Session Six

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

New York

5:30 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. ET 

Seattle

2:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. PT          

Agenda
Welcome & announcements  
Shareholder activism panel
Strategy in the boardroom
Closing remarks 

Some pre-session reading to help get your minds into the corporate strategies behind some brands you may now.  Note Wall Street Journal articles will only be accessible with a digital subscription.

Speakers and Moderators:

Shareholder Activism Panel:
 

Martha Bejar

SENIOR PARTNER

DaGrosa Capital 

Partners LLC

 

Board Member: 

Afiniti,

Commvault, 

Lumen Technologies,

Quadient,

Sportsman’s Warehouse, 

Life Member at 

Council on 

Foreign Relations

Paulette Dobson

 

 

 

 

Board Member:

Mather,

Portillos 

 

 

 

 

Vanessa Pegueros

 

 

 

 

Board Member:

BECU, 

Forterra,

LivePerson,

NACD Northwest 

Chapter,

Prisidio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Strategy in the Boardroom:

 

Beth Birnbaum

 

 

Board Member:

Bridge Legal, 

Fandom,

Forterra 

Wiley,

Recycle Track Systems,

Root Inc., 

Wiley

, 

Adriane Brown

 MANAGING PARTNER

Flying Fish Partners 

Board Member:

KKR & Co. Inc., 

American Airlines, 

Axon,

eBay, 

KKR & Co. Inc., 

Washington Research 

Foundation/WRF Capital

Liane Pelletier

 

 

Board Member:

Expeditors International of

Washington Inc.,

Frontdoor, Inc.,