Podcast #82 | Lydia Beebe on Corporate Secretaries and the Evolution of Corporate Governance.

In episode #82 of the Boardroom Governance Podcast, Evan Epstein talks with Lydia Beebe, an experienced director, committee chair and board chair on public company and non-profit boards of directors, with a demonstrated history as a C-suite executive at Chevron Corporation, where she served as Corporate Secretary and Chief Governance Officer from 1995 to 2015.

She currently serves on the boards of Aemetis, Kansas City Southern Voting Trust and EQT Corporation. Other previous and current director experience includes HCC Insurance Holdings and several private and charitable organizations, including the Council of Institutional Investors, the Society for Corporate Governance, the NACD Northern California Chapter and the Stanford Rock Center for Corporate Governance.

In this podcast, Evan and Lydia talk about the evolution of the corporate secretary and chief governance officer roles in public corporations, and Lydia’s personal path to corporate boards. They also address the evolution of corporate governance, shareholder and stakeholder engagement, ESG, board evaluations, board committee structures, and more.

You can listen to the episode directly in the Boardroom Governance Podcast website (where you can find all the show notes), or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts such as in: Apple, Spotify, Google, Amazon or Stitcher.

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