Diligent Corporation, known as Diligent, is a software as a service company that enables board members of corporations, government organisations and not-for-profit groups to share and collaborate information for board meetings.

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Jack Van Arsdale is the Senior Vice President, Data Protection Officer and General Counsel at [Diligent](/org/diligent) Corporation, the leader in modern governance providing SaaS solutions across governance, risk, compliance and ESG with more than $500 million in revenue and a $7 billion company valuation.

Jack has been with [Diligent](/org/diligent) since 2011 and has helped the company to manage its rapid growth and international expansion. He also assisted with [Diligent](/org/diligent)’s acquisition of [Thomson Reuters](/org/thomson-reuters)’ BoardLink business and its sale to Insight Venture Partners. Prior to joining [Diligent](/org/diligent), Jack was in private practice, with the majority of his time spent advising an international investor relations firm. 

Jack received his J.D. with a concentration in Corporate Law from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and his A.B. from [Cornell University](/org/cornell-university) with a double major in English and Economics. 

Jack Van Arsdale

Liam leads all aspects of Diligent’s business in the APAC and EMEA regions including new client acquisition, customer success, marketing, professional services, and finance. He previously served as managing director of EMEA; SVP of Diligent Entities where he doubled the revenue of the business unit and head of sales at BoardEffect, which was acquired by Diligent.

Prior to his career in business, Liam spent eight years playing and coaching professional baseball in America. Liam received a bachelor of science .

Liam Healy

Nick Flynn is the managing director of the Americas region at Diligent Corporation, the largest governance, risk, and compliance SaaS provider with more than $500 million in revenue and a $7 billion company valuation. In his role, Nick oversees the commercial team, which includes new and expansion sales, customer success, implementation, and regional marketing in the Americas. He joined Diligent in January 2020 as the senior vice president of Customer Success.

Prior to joining to Diligent, Nick previously held senior commercial leadership roles at Rokt and Shutterstock. He led the go to market strategy in both roles and helped each business grow to an annual run rate of $150M and beyond.

Nick Flynn

Henry is the chief information security officer (CISO) at Diligent Corporation, the largest governance, risk, and compliance SaaS provider with more than $500 million in revenue and a $7 billion company valuation.

In his role, Henry is responsible for all aspects of firm’s cybersecurity program including governance, risk-management, security operations and product security. He previously served as CISO at Oppenheimer & Co., and the Head of Cyber Risk at Société Générale Corporate and Investment Banking (USA).

Henry has served on the customer advisory boards for numerous technology and cybersecurity companies and is an active contributor to cybersecurity community via his blog posts, book chapters and podcasts. He holds a CISSP certification.

Henry Jiang

Dan Zitting is the chief product and strategy officer at Diligent Corporation, the leader in modern governance providing SaaS solutions across governance, risk, compliance and ESG, with more than $500 million in revenue and a $7 billion company valuation. In his role, Dan is responsible for all aspects of product strategy including product management, market strategy and user experience.

With more than 18 years’ experience in the technology industry, Dan has garnered extensive knowledge in enterprise software, entrepreneurship and growth, and corporate risk management and compliance.

Dan joined Diligent in 2021 following the acquisition of Galvanize where he was the CEO. Before Galvanize, Dan founded SaaS platform and New York City tech start-up Workpapers.com, the first enterprise cloud software for audit and compliance management.

Dan Zitting

Satheesh Ravala is the current CTO at [Diligent](/org/diligent). Prior to that, they were SVP, Engineering at ICE Mortgage Technology from April 2019 to February 2022. Satheesh was also SVP, Cloud Engineering & Operations at [Ellie Mae](/org/ice-mortgage-technology) from September 2015 to March 2019. Before that, they were Senior Director, Cloud Platform at Yahoo from March 2002 to September 2015.

Satheesh Ravala graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in Engineering Leadership. Prior to that, they obtained a Bachelor of Science from Sri Venkateswara University.

Satheesh Ravala reports to Brian Stafford, CEO. Some of their coworkers include Henry Jiang - Chief Information Security Officer, Michael Stanton - CFO, and Jack Van Arsdale - SVP, Data Protection Officer and General Counsel.

Satheesh Ravala

Adam Berger is a board member at [Diligent](/org/diligent). Adam has previously worked at Saks OFF 5TH, CivicPlus, [Saks Fifth Avenue](/org/saks-fifth-avenue-inc), [CommerceHub](/org/commercehub), [Within3](/org/within3), [Imperfect Foods](/org/imperfect-foods-inc), [Optimizely](/org/optimizely), [PDI Software](/org/pdi-software), and [Insight Partners](/org/insight-partners).

Adam Berger has a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from [Harvard Business School](/org/harvard-business-school) and a BS Ch. E in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.

Adam Berger

Christine Anderson serves as a member of the Board of Directors for [Diligent](/org/diligent).

As the Global Head of External Relations at [Blackstone](/org/blackstone), Christine leads [Blackstone](/org/blackstone)'s efforts related to Environmental, Social and Governance issues and serves as the primary spokesperson for the firm.

Christine brings extensive public affairs, marketing and Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) expertise from leadership roles in the investment sector, state and federal government and media industry. Prior to her current position at [Blackstone](/org/blackstone), Christine held political communications roles with the former Governor of New York, the Kerry-Edwards presidential campaign and the Clinton White House. She has also worked in other investment communications and media roles, including with UBS AG and ABC News.

Christine received a BA from The College of the Holy Cross and serves on the boards of Bumble Inc. (NASDAQ: BMBL), [Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory](/org/cold-spring-harbor-laboratory) and the [Blackstone](/org/blackstone) Charitable Foundation.

