355: Michele Ashby on Why Getting More Women on Corporate Boards Makes for Great Business

Michele Ashby is CEO & Founder of ACE LLC, Ashby Consulting Enterprises LLC. Her focus is on educating, supporting and teaching women how to attain corporate board positions through the ACE Board Certification Programs for Women. Ms. Ashby has a diverse background which includes 30 years as a gold specialist/analyst, financial expert, independent corporate director and successful entrepreneur. She was recently awarded, one of the Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Business in Colorado, for her work in training 1,000 women to get on corporate boards. She is a subject matter expert on Board Governance, Finance, and Strategy. Ms. Ashby has extensive board experience as an independent director with collective corporate board experience of 20 years on six corporate boards, as well as over 20 years of non-profit and trade association board experience. She founded Dani's Foundation, a non-profit organization, in memory of her daughter, Dani Stell, which contributed over $1 million for Ewing's Sarcoma cancer research over 15 years. She is the author of 3 books and a former ultra-athlete. Michele is the first woman in North America to row 24 hours on a Concept 2 rowing machine – a total of 211,036 meters in 24 hours.       = = = = = The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hustle, or passion.   We always appreciate your rating and review of the show. If you haven't already been incredibly generous and awesome, now's your chance when you leave us a review and make sure to subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts!   ***Registration Now Open for Spring 2021 Elevate Your Expertise™ Thought Leadership Mastery Program for Women!***   Here are a few ways I can help you: Share this episode with one person who could use a boost of inspiration and positivity today. Grab your copy of my leadership playbook that teaches you the 11 skills you can quickly master to become an exceptional leader.   Put yourself on the top of your list and finally say yes to yourself -- watch this video that takes you inside the space of moving toward the next best version of you and your leadership practice. Buy one of my books on Amazon and leave me a 5-star review.