Webinar: Shatter The Next Glass Ceiling: How You Benefit from a Career Goal as a Board Director by NAA Career Webinar Series

About This Webinar

Terry Bayer ’72 will discuss the opportunity for women to join corporate boards. Terry will share her own experience on corporate boards and provide guidance on how to get started on your path to the boardroom. Joining Terry, as her guest, will be Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire, CEO of 50/50 Women on Boards and author of Winning The Board Game, stories of women and their impact on the boards they join. After the presentation, there will be time for Q and A. This webinar will be open for all so join us today!

50/50 Women on Boards is an organization that tracks, analyzes, and publishes the gender composition of corporate boards in the Russell 3000 Index, representing 99% of all incorporated equity securities in the U.S. Research shows that out of the 2982 Russell 3000 companies nationwide, only 5% have gender-balanced boards. Recognizing the significant gap, their new campaign, 50/50 Women on Boards, advocates for gender-balanced boards.

*This webinar is part of the Women's History Month Series, where we celebrate the incredible Northwestern women in our community and highlight the accomplishments they achieved.

Terry Bayer '72

Terry Bayer has served on the board of California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) since 2014, serving as Chair of the Finance and Capital Investment Committee, and member of the Audit and Compensation Committees. She is currently the Chief Operating Officer of Upfront Resolution, a firm offering mediation and dispute resolution services to employers.

Terry is a member of Northwestern C100, the Dean's Advisory Board at Berkeley Public Health and an active volunteer with 5050Women on Boards.

From 2005-2018, Terry served as the Chief Operating Officer of Molina Healthcare (MOH:NYSE), a managed care company focused on serving recipients of government health care programs in 13 states. Terry also held management positions at FHP, Maxicare Health Plans, Tokos Medical, and AccentCare. As a senior leader and operating executive, Terry has extensive experience in the US healthcare payer domain, including clinical operations, quality management, and provider contracting.

Terry earned her JD from Stanford University, her Masters in Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley, and her Bachelor’s degree in Communication from Northwestern University. Terry also has a Certificate in Alternative Dispute Resolution from the University of Southern California, Gould School of law.

Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire

Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire is CEO of 50/50 Women on Boards, the premier global education and advocacy campaign committed to increasing the number of women directors on public company boards of directors. She is the author of two books on the topic, "The Board Game: How Smart Women Become Corporate Directors” and “Winning the Board Game: How Women Directors Make the Difference.” Both books offer real-world guidelines and profiles of current women corporate directors for helping women seek board positions as their ultimate career goal.

As a statewide past president of the National Association of Women Business Owners-California (NAWBO-CA), Betsy led NAWBO-CA’s successful campaign to secure passage of SB826, effective January 2019, the first and only law in the U.S. requiring every public company in California to have at least three women board members before year-end 2021. She previously volunteered on the boards of the Southern California Leadership Network and UCLA Medical Center, and the consumer advisory board for SoCal Edison.

Lucie Sandel

Lucie manages the Northwestern Alumni Association Career Webinars and the Northwestern Connects program, our global networking event that has the goal of reaching 100 locations worldwide on Tuesday, January 30, 2024.