Lydia Beebe: On Corporate Secretaries and the Evolution of Corporate Governance.
Welcome to the Boardroom Governance Podcast. I’m your host, Evan Epstein. In this episode, I talk with Lydia Beebe, an experienced director, committee chair and board chair on public company and non-profit boards of directors, with a demonstrated history as a C-suite executive. Lydia previously held a number of senior roles at Chevron Corporation, including Corporate Secretary and Chief Governance Officer from 1995 to 2015. She currently serves on the boards of Aemetis, Kansas City Southern Voting Trust and EQT Corporation. Other previous and current director experience includes HCC Insurance Holdings and several private and charitable organizations, including the Council of Institutional Investors, the Society for Corporate Governance, the NACD Northern California Chapter and the Stanford Rock Center for Corporate Governance. In this podcast, we talk about the evolution of the corporate secretary and chief governance officer roles in public corporations, and her personal path to corporate boards. We also address the evolution of corporate governance, shareholder and stakeholder engagement, ESG, board evaluations, board committee structures, and more. If you like this show, please consider subscribing, leaving a review or sharing this podcast on social media. You can find all the show notes on the website boardroom-governance.com and please feel free to subscribe to the Boardroom Governance Newsletter at evanepstein.substack.com