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Senior Manager, Governance Insights Center, PwC US

Tracey-Lee Brown

Tracey-Lee Brown is a Senior Manager in PwC’s Governance Insights Center, which strives to strengthen the connection between directors, executive teams and investors by helping them navigate the evolving governance landscape.

With more than 10 years of experience at PwC, Tracey brings experience in technical accounting, SEC and financial reporting, as well as governance matters to organizations.

Tracey focuses on governance research and contributes to PwC governance publications.

Tracey initially started with our PwC South Africa firm in 2007 and transferred to the PwC New York office in 2012. She is a Certified Public Accountant (licensed in New York), as well as a qualified Chartered Accountant and is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants. She holds an Honors Bachelor of Accounting Science degree from the University of South Africa. Tracey lives in New York with her husband.

Fmr. Director, Cubic Corporation; Rear Admiral (Retired), U. S. Navy; Consultant, Fair Winds Consulting, LLC

Dr. Janice M. “Jan” Hamby

Jan leads Fair Winds Consulting, LLC, providing project-based consulting and speaking services in the areas of cyberspace, education, leadership, and diversity. Previously she served as chancellor of the College of Information and Cyberspace at National Defense University after having retired from the U.S. Navy in the fall of 2012 at the rank of Rear Admiral (Upper Half).

RADM Hamby’s military career focused on the employment of telecommunications, space and computer systems to make information available for command and control of the Force and to enhance decision making at all levels of the chain of command. Her service included two command tours at a regional telecommunications and networking site in the southeast United States and of a major information hub in Italy supporting military communications from Iceland to Iraq. Her Washington, DC service included providing analytic support to the Chief of Naval Operations to validate and justify Navy investments in space, cyber and information programs. She was the senior leader of the U.S. Navy Information Professional Officer Corps and is credited with developing its mentorship program and directing implementation of its professional qualification program that subsequently became the model for qualifications across the Information Warfare community.

During a one-year assignment in Baghdad, Iraq, Jan played a key role in untangling information disconnects and made substantive contributions to the Coalition Force’s second campaign plan. As a flag officer she directed the global operations of the Navy’s offensive and defensive cyber forces, served as the director of the North American Aerospace Defense/U.S. Northern Command telecommunications and computer networking efforts, served as Vice Director for Command, Control and Computer Systems on the Joint Staff and was Deputy Chief Information Officer for the Department of Defense’s operational telecommunications and computer networks and cyber technology infrastructure.

Highly decorated, Rear Admiral (Retired) Hamby’s highest military award is the Defense Distinguished Service Medal.  She holds a Doctor of Management degree and master’s degrees in the Management of Information Systems, Business Administration and National Security and Strategic Studies. Her doctoral research focused on mitigating the impact of toxic leadership at all levels of the organization.  She serves on several boards of directors and is directorship certified by the National Association of Corporate Directors.

Co-Leader, ESG Practice Group, Mintz

Jennifer B. Rubin

Jen draws on over 30 years of experience crafting legal solutions to employment challenges. Her clients include large and small businesses and executives. She advises technology, financial services, publishing, retail, professional services, and health care companies seeking regulatory, litigation, and compliance advice. Her employment practice includes counseling clients regarding wage and hour compliance and trial practice, with a focus on class actions, trade secrets and employment mobility disputes, and disputes arising from the employment relationship. While Jen is a zealous advocate in the courtroom, she relishes finding solutions for her clients as they navigate the manner in which the employment relationship impacts their business and personal lives. 

Jen serves on the firm’s Policy Committee and co-leads the firm’s ESG Practice Group, which leverages her experience advising corporate boards on social and governance issues. She is recognized by Chambers USA, and has an AV Preeminent ranking from Martindale-Hubbell.

Jen is a faculty member and advisor to The Honor Foundation, a non-profit organization that assists Navy Seals and other armed services special operators transition from military service to the private sector. She was until recently the Co-Chair of San Diego’s Workplace Equity & Civility Initiative, an initiative launched as a proactive and productive community response to the #MeToo movement that is facilitated by The Lawyers Club of San Diego.  She is Co-Chair of the San Diego 50/50 Women on Boards Leadership Committee.

Jen frequently writes about workplace challenges facing employers and employees. The National Law Review named Jen its “National Law Review Go-To Thought Leader” for 2020 for her article, “Vaccinate or Terminate – Mandatory Vaccination as Workplace Policy” which had over 250,000 pageviews since its publication in July 2020. In 2021, Law360 named her as a member of the Law360 Employment Editorial Board.

Fmr. EVP, GC & Corporate Secretary, Jack in the Box Inc.

Phillip H. Rudolph

Phil Rudolph is a strategy, ethics, and corporate responsibility consultant based in San Diego, California.  Previously, Phil was Chief Legal and Risk Officer, and Corporate Secretary of Jack in the Box Inc., where he worked from 2007 until March of 2020.  Prior to joining Jack in the Box, Phil was Vice President and General Counsel for Ethical Leadership Group, where he also provided ethics and corporate responsibility consulting services for companies and trade associations primarily in retail industries.

He was previously a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Foley Hoag, LLP, and a Vice President at McDonald’s Corporation where, among other roles, he served as U.S. and International General Counsel.  Before joining McDonald’s, Phil spent 15 years with the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, the last six of which he spent as a litigation partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.  In addition to his service on the Corporate Directors Forum Board, Phil is on the Board of Directors of The Alliance for Children’s Rights in Los Angeles, where he serves as Secretary and a member of the Executive Committee.