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Discover board leaders
Our membership includes over 1500 board-experienced Stanford-affiliated leaders, as well as a pipeline of aspiring board members. We are meeting the increased demand for experienced directors with support from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Rock Center for Corporate Governance.
We work with corporate and nonprofit clients to find the best SDN members for their board searches. Our client companies are public and private, U.S. and international, pre-IPO to large-cap, and span an array of industries. We also post nonprofit board openings for members to apply directly.
Advance your boardroom goals
Stanford Directors' Network offers multiple benefits to our corporate clients.
- Expand your candidate pool with leaders who bring years of board and operating experience across a variety of industries
- Accelerate your search process by having SDN identify members who best match your director search characteristics
- Create a high-performing board by bringing together a broad range of skills and perspectives
Board Match Service
Let SDN enhance your existing director search efforts. SDN maintains a comprehensive data base of more than 2500 board candidates, including “specialist benches” of AI experts, qualified Audit Committee members, healthcare leaders, and other areas of expertise.
How It Works
Our board match service enhances our client’s existing search efforts. In our match process we:
- Understand the client company, its board, and needs
- Define the characteristics of an ideal candidate
- Search our membership database to identify the best match
- Communicate the opportunity to our members to determine their interest
- Present a slate of the most qualified and interested candidates for clients to contact, interview, and reference check
- Follow up to ensure the success of our matching service
FAQs
How long does a board match take? While timing varies depending on each client’s schedule, we can provide a slate of member candidates within one month after receiving approval of the board candidate specifications.
Do you interview the slate of SDN candidates? We do not interview or reference-check the members we identify for board openings. We provide clients with a short list of candidates to evaluate through their own process.
Do you charge for your match service? Our board match service is free. We ask that all clients report back on the progress and outcome of our member candidates.
Can you communicate a board opening to your members without a match service? We can share a board search with our members and ask them to send applications directly to the client company.
Do you work with search firms? Yes, we work search firms representing client companies and with companies that engage a search firm.