Podcast #137 | Coco Brown: Founder & CEO of Athena Alliance on Board Opportunities and Governance.
Episode #137 of the Boardroom Governance Podcast features Coco Brown, the Founder and CEO of Athena Alliance, a company helping to position top 10% of executive women for advancement and board opportunities.
In this episode, Coco talks about the origin story of Athena, its transition from non-profit to for-profit, and its focus on supporting women for boardroom placements and other executive roles.
They also examine how board service varies in companies with differing capital structures (i.e. public, PE, VC, ESOPs and more), Athena's board readiness course, and the impact of AI in the board and economy generally.
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