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Barbara's Board Service

Board-level Impact | Business Strategy Execution | Human Capital Strategy | ESG Leadership | USA Board Chair, Restless Development, a global youth leadership agency.

Barbara is a "business athlete" who listens, asks the right questions, and thinks strategically. 

Barbara's contribution to boards is her ability to look holistically across the enterprise and translate the language of different functions and businesses to assess risk quickly, understand value drivers, and guide leadership in delivering performance, combining strategy, risk, performance, and purpose.

Barbara brings highly transferable skills across industries, solving complex problems, reimagining workforces, and galvanizing organizations around corporate goals with an understanding of risk and regulatory pressures.

Advised the Board, CEO and CHRO of a Supermajor Oil & Gas Company on SEC Human Capital Management Disclosure Rules and helped shaped the response strategy.

 

Advised the CHRO and CEO of a Regional Oil & Gas Division to build a structured succession planning process for CEO and C-suite executives.

 

Advised CEO and Board of the National Organization on Disability to build an employer revenue stream.

 

Advised the Board of several Private Equity Portfolio Companies to assess C-suite leadership capabilities and recommend succession actions.

 

Board Assessment for The Sustainable Apparel Coalition. Conducted an assessment of board governance structure and fit for strategy execution.

 

Growth Strategy for Futuro Health, a sophisticated and well funded allied health workforce transformation non-profit

Denison Consulting,  advise Chairman and CEO on growth strategy and design Advisory Board.

 

CarbonKicker, two-year old pre-revenue sustainability startup. Employer and workforce strategy.

 

National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) NY Chapter, Advisory. Annual programming.

 

50/50 Women on Boards. Leadership Council. Fundraising and Marketing.

 

SparkFund, 10-year-old, pre-IPO sustainability start-up. Operating model shift to secure Series A funding.

Board Director, Dennison Consulting, a private culture transformation company.

 

Rescuing Leftover Cuisine, Board Member. Nominating / Governance Committee, Gala Committee Chair.


National Alliance of Mental Illness, NYC (NAMI-NYC), Board Member. Finance, Program and Gala Committees.

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