The invitation-only Vanguard Forums bring together C-suite leaders in a uniquely enriching dialogue with each other and a faculty of peers, top-tier CEOs, board members, and other experts. Together, the participants share what works–and what does not–along with perspectives on leadership opportunities and challenges across their sectors.

The forums develop critical top leadership insights, skills, and capabilities through pragmatic learnings not found via conventional conferences or business school offerings. The forum leadership experience is just one aspect of a Vanguard Network membership. Monthly events for members allow C-suite leaders to share experiences and network with peers in a private, by-invitation only space.

Where C-suite Members Engage in Building High-Performance Leadership

VANGUARD FORUMS

UPCOMING FORUMS

OVERVIEW

Building high-performance teams and cultures

Leading in the accelerating and converging environment: building new competencies and capabilities

Managing Board relations in an era of shareholder activism

Learning and adopting best practices from other companies and industries

Workshop: Creating your company narrative

Cultivating a culture of digital innovation: New strategies on leadership and talent to shape the future of your industry
Vanguard Forum participants include CEOs, C-suite executives and Board Members from across the global business ecosystem.
Participants are accepted into the Vanguard Forums in two ways. The forums extend direct invitations to high-talent individuals identified by the advisory boards, faculty members and industry leaders.

The member company program enables organizations to integrate the forums into their executive development process. Member companies have the privilege of consulting on the forum agendas and ongoing curriculum, as well as preferred pricing. To learn more, contact us.
A select number of industry-leading organizations are invited to collaborate on Vanguard Forums and other monthly activities. While conventional acknowledgment and branding opportunities are available, sponsor-partners may also:

Provide input into the program and meeting structure

Assume roles as moderators or faculty members

Influence faculty and delegate invitations

Contribute to the ongoing curriculum

To explore partnership opportunities, please contact us.
Bob Bailey: Chief Legal Officer, Bausch + Lomb

Jeff Berkowitz: CEO, Real Endpoints

Orlan Boston: Senior Partner in Health Sciences & Wellness, EY; EY Americas ESG Markets Leader

Stephen Cutler: CEO, ICON plc

Tanuja Dehne: Board Member, past EVP NRG Energy, Inc.

Cynthia Lee Dow: Executive Search and Assessment Consultant, Russell Reynolds Associates

Eliot Forster: CEO, Levicept

Mark Goodman: Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Beatrice Grech-Cumbo: Senior Client Partner, Korn Ferry

Ed Greissing: CEO, Greissing Strategic Advisors

Fred Hassan: Managing Director, Warburg Pincus; past CEO, Schering Plough

Mary Ann Hynes: Senior Counsel, Dentons; career General Counsel

Garrick Isert: President, The Executas Group; past M.D. of World 50, Inc.

Bob Jansen: Founder, Zensights

Will Kane: Former Chief Commercial Officer, Karuna Therapeutics

Mehmood Khan: CEO, Hevolution Foundation

Bob Langer: MIT Professor; U.S. Medal of Science awardee

Jeremy Levin: Chairman and CEO, Ovid

Ashley McEvoy: Board Member, Procter & Gamble

David Nash: Founding Dean, Jefferson College of Population Health

Mark Pfister: CEO & Chief Board Consultant, M. A. Pfister Strategy Group, Inc.

Ronald T. Piervincenzi: CEO, U.S. Pharmacopeia

David Pyott: Board Member, Philips; past Chairman and CEO, Allergan

Tom Sabatino: Chief Legal Officer, Rite Aid; past GC of Hertz, United Airlines, Walgreens, Schering-Plough

Chris Viehbacher: President and CEO, Biogen

Michael Watras: CEO, Straightline World