The Women on Boards (WOB) Project is a nonprofit with the mission of empowering female business leaders and improving diversity and inclusion at the board of directors level. In partnership with leading private equity firms and an inaugural group of 20 companies, WOB strives to increase gender diversity and inclusion on consumer private company boards and help identify strong, diverse candidates for those respective boards.
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Thu, Mar 05
Marriott, Orange County Ballroom 1
JEDI Collaborative Leadership Launch
J.E.D.I Collaborative is an OSC2 natural products industry project aiming to frame the business case for embedding diversity, equity, and inclusion into our entire food ecosystem. Join us for this leadership launch of a new industry-wide effort to address justice, equity, diversity & inclusion.
Fri, Mar 06
Marriott, Grand Ballroom G
Your Journey to the Boardroom: Learn the Proven Strategy & Well-Tread Path of Hundreds of Women Before You
*Session Included with Exhibit Hall Pass
The journey to the boardroom is neither random nor accidental. It may seem so to some of those who have achieved it and to anyone looking in from the outside, but landing a board seat is far from happenstance.
Fri, Mar 06
Marriott, Grand Ballroom G
Building the Modern Boardroom: The Successful 21st Century Boardroom Looks Very Different from Centuries Past
*Session Included with Exhibit Hall Pass
The world has changed in almost every imaginable way. Most of what we learned about strategy, business models, and long-term planning in business school has been turned on its head.
Fri, Mar 06
Marriott, Grand Ballroom G
Why Investing in Diversity is Crucial for a Strong Portfolio & How to Do It
*Session Included with Exhibit Hall Pass
Join the JEDI Collaborative (Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion) for a session that explores why investors are funding diversity in the natural and organic products industry and how they're doing it.