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Boardroom Diversity and the Black Corporate Board Readiness Program

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Content provided by Pacifica Global, LLC. and Evan Epstein. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Pacifica Global, LLC. and Evan Epstein or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

(0:00) Intro.

(1:25) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel.

(2:11) Start of interview.

(2:56) Zain Oke's origin story.

(5:08) Dianna Jones's origin story.

(8:25) Dennis Lanham's origin story.

(12:00) How executive education works (as opposed to degree conferring programs)

(14:22) On the origin and mission of the Black Corporate Board Readiness (BCBR) program at Santa Clara University.

(17:41) On the role of community and mentorship at BCBR.

(22:11) On lawyers serving on corporate boards.

(30:50) On the legal challenges to SB-826 and AB-979 in California (board diversity laws).

(40:00) On the politicization of the boardroom and the push back on ESG and DEI.

(51:23) Recommendations for executives seeking to join their first board, and for boards considering diverse candidates.

You can follow Evan on social media at:

X: @evanepstein

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/epsteinevan/

Substack: https://evanepstein.substack.com/

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To support this podcast you can join as a subscriber of the Boardroom Governance Newsletter at https://evanepstein.substack.com/

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Music/Soundtrack (found via Free Music Archive): Seeing The Future by Dexter Britain is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License

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Manage episode 443995461 series 2910083
Content provided by Pacifica Global, LLC. and Evan Epstein. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Pacifica Global, LLC. and Evan Epstein or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

(0:00) Intro.

(1:25) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel.

(2:11) Start of interview.

(2:56) Zain Oke's origin story.

(5:08) Dianna Jones's origin story.

(8:25) Dennis Lanham's origin story.

(12:00) How executive education works (as opposed to degree conferring programs)

(14:22) On the origin and mission of the Black Corporate Board Readiness (BCBR) program at Santa Clara University.

(17:41) On the role of community and mentorship at BCBR.

(22:11) On lawyers serving on corporate boards.

(30:50) On the legal challenges to SB-826 and AB-979 in California (board diversity laws).

(40:00) On the politicization of the boardroom and the push back on ESG and DEI.

(51:23) Recommendations for executives seeking to join their first board, and for boards considering diverse candidates.

You can follow Evan on social media at:

X: @evanepstein

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/epsteinevan/

Substack: https://evanepstein.substack.com/

__

To support this podcast you can join as a subscriber of the Boardroom Governance Newsletter at https://evanepstein.substack.com/

__

Music/Soundtrack (found via Free Music Archive): Seeing The Future by Dexter Britain is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License

  continue reading

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