NACD announced it has appointed a commission to examine board oversight of technology, prompted in part by the emergence of disruptive technologies like generative artificial intelligence which are impacting all business operations. The 2024 NACD Blue Ribbon Commission will be spearheaded by the following co-chairs: Nora Denzel, NACD.DC?, Lead Independent Director, Advanced Micro Devices, Director, Gen Digital and NACD, and Former C-suite Technology Executive at Intuit, HPE and IBM. David Kenny, Board Chair-Elect, Best Buy, Executive Chair, Nielsen and former CEO of Digitas, Akamai, Publicis, The Weather Company and Nielsen.

The commission will seek to establish principles and other guidance for boards and represents a proactive approach to addressing the challenges and opportunities posed by technological advancements. The NACD 2024 Blue Ribbon Commission includes the following members: Co-Chairs: Nora Denzel, NACD.DC, Lead Independent Director and Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee at Advanced Micro Devices, who also serves on the Gen Digital and NACD boards. David Kenny, Board Chair-Elect, Best Buy; Executive Chair, Nielsen; and former CEO of Digitas, Akamai, Publicis, The Weather Company and Nielsen.

Commissioners: Claudia Allen, Sr. Advisor, KPMG Board Leadership Center. Glenn Booraem, Principal, Office of the General Counsel, Vanguard; and Industry Chair, Raj & Kamla Gupta Governance Institute at Drexel University'sLeBow College of Business. Daniel Dobrygowski, Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA); Head, Governance and Trust, World Economic Forum; and Director, Karhana Global.

Tracey Doi, NACD.DC Retired Chief Financial Officer, Toyota NA; Director, Pentair and Quest Diagnostics. Nicholas Donofrio, Founder, NMD Consulting LLC; Director, HYPR (Lead Director), NACD, USA Chips Act NSTC, Quantexa (Chair), SecurityScorecard and Sproxil (Chair). Deborah Dunie, NACD.DC, Director, Axient; Advisory Board Chair, NACD National Chapter; and Advisory Board Member, Harvest Returns and Tetrad Digital Integrity.

Dorlisa Flur, NACD.DC, Director and Strategic Advisor; Trustee, Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC; and Director, Hibbett Inc., Sally Beauty Holdings Inc. and United States Cold Storage. Peter Gleason, President, CEO, and Board Director, NACD. Holly Gregory, Co-Chair, Global Corporate Governance Practice, Sidley Austin LLP.

Diane Hessan, Board Chair, Brightcove; Director, Panera Bread Co. and Eastern Bank; and Trustee Emeritus, Tufts University. Tarun Khanna,Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School.

Jannice Koors, Senior Managing Director, Pearl Meyer. Gina Loften, Trustee, TIAA; and Director, Interwell Health, Thoughtworks, TTEC and FourSquare. Ryan McManus, NACD.DC, CEO, techtonic.io; Director, NorTech Systems and Empower Columbia University Think Bigger Technology and Innovation Hub; and President, the NACD New York Chapter.

Margot McShane, Co-Leader, Board and CEO Practice, Americas, Russell Reynolds. Larry Quinlan, NACD.DC, Director, ServiceNow, Jones Lang LaSalle and Booking Holdings. Rima Qureshi, Director, Mastercard and GSMA.

Casey Santos, Independent Board Director, Audit Compliance and Risk Committee Chair; Former CIO (Asurion, General Atlantic); Independent Director, Omnicom; and Board Member, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey and Nashville Electric Service. Brig. Gen.

Greg Touhill,U.S. Air Force (Ret.), Director, ISACA. Major Gen. Suzanne "Zan" Vautrinot, U.S. Air Force (Ret.), Director, Wells Fargo Corp., CSX Corp., Ecolab, Parsons Corp., City of Hope and Battelle.

Leroy Williams, Director, Molson Coors Beverage Co., NACD Colorado Chapter, JE Dunn Construction and UMB Financial Corporation. Laurie Yoler, Director, Bose, Church & Dwight, NACD Northern California Chapter and Saltbox.