Reserve Your Seat for our 2023 Program
BOARD PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
Serving as a board director is both an honor and a duty. Thisgold standard program equips directors with the understanding about their responsibilities, the current and emerging challenges and trends which face them and the fundamental knowledge and skills they need to be capable contributors to public, private and advisory boards. Arm yourself for success with this highly interactive program and secure a level one board certification.
TOPICS AND CONTENT
This program has two components.
INITIAL ORIENTATION – assessment and personal one-on-one video call with Boardwise expert
Participants complete an online Board Bona Fide® assessment to establish current board readiness. You have a one-hour private session with a board expert coach to review your profile; discuss what type of board is the best match and explore suggestions for how to achieve your goal to serve on a board.
GOVERNANCE EDUCATION SESSIONS – live educational sessions online
The live interactive program includes nine sessions, each of which is two hours.
The modules include presentations and interviews with experts on governance and the hot topics which directors must address today, including:governance differences among countries, cybersecurity, risk management and decision-making, artificial intelligence, strategic designs, financial foundations and emerging challenges in digital transformation and diversity.
Each session includes interviews with topic experts, facilitated presentations related to director duties and cares on the topic and experiential board exercises based on real-world situational cases. Cases are used for board simulations and discussion. Homework assignment are provided a week prior to each session for participants to read and prepare.
Governance Sessions Topics
FACULTY AND EXPERTS
Dr. Donna Hamlin
Dr. Hamlin CEO of Boardwise and a corporate executive with thirty years of corporate, governance and strategy consulting experience. She oversees BoardWise’s global programs, including its centers and their services. These include: board evaluations, professional certification and training, its global registry of qualified directors, Board Bona Fide®, its strategic partnership programs and its Boardwise center. She is certified for governance by the National Association of Corporate Directors in the U.S. and in global governance by Harvard University.Prior to her role at BoardWise, she founded Hamlin Harkins, Ltd., where she developed a successful track record in strategy change management and human performance management, serving clients from Fortune 500 global enterprises to start-up companies in more than 30 countries. She holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a B.A. degree from Siena College and has studied at the University of London. A published author, she writes management articles in the area of strategy, brand value management, change and human performance management. She has director international experience for three decades and currently as independent director at Daily Pay, Inc. and AussieWeb, Inc.
Brian Barnier
His professional impact flows from his expertise in strategy, data analysis and technology. He is director of analytics at ValueBridge Advisors (US) and Burnt Oak Capital (UK) and Boardwise Partner. He serves on advisory boards for multiple companies. He is author of The Operational Risk Handbook, contributor to Risk and Performance: A Guide for Government Decision-makers, Risk and Finance and two course books in statistics and statistical software. Appreciating businesses through investor eyes, he served as co-chair of the risk committee of the USD26T assets London-based ICGN institutional investor organization. He has been interviewed and writes widely, including from floor of NYSE, NASDAQ MarketSite, The Street, NY1, WSJ, CNBC, and Bloomberg Brief.Previously, he led innovation initiatives for IBM, Lucent (now Nokia), and Ameritech (now AT&T) – across which he led teams to 9 patents and launched a pioneering fintech product. He teaches a graduate seminar in decision science and data analytics at the City University of New York. He taught finance and operations at the University of Detroit Mercy and economics at Western Michigan University. He is a guest lecturer in Russia and Mexico.
Jen McClure
Jen is an executive and board director with extensive marketing and communications experience in the media, tech and information services industries. She is a respected leader with a track record of identifying important business, technological and societal trends and works with growth-stage companies as an adviser, consultant, investor and board member. Jen is CEO of JEM, a growing Silicon Valley-based management consultancy and publishing company she founded in 2015. She was named a “Power Player” in management consulting by Business Insider in its list of the most influential executives disrupting the industry. Jen is considered to be one of the original authorities on digital and social media. She has been named one of "25 Women Who Rock Social." She foresaw the impact that social media and digital technologies would have on business, media, culture and society, and in 2005 founded the Society for New Communications Research (SNCR), a global nonprofit think tank focused on researching this evolving technology landscape. She served as SNCR’s CEO and Board Chair for 10 years, and led the organization’s merger with The Conference Board in 2016. She now serves as Distinguished Principal Fellow and Program Director of the Marketing and Communications Center of The Conference Board. Prior to founding JEM, Jen was Global Head and Vice President of Digital and Social Media at Thomson Reuters where she founded and led the company’s Digital Center of Excellence and the Digital Communications team. Prior to Thomson Reuters, she was Chief Marketing Officer of Redwood Collaborative Media. She also held senior marketing and PR roles at Ziff Davis, Ketchum and New Electronic Media Science. Jen is a Governance Fellow of the National Association of Corporate Directors and has experience serving on the board of a privately held media company. She currently serves on the board of KQED, one of the nation’s largest public media companies. Jen works with start-ups as an adviser and investor. She is a Limited Partner in five venture funds and has served on the Investment Committee of Spike Ventures. Jen earned her master’s degree from Stanford University and her bachelor’s degree from Sarah Lawrence College.
