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Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein

In-depth interview podcast with leading corporate governance experts, including world-class founders, scholars, board members, executives, investors and more. The content is structured as a long-form conversation to explore not only the latest corporate governance trends, but also to get some personal insights from some of the best and brightest minds behind America's boardrooms.

Cynthia Jamison: "In this Downturn Boards Should Focus on Liquidity and Incentive Plans."

61 hours 10 mins; July 17, 2023

Alicia Syrett: "The Chair Should Focus the Agenda Primarily on Strategic Discussions."

54 mins; July 10, 2023

HBO’s Succession “The Dumpster Fire Pirate Death Ship” (Season 2)

74 hours 3 mins; June 26, 2023

Georgia Stewart: On Stewardship, Pass-Through Voting and Shareholder Democracy.

48 mins; June 19, 2023

Leo E. Strine, Jr.: Good Corporate Citizenship We Can All Get Behind?

86 hours 36 mins; June 05, 2023

Barrett Cohn: "Companies Now Stay Private Long."

57 mins; May 30, 2023

Kate O'Leary: HBO's Succession from the Perspective of an Experienced In-House Lawyer (Season 1).

67 hours 2 mins; May 22, 2023

Dan Siciliano: The Banking Crisis and Governance Implications.

80 hours 52 mins; May 15, 2023

Bethany Mayer: On Cybersecurity Governance, Risk and Strategy.

60 hours 48 mins; May 08, 2023

Karen Francis: "An Effective Lead Director Needs to Have Excellent EQ (Emotional Quotient)."

61 hours 27 mins; May 01, 2023

Alan Jagolinzer: "Having a Holistic Approach to Information is Critical."

59 mins; April 24, 2023

Penny Herscher: "The Chair of the Board has to Exercise Leadership by Listening rather than by Speaking."

60 hours 5 mins; April 17, 2023

Paul Washington: "The Roles of the Board in the Era of ESG and Stakeholder Capitalism."

59 mins; April 10, 2023

Stephen Bainbridge: "The Profit Motive: Defending Shareholder Value Maximization."

59 mins; April 03, 2023

Lawrence Cunningham: "Amid Heightened Uncertainty, Directors Should Expect To Be Second Guessed."

52 mins; March 27, 2023

Jan Van Eck: "Some Index Fund Companies Have Become Too Large To Be Left Unchecked."

60 hours 29 mins; March 06, 2023

George Dallas and Mike Lubrano: Governance, Stewardship & Sustainability.

68 hours 35 mins; February 27, 2023

Ann Lipton: "The Twitter v. Musk Case is both a Vindication and a Condemnation of Corporate Law."

65 hours 58 mins; February 21, 2023

Stephen Davis: On the Rise of Investor Stewardship.

55 mins; February 06, 2023

Mario Mancuso: Geopolitics, National Security and Strategy in the Boardroom.

51 mins; February 01, 2023

Joe Grundfest: 2022 in Review and Governance Trends for 2023.

42 mins; January 23, 2023

Peter Gleason: "We Look at Board Directorships as a Profession with Accountability and Expectations."

63 hours 36 mins; January 05, 2023

Lydia Beebe: On Corporate Secretaries and the Evolution of Corporate Governance.

58 mins; December 26, 2022

Bob Zukis, CEO of the Digital Directors Network: On Cybersecurity in the Boardroom.

53 mins; December 19, 2022

Mary Cranston: "A Good Strategic Lawyer Should Be a Requirement on Every Board."

49 mins; December 12, 2022

Insights from Silicon Valley: Who’s Up, What’s Down & Why it Matters.

60 hours 12 mins; December 05, 2022

Bill McNabb: Talent, Strategy and Risk. How Investors and Boards Are Redefining TSR.

76 hours 11 mins; November 28, 2022

Susan Angele and Stephen Brown: Insights from the KPMG Board Leadership Center.

60 hours 0 mins; November 21, 2022

Henry Sanderson: Volt Rush, the Winners and Losers in the Race to Go Green.

58 mins; November 14, 2022

Alison Davis: "U.S. Boards Could Benefit From More Listening Sessions With Key Stakeholders."

52 mins; October 17, 2022

Nora Denzel: On the Future of the American Board.

55 mins; October 10, 2022

Louis Lehot: "It All Happens Outside of the Boardroom."

