Powerful women in the boardroom: Hearsay Social CEO Clara Shih and other leaders speak at Fortune's inaugural Next Gen conference
What an an honor it was seeing our CEO Clara Shih take the stage at this week’s inaugural Fortune Most Powerful Women Next Gen conference, a meeting of esteemed women leaders across business, government, the arts and other sectors.
In a unique session focused on women board members, Pattie Sellers (Senior Editor at Large at Fortune and Co-founder of Fortune MPW, @pattiesellers) spoke with Gerri Elliott (board member of Whirlpool, Bed Bath and Beyond and Charlotte Russe, @gerri_elliott), Caterina Fake (Chairman of the Board of Etsy and board director of Creative Commons, @Caterina), and Clara Shih (board member of Starbucks and Hearsay Social, @clarashih).
Each shared her unique journey to the boardroom and the individual challenges they had to overcome to get there. Of course, earning a seat in the boardroom is not the end of the journey–it’s the beginning.
To hear unique insights from Gerri, Caterina, and Clara, watch a video of the session and see some tweets below, and then check out Fortune’s piece on How to land a coveted corporate board seat.
https://twitter.com/ShaleneGupta/status/540201496957448192
https://twitter.com/ShaleneGupta/status/540200723636445184
Starbucks board member while running her own company at age 29 @clarashih is such a role model! #FortuneMPW #FortuneMPW
— Sarah M Kauss (@SarahKauss) December 3, 2014
@clarashih appointed to the board of Starbucks at age 29! Succeeded @sherylsandberg @FortuneMPW #FortuneMPW
— Stephanie LynchHabib (@stephielh) December 3, 2014
A popular topic at the #FortuneMPW conferences "Serving on Corporate Boards". Learning from @Caterina @clarashih @gerrielliott
— Michelle Zatlyn (@zatlyn) December 3, 2014
.@clarashih, @caterina @gerri_elliott and @pattiesellers hit the stage to talk women on boards #FortuneMPW pic.twitter.com/BSC5754jgd
— Fortune MPW (@FortuneMPW) December 3, 2014
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