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As the pace of market disruption accelerates, board directors face unprecedented pressure to deliver sharp foresight and bolder judgment. From the shift from theoretical AI to hard ROI metrics, to navigating intense shareholder activism under modern proxy rules, today’s governance landscape demands a proactive, execution-oriented approach.
Join this SVDX webinar for a candid conversation about the critical issues shaping board agendas in 2027—and the difficult questions directors must be prepared to ask.
SPEAKERS
Will Cockle
Will Cockle is a managing director at Pearl Meyer, specializing in executive compensation. He has extensive experience in the technology and life sciences sectors, advising clients from startups to mature public companies, including significant expertise in IPO preparation. As a lead advisor to compensation committees and senior management teams, Will provides independent guidance on pay philosophy, executive compensation strategy, incentive plan design, and related governance matters. Will brings more than 15 years of experience in advisory and professional services, having consulted for Compensia and Mercer prior to joining Pearl Meyer.
David Larcker
David F. Larcker is the James Irvin Miller Professor of Accounting, Emeritus, at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is also the director of the Corporate Governance Research Initiative at Stanford Graduate School of Business and is a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution. His most recent book, written with Brian Tayan, is The Art and Practice of Corporate Governance.
Laurie Yoler
Laurie Yoler is an experienced board director, venture capital investor, and strategist skilled at advising companies and founders in imagining, building, and scaling disruptive technologies like artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, robotics, automation, quantum computing, and software. Among her many other accomplishments and areas of expertise, Laurie studied AI in the 80s and has kept up with the field since then, recently writing a paper with Stanford on AI in the Boardroom and she teaches on the topic at Stanford. Laurie has served on over 25 public, private and non-profit boards and currently serves on board of Church & Dwight, Aptiv (TAB) and NACD Northern California.
F. Daniel Siciliano, moderator
Dan Siciliano is a successful technology CEO-founder and entrepreneur, as well as board member at the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, and a recognized expert in corporate strategy and governance, capital financial markets, executive compensation, and technological disruption (including fintech, AI and cybersecurity). He is currently board member of SVDX, board member of the Latino Corporate Directors Education Foundation, chair-elect of the Council of Federal Home Loan Banks, and a fellow at Stanford University.