The Ethics Experts

In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Avril Ussery Sisk. Avril Ussery Sisk, NACD.DC, serves as Chair of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Capital Area Chapter Advisory Board, and is on the Advisory Boards of MABLE Software and Athena Alliance. She recently served on the board of a privately held information technology company where she supported strategic public-private partnerships and the government relations strategy to drive significant revenue and ultimately a transaction. An attorney with more than 30 years of professional and community leadership, Avril has a strong record of innovation in large and mid-size government, business, and nonprofit organizations as well as consulting experience in both Japan and the United States. https://www.linkedin.com/in/avril-ussery-sisk/

In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Karin Hurt and David Dye. Karin inspires courage confidence, and innovation. A former Verizon Wireless executive, she’s known for growing courageous leaders, building great cultures, and inspiring high-performance teams. David helps leaders and teams achieve transformational results without sacrificing their humanity. As a former executive and elected official, he is known for practical leadership techniques you can use right away. While they were reading and supporting one another's work, they met online. After a while, they realized they were writing the same book, so they decided to collaborate. They wrote their first book, Winning Well: A Manager’s Guide to Getting Results Without Losing Your Soul, while David was living in Colorado and Karin was in Maryland. Soon after the book was complete, they realized we had fallen in love somewhere along the way and they got married and merged their businesses. Now they help human-centered leaders (like you) resolve workplace ambiguity and chaos so that you can drive innovation, productivity, and revenue without burning out employees. At Let’s Grow Leaders, our leadership development programs and proven, researched-based techniques create sustained transformation. They equip your leaders with practical tools to cultivate lasting habits and build strong, cohesive, courageous cultures. Learn more about Karin and David and Let's Grow Leaders here: https://letsgrowleaders.com/ Karin's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karin-hurt/ David's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmdye

In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick and Gio welcome Andrew McBride. Andrew McBride is the CEO of Integrity Bridge LLC, a consulting practice offering strategic & operational compliance support for companies. Andrew has over 25 years of compliance experience, at an international law firm and several multinational companies in the Americas, Europe and Australasia. In his most recent role as Chief Risk & Compliance Officer at Albemarle Corporation, he built a new ethics and compliance program, and recruited a new team, against the backdrop of an FCPA investigation. The investigation was resolved by way of a Non-Prosecution Agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice and Cease & Desist Order with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. As part of the resolution, Albemarle secured a 45% reduction in penalty due to its co-operation with the investigation and the compliance program that was built, the largest FCPA % penalty reduction to date. In recognition of these efforts Albemarle was awarded Compliance Program of the Year by Compliance Week in May 2024. In parallel to the FCPA investigation and business ethics efforts, Andrew played a key role supporting Albemarle’s commitment to sustainability including UN Global Compact membership, management of the company’s human rights framework and support for the company’s successful efforts to achieve certification against the Initiative of Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA)’s Mining Standard. Prior to Albemarle, Andrew was Associate General Counsel Compliance at BHP, Senior Antitrust Counsel at BP and Managing Associate at Linklaters. Andrew is admitted to practice law in England, Western Australia & California. He is also a Certified Fraud Examiner.

In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Kimberly Strong. Kimberly Strong is vice president, Chief Ethics & Compliance officer for Con Edison, a regulated utility providing electric, gas and steam service in New York. Since joining the company in 2012, Ms. Strong has been responsible for all aspects of the company’s business ethics and compliance program. She uses her years of experience as a trial attorney and advice lawyer on employment and labor issues by working with corporate leadership and employees to meet the company's commitment to integrity and accountability. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberlystrong/

In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Vera Cherepanova. Vera is an award-winning ethics and compliance expert who writes and speaks about business ethics, workplace culture, behavioral compliance, risk, and governance. She is the Executive Director of Boards of the Future, a non-profit that works with corporate boards globally and advocates for more people with ethics and compliance backgrounds on boards. Vera is the author of Corporate Compliance Program, the first-ever book on compliance in the Russian language, and a co-author of The Transnationalization of Anti-Corruption Law, as well as hundreds of articles on all aspects of ethics, compliance, and governance. http://www.veracherepanova.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/follow-vera-cherepanova/

In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Laura Sauber. Laura Sauber is the CEO of Sauber Consulting, a firm dedicated to helping healthcare organizations build cultures where ethics and compliance risks are proactively prevented, identified, and resolved—ensuring they do not impede the organization’s strategic objectives. Laura is recognized not only as a strategic compliance leader but also for her strong business acumen, innovative approach, and collaborative leadership style. Passionate about driving organizational integrity and performance, Laura excels at advising leaders and cross-functional teams on effectively navigating the complex federal and state regulatory landscape, improving, and sustaining organizational performance. https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-sauber/

In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Dr. Bettina Palazzo. Bettina’s fascination with business ethics began in the early 90s, and once she realized how rich and exciting the field was, she never looked back. She suffered through the cumbersome but rewarding effort of getting her head around the philosophical and economical foundations of business ethics, won a prize for her PhD. thesis and rode off into the sunset to join KPMG. There she helped to build their business ethics consulting services. Tough pioneer work at that time! In 2003 she started her own ethics advisory. Along the way, she’s learned that you can’t squeeze ethics into checklists, and that unethical companies make for unhappy people. Bettina received the "Compliance Influencer of the Year 2024" award from the International Compliance Association, a recognition of her passion for turning ethics and compliance into something everyone wants to be a part of. Whether through her blogposts, LinkedIn, or her online community – the Compliance Cappuccino Club, she brings fresh, relatable insights to the compliance community. Fun fact: she met her husband, Guido Palazzo, at a business ethics conference—proof that ethics really is her love story! http://www.bettinapalazzo.com/

In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Leslie V. Boles, BA, CCS, CPC, CPMA, CHC, CPC-I, CRC. Leslie Boles is the Co-Owner & President of Revu Healthcare, with over 16 years of experience in healthcare coding, auditing, and compliance. She holds various credentials and has served in leadership roles, including on the Board of Directors at Engage NC and as Co-Chairman of the Board at Grateful Heart Church in Cary, NC. Previously, she was the Senior Director of Compliance & Audit at Waud Capital Partners, overseeing compliance programs for portfolio companies. https://www.linkedin.com/in/leslie-boles-ba-ccs-cpc-cpma-chc-cpc-i-crc-69442246/

Sarah Cole is a solicitor and accredited life coach who has worked with CEOs and Executives for nearly 30 years with a specialism in the ethics and compliance space. After a career practicing law in corporate, commercial, banking and finance and property litigation fields she was in a life changing, serious car accident that changed the trajectory of her professional and personal life. Across her career, she has navigated ethical dilemmas and has 'walked the talk', she saw time and time again how tough and lonely it is at the top and founded Cole Forums, a peer support network. She is passionate in the power of trust and authentic connection that peer support groups bring. Her community of CEOs, GC’s, CECOs and C Suite leaders share experiences and insights providing safe spaces and intelligent networks to navigate the complexities of leadership and business but also to support leaders with their personal and family lives. www.coleforums.com www.integrityfirstcoaching.com