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Executive Session: The Directors & Boards Podcast
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June 23, 2026
Executive Session, Episode 46: Verdell Walker, Liat Ben-Zur and Charles Elson
In this episode of Executive Session, the official podcast of Directors & Boards, we speak with Verdell Walker, director of Scholastic, about company brand as a board-level concern. Our second interview features Liat Ben-Zur, director of Compass Group, Talkspace and Splashtop Inc., on leadership in the age of AI. And in our final interview, we talk to Charles Elson, executive editor at large of Directors & Boards, about quarterly disclosures.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

June 8, 2026
Executive Session, Episode 45: Maria del Carmen Garcia Nielsen, Jane Scaccetti and Sy Lorne
In this episode of Executive Session, the official podcast of Directors & Boards, we speak with Maria del Carmen Garcia Nielsen, director of Mibanco, Lontana Group and Base Protection Group S.A., about governance’s role as an anchor of public trust. Our second interview features Jane Scaccetti, director, audit committee chair and member of the compensation and nominating and corporate governance committees of Penn Entertainment, addressing the board’s role in course correction, credibility and shareholder trust. And in our final interview, we talk to Sy Lorne, director and audit committee chair of Teledyne Technologies, about artificial general intelligence. <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

May 26, 2026
Executive Session, Episode 44: Alberto Gonzales, Sigal Zarmi and Marie Oh Huber
In this episode of Executive Session, the official podcast of Directors & Boards, we speak with Alberto Gonzales, former attorney general of the United States and dean and Doyle Rogers Distinguished Professor of Law at the College of Law at Belmont University, about government power and corporate risk. In our second interview, we speak with Sigal Zarmi, director and audit committee member of ADT and director and audit and risk committee member of GoDaddy, about governing digital transformation and technology risk. And in our third interview, Marie Oh Huber, director and chair of the nominating, governance and sustainability committee of Portland General Electric, explores board chair succession.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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