"This book brings board effectiveness to life! Corporate governance begins with regulations, structures, and processes, but really understanding what makes for an effective board takes years, if not decades, in boardrooms. The book brings the dynamics of the boardroom to the written page, through stories and insights from experienced and highly respected board members." -- Susan Angele, Board Director, Board Chair of the 30% Coalition; former executive of The Hershey Company
"John Hotta has strung the finest pearls of wisdom on Board Governance in this book." -- Subash Anbu, NACD.DC.; Bboard Director, Private Directors Association
John Hotta was born and raised in Berkeley, California. He grew up among the children of professors and deans. He graduated with honors with degrees from Harvard University, the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and has published research in artificial intelligence that can be found in Academia.edu.
He has been a board director for multi-billion-dollar organizations since the early 2010s. After a career at Microsoft, Accenture, and AT&T, and now a board director at multiple companies, he is fortunate to have friends and colleagues who are board directors at start-ups and nonprofits as well as the largest five global public companies.
He is privileged to be able to live a purpose-driven life. He builds a culture of governance to improve better businesses and organizations and is happy to conduct training sessions for young professionals (in investment banking, proxy advisory firms, executive compensation, executive recruiting, etc.) and undergraduate and graduate students in corporate governance classes.