Most boards have more IP exposure than they realize.
You didn't take a board seat to oversee assets that haven't been properly valued and protected. The fiduciary duties and standards haven't changed — but the assets and risks they cover have. I help independent directors close the IP, AI, and data oversight gap before a regulator, an activist, or a missed licensing market does it for them. With 30 years of doing deals and recognizing cross-industry patterns.
30 minutes. Complimentary. A simple conversation.
30 years in rooms with
I was in the room…
I watched a board approve a major IP transaction in under twenty minutes. Smart directors. Real fiduciary discipline on every other agenda item. But nobody asked about termination rights, AI training exposure, or what the IP assets would be worth in five years. Not because they didn't matter. Because no one in the room owned the question.
That's the gap.An audit committee chair told me, off the record, that AI was now "her problem" — because no other committee wanted it. Nine years on the board. She'd seen Sarbanes-Oxley. She'd seen ESG. She knew when something didn't belong in audit.
It landed there anyway.A tech company I followed closely had 79% of its voting control locked with two founders. Institutional investors held 85% of the equity — and zero power. When the stock dropped, an activist appeared overnight. Each board member was immediately put at individual risk. The board had no answer. Because for years, they'd never been asked the right question: what is this company actually worth, and how do we defend it?
An oversight problem.
"I've learned to see the questions boards forget to ask — before they become headlines."
Billion-dollar oversights happen in rooms full of brilliant directors. The difference isn't competence — it's pattern recognition. It's identifying the connections across industries that are invisible to most — knowing which questions get asked, which get assumed, and which ones nobody owns. It's having someone in your corner who's been on the operator side of these deals — and knows exactly what the board should have asked.
That someone is me.Hear it direct →
The C-suite gap, in 38 seconds.
Look at how any C-suite is organized. CEO, finance, strategy, HR, operations, general counsel. Someone protects the IP. Nobody is charged with monetizing it. That's not a personnel issue. It's a structural one — and the board carries it.
The thing nobody on your board is saying out loud.
What I Bring to the Boardroom
Your IP is an asset class. Let's treat it like one.
Board Briefings & Director Education
Closed-door sessions on IP governance, AI licensing exposure, and the evolving fiduciary standard around intangible assets. For independent directors who want to ask sharper questions in the next meeting.
Independent IP & Data Audits
A board-facing valuation and monetization assessment of the company's intangible portfolio — surfacing what is dormant, what is exposed, and what is unrecognized on the balance sheet.
Strategic Counsel & Dealmaking
Senior business counsel for boards reviewing licensing agreements, AI partnerships, catalog transactions, and strategic dispositions — where term, scope, control, and termination rights determine long-term value.
The Track Record
Launched a digital distribution business from zero to $40 million.
Structured deals generating $30M+ in incremental revenue.
Generated for employers including Disney, DreamWorks, and NBCUniversal.
Yes, billions — with a B.
You Already Know These
The fiduciary standard hasn't changed. But the assets it covers — and the risks attached — have.
Fiduciary Drift
Caremark and its progeny now reach IP, AI, and data risk. "We didn't know" is no longer a defense.
Quiet AI Exposure
Generative models are training on proprietary data right now. Without governance, you can't see the trade — and are bleeding revenue.
The IP Gap
The general counsel protects it. Nobody monetizes it. Audit committees inherit it by default.
Activist Attention
Shareholder activists are pricing unmonetized IP into their thesis — before it shows up in your reporting.
Closing Windows
AI licensing markets are forming now. The companies that define terms early shape what everyone else pays.
30 minutes. Complimentary.
A simple conversation.
By filling out this form, you're giving us the green light to reach out if we see potential alignment. That first call is with our founder, Christine Lawton, who spent years in the rooms at Disney, DreamWorks, NBCUniversal, and Yuga Labs. If your board has an IP or AI exposure worth examining, we'll find it. If not, you'll walk away with a sharper lens either way.
The common thread? The gap was already there. It just needs someone who knows which questions to ask.