ACG LA Digital | Future of Work: Embracing a Hybrid Model | May 27, 2021 | 4 PM PT

Ms. Barrett is a respected thought leader in corporate governance, specializing in research on board composition and diversity. She serves on the board of the Corporate Directors Forum, the California Insurance Diversity Task Force and the California Partners Project’s Women on Boards Advisory Council. Barrett also teaches graduate courses in corporate governance at the University of San Diego School of Business. Her career in corporate governance has included roles as CEO of Board Governance Research, Senior Research Associate at The Corporate Library (now MSCI ESG Research), and Research Consultant at Towers Perrin. She holds an MBA with distinction from the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan.

Sharon has over 17 years of experience as a global HR leader. At Deloitte, her roles spanned Human Capital consulting, learning and leadership development, and organizational effectiveness. In her time at Dropbox, Sharon built out their Talent Management strategy, focused on performance management, career development, and talent/succession planning. She currently leads the Workforce Planning, People Systems, and HR Operations team, in addition to spearheading strategic projects. Sharon was responsible for leading the launch of Dropbox's Virtual First strategy in October 2020 and continues to be a thought leader on the future of work. 

My name is Felicia Lyon, and I lead KPMG’s Workforce Transformation Practice. For over 25 years, I have served Fortune 500 leaders when they face outside influences that require a focus on business growth, managing costs, while keeping the best and brightest employees engaged.  When I work with my clients, they can…

• Strengthen their organization so that it is poised for growth.
• Align individuals and teams to bolster accountability and performance.
• Bring order to chaos with systems, processes, and teams that go the extra mile to execute.

By working together, we can create a paradigm shift within their organization that increases customer focus, inspires innovation, engages employees, and builds stronger revenues and business outcomes.

I work directly with C-Level leaders at my clients, have testified in front of Ambassadors and other government officials in the US and abroad, serve as a keynote speaker for the future of work and advancing women in business, and am an international best-selling author. My clients span Fortune 500 to start-ups, as well as State, Local and Foreign Governments. Some examples include Memorial Health Systems, Banana Republic, Nike, Logic2020, Pacific Rim Capital, Ad Astra, Cameron International, Chevron, BP, Bausch & Lomb, Lukoil (Russia), PEMEX (Mexico), the City of San Diego, Texas Department of Public Safety, the State of Ohio, The Government of Afghanistan and USAID. Industries include retail, professional services, life sciences, government, and energy.

It’s important to me to remain active in my local community - I recently accepted the nomination for Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s 2021 Women of the Year campaign to bring awareness and fundraising for blood cancer research. I serve on the Board of Operation for Hope Foundation which supports survivors of domestic violence and was a founding Board Member for the International Coach Federation – San Diego Chapter charged with the professional development of executive coaches.

I am a Certified Professional Coach and hold a Master’s in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Roosevelt University, Chicago and Bachelor’s in Psychology from the University of Georgia. My book Women Accelerated reached #1 international best-selling ranking.