Topic: Corporate Boards - Tips for securing a board seat

Speaker: Alice Myerhoff, Director of Corporate and Board Development, How Women Lead

Presentation:
Come to a short session where Alice Myerhoff of How Women Lead will describe what it means to sit on a corporate board, how to determine if it's right for you, and some tips for going about getting that first board seat.

Speaker's bio:
Alice Myerhoff is focused on elevating women into leadership positions as the Director of Corporate & Board Development at How Women Lead. Prior to joining HWL, she served as Vice President of Sales for several media and event organizations, most recently EdSurge, which is a news organization focused on education. As the first sales hire, Alice built a 5-woman sales & customer success team, launched a variety of new sales products, and increased revenues by 3500%. Her sales leadership career spans verticals ranging from education to real estate and media. She is the author of Social Media for Salespeople and a Founding Limited Partner of How Women Invest, How Women Lead’s venture fund seeking to realize untapped economic potential by focusing on the intersection of female founders and female investors. A mother of 2 girls, Alice enjoys travel, cycling (she biked 325 miles across Zambia to raise money for HIV awareness and prevention), yoga, reading and spending time with her family. She is fluent in German, speaks quite good French and can count to 10 in six languages including Turkish. Alice earned a B.A. in International Affairs from the University of Colorado at Boulder and sits on the board of Lincoln Families, a non-profit whose mission is to disrupt the cycle of poverty and trauma, empowering children and families to build strong futures.

Information on Get On Board and/or How Women Lead:
How Women Lead is a champion for promoting the voices of all women and propelling their leadership forward. They bring together influential women in an inclusive and highly supportive community to provide a platform for thought leadership, to collaborate, and to share resources and stories. How Women Lead is a leader in the effort to improve gender diversity on corporate boards and offer board readiness training as well as produces the highly lauded #GetOnBoard week, a week of board-related virtual events for both aspiring and current board directors.