In this episode of Women Governance Trailblazers, we talk with Jen Sisson.  Jen is the CEO of the International Corporate Governance Network, otherwise known as ICGN. Led by investors responsible for assets worth over $US 90 trillion, ICGN advances the highest standards of corporate governance and investor stewardship worldwide in pursuit of long-term value creation. Jen represents ICGN on the Japanese Financial Services Agency’s Council of Experts and on the International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators stakeholder working group.

Jen joined ICGN from Goldman Sachs Asset Management where she was Head of Stewardship for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, overseeing voting, engagement, and industry collaboration activities in the region. Previously she led policy outreach for the UK Financial Reporting Council, on ESG, audit and reporting matters including the creation of the 2020 UK Stewardship Code and the 2018 UK Corporate Governance Code. Jen started her career at PwC.

Jen holds a BA in Business, Accounting and Finance from the University of Newcastle and a Masters in Sustainability Leadership from the University of Cambridge.

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In this episode of Women Governance Trailblazers, we talk with Wei Chen. Wei is the Chief Legal Officer and Executive Vice President of Regulatory Strategy at Infoblox, a network and security company headquartered in California. At Infoblox, Wei is responsible for the company’s legal, compliance and governance functions as well as government affairs. She also started Infoblox's AI program two years ago driving education, enablement and responsible adoption of AI. Wei has over 25 years of experience in the legal, governance and compliance field, previously serving as Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel of Strategic Transactions at Salesforce, Assistant GC at Sun Microsystems and spent time in Big Law at a couple of our favorite firms. In 2000, before AI was popular, Wei founded The Atticus Project, a non-profit dedicated to driving AI performance, education, and opportunity in the legal space. Wei is the course creator and instructor of two AI courses: Generative AI for the Legal Profession with Berkeley Law Executive Education and AI Strategy for Legal Leaders with Stanford Law Executive Education. Wei also co-authored  academic papers that were published by leading AI conferences such as  (nerups) NeuIPs and ACL. Wei also has a weekly blog on AI on substack called Fairly AI, so check it out.

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In this episode of Women Governance Trailblazers, we talk with Cindie Jamison. Cindie has served as Chair of the Board of Darden Restaurants since 2023. She also serves as a Director and Chair of the Audit Committee at ODP Corp -- which our listeners might know by its former name, Office Depot. She joined the Board of IFF, Inc (otherwise known as International Flavors and Fragrances) in January of 2025 and assumed the Chairmanship of the Audit Committee in May 2025. Over the past 20+ years, she’s served in board leadership roles at a number of public companies. 

Prior to her full-time Board service, Cindie had an executive career as a “Crisis CFO”. In that capacity, she served as a partner with Tatum, LLP from June 1999 through May 2009, during which time she held various leadership roles, including Managing Partner. She has been the Chief Financial Officer or Chief Operating Officer of several publicly and privately held companies and held many executive leadership positions.

Cindie recently completed a four-year term as a member of FASAC, the advisory board to the FASB. In addition, she is an NACD Board Leadership Fellow and was awarded the “Top 100 Director” honor in 2017. She also sits on the Save The Children US non-profit Board, and she recently published a book called “SHARDS IN MY HAIR: Tales from Breaking the Glass Ceiling.”

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In this episode of Women Governance Trailblazers, we talk with Dottie Schindlinger. Dottie is Executive Director of Diligent Institute, the corporate governance research and programs arm of Diligent - the leading AI-powered provider of secure board communication and governance, risk and compliance software. She co-authored the book, “Governance in the Digital Age: A Guide for the Modern Corporate Board Director,” co-hosts, “The Corporate Director Podcast,” and co-created Diligent’s certification programs for directors, including AI Ethics & Board Oversight. Dottie was a founding team member of the tech start-up BoardEffect, acquired by Diligent in 2016. Currently, Dottie serves on the boards of the Foundation for Delaware County and the Pennsylvania School Safety Institute (PennSSI). She is a guest lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Business Executive Education program and a fellow of the Salzburg Global Seminar for Corporate Governance. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and lives in suburban Philadelphia, PA. 

