Boardroom Governance Summit 2026
The Boardroom Governance Summit brings together a highly curated group of past podcast guests, board members, and governance leaders for substantive and candid conversations on the most pressing issues facing boardrooms today. In many ways, the Summit is a live extension of the Boardroom Governance Podcast and the community that has grown around it over the past six years.
Confirmed speakers include:
Keynote Speaker: Leo E. Strine, Jr., former Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court; Of Counsel, WLRK
Teresa Briggs, board member at DocuSign, ServiceNow, Snowflake, and Warby Parker
Diane Bryant, board member at Broadcom, Haemonetics, mmTron, and ScaleFlux.
Karen Francis DeGolia, board member at Vontier, CelLink, and NAUTO
Jeff Epstein, Operating Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners; board member at Autodesk, AvePoint, Okta, and Twilio
Thomas Evans, CAIO | Head of AI, Lucid Motors; board member at OLI Systems and iARx
Victor Gustaf Gao, Portfolio Chief Commercial Officer, Americas and Managing Director at the Carlyle Group; board member at Acentra Health
Barney Harford, Former COO, Uber; Former CEO, Orbitz Worldwide; board member at United Airlines, Arrivia, Cvent, SavATree and Yummy.
Penny Herscher, board member at Lumentum, Penguin Solutions, Forvia SA, and Modern Health
Vivas Kumar, CEO and Co-Founder, Mitra Chem
Jack Lazar, board member at Astera Labs, Box, GlobalFoundries, and Resideo
Jackie Liu, Partner, Morrison & Foerster; board member at CEVA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA)
Sabastian Niles, President and Chief Legal Officer, Salesforce
Sue Siegel, board member at Illumina, Align Technology, Nevro, The Engine (built by MIT), and the Kaiser Family Foundation
Yvonne Wassenaar, board member at Arista Networks, Rubrik, Braze, and JFrog; Senior Advisor, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Alla Whitston, Chief Information Officer at MUFG
We have secured special rates for summit attendees at two hotels in Healdsburg: H2 Hotel and Harmon Guest House. More details and booking information coming soon.
Learn more: Boardroom Governance Podcast | Boardroom Governance Newsletter
Sponsored by: Morrison & Foerster, DHR Global & MUFG