Anya Goldin, a founding partner at Estich Goldin, is among 16 women lawyers at the top of their professional careers who are members of the NEW 2024 DirectWomen Board Institute Class. Identified through a rigorous search and selection process, these women hail from preeminent public and private companies, law firms, and non-profit organizations. 

“We are delighted to welcome this new class to our Board Institute,” said Shawn Taylor Kaminski, Executive Director of DirectWomen. “We are proud of the 270 Board Institute alumnae who have held more than 195 corporate board seats since our inception in 2007.”

Numerous studies prove that lawyer-directors’ professional judgment, knowledge of corporate governance, legal expertise, and familiarity with regulation and risk management, greatly improve the value and operation of the company.

“This class of highly qualified board-ready women lawyers are business executives and strategic thought leaders,” said Lily Yan Hughes, Chair, DirectWomen Board of Directors. “They represent a wide range of industries and experiences and will make excellent corporate directors.” 

Held October 16-18, 2024, in New York City, the new Board Institute class will meet with a faculty of CEOs, C-suite and search firm executives, and directors of public companies. The Board Institute faculty will discuss relevant and challenging issues facing corporate directors today. 

"My career has been focused on helping my clients, including the boards where I serve as counsel or director, through prevention and creative problem-solving," said Ms. Goldin. "I'm honored to be selected for this year's DirectWomen's Board Institute class."

Currently, DirectWomen’s Board Institute is chaired by Professor Hillary A. Sale, Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Leadership and Corporate Governance and Professor of Management, Georgetown University; Advisory Board Member, Foundation Press; Director, Cboe U.S. Securities Exchanges, CFE and Cboe SEF. 

Members of the 2024 DirectWomen Board Institute class include:

Lauren Aste

Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Corporate Secretary, CWT

London, UK

Beth Boland

Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP

Boston, MA

Eva Davis

Chair, Global Transaction Department, Winston & Strawn

Los Angeles, CA

Leanne Fitzgerald

Chief Legal Officer, ACV Auctions Inc.

Hopkinton, MA

Anya Goldin

Partner, Estrich Goldin LLP

Los Angeles, CA

Natasha Kohne

Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

San Francisco, CA and Abu Dhabi, UAE

Shawnte Mitchell

Chief Legal Officer, Genomatica Inc.

Hayward, CA

Susan Keller Pascocello

General Counsel, Chemonics International, Inc.

Washington, DC

Kari O’Neill Potts

Vice President and General Manager North America - Global Agriculture, Valmont Industries, Inc. 

Omaha, NE

Sharon Speyer

Former Regional President, Northwest Ohio and Director of Economic Inclusion for Regional Banking, Huntington Bancshares

Sylvania, OH 

Kristin Sverchek

President, Lyft

San Francisco, CA

Nabiha Syed

CEO, The Markup

Brooklyn, NY

Suzanne Schulze Taylor

Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary, Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.

Mayfield Heights, OH

Royce Warrick

Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and Corporate Secretary, Solenis

Wilmington, DE

Veronica White

Global Head, Technology Services and Solutions, Bloomberg L.P.

New York, NY

Denise Zamore

Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Corporate Secretary, agilon health

Hartford, CT

About Estrich Goldin

Founded in 2021 by Susan Estrich and Anya Goldin, Estrich Goldin represents clients around the globe in high-stakes matters by tying together law, business, finance, media relations, and crisis management to solve the hardest problems clients face. For more information, go to www.estrichgoldin.com

About DirectWomen

DirectWomen’s mission is to increase the representation of women lawyers on corporate boards. To this end, DirectWomen identifies leading women lawyers who provide the experience, independence and business judgment required for corporate board effectiveness. Through its various programs, DirectWomen develops and positions women attorney leaders for board service. It also serves as a resource for companies seeking qualified women board candidates. Direct Women is a registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization. For more information, go to www.directwomen.org 

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* Links to studies include:

https://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2276&context=facpub

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3537883

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ecpe/why-diversity-matters-women-on-boards-of-directors/

https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2022/03/05/women-in-the-boardroom-2022-update/