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
Break
Strategy in the boardroom
Closing remarks 

For those with a digital subscription to the Wallstreet Journal and The Washington Post here are some articles to help you get your minds into the corporate strategies behind brands you know. 

Speakers and Moderators:

Shareholder Activism Panel:

Martha Bejar

SENIOR PARTNER

DaGrosa Capital 

Partners LLC

Board Member: 

Afiniti, Quadient, Sportsman’s Warehouse, 

Commvault, 

Lumen Technologies

Life Member at 

Council on 

Foreign Relations

Valerie Dahiya

MANAGING PARTNER

WASHINGTON D.C.

Perkins Coie

Paulette Dobson

 

 

 

Board Member:

Portillos, Mather 

Vanessa Pegueros

 

 

 

Board Member:

LivePerson, BECU, 

Prisidio,

NACD Northwest 

Chapter,

Forterra

Strategy in the Boardroom:

 

Beth Birnbaum

 

 

Board Member:

Wiley, Root Inc., Fandom,

Recycle Track Systems,

Bridge Legal, Forterra 

Adriane Brown

 MANAGING PARTNER

Flying Fish Partners 

Board Member:

KKR & Co. Inc., 

American Airlines, 

Axon, eBay, 
Washington Research 

Foundation/WRF Capital

Liane Pelletier

 

 

Board Member:

Frontdoor, Inc., 

Expeditors International of

Washington Inc.