Women Governance Trailblazers - Dottie Schindlinger

In this episode of Women Governance Trailblazers, we talk with Dottie Schindlinger. Dottie is Executive Director of Diligent Institute, the corporate governance research and programs arm of Diligent - the leading AI-powered provider of secure board communication and governance, risk and compliance software. She co-authored the book, “Governance in the Digital Age: A Guide for the Modern Corporate Board Director,” co-hosts, “The Corporate Director Podcast,” and co-created Diligent’s certification programs for directors, including AI Ethics & Board Oversight. Dottie was a founding team member of the tech start-up BoardEffect, acquired by Diligent in 2016. Currently, Dottie serves on the boards of the Foundation for Delaware County and the Pennsylvania School Safety Institute (PennSSI). She is a guest lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Business Executive Education program and a fellow of the Salzburg Global Seminar for Corporate Governance. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and lives in suburban Philadelphia, PA. For more corporate governance podcasts, check out Feedspot's 2025 list of the Top 15 Corporate Governance Podcasts (which includes Women Governance Trailblazers as #7) - https://blog.feedspot.com/corporate_governance_podcasts/