Professor Dr. Fed van Eenennaam
Prof Dr Fred van Eenennaam developed several leading board and strategy programs.
In The Netherlands he has been (co)building the New CFO program, (Erasmus University 2010 - 2021), the New Board Program (2006 – 2012), the Boards for non-listed firms program (Dutch Center for Directors and Non Executives, 2003-2012; 2015-2018).
On international and global Board Programs, Fred has built the Maximize Your Board Potential Program, with The Decision Institute, hosted at the Harvard Faculty Club in Cambridge, MASS, USA, (2010 - 2021), IESE Board Program (2014-2016). He served on the board of his family businesses, in Technology/Biotechnology driven firms and healthcare life sciences industries.
He conducts board evaluations, board training, board coaching, inhouse governance education both for board members and for managers as part of their executive/leadership education. Fred writes business case studies and, with his international partners and academic and business network, he advises on board dilemmas and challenges. Fred is a member of the Swiss Institute of Director chaired by Prof Martin Hilb).Prof M E Porter, Ph D bestowed him to his Micro Economics of Competitiveness Hall of Fame of Harvard Business School in 2012. He is an affiliated faculty of the Microeconomics of Competitiveness Center of HBS (since 2001). Fred teaches at different universities around the world and has been pioneering hybrid and online education including for the leading ex HMA Program of the George Washington University as co-program and content designer.
Marilyn Nagel
Marilyn has more than 30 years of experience in the corporate world as a C-Suite executive, entrepreneur and executive coach. Marilyn is Co-founder and Chief Advocacy Officer of RISEQUITY, a company dedicated to empowering employees, developing leaders and transforming company cultures. She is also Chief Learning Officer of SAMI, a game-based leadership development company, and founder of her consulting firm, Ready-Aim-Aspire. She is widely recognized in the field Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, as well as in executive and board development, leadership and networking. Prior to co-founding RISEQUITY, Marilyn served as CEO of Watermark, launching their Conference for Women and creating breakthrough programs while Chief Diversity Officer at Cisco. She Is a recognized thought leader in shifting focus on inclusion, launching the first Inclusion Index, flexible work practices, and developing the Maturity Model for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion,noted as the industry standard. She co-chaired the Conference Board Global Diversity Group, formed a consortium in Silicon Valley for Diversity Officers and was senior advisor to the Center for Talent and Innovation. She consults with pre- and post IPO companies, fortune 500 and global multinational companies to develop and implement diversity strategies. An internationally known speaker and workshop facilitator, she addresses: Inclusive Leadership, Building Intentional Connections, Inclusive Hiring, Creating Influence, Board Accountability and Women’s Leadership. Marilyn develops programs for Diversity Woman Media and produced the Women in Tech conference. She is a regular blogger for the Huffington Post and frequently contributes to numerous publications. Marilyn is the speaker curator/producer of Sonoma TEDx, serves on the Board of Directors of Ceres Community Project and has served on the Board of Directors of Watermark, Professional Business Women of California (PBWC), the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, Inc. (NACME), UPWARD, and Family and Children Services. She also serves on the Advisory Boards of YOL, The Everest Project, as well as the Advisory Council of Courageous Leadership. Marilyn holds a bachelor’s degree in fine arts, a master’s degree in Social and Systemic Studies and a master’s in public administration MPA.
Join those board directors who understand: board learning is a permanent commitment.
We have two offerings of this program this year.
REGISTER TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT
Program Offering Schedule
Spring Session – April 7 - June 2 (Now Closed)
Fall Session - Sept 1 – Oct 27
Why This Program?
Taught by world-class global experts in corporate governance, you will:
WHAT MAKES THIS PROGRAM SPECIAL
Our Board Professional Program is for aspiring and current board members who want to increase their ability to engage meaningfully in discussions of leading-edge topics, ask sharper questions more easily, delve to the core of critical issues and improve proportional impact in a boardroom to create more shareholder value – not just conceptually, but tangibly by helping management think more critically about decisions.
Our program is strikingly different from other certification programs. Here are comparisons in offerings to consider:
Boardwise Other Programs
| Live, Interactive Online Sessions | Lecture/ Presentations |
| Meet and Speak Directly with Experts | Lecture Only |
| Interactive/Experiential Learning/Simulations | ---- |
| Covers Global Governance | Covers US Governance |
| Assesses Your Individual Board Style& Value to Boards | ---- |
| Provides Personal Consultation Session for Strategy to Secure Ideal Role and Prepare Board Bio | ---- |
| Added to Our Board Registry for Potential Board Assignments | ---- |
| Cohort Team Learning and Network | Individual Viewing |
Boardwise offers 9, 2-hour modules of training that span from “fundamental guardrails in board work” to leading-edge technology application, including AI-Decision Science and Cybersecurity.
Other programs are structured as more lecture-oriented knowledge downloads, often around regulatory and compliance topics to prepare for test-taking or compliance.In contrast, Boardwise modules offer:
