Welcome and Opening Remarks on 25 Years of Summit
Spence Hoole – Summit 2025 Co-Chair, President Retail Insurance, IMA
Academics and the Ethics of AI
Dean Brigitte Madrian
Town Hall – NACD Blue Ribbon Commission: CEOs and Boards
Moderator – Jonathan Johnson, NACD Blue Ribbon Commissioner
Panelist – Peter Gleason, CEO of National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD)
Panelist – Herman Bulls, Herman Bulls, NACD
Panelist – Maggie Wilderotter, NACD
Master Class – Technology and Innovation Oversight for Boards
Laurie Yoler, Board Member and Partner at Playground Global, Director, Bose Corp. and Church & Dwight Col, NACD Nor Cal
Dan Hansen, Managing Director, Protiviti
From Threats to Action: What Boards Should Know About Security Today
Jeffery S. Sallet – Partner, EY
Breakout 1: AI – What Has Changed (again, already) in 2025
Moderator – Ellen Levy, Managing Director, Silicon Valley Connect
Panelist – Laurie Yoler, Board Member and Partner at Playground Global, Director, Bose Corp. and Church & Dwight Col, NACD Nor Cal
Panelist – Rick Kessler, Protiviti AI expert
Panelist – Mike Anderson, Chief Digital and Information Officer, Netskope
Breakout 2: Enterprise Risk – Management of Blind Spots in the Boardroom
Moderator – Chris Wright, Managing Director, Protiviti
Panelist – Paul Godfrey, William and Roceil Low Professor of Business Strategy, BYU Marriott School of Business
Panelist – Shane Hartman, Senior Vice President, Internal Audit, HealthEquity
Panelist – Jeff Moore, VP Internal Audit & Enterprise Risk Management, Nu Skin
The Economy & Private Equity: Outlook for 2026
Chris Gammons – Vice Chairman, Head of Middle Market Financial Sponsors, Bank of America
Does Disruption Still Matter?
Spencer Christensen – Rose Park Advisors
Timely and Timeless Questions
Hal Gregersen – Director MIT Leadership Lab, Author of Questions Are the Answer
Chair of the National Association of Corporate Directors leading off the conference Thursday morning. Reatha, a former NACD Director of the Year, is also a current Director at Exxon and has served on numerous boards including the H.B. Fuller Company, Wells Fargo & Company, Minnesota Mutual Insurance Company, University of Chicago, American Council on Education and the Council on Foundations. Retha spoke at our conference three years ago and was very well received with her quick wit and common sense advice.
a remarkable individual, has also agreed to speak at the conference and in addition to being a great person has an unique history. Jerry currently serves on the Board of Directors of Zion’s Bancorporation, and is a member of the Utah Board of Regents. In 1975 Jerry joined SkyWest as Director of Finance. Shortly thereafter, at age 26, he became the youngest President of a scheduled airline. Jerry has served as Chief Executive Officer since 1975 and was elected as Chairman of the Board in June 1991. He has led the Company from annual revenues of under $1 million to more than $4.5 billion. Jerry is well experienced and very well grounded. When he speaks, people listen.
President of Deseret News and Deseret Digital Media, is speaking on “Taking Advantage of the Digital Future”. Clark is a dynamic speaker and former Harvard Business School Professor. If you do not have the opportunity to hear anyone else speak at the Summit Conference, make sure he is on your list. He is easily one of the smartest people I have ever met with respect to digital strategies and good business practices.
founding member of Third Creek Advisors and author of The Perfect Corporate Board is also presenting at the conference. Epstein was named as a National Association of Corporate Directors Board Leadership Fellow in December, the highest level of credentialing for corporate directors and corporate governance professionals. He currently serves as the lead independent director on the board of OCZ Technology Group (OCZ), a San Jose, Calif.-based developer of solid-state drive technology for computing devices and systems. He also advises a number of boards of small-cap and micro-cap companies, as well as investment funds.
Author of The Power of Professionalism and Founder, Wiersma Consultants, will be our lunch speaker on Thursday. Bill is a former director in a Fortune 200 company and was a board member and president of a privately held tech company focused on emerging markets.