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In this episode of Women Governance Trailblazers, we talk with Maeve O'Connor, Co-Chair of Debevoise’s Securities Litigation Practice and Chair of its Insurance Litigation Practice. Maeve has served on the firm’s Management Committee and has extensive experience defending complex securities cases, including fiduciary duty and M&A disputes, and advising public companies and their boards in high-stakes litigation and governance matters. Recognized nationally for her work, Maeve is a leading voice at the intersection of securities and governance.

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In this episode of Women Governance Trailblazers, we talk with Dr. Julie Williamson, CEO of Karrikins Group, which is a global consulting firm focused on leadership alignment and transformation, and she is a skilled business strategist, speaker, and author. Dr. Williamson also holds her PhD in Organizational Communication. She combines her understanding of behavioral science with executive experience and business acumen to help leadership teams excel. 

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In this episode of Women Governance Trailblazers, we talk with Donna Anderson, who is the global head of Corporate Governance at T. Rowe Price and a luminary in the corporate governance field. She has spent nearly two decades leading T. Rowe's proxy voting and engagement efforts and incorporating governance considerations into the firm's investment research process. Prior to joining T. Rowe, she was Director of Equity Research for Invesco Funds in Houston. Donna has held leadership roles in numerous industry organizations in the investment, finance, and corporate governance field through the years.

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In this episode of Women Governance Trailblazers, we talk with Eun Ah Choi. Eun Ah serves as Senior Vice President, Global Head of Regulatory Operations at Nasdaq. She manages the U.S. and European Listing Qualifications and Trading Surveillance teams, where she supports the goals of facilitating capital formation, maintaining fair and orderly markets, and protecting investors. Among other responsibilities, she manages multi-disciplinary teams responsible for assessing the qualification of listed companies and their continued compliance with Nasdaq’s listing standards. 

Prior to joining Nasdaq, Eun Ah advised business leaders and boards in her roles as in-house counsel at Willis Towers Watson and Northrop Grumman. In these roles, she was also responsible for leading complex projects and managing legal matters related to domestic and international M&A, antitrust, venture capital and strategic alliances. Eun Ah has also served as a senior executive at the Securities and Exchange Commission. During her tenure, she managed and significantly expanded a new office mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act that performed examinations, risk monitoring and data analytics related to the asset management industry. Prior to joining the SEC, Eun Ah was a partner at Hogan Lovells, and she started her career on Wall Street as an analyst at Goldman Sachs.

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In this episode of Women Governance Trailblazers, we talk with Sharon Binger. Sharon is Managing Director, Chief Compliance Officer, and Head of Litigation at Silver Lake, which is a global PE firm focused on the tech industry, as well as a member of the Noom Board of Directors. Prior to joining Silver Lake in 2017, Sharon served in the SEC's Enforcement Division. Her roles included Assistant Director of Enforcement in the SEC's New York Office and Regional Director of the SEC's Philadelphia Office, where she administered the Commission's enforcement and regulatory programs for the Mid-Atlantic region. Sharon began her career as a litigation associate at Willkie Farr & Gallagher in New York. In addition to her Noom directorship, Sharon also serves on a number of non-profit boards, including the Silicon Valley chapter of the American Leadership Forum.

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In this episode of Women Governance Trailblazers, we talk with Niamh Corbett. Niamh joined Board Intelligence, a company whose mission is to supercharge boards with the science of board effectiveness, in 2016 to co-lead the consulting team, and since then, has held numerous commercial roles across the business, including building the Financial Services Practice (where she is now Global FS Lead) and launching the US business (as Head of Americas). Niamh began her career in investment banking, spending several years at Morgan Stanley advising FTSE Boards and management teams on their UK capital market interactions. Niamh speaks and writes regularly on topics related to financial regulation and has co-authored a fortnightly column in the Financial Times.

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