51 mins; October 04, 2022

Claudia Fan Munce: "The Board's Role is to Challenge Management to Think Outside of the Box."

52 mins; September 26, 2022

Beatriz Infante: "There Is A Very Clear Bright-Line Between Management And Governance."

77 hours 18 mins; September 19, 2022

Kris Pederson and Jamie Smith: Takeaways from the 2022 Proxy Season.

60 hours 0 mins; September 12, 2022

Adam Sterling: The Independent Director Initiative.

50 mins; August 23, 2022

Santiago Siri: Crypto Governance, DAOs, Digital Identity and Voting.

73 hours 15 mins; August 15, 2022

Sandra Guerra: "The G in ESG is the Driver of Everything."

68 hours 45 mins; August 08, 2022

Derek Zaba: Partner and Co-Chair of Sidley’s Shareholder Activism Practice.

53 mins; August 01, 2022

Francine McKenna: "You Cannot Restrain The Heartless Except Via Enforcement."

82 hours 30 mins; July 27, 2022

Keir Gumbs: "Governance Directly and Unequivocally Impacts Value."

65 hours 17 mins; July 05, 2022

Ana Dutra: "Think of Your Board Journey As Any Career."

52 mins; June 27, 2022

Annemarie Tierney: On Secondary Markets for Private Company Stock, and Crypto.

62 hours 56 mins; June 20, 2022

Dan Siciliano: "Employees Are At The Heart of the Success of Modern Unicorns, More So Than Ever Before."

83 hours 19 mins; June 06, 2022

Marian Macindoe, New Head of ESG Stewardship at Parnassus Investments.

50 mins; May 31, 2022

Anne Sheehan: "The Advent of Say-on-Pay Forced the Engagement between Investors and Companies."

53 mins; May 26, 2022

Lisa Edwards: President & COO of Diligent Corporation, a Leading GRC & ESG SaaS Provider

46 mins; May 19, 2022

Anat Alon-Beck: Private Markets and Waivers of Stockholder Inspection Rights

63 hours 19 mins; May 02, 2022

Joel Friedlander: On the Evolution of Stockholder Litigation

55 mins; April 11, 2022

Stilpon Nestor, Chairman of Nestor Advisors: The Outsider.

56 mins; March 21, 2022

Christa Steele: "SWIFT is so antiquated it needs to go"

44 mins; March 14, 2022

David Bell: Fenwick's 2021 Corporate Governance Survey

58 mins; February 28, 2022

Matt Blumberg: Startup Boards.

48 mins; February 22, 2022

Margaret O'Mara: "Silicon Valley is a Truly Distinctive American Story."

63 hours 27 mins; February 14, 2022

David Larcker and Brian Tayan: Seven Myths of ESG.

59 mins; February 07, 2022

Daniel Green: "2021 was an Absolutely Buoyant Year for Latin American Venture-Backed Startups."

59 mins; January 31, 2022

Jackie Cook: On the "Investor Stewardship Movement"

53 mins; December 13, 2021

Aaron Wright: On The Rise of DAOs and Blockchain Governance.

62 hours 4 mins; November 08, 2021

Jeff Thomas: "Private Companies Have Never Had More Options and Better Access to Capital and Liquidity."

42 mins; October 28, 2021

Manny Alvarez: On Regulatory Challenges in Fintech, Crypto and Boardroom Diversity

51 mins; October 18, 2021

Kendrick Nguyen: "There is No Question in my Mind that Retail Capital is Coming to the Private Markets."

58 mins; September 27, 2021

Abe Friedman: "Investors Don't Care As Much About The Messenger As They Do About The Message."

56 mins; September 13, 2021

Priya Cherian Huskins: On SPACs, D&O Insurance and Federal Forum Charter Provisions.

54 mins; September 07, 2021

Maureen Farrell: "The Cult of We", WeWork, and Startup Governance Shortcomings.

53 mins; August 23, 2021

Robin Ferracone: "The U.S. Lags Other Regions In Terms of Using Stakeholder Measures in Executive Compensation"

47 mins; August 05, 2021

Christopher Young: "After the Exxon Proxy Fight, Directors Realize That They May Be Taken Out By Sub 1% Shareholders."

