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WCD Audit Committee
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- You are a woman corporate director
- You are a member of WCD
- You currently serve on a public or large private company Audit Committee
Steering Committee
Marta Amusátegui
Board of Directors (NED) Ferroglobe Plc, Eland PE, Eccocar Sharing; WCD Spain
Marta de Amusátegui serves on the Boards of Ferroglobe Plc, Eland Private Equity SGEIC S.A. and Eccocar Sharing S.L. She has 18+ years of experience in top Corporate Governance positions, both in executive (CEO level) and non-executive roles, as well as financial and strategic advisory roles, leading action in complex situations such as financial restructuring, integration of acquired companies, business transformation/turnaround or unsolicited takeover bids. Highly committed to the implementation of digital transformation in the Spanish industry, she is co-founder of Observatorio de la Industria 4.0, a leading think tank in this matter. A DBA participant in Universidad Pontificia Comillas, her research focuses on adjusting the risk management function to support digital transformation and innovation in established corporations. Read More
Sallie Bailey
Board Member, L3Harris Technologies, Inc., NVR, Inc., The AZEK Company Inc.; WCD Tennessee
Sandy Brown
Director, FPA Funds; WCD Colorado
Independent Director (NYSE & AMEX) and strategic advisor with demonstrated talent for collaboration and consensus-building. International financial services industry executive with established ability to drive revenue, growth, build high-performance teams, and mitigate organizational risk. Focused ability to identify and capitalize upon financial and organizational opportunities via new markets, new technology, M&A, and/or reorganizations.
Experience includes independent Public Director (NYSE & AMEX), CPA, SEC Qualified Financial Expert, Audit Committee Chair, Fortune 100 M&A Leadership, Carnegie Mellon University — CERT, Cybersecurity Oversight, Board Director,CEO & President, 5 Fortune 100 subsidiaries.
Marge Connelly (Co-Chair)
Director, Altria Group, Inc., PRA Group; WCD Washington DC
Marge Connelly serves on the boards of Altria Group (Chair of Audit Committee and member of the Compensation and Talent Development Committee and the Nominating, Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility Committee) and PRA Group (Chair of Audit Committee and member of Risk Committee) and an advisor to the VC Firm MissionOG. Prior to her focus on board service, Marge had a 25+ year career in financial services and customer management, with a focus on operations, technology, customer care and risk management. Her roles included COO of Convergys Corporation, Global COO of Barclaycard, COO of Wachovia Securities, EVP/Operations for Capital One and Interim President of Longwood University. Read More
Diane Côté
Director, Societe Generale, SCOR, ACT Group, X-Forces Enterprises, La Nuova Musica; WCD London
Diane is an experienced finance and risk executive with an international career spanning capital markets, insurance and corporate governance. She served as Chief Risk Officer and a member of the Executive Committee at the London Stock exchange Group plc from 2012 to 2021, following senior leadership roles in Audit, Risk Management and Finance at Aviva plc, Standard Life plc and Prudential plc. A Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and graduate of the University of Ottawa and qualified with EY, she currently serves on several international boards, including Societe Generale SA, Paris, SCOR SE, Paris, ACT Group, Amsterdam and on not for profit/charity organisations in London. Diane was the Chair of the London Stock Exchange Group Foundation, supporting initiatives that expand educational opportunities for children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Candy Duncan (Co-Chair)
Director, Teleflex; WCD Washington DC
Candace “Candy” H. Duncan retired from KPMG in November of 2013, after more than 35 years with the firm. From 2009 until 2013, Candy served as managing partner for the Washington Metropolitan Area, a role in which she was responsible for leading the firm’s quality growth priorities across its Audit, Tax, and Advisory functions. She was elected to the KPMG Board in 2009 and served as chair of the Nominating Committee until her retirement. Professional and Industry Experience Candy has served as the Audit Committee Chair for three companies – Discover Financial Services, Teleflex and Summit Health. She also served on the nominating and Governance Committee for Discover. Candy was admitted to the partnership in 1987 and has more than 35 years of experience as a professional with KPMG. Candy served as the Midatlantic Area managing partner for Audit from 2004 through 2009. Before that, she was Audit partner in charge for the Virginia Business Unit. Candy has served as lead Audit partner for major international and domestic companies, including Dollar Tree, Volkswagen, Siemens Automotive, International Family Entertainment/The Family Channel and Continental Automotive. She served as account executive for Norfolk Southern, CarMax, Alpha and Markel.
Gail Marcus
Chair of the Board, Biomodal; Director, Natera; WCD Boston
Gail Marcus has extensive healthcare and biotech senior leadership experience in both Fortune 100 companies, including CIGNA and United Healthcare, and small venture back companies. She was named one of the top 100 women leaders in Massachusetts while serving as CEO of a venture-backed diagnostic company. She has worked across the healthcare continuum, including managed care, pharmacy benefit management, diagnostics and healthcare provision and services.
Ms. Marcus currently serves on several public and private boards. In terms of public boards, she serves on the board of Natera (NTRA, Nasdaq) and served on the board of Triple S (TSM, NYSE) until the company was sold in 2022. Ms. Marcus serves on venture backed early-stage companies in the US and UK. She is currently Board Chair for Biomodal a UK-based DNA sequencing tools and technologies company, where she led a $100 million Series D round as Executive Chair. Other private company boards include PathAI (Boston) as lead independent director and Oxford Brain Diagnostics (Oxford UK) as board chair. Her committee experience includes Nominating and Governance (chair), Audit Committee (chair and member), Compensation Committee (chair and member) and Risk Management (chair). She advises start-up organizations through the Martin Trust Center for Entrepreneurship at MIT and as an advisor to companies in the US and UK. She has achieved the Leadership Fellow designation from the National Association of Corporate Directors and is certified as a cybersecurity expert. She is qualified as a financial expert.
