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Join as a Candidate

We serve aspiring board candidates seeking their first board appointment and experienced board directors looking for their next best-fit role.

Create your complimentary profile to get discovered by companies looking for their next board director.

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Search for Talent

Our searchers are CEOs, board members, private equity or venture capital partners, executive search firms, recruiters, and other talent partners.

Discover your board’s next director from our community of 22k+ leaders who are currently open to conversations. Create an account to search our database, sign up to receive free curated candidate suggestions, or engage our talent team on a retained search.

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Partner with theBoardlist

theBoardlist partners are industry/affinity organizations, people leaders at top companies, and other mission-aligned businesses.

We offer a range of partnership engagements, from endorsing your community members on theBoardlist, to professional development and executive retention programming, to leveraging our community to find experts for your next event.

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Recommend Candidates to theBoardlist

Recommenders are the foundation of theBoardlist.

theBoardlist's community of exceptional, diverse talent is built on recommendations from leaders like Merline Saintil, Deb Liu, Fidji Simo, and more who elevate board-ready leaders in their networks. Ready to join us?

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TBL PLUS

Meaningful action + measurable progress toward your board goals.

With our upgraded annual membership, we help aspiring and experienced directors advance your board goals through positioning, exposure, and preparation – so you can consistently attract, intentionally evaluate, and confidently engage with every opportunity that comes your way.

Powerful Positioning

Hone in on the unique intersection of your professional experience and interests; create a clear, consistent presence across all platforms where searchers are likely to look for talent

Develop key materials to take yourself to market as a board candidate

Optimize your theBoardlist profile and professional brand

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Thoughtful Preparation

Receive personalized guidance and feedback on your positioning and networking strategies, clarify your board preferences, goals, and capacity, and ready yourself for board service

2x 1:1 coaching sessions with theBoardlist's Talent Team

Live community events + on-demand replays and resource library

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Maximized Exposure

Increase your exposure to potential roles and active opportunities through theBoardlist platform, networking, thought leadership, and distribution of your theBoardlist profile

View and apply to active board opportunities

Boosted visibility in search results

Clear, consistent networking strategy

What our community says.

Working with theBoardlist helps provide our listing clients the resources they need to discover qualified talent. We're also excited to be partnering to support diverse candidates in their board aspirations in our shared mission to improve representation in the boardroom.

Vanessa Mesics

Head of Director Experience, Nasdaq

theBoardlist has been a wonderful partner to us and to our Crew of Leaders executive community. We are thrilled to partner with a mission aligned organization seeking to expand opportunity and representation in the boardroom.

KENDRA RAGATZ

Partner, Acrew Capital

I have been introduced to several board opportunities that I would not have otherwise been exposed to. Diversity in the boardroom has been proven to bring more value to shareholders and companies. theBoardlist is a phenomenal organization to assist in this important, current initiative.

glo gordon

CEO & Board Director, MATRIXX Software

theBoardlist was a valuable resource that allowed us to reach beyond our traditional networks and find the perfect candidate who brings new perspective to our board.

MICHAEL ZEISSER

Chairman, US Investments for Alibaba & Member, Shutterfly Board of Directors

Boardrooms will change if we stop thinking about power as a finite resource. In fact, the fundamental lesson of theBoardlist is that the more power you share, the more powerful you become.

— Sukhinder Singh Cassidy Founder of theBoardlist

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