About this episode

Emily Liggett discusses her extensive experience as a corporate director and insights on governance and oversight.

Throughout her twenty years as a corporate director, Emily Liggett has served on 18 public, private and non-profit boards. She has served as board chair, chair of Nom/Gov committees and on Audit and Comp committees. She currently serves on the boards of Ultra Clean Technology and Materion Corporation. She also serves as Lecturer at Stanford GSB, where she teaches board leadership. We discuss board matters, CEO mistakes, AI governance, innovation, oversight, and teaching the next generation of governance leaders.

People in this episode

Host: Evan Epstein

Guest: Emily Liggett

Topics covered

• board governance
• CEO mistakes
• AI governance
• innovation
• oversight
• leadership education

Keywords

• corporate governance
• board leadership
• non-profit boards
• audit committees
• compensation committees
• innovation
• AI

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ultra Clean Technology, Materion Corporation, Stanford GSB

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