The first female CEO of a Fortune 20 company, Carly Fiorina’s rise and fall at Hewlett-Packard was nothing short of spectacular. The first outsider chosen to lead the decades-old technology company, Fiorina, hired in 1999 as a change agent, arrived at the height of the dot-com boom. As part of her efforts to reinvigorate HP’s business, she championed what turned into a difficult merger with Compaq. That ill-timed deal, announced a week before September 11, 2001, was just one factor that contributed to Fiorina’s eventual ouster from HP in 2005.

Rita Foley, Chairman of Pro Mujer, a leading microfinance and women’s development network in Latin America, was named the Not-for-Profit Director of the Year by the NACD.

Although generally known throughout his storied professional life for his work with chief executives, Peter Drucker advised hundreds of boards of diverse organizations around the world, constantly reminding them of the need to stay true to their role as a constructive “adversary of top management.”

David Stockman, a former Congressman, Reagan aide, and auto industry CEO, is getting an education in the white-collar criminal justice system.