Board Directorships

Directorship Experience

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Ronald McDonald House

Global Chair

RMH has a continuous mandate to stand with families when their children are in health crisis and their families need genuine and significant support.

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EOS Energy Enterprises

NASDAQ, November 2020 - Present

EOS develops and manufactures long-duration zinc battery storage systems that are helping to create sustainable and affordable energy that is available on demand.

Chair of Nominating & Governance Committee

  • Building out governance systems and practices for new public company
  • BOD and C-suite succession planning
  • Overseeing enterprise risk

Member of Audit Committee

  • Oversaw time-sensitive investigations of allegations in short-seller reports
  • Build-out of more robust financial and SEC reporting systems utilizing AI
  • Disclosures regarding financing requirements and challenges
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Cresset

November 2019 – May 2024

Advisory Board

  • Cresset offers of comprehensive suite of family office services, personalized wealth management and investment advisory, planning and other services,
  • Advised on legal and regulatory issues as Cresset grew from $30 to over $230 billion in Assets Under Management.
  • Served on Audit Committee (2023 – 2024) until Advisory Board was disbanded
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SmileDirectClub

NASDAQ, July 2022 – January 2024

  • SDC created the first medtech platform for teeth straightening and revolutionized the oral care industry by democratizing access to affordable and convenient oral care technology.
  • Served on Nominating & Corporate Governance, Audit and Compensation Committees.

Served as Chair of Special Committee overseeing SDC’s recapitalization efforts in late 2023, culminating in testimony before the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Houston.

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We Company

 May 2020 – July 2020

  • We Company (the parent company of WeWork) redefined the concept of shared office space and provided entrepreneurs and businesses around the world with the flexibility and agility required to do their best work.
  • Specially appointed to address a governance impasse on the BOD over litigation brought by minority shareholders against controlling shareholder SoftBank following the collapse of We Company’s planned IPO.
  • Oversaw a comprehensive investigation and generated a 56-page report.
  • Recommendations were rejected by Chancery Court but subsequently facilitated a compromise.
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Ethisphere

July 2021 – October 2022

Board of Strategic Advisors

Ethisphere is a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices.

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Synchrony Financial

NYSE, February 2014 – November 2015

Board of Strategic Advisors

  • Synchrony, formerly a division of GE Capital, is the largest provider of private label credit cards in the United States.
  • Served on the Nominating & Governance Committee and led the build-out of the Board and the Company’s governance systems and practices following an IPO of 14% of the Company through the subsequent split-off of Synchrony from GE.
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Kirkland & Ellis

Executive Committee 

  • Advised numerous BOD’s about litigation and fiduciary duties, including the United Airlines BOD during its 2002 – 2005 bankruptcy proceedings.
  • Part of the K&E team that represented General Motors in its “Alphabet Stock” litigation, a series of cases spanning GM’s acquisitions and divestitures of EDS and Hughes Aircraft Systems that redefined the standards under Delaware law for fiduciary duties and demand futility.