Laurie Yoler

Laurie Yoler

San Francisco Bay Area
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Executive Education / Stanford Graduate School of Business

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Experienced board director, venture capital investor and strategist skilled in advising…

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Experience

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    Playground Global

    Silicon Valley, CA

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    Ewing, NJ

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    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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    San Francisco Bay Area

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    San Francisco Bay Area

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    Framingham, MA

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    Silicon Valley, CA

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    Silicon Valley, CA

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    San Diego & San Jose, CA

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    Silicon Valley, CA

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    San Francisco Bay Area

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    San Francisco Bay Area

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    Greater Seattle Area

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    San Francisco Bay Area

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    San Francisco Bay Area

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    Geneva Area, Switzerland

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    London, United Kingdom

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    San Francisco Bay Area

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    San Francisco Bay Area

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    San Francisco, California

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    Seattle, Washington

Education

  • Executive Education / Stanford Graduate School of Business

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Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

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    Blue Ribbon Commissioner

    NACD (National Association of Corporate Directors)

    - Present 1 year 3 months

    Education

    This commission brings together top directors, investors, subject-matter experts, and governance professionals to study board dynamics and develop recommendations for a stronger board culture.

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    Chair, Nominating & Governance Committee & Board Member

    NACD Northern California Chapter

    - Present 1 year 9 months

    Education

    NACD is the leading member organization for corporate directors who want to expand their knowledge, grow their network, and maximize their potential.

    For over 40 years, NACD has been helping boards elevate their performance and create long-term value. Our thought leadership continues to raise standards of excellence and advance board effectiveness at thousands of member organizations. Through our insights, education, and credentialing – supported by our peer network of over 23,000…

    NACD is the leading member organization for corporate directors who want to expand their knowledge, grow their network, and maximize their potential.

    For over 40 years, NACD has been helping boards elevate their performance and create long-term value. Our thought leadership continues to raise standards of excellence and advance board effectiveness at thousands of member organizations. Through our insights, education, and credentialing – supported by our peer network of over 23,000 members – boards are able to make high-quality decisions on the most pressing and strategic issues facing their business today.

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    Advisory Board Member

    AI4ALL

    - Present 7 years 7 months

    Education

    AI4ALL is a national nonprofit working to increase diversity and inclusion in artificial intelligence.

    We support educational programs around the country that give underrepresented high school students early exposure to humanistic AI, or AI that addresses societal problems. Our vision is a world where AI is created by people who represent the diverse general population.

  • Co-Chair

    Bridge for Max

    - Present 3 years 4 months

    Environment

    Campaign for the construction of a pedestrian bridge to improve safety for hikers and bikers at the San Diego River Crossing at Mission Trails Regional Park.

    Project includes design and engineering, PR, community relations, government affairs, and fundraising.

    Project was approved by the City of San Diego in record time (less than five months) and received extraordinary funding from the state of California in July 2021.

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    Member of Board of Trustees

    Computer History Museum

    - 8 years 5 months

    Science and Technology

    The world's largest history museum for the preservation and presentation of artifacts and stories of the Information Age located in the heart of Silicon Valley.

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    Vice Chair, Washington State University Research Foundation

    Washington State University

    - 6 years 6 months

    Education

    The Washington State University Research Foundation (WSURF) is a Washington nonprofit corporation. Its mission is to benefit Washington State University, its employees, and the public in the transfer of technology through the commercialization and licensing of inventions and other intellectual property, and the management and development of the WSU Research and Technology Park.

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    Partner

    SV2 - Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund

    - 5 years

    Education

    SV2 is a partnership for giving in Silicon Valley.

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    Board of Directors

    Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo

    - 3 years

    Education

    Board member of this non-profit focused on science education for grade school children.

Publications

  • The Agile Strategy: Preparing for the Disruption of 2022

    NACD

    The role of an effective private company board is to manage risk appropriately and to chart a safe course while ensuring the business remains primed to capitalize on future opportunities. This is about empowering the people who make up your organization. But where else should boards focus their attention to ensure proper oversight of disruptive risk and strategy?

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Honors & Awards

  • NACD Directorship 100

    NACD - National Association of Corporate Directors

    NACD Directorship 100™ is an annual recognition of the leading corporate directors, corporate governance experts, policymakers, and influencers who significantly impact boardroom practices and performance.

    https://directorship100.nacdonline.org/honorees/2022

  • ASE Foundation Gardin Award

    American Society of Echocardiography

    Gardin Lecturer Award
    The ASE Foundation is pleased to announce the establishment of a new annual lecture! Endowed to ASEF through a generous long-term gift from Julius Gardin, MD, FASE, the Gardin Lecture will take place during the annual Scientific Sessions, beginning with ASE 2019 in Portland, OR.

    Dr. Julius Gardin has been associated with the American Society of Echocardiography for nearly four decades. He served as the ninth President of ASE (1993-1995), chaired the first…

    Gardin Lecturer Award
    The ASE Foundation is pleased to announce the establishment of a new annual lecture! Endowed to ASEF through a generous long-term gift from Julius Gardin, MD, FASE, the Gardin Lecture will take place during the annual Scientific Sessions, beginning with ASE 2019 in Portland, OR.

    Dr. Julius Gardin has been associated with the American Society of Echocardiography for nearly four decades. He served as the ninth President of ASE (1993-1995), chaired the first scientific sessions in 1990, presented the Edler Lecture in 1997, and recently completed a 10-year term as associate editor of JASE.

    Dr. Gardin has mentored numerous physicians and sonographers. He has a passion for education which will be supported by this lecture series because it will provide the funding resources to bring a luminary speaker to the Scientific Sessions every year.”

    2020: Laurie Yoler, “My Life on Artificial Intelligence – How Technology Will Change the Way We Live”

    https://www.asecho.org/what-we-do/awards-and-scholarships/#gardin

  • Pioneering Leader of our Times

    Global Women in STEM 2017 Award for Exemplary Women

    The "Pioneering Leader of our Times" has climbed the corporate ladder despite all odds, been at the heart of trailblazing innovations and inspired generations to be the best versions of themselves.
    http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/award-winners-for-exemplary-women-will-be-announced-at-4th-annual-women-in-stem-conference-300516379.html

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