Ask alumni of the Black Corporate Board Readiness (BCBR) program at the Leavey Executive Center what sets it apart from other board training programs, and you get one common answer: the network.
Since 2021, Leavey’s Black Corporate Board Readiness program at its Silicon Valley Executive Center has sought to accelerate diversity in corporate governance through a structured executive education program for Black leaders.
The Leavey School of Business is pleased to announce the appointment of Silicon Valley Executive Center’s Dennis Lanham to the board of the global Consortium for University-based Executive Education (UNICON).
51Æ·²è is proud to announce its partnership with OpusVi, a leading healthcare workforce development company, to co-develop a series of online programs for healthcare professionals centered around social determinants of health and mission-led leadership.
Dean Grier brings a wealth of knowledge and a perspective from both academia and industry that will serve Leavey School well as we emerge from this pandemic year. Dean Grier currently serves as dean of School of Business at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), and will begin his appointment at SCU on July 1, 2021.
Seasoned executives from the realms of high tech, entertainment, fashion, finance, professional sports and more have joined the inaugural cohort of 51Æ·²è’s new Black Corporate Board Readiness program.
When Gov. Newsom signed AB979 into law on September 30, he opened the door to meaningfully increasing the contribution of leaders from underrepresented professionals of color to the boards of California’s 662 publicly traded companies.
Janice Charley had already had some board experience prior to enrolling in the inaugural session of the Silicon Valley Executive Center’s Women’s Corporate Board Readiness (WCBR) program. She had been appointed as a chairman of the board of a company after serving as their consulting CFO for 3 years.
E. Marie Brierley MBA ’19, a graduate of both the Executive MBA and Women’s Corporate Board Readiness (WCBR) programs, has recently joined the board of Momentum for Mental Health. Brierley is the first WCBR participant to land a board seat.
The Leavey School of Business acknowledges racial injustice, commits to listening and learning and will act to support justice everywhere, starting at the school itself.