
16:35
Welcome! I’m Cathy from Bolster and I’m in Niwot, Colorado.

16:48
Please introduce yourself!

17:15
Shreeram Devre from West Orange, NJ

17:21
Charlotte Min-Harris, COO, Nurse-Family Partnership National Service Office, Denver, CO

17:23
Hi! I'm Michelle Nasir. I'm in New York and am at Arsenal Capital.

17:25
Rob Ohno from the PGA TOUR in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL

17:27
Anna Catalano, thrilled to be here! I’m based in Houston, TX. and also Chicago (only in the summer!!)

17:32
Abha Kumar from West Chester, PA

17:37
Hi everyone, Sophal Ear, in Los Angeles.

17:38
Albert Lau from Los Angeles, CA

17:40
Regina Au from BioMarketing Insight in Boston, MA

17:41
Hello everyone, Jennifer Lee from Chicago. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-lee-86971b29/

17:46
Fiona Hu from Dallas, TX

17:48
Nancy Hom from New York

17:49
Welcome everyone - so happy to see you here! Signing in from New York City!

17:50
Linda Choong from NYC

17:52
Hi This is Shing from San Francisco Bay Area. www.linkedin.com/in/shingpan/

17:53
Hi Everyone, Melinda Yee Franklin from JPMorgan Chase based in San Francisco!

17:56
Hi everyone great to join another ASCEND event! I'm Ajay Dhaul SVP at J&J based here in Princeton NJ

17:58
I am Sandipa, north NJ work at Intercept Pharmaceuticals

18:00
HI everyone, Tram from Paris, France

18:04
Felicia Choy from San Jose

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Ameeta Soni, Boston

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophal

18:41
Gloria Tang from Bay Area

18:42
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ameetasoni

19:01
Unfortunately, I can only attend for the first 20 minutes. Thank you.

19:11
From Columbus Ohio. Driving!

19:15
Hi everyone, this is Sophie Zhang from Houston, Texas! https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophiezhang1/

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Ali from RBC Canada and Ascend Canada - look forward to connecting with you via LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-najafi-54302b43?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3BtbaDUYStTl%2BOhgQH0bvSHA%3D%3D

19:19
Welcome! If you just joined, please introduce yourself! We’ll send the recording out after the session.

19:21
Hiroshi Baensch at Mercer/Marsh McLennan in New York City https://www.linkedin.com/in/hiroshib/

19:58
HI everyone and welcome! Jeannette Chu with PwC from Ascend Greater Washington Chapter. Great to be here!

20:15
From Austin- https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-rollins-822915/

20:33
Kelly Huang - co-chair Boardroom Ready @ Women in Bio: https://www.womeninbio.org/page/boardroomready

21:00
Hi Everyone! Nice to see you Emily Rollins!!

22:34
So glad to be here

23:36
Anna Catalano, it's great to see you. Thank you for being on the panel!

27:05
Here is additional bios info on our panelists https://docs.google.com/document/d/1laP0K0CowS7kZUM12wTqLoF3G7Nxfsk9HVpR0-Nu-9w/edit

28:09
As Faye referenced earlier, Here’s Bolster’s eBook - your gift for joining the webinar: https://bolster.com/static/GuCQWBg1r4zN6Q/how-to-succeed-first-board-role.pdf

29:01
If you are at executive level, sign up for Bolster using Ascend’s custom link https://bolster.com/invite/ascend-Ch5RMNM7h9

30:00
Thank you for the resource!

36:37
Please feel free to ask questions or put comments here?

37:01
Thank you. Unfortunately, I have to drop off for another meeting.

37:10
We’ll send the recording

38:02
Please send any questions to Everyone or directly to me or Ngan

40:14
If you didn’t see it earlier, here’s the link to the ebook https://bolster.com/static/GuCQWBg1r4zN6Q/how-to-succeed-first-board-role.pdf

42:03
If you are an executive, and interested in on-demand or board work, please use this link to sign up. https://bolster.com/invite/ascend-Ch5RMNM7h9

42:28
Please feel free to drop your questions in chat. Or you can send them to me privately.

44:34
Thank you this is great! Unfortunately I need to drop for another call but will try to dial back in.

56:20
please chat your questions and comments here.

57:38
we are also be trying address the questions submitted during registration.

58:23
Advice on parlaying non-profit board experience to private and public board experience?

59:33
What if anything boards leveraged in terms of ESG expertise? Who are Board relying on for this and is it only the c-suite and their management teams?

01:00:10
Please see your free Bolster gift- e-book how to succeed in your first board role https://bolster.com/static/GuCQWBg1r4zN6Q/how-to-succeed-first-board-role.pdf

01:03:00
What about parlaying service on corporate Diversity Advisory Councils to Board Service or even University Trustee Board Service?

01:04:23
If you are executive level, sign up and put your profile in Bolster using this Ascend linkhttps://bolster.com/invite/ascend-Ch5RMNM7h9 and use this resource for creating a great profile: https://bolster.com/static/5odWmKtwpwmffw/anatomy-of-a-great-profile.pdf

01:05:03
ESG = environment, social and governance

01:06:28
Would you characterize board involvement with Heifer International ($131M in revenue) as a nonprofit that would translate well into a for profit board? Heifer received the Ascend Humanitarian Award and has a great mission on fighting hunger and poverty with sustainable agriculture. https://www.heifer.org/

01:08:13
How will board recruitment view the experience of Executive Board Member vs. Independent Board Member?

01:13:54
Please make sure to fill out this quick event survey when you exit. This will help us plan events in the future. Thank you in advance! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemX9YH5ZRdx-jp8qZgdI38e-9hH4w1UK4f-oW42QdZUTlI2A/viewform

01:14:37
In some cases where non-US entities have invested in U.S. companies the U.S. government can require that the Board have a certain percentage of U.S. citizen members. It's called CFIUS -- Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States. But this is quite rare.

01:14:38
Thank you to all our excellent panelists/leaders for your time and sharing your insights.

01:14:56
We so appreciate our partnership with Ascend, and their diligence in ensuring that they provide great content for their members. Thanks Faye, Ngan, Michelle and Hard. And thank you to Anna, Melody, Tram and Matt - really amazing!!

01:15:24
Thank you for such a fantastic session!

01:15:25
Thank you, Everyone! Excellent discussion!!!

01:15:32
Thank you, Matt & Bolster, Faye, panelists and the Ascend team for this event today!

01:15:42
We love Bolster!

01:15:48
Excellent session. Comprehensive yet succinct

01:15:56
Thanks for a informative session.

01:15:59
Thank you Faye

01:16:02
Love this session! Thanks all!