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A substantial increase in regulatory enforcement combined with enhanced compliance requirements has heightened law enforcement scrutiny of boards of directors. This session will not only address the changing scope of director liability, but will also focus on the often forgotten criminal exposure that can result when the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is involved. Join this in-person session to hear from our panel of experts about what most directors misunderstand about the expansive scope of the DOJ and what to expect in 2024 and beyond. Attendees will learn how current law enforcement strategies have adapted as “new” (and “not so new”) issues emerge - including the unintended consequences of applied AI, the use of blockchain, immigration matters, and more. The session will also forecast what might or might not change at the various three letter federal agencies with or without a new administration.
SPEAKERS
Lydia Beebe
Lydia I. Beebe is a corporate governance expert, serving on three corporate boards of directors and advising companies, boards and directors on governance issues. She provides advice on governance matters through LIBB Advisors, LLC, the firm she founded. Lydia is a director of Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU), EQT Corporation (NYSE: EQT), and Aemetis Inc. (Nasdaq: AMTX). She is on Kansas City Southern's Nominating and Corporate Governance and its Compensation Committees, she chairs the EQT Corporate Governance Committee and serves on its Management Development and Compensation Committee, and she serves on Aemetis' Audit Committee and its Governance, Compensation and Nominating Committee, which she chairs. She was also a director of HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HCC), serving as chair of its Nominating and Governance Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee, until its acquisition by Tokio Marine in late 2015.
In April 2015, Lydia retired as corporate secretary and chief governance officer of Chevron Corporation, where since 1995 she had served as chief governance officer and secretary to the board of directors, the Executive Committee, and the Board Nominating and Governance Committee. Lydia, Chevron's first woman officer, provided advice and counsel to the Chevron board of directors and senior management on corporate governance matters and managed the company's corporate governance function. She was Senior of Counsel at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati from June 2015 until July 2017. Lydia is was the Co-Director of the Stanford Institutional Investors' Forum from 2015 until 2018. She was Chair of the board of directors of the Northern California Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors in 2016 and 2017, having served on its board since 2009.
Throughout her career, Lydia has been active on many public and non-profit governing boards. In 2003, President George W. Bush appointed her to the board of directors of the Presidio Trust, where she served until 2008. Governor Pete Wilson appointed Lydia to the California Fair Employment and Housing Commission in 1991, where she served until 1999 and chaired the Commission for the final five years. In recognition of the accomplishments made during her tenure leading the Commission, she was honored in 2009 as Civil Rights Hero by the State of California.
From 2008 until 2014, Lydia served on the governing board of the National Judicial College and was awarded the College's Advancement of Justice Award in 2015. She has also served on the governing boards of the Professional Business Women of California, the Society for Corporate Governance, and the Council of Institutional Investors, and she currently serves on the governing boards of Kansas University Endowment Association, the San Francisco Symphony, and the International Women's Forum of Northern California.
Lydia is a frequent speaker and panelist on corporate governance topics. She has been named Corporate Secretary of the Year by Corporate Secretary magazine, a distinguished alumna by both the University of Kansas School of Law and Golden Gate University, and a member of the Kansas University Women's Hall of Fame. She received lifetime achievement awards in from the Professional Business Women of California in 2015 and Corporate Secretary magazine in 2014. In 2010, she received the Founder's Award for exceptional business leadership from the Women's Initiative. She received the Breakthrough Award from the Professional Business Women of California in 1996 and has been recognized by the San Francisco Business Times as one of the most influential businesswomen in the Bay Area for more than a decade.
Matthew Jacobs
Matthew Jacobs is a partner at DLA Piper. As a highly regarded former federal prosecutor, Matt represents public company boards, audit committees, companies and executives in anti-corruption, fraud and related internal and government investigations. Matt also advises on due diligence and compliance matters and helps his clients navigate around and through issues that threaten their reputations and their business. Additionally, he serves as chair of DLA Piper's Litigation practice in Northern California, San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Sacramento. Matt is widely recognized in complex white collar and cross-border investigations. As a federal prosecutor in the Justice Department, Matt successfully co-led the prosecutions of Enron's energy traders for their roles in the manipulation of California energy markets. He won an FBI Director's Award for that work, and another Director's Award for a first-of-its kind prosecution of a medical device manufacturer for deaths caused in the malfunction of a heart stent.
Brian Martin
Brian is the executive vice president and general counsel of Lyten, Inc., an advanced materials start-up located in Sunnyvale, California. Previously, Brian served as executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary at Juniper Networks for 6 years. He also served as general counsel of KLA-Tencor Corporation for 8 years and spent 10 years in senior legal positions at Sun Microsystems, Inc. He currently is a Lecturer in Law at Stanford Law School, teaching the Role of the General Counsel course.
Brian currently serves on the Board of Directors of Family Supportive Housing, a non-profit organization that provides shelter and supportive services to homeless families. He also serves on the Board of Directors of The Law Foundation Silicon Valley whose mission is to advance the rights of under-represented individuals and families in the community through legal services, strategic advocacy, and educational outreach.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Rochester and a J.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School. Brian was named Bay Area’s General Counsel of the Year by the San Jose Business Journal/SF Business Times and as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics by Ethisphere Institute.
F. Daniel Siciliano, moderator
Dan Siciliano is a successful technology CEO-founder and entrepreneur, as well as Chairman of the board of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, and a recognized expert in corporate strategy and governance, capital financial markets, executive compensation, and technological disruption (including fintech, AI and cybersecurity). He is currently Chairman of SVDX, board member of the Latino Corporate Directors Education Foundation, chair-elect of the Council of Federal Home Loan Banks, and a fellow at Stanford University.