Board oversight remains critical to an organization’s ability to create and maintain its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) strategy. The legal landscape of DE&I continues to be in flux due to proposed pieces of legislation at the state and federal levels. While initiatives aimed at advancing diversity are under heightened scrutiny, carefully thought-out initiatives can still be implemented. We reviewed best practices amidst a changing legal landscape and using a framework for assessing DE&I strategies going forward.
Speakers
Debo Adegbile
Partner, Chair, Anti-Discrimination Practice, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Debo P. Adegbile, a partner in the Government and Regulatory Litigation Group, focuses his practice on a range of matters at the intersection of law, business and government policy. He has significant experience in commercial, government-facing and appellate litigation, as well as strategic counseling in high-stakes matters including in various anti-discrimination and investigatory contexts...
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Susan Angele
Senior Advisor, KPMG Board Leadership Center
Susan, a Senior Advisor at the KPMG Board Leadership Center, is a leading voice in board governance, and is a frequent writer and speaker on board oversight of topics including strategy, innovation, technology, risk, DEI, climate change, leadership, and culture...
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Seth Waxman
Former US Solicitor General; Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Solicitor General of the United States from 1997 to 2001, Seth Waxman is a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr and a member of the faculty at the Georgetown University Law Center. A graduate of Harvard College and the Yale Law School, Mr. Waxman represents clients in civil and criminal litigation, at the trial and appellate stages, in both federal and state courts...
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Moderator
Avril Ussery Sisk, NACD.DC
Avril Ussery Sisk, NACD.DC, most recently has served on the board of a privately held information technology company where she supported strategic public-private partnerships and the government relations strategy to drive significant revenue and ultimately a transaction. With a particular interest in artificial intelligence (AI) governance...
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