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In this episode of the Corporate Director Podcast, host Dottie Schindlinger welcomes returning guest Anddria Varnado, board member at Pattern Beauty, Red Robin and Columbia Bank, to explore how the...

Discover five governance shifts shaping 2026 — from real-time oversight and continuous assurance to AI governance and integration readiness — and why boards that act now will lead with confidence

In this special year- end edition of the Corporate Director Podcast, Dottie Schindlinger and Meghan Day sit down with TK Kerstetter to grade their 2025 governance predictions. Headlines included Op...

America's corporate directors ended 2025 on an unexpectedly optimistic note.

In this episode of the Corporate Director Podcast, host Dottie Schindlinger talks with workplace culture expert Bree Groff, author of Today Was Fun: A Book About Work (Seriously). Bree makes the ca...

The Q4 GC Risk Index finds business risk 16 percent higher than it was at the start of the year, as domestic political uncertainty and regulatory upheaval continue to cast a shadow over the compliance sphere.

The latest GC Risk Index from Diligent Institute, in partnership with Corporate Board Member, reveals a clear trend: legal, compliance, and audit leaders continue to perceive significantly heightened risk heading entering Q4 with heightened risk perceptions - and they are mobilizing accordingly.

On this episode of the Corporate Director Podcast, host Dottie Schindlinger sits down with Maria Garcia‑Nielsen,an independent director atMibanco, Lantana Group, and Base Protection Group and found...

Boards entered 2025 facing rising heightened risk, economic volatility, and an urgent mandate to modernize oversight.

Boards entered 2025 facing rising risk, economic volatility, and an urgent mandate to modernize oversight.

Cyber threats, AI disruption, and geopolitical instability are reshaping the audit landscape — and 4,000 audit leaders across 131 countries have weighed in.

In this episode of the Corporate Director Podcast, Catie Hall and Ariel Smilowitz from PwC’s Governance Insights Center unpack findings from PwC’s Annual Corporate Directors Survey and translate th...