About BoardReady

Jeni works to expand corporate Board diversification through onboarding new clients and members of the TalentVault. Prior to joining BoardReady, Jeni served as the Chief Strategist at UK Power Reserve where she was responsible for technology, communications, strategic planning, and data analytics. Mrs. Elam has served as Director of Partner Solutions team at Global Impact, where she worked with Fortune 500 companies and international non-profits in emerging markets. Jeni holds a global MBA from Hult, as well as a BA from the University of Puget Sound. Jeni currently serves on the board of Mary’s Place and Global Impact UK, and has worked across four continents in international strategic planning.

Abby is responsible for maintaining and onboarding for BoardReady’s growing TalentVault, supporting various research initiatives, assisting with partnership development, and maintaining BoardReady’s digital footprint. Since joining the BoardReady team in 2020, Abby has helped to scale BoardReady’s digital presence and develop strategies to successfully manage the organization’s data. Abby graduated from the University of Washington, Seattle with a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies and minors in Entrepreneurship and Spanish. During her time at UW, she participated in the mentorship program at Microsoft.

A leader in the financial services industry for more than 20 years, Dave Williams has an extensive background across a series of companies ranging from large publicly-traded organizations to small private businesses. Dave is currently the CFO of Columbia Hospitality. Prior to joining Columbia Hospitality, Dave held positions as the CFO of Cascadia Capital and worked as a senior vice president and CFO of various business divisions of Washington Mutual and JP Morgan Chase. He is currently a senior advisor to Vettd and on the Advisory Board for Gourmondo, a leading catering and corporate café company in Seattle. Dave graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Washington, and received his certified public accountant (CPA) license and has held several securities licenses including his Series 7, 24, 27, 65 and 79. He lives in Seattle with his two children and enjoys spending time with his family doing a variety of outdoor activities.

Cathy specializes in sounding board advice to senior leaders across all sectors. Cathy is a Non Executive Director of Rentokil PLC, Spectris PLC and Aldermore PLC. Cathy is also a Trustee of the Gurkha Welfare Trust.

Prior to her plural career, Cathy held several executive committee level roles in banking over a 15 year period at Barclays PLC and Lloyds Banking Group PLC, with particular specialism in HR, Corporate Affairs, Investor Relations and Governance.  Her earlier career was in business performance and change consultancy with several major audit and consultancy firms.

Cathy likes activity and challenge when relaxing - scuba diving, kite surfing, and mountain walking are current favorites.

Sara retired from her career in marketing and communications in 2019, which included deep experience in financial services marketing, change management, communications strategy, and M&I in the Pacific Northwest. She spent nearly 5 years in London as Barclays’ Director of Corporate Affairs both for the UK and Global Retail and Commercial Banking divisions. And her career culminated as BECU’s SVP, Cooperative Affairs. In addition to serving on several boards, she is now applying her experience as a mediator and facilitator to her new interest as an end-of-life doula. In this role she supports people in preparing for a peaceful death. 

Rajalakshmi Subramanian is the co-founder, COO, and VP of Engineering at Pro.com, which offers a technology platform for the home-improvement industry and has been, in recent years, one of the nation’s largest general contractors. Pro.com was recently acquired by Opendoor, a leading digital platform for residential real estate. She was a pioneering member and leader of teams that helped develop Amazon’s online Marketplace and Amazon Web Services (AWS), and she has led teams in Amazon’s Kindle group and at Yahoo Finance. During an interim period, Rajalakshmi returned to her native India to co-found and be CEO of a technology company. 

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