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Corporate Board Seats Held By Women –Too Few? The Leadership Foundry Research Launch– Women on Corporate Boards in the DC Region 2016 ON-LINE REGISTRATION CLOSED - WALK-INS WELCOME
Maggiano’s Little Italy
2001 International Drive
McLean, VA 22102
USA
(703) 356-9000

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Thursday, November 03, 2016, 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM EDT
Category: The Leadership Foundry

Research indicates when a corporate board includes women financial performance excels. Learn how our region fares and what gains women have made when we unveil the research findings for the sixth year.

Women play a major role in corporate leadership and should do more. Yet, the number of women serving on corporate boards in the US remains low. In a comparative analysis of states across the country can you guess where we stand?

Each year in partnership with AU Kogod School of Business we produce a research report that does a census of the number of women serving on the boards of publicly traded companies in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC. The report looks at current literature about the effects of board gender diversity.

In addition to presenting the research, a keynote speaker will share her thoughts on the importance of board diversity, her own experience serving on boards and what we need to do so that companies can understand the benefits that women bring to the boardroom.

Speaker:
Gail Lione, Senior Counsel, Washington, DC

Gail Lione is a senior counsel at Dentons. For more than 23 years, Lione served as General Counsel of three companies in three different industries: global marketing/manufacturing; publishing, printing and digital imaging; and insurance, banking and financial services. Most recently, she was the Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer of Harley-Davidson, Inc. She also served as President of The Harley-Davidson Foundation until she retired from the company.  For the seven years prior to joining Harley-Davidson, Lione was General Counsel and Secretary of US News & World Report and its affiliates, The Atlantic Monthly Company, Applied Graphics Technologies, Inc. and Applied Printing Technologies. Her first General Counsel position was with Sun Life Group of America in Atlanta, where she managed the legal affairs and all regulatory activities of five insurance companies licensed in 50 states.

Lione is a sought-after board member for corporations as well. She currently serves on three corporate boards including Badger Meter, Inc. (NYSE: BMI) where she is the lead director and a member of the Corporate Governance and Compensation Committees; The F. Dohmen Co. where she is a member of the Audit Committee; and Sargento Foods, Inc., where she is a member of the Compensation Committee. Lione also serves as a Senior Fellow of the Governance Center of The Conference Board.

Lione is currently an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, where she teaches intellectual property law, drawing on her experience in the strategic management and protection of intellectual property portfolios. In January 2015, she was elected as a member of the American Law Institute.


Onsite Fee: $75.00