How to Acquire a Seat on a Private Company Board (Interactive Workshop)

Overview

The Private Directors Association (PDA) is proud to present an interactive workshop on our most popular topic: how to acquire a seat on a private company board. Joel Koblentz is the Founding Partner of the Koblentz Group, an Atlanta-based Executive Search and Board Placement firm. He has served on many private boards, and offers some useful insights regarding how to obtain a board seat. As Part 1 of a three-part series, we will hear Joel tell us the "3 critical requirements" for obtaining a board seat, as well as the importance of the "influential 100" in networking. The short excerpt from Mr. Koblentz's remarks will be followed by an interactive workshop, led by Valerie Darling, a PDA Atlanta Chapter founder. In addition to being on the National PDA Board, she is active on several corporate Boards in the healthcare industry. Note: this is a PDA "members only" event.

Venue

The venue is one block away from the Arts Center MARTA station. Parking for One Atlantic Center is across the street from the building. 

Registration

$25 Registration Fee
Member Only Event

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Host

Valerie Darling CEO and Chief Business Officer, Life Sciences Management, Consultants Life Sciences Management, Consultants

Valerie Darling is a bilingual Latina board member and senior global healthcare, biotechnology, and diagnostic executive adept at building, scaling, and leading global commercial organizations (Sales, Marketing, Business Development, and Operations). She has held executive leadership roles for Fortune 100 healthcare companies, turnarounds, and several startup companies that scaled to become leading rare disease, oncology, genomic diagnostic, medical device, and hospital companies. They include Genzyme, ZymoGenetics/Genentech, Johnson and Johnson, Cardinal Health, Bristol Myers Squibb, Astra Zeneca, and OpGen. 

She is currently CEO of Life Sciences Management Consultants, where she advises investment firms, venture capital, private equity firms, and early to mid-stage companies in life sciences ventures and startups. An entrepreneur, Valerie is also Partner and Head of Healthcare and Medtech Investment for Tings Capital, an NYC minority-owned venture capital firm investing in startups with underrepresented founders.

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