Connecting diverse leaders with global board opportunities.

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Candidates, searchers, and recommenders in our community

22,000+

Top executives currently open to conversations

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Candidates put forward for opportunities

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We serve aspiring board candidates seeking their first board appointment and experienced board directors looking for their next best-fit role.

Create your complimentary profile to get discovered by companies looking for their next board director.

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Our searchers are CEOs, board members, private equity or venture capital partners, executive search firms, recruiters, and other talent partners.

Discover your board’s next director from our community of 22k+ leaders who are currently open to conversations. Create an account to search our database, sign up to receive free curated candidate suggestions, or engage our talent team on a retained search.

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theBoardlist partners are industry/affinity organizations, people leaders at top companies, and other mission-aligned businesses.

We offer a range of partnership engagements, from endorsing your community members on theBoardlist, to professional development and executive retention programming, to leveraging our community to find experts for your next event.

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Recommend Candidates to theBoardlist

Recommenders are the foundation of theBoardlist.

theBoardlist's community of exceptional, diverse talent is built on recommendations from leaders like Merline Saintil, Deb Liu, Fidji Simo, and more who elevate board-ready leaders in their networks. Ready to join us?

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Our annual membership is designed to help aspiring and board-ready candidates take control of your board journey through positioning, exposure, and preparation.

What our community says.

Vanessa Mesics Head of Director Experience, Nasdaq
"Working with theBoardlist helps provide our listing clients the resources they need to discover qualified talent. We're also excited to be partnering to support diverse candidates in their board aspirations in our shared mission to improve representation in the boardroom."

KENDRA RAGATZ
Partner, Acrew Capital
"theBoardlist has been a wonderful partner to us and to our Crew of Leaders executive community. We are thrilled to partner with a mission aligned organization seeking to expand opportunity and representation in the boardroom."

glo gordon
CEO & Board Director, MATRIXX Software
"I have been introduced to several board opportunities that I would not have otherwise been exposed to. Diversity in the boardroom has been proven to bring more value to shareholders and companies. theBoardlist is a phenomenal organization to assist in this important, current initiative."

MICHAEL ZEISSER
Chairman, US Investments for Alibaba & Member, Shutterfly Board of Directors
"theBoardlist was a valuable resource that allowed us to reach beyond our traditional networks and find the perfect candidate who brings new perspective to our board."

— Sukhinder Singh Cassidy
Founder of theBoardlist

Boardrooms will change if we stop thinking about power as a finite resource. In fact, the fundamental lesson of theBoardlist is that the more power you share, the more powerful you become.