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The Next Crisis Isn't Random: Board Directors and the Global Chessboard
Global events are reshaping corporate strategy at an unprecedented pace. Geopolitical tensions, shifting alliances, trade policy, cybersecurity threats, regional conflicts, and economic nationalism are creating new risks—and new responsibilities—for company board directors.
The SVDX annual dinner has featured some of the most sought-after voices in board education, corporate governance best practices, and current affairs confronting business leaders. We use the annual dinner as a celebration of boards of directors, and an opportunity to help directors and others to network. Join us for an exclusive conversation with a former U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta as he shares a unique perspective on the geopolitical forces influencing today's boardroom. Drawing on experience at the highest levels of national security and corporate governance, we will explore how directors can better anticipate global developments, strengthen oversight of enterprise risk, and help position their companies for long-term resilience.
Individual registration for this event is $275/person.
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SPEAKER
Leon E. Panetta
Leon E. Panetta is chairman of the Panetta Institute for Public Policy and former secretary of defense. Unanimously confirmed in 2011 by the US Senate as the twenty-third secretary of defense, he has had a fifty-year career in public service at the highest levels of government: as secretary of defense, he established a new defense strategy, conducted critical counterterrorism operations, and strengthened US alliances; as director of the CIA, he successfully led the operation that brought Osama bin Laden to justice. He began his public service career in 1964 as a first lieutenant in the US Army, receiving the Army Commendation Medal, and then served as a legislative assistant to US Senator Tom Kuchel. Elected to Congress in 1976, he represented the California central coast for sixteen years. In 1993, he was sworn in as director of the US Office of Management and Budget for the Clinton administration, where he was instrumental in achieving a balanced federal budget; he was later appointed White House chief of staff. In 1997, he and Sylvia Panetta established the Panetta Institute for Public Policy, a nonpartisan, not-for-profit study center to inspire men and women to lives of public service. Over the years Secretary Panetta has served on numerous boards and commissions. At present, he serves on the boards of directors for Oracle and Blue Shield of California. He chronicles his life in public service in his best-selling memoir Worthy Fights, which was published by Penguin Press in the fall of 2014.
F. Daniel Siciliano (moderator)
Dan Siciliano is a successful technology CEO-founder and entrepreneur, as well as board member of 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. He is currently a board member of SVDX, board member of the Latino Corporate Directors Education Foundation, Chair of the Council of Federal Home Loan Banks, and a fellow at Stanford University.