The Changing Pipeline: The Board’s Role in Guiding Multigenerational Workforce Risk, Potential and Impact

The workforce now contains five generations of employees, all moving through the pipeline with the potential to become organization leaders. Our panel will address what boards can do to minimize the risk of generational divides, and support innovative, flexible and inclusive policies that turn these divides into advantages to help companies become employers of choice. Moderated by Dr. Barbara Bichelmeyer, Chancellor of UMKC, our panel will address what we can do to minimize the risk of generational divides and support innovative, flexible and inclusive policies.

• Moderator – Dr. Barbara Bichelmeyer, Chancellor, UMKC

• Jackie DeSouza-Van Blaricum, CEO of Research Medical Center

• Becky Tilden, Board Director, Garmin

• Cindy Wallis-Lage, President Water Division, Black & Veatch

Panelists will also provide guidance on how boards ensure that senior leaders within the company develop skills to become next generation company leaders and directors.