Ms. Marcus received her BA Summa Cum Laude at Wesleyan University (Middletown CT). She earned a Master’s in Business Administration from Wharton and Master’s in Computer Science from University of Pennsylvania. She holds a Doctor of Health Administration from the Medical University of South Carolina.
Terry Rappuhn
Director, HealthStream, Inc.; WCD Tennessee Chapter
Terry Rappuhn is an experienced independent director who has served on the boards of seven publicly traded companies in health services, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and technology. She has chaired five audit committees, served on multiple nominating and governance committees, and was elected board chair during a time of corporate crisis. A CPA, she holds the NACD CERT Certificate in Cyber-Risk Oversight and completed MIT Sloan’s executive program on Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy and Vanderbilt University’s Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT. Earlier in her career, she was CFO of Quorum Health Group, Inc., an owner and operator of acute care hospitals, and began her career with Ernst & Young. Rappuhn’s governance experience includes leading companies through IPOs, mergers, and financial restructurings. She is deeply interested in disruptive technology and implications for governance and strategy.
Teresa Sebastian
President and CEO, The Dominion Asset Group; WCD Tennessee
Teresa M. Sebastian is the President and CEO of The Dominion Asset Group, a firm primarily investing in commercial ventures. She has spent two decades in board rooms driving strategy, participating in the creation of shareholder value, and implementing best practices. She serves on the Boards of Kaiser Aluminum Corporation; AES Corporation, where she Chairs the Governance Committee; and Peckham Industries. She is an advisory board member at Assemble Sound, LLC. Teresa also serves on the Boards of the United Negro College Fund where she chairs the Audit Committee and the Nashville Symphony Orchestra where she serves as Treasurer. She previously served on the Boards of Terminix Global Holdings, Juul Labs, Inc., and the proposed Edward Jones Bank. Read More
Kelly Tuminelli
Director, TaskUs, Inc., MartelloRe; WCD Bay Area
Kelly Tuminelli serves on the Boards of TaskUs, Inc. (Chair of Audit Committee and member of the Compensation Committee) as well as MartelloRe, a privately held global reinsurance company with over $35 billion in assets under management. Prior to her focus on Board Service, she was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of TriNet Group, Inc. (NYSE: TNET) following five years as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Interim Risk Leader at Genworth Financial, Inc. (NYSE: GNW). Kelly is a seasoned financial executive, bringing more than 30 years of financial services experience in insurance, investment, and consulting industries, leading successful IPOs in three countries, and helping shape capital strategy for the benefit of shareholders. She also held roles at GE Capital and PwC earlier in her career.
Kelly has a passion for helping others succeed and acted as the executive sponsor for TriNet’s Women@Work colleague resource group. She has served on the Board of MENTOR-Virginia, as well as was the past Chair for AMP! Metro Richmond, a Richmond, VA-based middle school mentoring program. She also previously served as Chair of the American Heart Association’s Richmond-area Go Red for Women campaign, and remains a strong supporter of health initiatives.
Kelly is a Certified Public Accountant and a Chartered Global Management Accountant. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration, Accounting, from the University of Washington, Seattle.
Maureen Upton
Board Member, Cascadia Minerals Ltd.; WCD Colorado
Maureen Upton has 12 years of publicly-traded board experience in investment management and mining. For Cascadia Minerals she serves on the Audit and Compensation Committees, and for the exchange-traded fund (ETF) trust at Janus Henderson Investors, she serves on the Audit Committee and chairs Nominating and Governance.
For 19 years she has run a global consultancy serving multinational mining corporations. She has advised C-suite executives on projects spanning six continents, doing business in three languages through some 34 countries. Her corporate roles have been with Goldman Sachs, Chase and Newmont. Holding both corporate governance and cybersecurity certifications, she has been a member of Women Corporate Directors since 2017.
Maureen holds both an MBA in Finance and a Master of International Affairs in Economic Policy from Columbia University, as well as a BA in Philosophy from the University of California at Berkeley.
Anne Zavarella
Co-Leader, KPMG Board Leadership Center, KPMG US; Director, WCD Foundation
Anne C. Zavarella is the co-leader of the KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC), which champions outstanding corporate governance to drive long-term corporate value and stakeholder confidence. In this role, Anne along with her co-leader leads a team with deep expertise and fluency in corporate governance that provides insights into the most challenging issues facing board members today, delivers distinct programming in the governance space, and publishes timely thought leadership on emerging issues. She is a frequent speaker on board governance and audit committee issues.
During her 25-year career at KPMG, Anne has served as Lead Audit Engagement Partner and as an SEC Reviewing Partner on some of the firm’s largest and most complex global engagements including leading the audit of one of the largest IPOs in the world. She is the Professional Practice Partner for the Great Lakes business unit and the previous Audit Sector Leader—Industrial Manufacturing. She sits on the advisory committee for Miami University’s accounting department and on the executive leadership team for Go-Red for Women of the American Heart Association of Central Ohio.
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