Podcast #69 | Adam Sterling: The Independent Director Initiative

In episode #69 of the Boardroom Governance Podcast, Evan Epstein talks with Adam Sterling, Assistant Dean for Executive Education and Revenue Generation at UC Berkeley’s School of Law and Executive Director of the Berkeley Center for Law and Business.

In this podcast, they talk about the Independent Director Initiative, a two-day program designed to train, and help place, individuals from backgrounds underrepresented in venture capital, to serve as independent directors on the boards of venture backed private companies.

The inaugural program was hosted last week (Aug 16-17) in Berkeley, California. They recorded this podcast a couple of days later on Aug 19th, 2022.

They also address:

• The role of independent directors, and boardroom diversity, in private venture-backed companies.

• Fiduciary duties of directors in venture-backed companies.

• Take-aways from the program.

• The evolution of private markets and how its regulation may impact corporate governance.

You can listen to the episode directly at https://boardroom-governance.com/episodes/adam-sterling (where you can find the show notes), or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts such as in: Apple, Spotify, Google, Amazon or Stitcher.

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