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2024 Convening Speakers

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Check back regularly for more information as we announce speakers for the 9th Annual LCDA Board Leaders Convening.


Featured Speakers

Daniel Alegre

CEO, TelevisaUnivision, Inc.

Director: FEMSA

Priscilla Almodovar

President & CEO, Fannie Mae

Director, Fannie Mae; Realty Income

William Clay Ford, Jr.

Executive Chair
Ford Motor Company

Geisha Jimenez Williams

Former President & CEO, PG&E

Director, Siemens Energy AG


Jose R. Mas

CEO, Mastec, Inc.

Director, Helmerich & Payne

Manny Medina

Founder & Managing Partner, Medina Ventures

Cheryl Scully Miller

Former President & CEO, AutoNation

Director, Celsius Holdings; Old Dominion Freight Line; Tyson Foods


Kevin Allison

President and Head of Research, Minerva Technology Policy Advisors

Raul Anaya

Head of Business Banking, Bank of America

Susan Angele

Senior Advisor, KMPG Board Leadership Center, KPMG US Chair, Thirty Percent Coalition

Victor Arias

Managing Director, Diversified Search Group

Desi Baca

Shareholder Activism & Corporate Goverance, Senior Associate, Vinson & Elkins

Ximena Caminos

Founder & Artistic Director, The ReefLine

Sandra Campos

President & CEO, PetMed Express, Inc. Director: PDS, Ltd.

Michelle Caruso-Cabrera

CEO, MCC Productions

Director, Wendy's Co.; Del Real Foods

Michael C. Camuñez

President & CEO, Monarch Strategies Director: Edison International

Kim Casiano

Director, Ford Motor Co.; Mutual of America Financial Group; Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta

Robert Chavez

President & CEO, Hermès Americas.

Joseph M. Cyriac

Partner, McKinsey & Company

Evelyn D'An

Director: Backblaze, Inc.; GHD Group; Zoomcar Holdings, Inc.

Ana Dutra

CEO, Mandala Global Advisors, Inc. Director, Carparts.com; Pembina Pipeline

Eduardo Gallardo

Co-Chair, Mergers & Acquisitions, Paul Hastings LLP

Ignacio Giraldo

Partner, TPG

Luci Hague

Partner, Kirkland & Ellis

Ozzie Gromada Meza

President & CEO, LCDA & LCDEF

German Herrera

US Managing DIrector, Egon Zehnder

Heather Hiles

Managing Partner, Imminent Equity Director: Udemy, Inc.

Chris Hyzy

Chief Investment Officer
Merrill and Bank of America
Private Bank

Francisco J. Leon

President & CEO, California Resources Corporation

Daniella Levine Cava

Miami-Dade County Mayor

Jesus Mantas

Global Managing Partner, IBM Director, Biogen, Inc.

Monika Mantilla

President and CEO Altura Capital, Managing Partner Altura III and Altura EOZ Strategies

Michael Marquardt

Chief Executive Officer, Epi One, Inc.

Vilma Martinez

U.S. Ambassador, Retired

Elizabeth Oliver-Farrow

LCDA Board Chair; Director, HCN Global

Alfredo Porretti

Managing Director & Global Co-Head of Shareholder Engagement and M&A Capital Markets, J.P. Morgan

Emma Rodriguez-Ayala

Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, and General Counsel, Ariel Investments

Rosie Perez

Executive Vice President & Head of Corporate Planning, American Express Director: DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc.

Gisel Ruiz

Director: Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.; TelevisaUnivision, Inc.; Ulta Beauty Inc.; Vital Farms, Inc.

Maria Elena Salinas

Independent Journalist

Adalio Sanchez

President, S Group Advisory, LLC Director: ACI Worldwide, Inc.; ASM International NV; Avnet, Inc.

Debra Sandler

Executive Director of the Diligent Institute and Director: The Archer Daniels Midland Company; Dollar General Corporation; Gannett Co. Inc.; Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.

Dottie Schindlinger

Executive Director of the Diligent Institute and Co-Host of The Corporate Director Podcast for Diligent Corp.

Dominique Shelton Leipzig

CEO, Global Data Innovation

Kelly Skalicky

President & CEO, Stearns Bank, N.A.

Myrna Soto

Founder & CEO, Apogee Executive Advisors.

Director, CMS Energy Corp., Popular Bank Inc., Spirit Airlines Inc., TriNet Group Inc.

Maria Teresa Tejada

Partner, Bain & Company Director, FactSet Research Systems, Inc.; Pacific Mutual Holdings

Greg Vargas

Vice President, Talent and DEI, Diligent Corp.

Payam Zamani

Chairman & CEO, One Planet Group and Inspirato