The right board members are integral to a company’s success at all stages of a company’s life cycle. Panelists will discuss how to build a board from the early stages and how a board, and the right board members, change over time.
Moderator
Edouard C. LeFevre, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP
Panelists
Charles F. Kane, C.P.A., Director, Demandware, Inc.
Ed Pendergast, Founder and President, Pendergast & Company LLC
David Rochon, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, SavingStar, Inc.
Dora Vell, Managing Partner, Vell & Associates, Inc.
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