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Multi-Chapter Virtual Event | Why Advisory Boards Are Becoming Essential — And What Leaders Often Miss

Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Category: Atlanta

Why Advisory Boards Are Becoming Essential — And What Leaders Often Miss

Overview

Peter Drucker warned that management’s greatest risk is seeing the world only through internal lenses. As complexity rises, even strong leadership teams face this challenge more often — not because they lack capability, but because today’s decisions increasingly demand an external perspective. The risk is rarely obvious in the moment — it shows up later, when options narrow.

This session focuses on the role and value of advisory boards: when they create real lift, why their relevance is rising, and how the right voices at the right time sharpen judgment and decision-making.

Designed for founders, CEOs, senior executives, board members, and executives considering advisory roles.

Registration

$00 Members
$40 Non-Members

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Speakers

Matt Carstens
Founder & President,
Solve Business Partners

Matt Carstens is an accomplished CEO with more than two decades of experience leading organizations through growth, transformation, and complexity across agriculture, sustainability, and technology-enabled businesses. As former President and CEO of Landus Cooperative, he led a large-scale turnaround and strategic repositioning, navigating moments of inflection where external perspective played a critical role in strengthening decisions and execution. Matt brings a CEO’s lens on when advisory boards add real value — and how the right voices, at the right time, can materially sharpen leadership judgment.

Mary Francia
CEO Serowires

Mary Francia is a board and advisory strategist who works with CEOs, founders, and boards on decision quality, governance, and leadership effectiveness in complex environments. Her work focuses on when and how external perspective strengthens strategy, sharpens judgment, and reduces blind spots at moments of growth or transition. Drawing on a global career across multiple industries and extensive experience forming and working with advisory boards, Mary brings a board-level lens to conversations that sit at the intersection of leadership, complexity, and value creation.