Women Governance Trailblazers with Liz & Courtney: Karen Boykin-Towns (9/18/2024)
In the latest episode of Women Governance Trailblazers, Courtney and Liz are joined by Karen Boykin-Towns to discuss:
Karen's career path, current endeavors and what she's been most proud of over the course of her career.
Karen's thoughts on the current state of corporate diversity, equity and inclusion programs and commitments, with her perspectives as a former Pfizer executive (including its first-ever Chief Diversity Officer in 2008) and as Vice Chair of the NAACP's National Board of Directors.
How companies can balance the call to numerically measure progress in DEI initiatives with the arguments that inclusion can’t be measured and that quotas create legal risk.
Her experience on the iFit board, including the decision to withdraw the company's IPO.
Advice to boards and management for adapting to rapidly shifting information, and for monitoring their corporate reputation and emerging issues before they become a crisis.
What Karen thinks women in the corporate governance field can add to the current conversation on the societal role of companies.
Liz Dunshee is a Senior Editor at CCRcorp and a Partner at Fredrikson & Byron P.A.
Courtney Kamlet is VP, AGC and Corporate Secretary at Vontier Corporation
Karen Boykin-Towns is an independent director at iFit and Vice Chair of the NAACP National Board of Directors. She is also President/CEO of Encore Strategies, LLC, a Senior Advisor at FGS Global, and serves in various other leadership roles.
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