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Get Board Ready 2022 | 2 Part Senior Program

Tuesday, May 10th 2022
5:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Virtual, ON

Back by popular demand, join WCM for a two-part program taking place over two 90-minute sessions that cover the fundamentals of preparing for and securing a Board position. This program is presented by Deborah Rosati, FCPA, FCA, ICD.D, Founder and CEO of Women Get on Board, see her full biography below. Sign up today to reserve your space in the program! 

This program is designed for women with 10+ years of experience who are seeking to join a Board in the near term. 

The program covers the following topics: 

Session 1: Tuesday, May 10, 2022 from 5:00 - 6:30 pm ET

  • Building your Board Profile 
  • Preparing your Board resume

Session 2: Tuesday, June 14, 2022 from 5:00 - 6:30 pm ET 

  • Board planning 
  • Go to market strategy 
  • Preparing for a Board interview 

Cost for two 90 minute sessions:

WCM Members:  EARLY BIRD $175 +tax
WCM Members Regular- $185
WCM Non-Members: $225 +tax


Program cost includes session materials. 

*You must be a WCM Member to access early bird pricing, please login to your account to access tickets.

Deborah Rosati, FCPA, FCA, ICD.D

Founder & CEO, Women Get On Board Inc. & Corporate Director

Deborah Rosati is an accomplished corporate director, entrepreneur, Fellow Chartered Professional Accountant (FCPA) and certified Corporate Director (ICD.D) with more than 30 years of experience in technology, consumer, retail, cannabis, private equity and venture capital. An experienced Audit Committee and Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee Chair, Deborah provides extensive knowledge as a Corporate Director in financial, corporate governance, corporate strategy, transformational changes, M&A, and CEO and board succession planning. Deborah currently leads and serves on the TAAL Distributed Information Technologies Inc. (CSE: TAAL) board as Chair of the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee and Khiron Life Sciences Corp. (TSXV: KHRN) board as Lead Director and Audit Committee Chair. She served on the board of Lift & Co. (TSX-V: LIFT) as Vice-Chair and Chair of the Audit Committee. In addition to serving on the board of MedReleaf (TSX: LEAF) as the Chair of the Audit Committee (-acquired by AuroraCannabis (TSX: ACB)- July 2018, Deborah chaired the NexJ Systems (TSX: NXJ) board’s Audit Committee and was on the board of Sears Canada (TSX: SCC). She is the Founder & CEO of Women Get On Board Inc., a leading member-based company that connects, promotes and empowers women to corporate boards. Deborah has been recognized as a “Directors to Watch” in 2020, a Diversity 50 2014 candidate and was selected in 2012 as one of WXN’s Top 100 Canada’s Most Powerful Women in the corporate director award category. Deborah is a frequent speaker and author. Her thought leadership blogs on corporate governance, board diversity and leadership are available here at: https://www.womengetonboard.ca. Her e- books can be found at: https://ebooks.womengetonboard.

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