Larraine Segil

Larraine is a seasoned senior executive with general management experience, and a world renowned level of expertise in the creation, implementation, and management of complex business alliances in multiple industries including healthcare, technology, consumer products, manufacturing, aerospace, financial services, and more. She has startup and turnaround experience, and a strong track record for speedy and innovative problem solving, enabling buy-in for complex change management, and cultural change.

Ms. Segil is a member of the Board of Frontier Communications (NYSE: FTR), a Fortune 300 company where she sits on Nominating and Governance, Compensation and Audit Committees. She is partner emeritus and was formerly owner and director of Vantage Partners, a privately held consulting firm with expertise in building competency in both internal and external relationship management which acquired her firm, The Lared Group in 2003. Vantage Partners evolved out of the Harvard Project on Negotiation. Its partner/directors have authored many books including Getting to Yes and Difficult Conversations. Segil has served Global 100 and Fortune 500 companies assisting them to create and manage their critical business relationships with suppliers, customers, alliances, joint ventures, or channel partners.

Ms. Segil is a senior research fellow at the IC2 Institute at the University of Texas, Austin as well as on the entrepreneurs board for the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Larraine sits on the advisory board of Edgecast, a content delivery network company. She sat on the board of the Los Angeles Regional Technology Alliances representing 35,000 Southern California early stage technology companies for 16 years, and has been recognized by the Financial Times Knowledge Dialogue Groupand the Corporate Strategy Boardas a thought leader in alliances. Ms. Segil has served on the governing board and now on the foundation board of the Committee of 200, a global nonprofit group of women CEOs and on the board of governors of Cedars Sinai Medical Center. For the past 24 years she has taught executive education at the California Institute of Technology,, where she has presented a two day program on global alliances. She is an adjunct assistant professor of law at Southwestern Law School, Los Angeles on the topic of the business of strategic alliances. In January 2009 she was appointed to the UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/World Health Organization Tropical Diseases Special Advisory Group on Alliances in Geneva, Switzerland. She serves on the board of the National Association of Corporate Directors Southern California section.

Born in South Africa, Ms. Segil immigrated to the USA in 1974. She was previously CEO of an advanced materials company providing products and services to aerospace and electronics manufacturers worldwide. Ms. Segil co-founded a California thrift and loan company as well as a series of free standing ambulatory care clinics providing medical services, and previously practiced international corporate law.

Ms. Segil is a regular commentator for CNN and CNBC and presents keynotes on domestic and global alliances, mergers, and critical customer supplier, channel, and outsourcing relationships. Ms. Segil is the author of numerous books, including: Intelligent Business Alliances, Fast Alliances: Power Your E-Business, Dynamic Leader, Adaptive Organization: Ten Essential Traits for Managers, and Partnering –The New Face of Leadership. Her latest book, Measuring the Value of Partnering, is the first on alliance metrics. She authored a novel, Belonging, published by Penguin Books and is presently running a family-held, small agricultural holding company, Little Farm Company, and has written two e-cookbooks. Ms. Segil is also a composer of music and lyrics and has two children’s CDs and a CD of adult songs launching 2011 under the label ROCKIN’ GRANDMA.

Larraine has created two endowment funds for scholarships for women managers in strategic alliances – one at the joint JDMBA program at the Peter Drucker School of Management and Southwestern School of Law, and the other for Pepperdine Business School Presidential Key Executive MBA Program. Ms. Segil holds BA Honors in Latin and Classics, JD and MBA degrees. She is a member of Hillcrest Country Club and The Jonathan Club, Los Angeles.