Board Readiness with DHR Global

Overview

We continue to develop programming aligned with our members’ interest in accelerating their careers. Don’t miss your chance to learn about trends in board composition, how you can prepare to be considered for a board role, and how you can activate your own network to be visible for such opportunities.

Parking

Parking is available at the building

Agenda

8:30am to 9:00am Registration with Breakfast, 
9:00am to 10:00am Panel Discussion

Registration

$30  Member In-Person Breakfast & Networking Registration Fee
$45  Non-Member In-Person Breakfast & Networking Registration Fee

Virtual Attendee -Please join us at 9:00a ET

$10  Member Virtual Registration Fee
$15  Non-Member Virtual Registration Fee

Registration is required for everyone. Please note a Zoom link will be sent to everyone registered to join us virtually as we get closer to the event.

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Panelists

Patricia Watters serves as Managing Partner in DHR’s Detroit office and as Global Leader of the Automotive and Future Mobility Practice Group. She brings over 30 years of leadership experience in automotive manufacturing, manufacturing consulting and executive search.

Prior to joining DHR, Patricia spent six years as Vice President of HarbourConsulting, where she led engagements in research, manufacturing strategy and operations improvement. She was a principal contributor to The HarbourReports, which analyze and rank assembly, stamping and powertrain plants in productivity and lean manufacturing performance globally.

Patricia’s manufacturing and operations experience began at General Motors Corporation with 13 years of factory floor operations in production, quality and manufacturing engineering. As Superintendent of Industrial Engineering, she led teams of engineers in cost reduction, productivity improvement, lean implementation and new model introduction in vehicle assembly plants.

Patricia holds a bachelor’s degree from Kalamazoo College with a major in economics and a minor in international business and a master’s degree in industrial relations from Wayne State University.

As a member of the Board & CEO Practice at DHR, Heather works with clients to successfully place C-level executives, chairmen, CEOs and board directors. She is based in Chicago.
Heather works with public, private and private equity-owned corporations across industries to build and refresh boards and execute CEO succession plans. Bringing knowledge of boards and boardroom risk derived from her experience in the commercial insurance industry, Heather offers a valuable perspective to DHR clients. While at Coregis, a GE Capital insurance subsidiary, Heather served as Head of the Directors & Officers Liability business where she was responsible for the company’s most profitable P&L and managed teams in Chicago and New York.

Heather began her career with American Financial Group in Cincinnati. She co-authored a book on employment risk and board exposure with one of the leading employment lawyers in the U.S. She has been called on as an expert in her field, speaking at conferences and consulting with executives on risk avoidance and board member protection. Heather is pleased to have helped thousands of boards safeguard their future, allowing them to focus on critical board responsibilities.

She earned her Bachelor of Science in Business from Miami University. She currently serves on the Auxiliary Board of Rush Hospital and is an active leader with Deloitte’s Center for Board Effectiveness and Aspen Institute. She leads board diversity initiatives at Kellogg, Duke and Harvard Business School.

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