64 hours 0 mins; July 19, 2021

Jared Ellias: "The Elevation of the Board is an Important Trend in the Bankruptcy Process"

45 mins; July 06, 2021

Donna Anderson, Head of Corporate Governance at T. Rowe Price: "This Has Been A Very Surprising Proxy Season"

50 mins; June 28, 2021

Lawrence Cunningham: Quality Shareholders, Governance and Warren Buffett.

61 hours 1 min; June 21, 2021

Joe Grundfest: On Capital Markets, Crypto Regulations, Board Diversity & Corporate Electoral Innovation.

40 mins; June 15, 2021

Nell Minow: "You Can Get 90% of Governance by Looking at CEO Pay"

58 mins; May 24, 2021

Jon Lukomnik: Moving Beyond Modern Portfolio Theory and the Evolution of Corporate Governance.

55 mins; April 21, 2021

Janine Yancey: "Boards Have To Address Social Issues"

54 mins; April 12, 2021

David Curran: "ESG Is A Moving Target Even For The Best Companies"

57 mins; April 07, 2021

Amy Borrus: The Council of Institutional Investors' Voice of Corporate Governance.

59 mins; February 22, 2021

Nichol Garzon-Mitchell: Glass Lewis and the Proxy Advisory Landscape.

52 mins; February 08, 2021

Aeisha Mastagni: CalSTRS Corporate Governance Principles and Activist Stewardship.

56 mins; February 01, 2021

Peggy Foran: "Corporate Directors Have To Be Their Own Activists"

49 mins; January 25, 2021

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy: "People Want The Experience They Don't Have In Their Day Job."

55 mins; January 04, 2021

David Chun: "The Demand For New Directors Will Increase Exponentially Over the Next 12-24 Months."

50 mins; December 14, 2020

David Berger: On Purpose, Dual-Class Stock, LTSE, Board Diversity, SPACs, Shareholder Activism and More.

55 mins; November 23, 2020

Yumi Narita: Promoting Good Governance from the Comptroller's Office of NYC.

57 mins; November 16, 2020

Mason Morfit: We Can Bring Peripheral Vision to the Boardroom.

65 hours 6 mins; October 28, 2020

Ilya Strebulaev: Focusing on the Finance and Governance of Venture-Backed Companies.

63 hours 21 mins; October 19, 2020

Kerrie Waring: "All Stakeholders Are Important, But Only Shareholders Can Effectively Hold Boards to Account"

51 mins; October 12, 2020

Ahmad Thomas: "We Made a Decision to Stand on the Side of Progress by Supporting AB-979"

59 mins; October 05, 2020

Esther Aguilera: "Latinos Are The Most Underrepresented Minorities on U.S. Corporate Boards"

47 mins; September 29, 2020

Dr. Roger Barker: Corporate Governance in the U.K. and Europe.

59 mins; September 08, 2020

Mark Molumphy: "Boards of Directors Routinely Fail to React Properly in Times of Crisis"

59 mins; September 03, 2020

James McRitchie: The Gadfly Seeking Corporate Change Via Shareholder Proposals

51 mins; August 19, 2020

Frederick Alexander: Benefit Corporations, B-Corps and the Shareholder Commons.

65 hours 43 mins; August 10, 2020

Marta Viegas: Focusing on Corporate Governance in Latin America and the Caribbean with IDB Invest.

61 hours 51 mins; August 03, 2020

Dr. Linda Maxwell: "The Lack of Inclusion in Healthcare is Present at All Levels, including on Boards of Directors"

62 hours 40 mins; July 27, 2020

Nicholas Benes: "We Need to Redesign the Corporation to Provide Better Incentives"

61 hours 59 mins; July 20, 2020

Miriam Rivera: "If You Invest In Diverse Teams, It Will Lead to Financial Outperformance"

57 mins; July 06, 2020

Suzanne Vautrinot: From the Military to the Corporate Boardroom, with a Focus on Cybersecurity.

64 hours 20 mins; June 29, 2020

Mervyn King: "Integrated Thinking and Reporting is Critical for Corporate Directors"

62 hours 15 mins; June 24, 2020

Anat Admati: "I Don't Want CEOs to Solve Society's Problems, I Want the Government to Solve Them"

58 mins; June 22, 2020

Heidi Roizen: "A Good Board Member Has to Be Willing to Speak Truth, Even When It Is Unpopular"

63 hours 34 mins; June 15, 2020

Scott Kupor: The Secrets of Sand Hill Road.

61 hours 14 mins; June 11, 2020

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