Christine Anderson

Brian Stafford is Chief Executive Officer of Diligent Corporation. Brian assumed the role of CEO in March 2015 and is responsible for all day-to-day operations, with a focus on accelerating global growth and incorporating scale into the business in order to seamlessly manage the growth.

Brian previously served as a Partner at [McKinsey & Company](/org/mckinsey-company), where he founded and led their Growth Stage Tech Practice. While there, he concentrated on helping Growth Stage Technology companies scale faster and did extensive work with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) companies, focusing on growth strategy, sales operations and strategy, pricing, international growth strategy and team building. Prior to his tenure at McKinsey, Brian was the Founder, President and CEO of CarOrder, a division of Trilogy Software based in Austin, Texas.

Brian holds a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from the University of Chicago and a BS in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He currently lives in Manhattan.

Brian Stafford

Amanda Carty serves as Chief Marketing Officer for Diligent Corporation. Her responsibilities include driving global marketing strategies, including product marketing, corporate communications and other essential go-to-market efforts.

Amanda previously served as VP of Marketing for [Thomson Reuters](/org/thomson-reuters)’ tax and accounting division, where she was instrumental in launching its high-return Taxologist initiative, honoring and empowering tax professionals who embrace technology, innovate and challenge the status quo in their fields. She has also held other strategic marketing positions during her nearly decade-long tenure at the firm. Most recently Amanda was recognized as a finalist for Female Executive of the Year – Business Services and Woman of the Year – Advertising, Marketing & Public Relations for the 2016 Stevie Awards Women in Business.

Amanda holds a MBA in International Marketing from the [New York Institute of Technology](/org/new-york-institute-of-technology).

Amanda Carty

Avigail Dadone serves as Chief People Officer for Diligent Corporation.

Avi previously worked at Bloomberg LP where she served more than seven years in various HR roles, most recently as Regional Head of HR for the Americas. Over this time, she worked across diverse businesses designing, implementing, and measuring talent strategies. She led hallmark acquisition efforts, had oversight for enterprise policies and programs in the region, was deeply involved in HR strategy for Latin America and had responsibility for establishing the employee relations function. Prior to her role at Bloomberg, Avi worked at Exelon Corporation for over five years in the fossil, wires and nuclear businesses, where she built a strong foundation in talent management, labor relations, employee engagement and organizational change management.

Avi graduated from Boston University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. She holds the HR Certification Institute designation of Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR). Avi is actively involved in The New York Junior League and focuses her time there working with community-based organizations.

Avigail Dadone

Michael serves as the CFO of [Diligent](/org/diligent) Corporation.

Michael Stanton joins [Diligent](/org/diligent) with nearly 20 years of experience spanning business optimization, corporate finance, treasury and corporate development, most recently serving as Senior Vice President of Finance and Treasurer at SaaS-based education technology provider [Blackboard](/org/blackboard) Inc. With more than a decade at [Blackboard](/org/blackboard), Stanton helped lead the company’s successful IPO efforts, which catapulted [Blackboard](/org/blackboard) to the top of the education technology market. He also helped grow the company to more than $650 million in revenue, and during his tenure he led more than $4 billion in equity and debt financings and 32 M&A transactions. Prior to [Blackboard](/org/blackboard), Stanton held leadership positions at the international financial and corporate communications consultancy, Dewe Rogerson, and CCA Companies Inc., where he was responsible for forecasting, budgeting and analysis of the company’s lodging and gaming business.

He holds a BA in history from [College of the Holy Cross](/org/college-of-the-holy-cross).

Michael Stanton

Lisa Edwards is President and Chief Operating Officer of Diligent Corporation. Lisa assumed the role in September 2020 and is responsible for Commercial growth and performance, including global Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and 24/7/365 worldwide support.

Lisa previously served as EVP of Strategic Business Operations at Salesforce after running Global Corporate Services (GCS) and serving as CPO.  Prior to Salesforce, Lisa led global strategic partnerships for Visa, Inc. as SVP/Head of Global Strategic Alliances and Global IP Strategy and earlier served in an operations role as Head of Global Corporate Services. Earlier in her career, Lisa served as CEO of KnowledgeX, a database startup which she led in a sale to IBM and co-founded Valubond, an online fixed income exchange and subscription service, and served as President, COO, and head of the ATS (Alternative Trading System) prior to its acquisition by Knight Capital.

Lisa serves on the Board of Directors of Colgate-Palmolive. She holds a MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Stanford University. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family.

Lisa Edwards

Markeith is responsible for growing the BoardEffect, BoardDocs, iCompass and Community brands at Diligent.

He previously served as vice president of sales at ECi Software Solutions and has held executive leadership positions at Quest Software and Dell Technologies.

MarKeith Allen

Yvette Hollingsworth Clark serves as a member of the Board of Directors for Diligent.

Yvette is an expert in corporate governance, risk management, compliance and regulatory agency relationship management. She brings an unparalleled level of experience and insight from having served in leadership roles across the financial services industry.

Yvette launched her career with the Federal Reserve System followed by corporate leadership roles with Citigroup, Barclays and most recently Wells Fargo, as executive vice president and regulatory innovation officer as well as chief compliance officer.

Hallmarks of Yvette’s success are driving innovation and managing the complexities of highly regulated organizations. She has guided financial institutions with operational turnaround, enterprise framework restructuring and digital transformation helping them navigate risk and adapt to ever-evolving regulatory environments.

Yvette shares her acumen with other boards, including Air Lease Corporation, Golden Gate University and the International Women’s Forum Northern California. She serves on the Advisory Council for Alliance for Innovative Regulation and is also a member of The Executive Leadership Council and The Links, Incorporated.

Yvette holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from SUNY Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from Syracuse University.

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