance and drive long-term success.

Register here: https://buff.ly/RJqJQBf

WIB members get 15 percent off! Email us to get your code!

Most boards aren’t debating whether AI matters anymore. They’re grappling with something harder: how to make consequential decisions about AI amid incomplete information, accelerating timelines, and unclear accountability.
Corporate Board Member and Chief Executive’s AI Leadership Forum on July 28 in New York City is a highly interactive working session built for public company board directors and CEOs. It will focus on the judgments boards are already being asked to make—often before governance models, risk controls, or shared assumptions are fully formed.
At the forum, you will:
Strengthen oversight judgment under real pressure
Board-level simulations surface where governance gaps emerge—and what effective oversight looks like in practice.
See where AI creates value or introduces risk faster than boards expect
Peer discussions translate lived experience into practical boardroom insight.
Leave with practical frameworks you can apply immediately
Board dashboards, strategic bet maps, workforce readiness tools and governance prompts designed for director use.
Women in the Boardroom is excited to be a part of this year’s Forum, and our members are invited to join at a special discounted rate (see your email for the savings code).

Learn more here: https://buff.ly/zHUSz3t