Our Story
EWOB emerged in 2017 in response to a clear and growing need among women board directors. EWOB Co-Founder, Lisa Shalett, kept meeting highly accomplished women who had three big things in common: they all served on corporate boards (often as the only woman in the room), they were frustrated by the lack of community for experienced women directors to leverage one another’s collective expertise, and they were all committed to being excellent directors. After organizing a lunch to bring these extraordinary women together . . . it set off a ripple effect.
Since that first lunch, EWOB has been on a mission: to amplify the impact of women inside boardrooms and beyond. Our Members serve on the highest profile boards and challenge us to deliver cutting edge content, valuable resources and facilitate powerful connections all aimed at helping them deliver meaningful impact in their board seats.
Meet Our Founders
Lisa Shalett
Lisa Shalett is a former Goldman Sachs Partner who serves as a corporate advisor and independent board director. Well-known as a trusted connector and sought-after thought partner, she has a breadth of leadership and operational experience over her 25+ year career. Having served on boards of every type (public, private equity-backed, venture capital-backed, family-owned, and non-profit), Lisa brings a deep understanding of stakeholder priorities and governance.
Lisa has held global leadership roles ranging from Global Capital Markets, to Compliance, Risk and Audit, to Brand Marketing, Digital Transformation, and Strategic Innovation. She currently serves on the boards of PennyMac Financial (NYSE: PFSI), AccuWeather, and MPower Partners.
Lisa has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA, summa cum laude, in East Asian Studies (Japan) from Harvard College.
Lisa DeCarlo
Lisa DeCarlo is a former financial services executive who spent over 20 years building and transforming a wide range of complex businesses at Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Fannie Mae, and GE Capital. Her leadership and operational highlights include serving as COO at two of the largest banks in the US, designing and leading an HR transformation for an organization of 35,000 people and launching a start-up enterprise API business in 6 months. Lisa is fascinated with transitions and is the co-creator of The Decade Game®, a mindset shift and framework to help design the best decade of your life.
Lisa currently serves on the board of Doran Jones and the advisory board of Defender Capital Advisors. She recently rolled off the board of Project Open Hand and has led a variety of diversity & inclusion councils, women's programs and volunteer councils at Wells Fargo.
Lisa has a B.S. in marketing from Clemson University in Clemson, S.C., and has held Series 24, 53, 7 and 63 licenses.