05:00 PM - 06:30 PM (Pacific)
06:00 PM - 07:30 PM (Mountain)
07:00 PM - 08:30 PM (Central)
08:00 PM - 09:30 PM (Eastern) 

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Overview

Last year, the SEC approved a new Nasdaq board diversity rule that required companies to have at least 2 diverse directors, including a woman on boards of companies it helps to take public after July 1st, 2021. Many companies have leveraged the role of the Chief Diversity Officer to help support the board diversity efforts by helping to identify that talent, but why not consider CDOs for Boards? Since 2020, there have been more Chief Diversity Officer roles than ever before, and the roles and responsibilities of the CDOS have expanded to focus on key talent strategies such as future of work, the great resignation and equity, and culture integration. Issues that every company is faced with now. We will discuss the value of a CDO and its contribution to a Board, especially in this climate.

Panel discussion from 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM (Pacific) to be followed by informal networking breakouts 6 - 6:30 pm.

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Panelists

Candice Morgan  Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity Partner Google Ventures

Candice creates inclusive strategies for GV and its portfolio companies and helps the firm expand diversity across the entrepreneurs it funds. Candice was the first Head of Inclusion & Diversity at Pinterest, where she spent over four years leading strategy and programs to drive diverse talent, policy, and product outcomes. Prior, Candice spent a decade honing her expertise in diversity strategy and practice at Catalyst, based on Wall Street and in Zurich, Switzerland. Her clients were F1000 global organizations across a range of industries (from technology, professional and financial services to healthcare, oil & gas, and consumer goods). Candice was awarded Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business and The Root's 100 Most Influential African-Americans of 2017.

A New York native and Stuyvesant alum, Candice holds a B.S. in Psychology and Business minor from Carnegie Mellon University, and a M.S.

Lybra Clemons Chief Diversity Officer Twilio .

Lybra S. Clemons is a seasoned c-suite executive with over 15 years of Human Resources, Talent, Culture, and Diversity & Inclusion experience across a variety of Fortune 500 companies. Lybra is a proven leader in creating, building, and implementing practical strategies for corporations that result in stronger retention of top talent and higher engagement of the workforce, from the front-line worker to the C-Suite. Lybra has advised CEOs, led and scaled talent and diversity teams, managed M&A cultural integrations, developed strategy for managing distributed workforce efforts, and consulted on several anti-racist projects specific to company transformations.

Currently, Lybra serves as Twilio’s first Chief Diversity Officer. Reporting directly to the CEO, Lybra sits on the executive team and is responsible for pioneering the company’s commitment to become an antiracist organization. Twilio is the first and only tech company to radically shift their focus towards antiracism as a force for driving diversity, equity, and inclusion; and Lybra sits at the helm in changing and shaping the industry. Prior to taking on the role at Twilio, Lybra’s experience was primarily in the financial services and fintech sector. Lybra was the Global Head of Diversity at PayPal, and held key roles in Diversity & Inclusion at Morgan Stanley, The Brunswick Group, and American Express.

Moderator

Tamara Gracon CEO/Founder TBG Consulting

Tamara Gracon leads strategic transformations. She has deep experience in finance and tax. She has led global change management initiatives for a large service line at KPMG including response to regulatory change, Lean Six Sigma process review and technology transformation, as well as go-to-market strategy. Her guidance relies on broad experience in investment banking, finance, tax, operations and public policy.Tamara leads her own strategy and change management consultancy, TBG Consulting. She partners with consulting groups such as Consultants Collective which enable senior management consultants to jointly deliver client engagements. She serves clients of all sizes in a range of industries. In addition to traditional management consulting for established businesses, she dedicates time to advising numerous start-up founders on a range of foundational issues: executive presence, pitch guidance, introductions, as well as basic business planning, finance and operations.

She serves as a Board Member for a stealth cybersecurity start-up. On the board, she is the point person for finance and tax due diligence for this acquisitive firm. Tamara is a Founding LP for How Women Invest, a venture fund dedicated to funding female entrepreneurs. She serves as an Executive Board Member for How Women Lead Silicon Valley, an organization dedicated to increasing the presence of women in the board room. She serves on the Executive Committee of the San Francisco Chapter of the Private Director’s Association. She also serves on the National Leadership Council of the Positive Coaching Alliance and on the local AYSO (youth soccer) Board as the safety director.

Tamara earned an MBA in Finance from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University, studied Management at Oxford University, and earned a BA in Political Science and Economics, graduating magna cum laude, from the University of Colorado at Boulder.  

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