Abby Adlerman

Abby Adlerman is the CEO & Founder Boardspan Inc.

Abby brings more than 25 years of governance and board experience to Boardspan. She was part of the senior leadership team at Russell Reynolds Associates, the global executive search & assessment firm. Abby led the 45-person San Francisco office growing its revenues and improving margins substantially. She also ran the Asia Pacific Private Equity (PE) business, living in Singapore for two years, and before that the North America PE business.

Abby previously served as CEO of a venture-backed e-commerce business, and she spent 15 years on Wall Street advising board & C-suite clients on a range of corporate finance and M&A transactions. She received her BS Engineering from Lafayette College and her MPPM from Yale University, where she is a member of the Entrepreneurship Advisory Board. Abby has served on numerous corporate and nonprofit boards, and she is a frequent public speaker and blogger on boardroom topics.