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Lynn Clarke

Chairman of the Board
Nielsen-Massey Vanillas
Lynn is an independent board director, Chair & CEO with consumer packaged goods, digital, e-commerce, manufacturing, distribution, technology & specialty retail expertise. She has driven growth & has strategic, branding and operating experience in nine different industries. Currently Lynn is a director of several privately-held and private equity owned companies.

Her experience includes 17 years of general management, branding and operations roles at PepsiCo & General Mills, 4 years as CEO of private equity-owned companies & 11 years as CEO of an award-winning, direct to consumer global e-commerce business.

Lynn is Chairman of the Board, Nielsen-Massey Vanillas; Operating Partner and Independent Board Director, Jelly Belly Sparkling Waters; Board Member, Governance Chair, Basic American Foods; A. Duie Pyle, The Vollrath Company, The Feel Good Lab, a board member of the National Association of Corporate Directors Connecticut chapter, a member of Women Corporate Directors (WCD) and the Young Presidents Organization (YPO/WPO). She is also a frequent speaker on strategic planning, digital disruption & compensation, including at the 2018 NACD Summit, NACD Advanced Directors Conference, the Institute of Internal Auditors, Private Directors Association & the Georgia Institute of Technology Business School.

SESSIONS

Leveraging the Board’s Contacts and Influence Speaker

When directors join boards, they bring not only a wealth of experience but also extensive contacts.  But what’s the best way to leverage both?  Private company board members will discuss how to best take advantage of their business relationships to the benefit of the company.  What do these board members wish they were asked to do, and what do they feel uncomfortable with?