Alice Schroeder

Current public company boards: Natus Medical Inc., Prudential PLC

Prior public company boards: Bank of America Merrill Lynch International, Cetera Financial Group, Quorum Health Corp.

Executive Experience: Alice Schroeder is a former CPA, Wall Street analyst and banker, and portfolio director. She serves on the board of Natus Medical Incorporated, a NASDAQ-listed medical device maker, where she chairs the nominating and corporate governance committee and serves on the audit committee and compliance & quality committee. She serves on the board of Prudential plc, a FTSE 2 company, where she is a member of the risk committee and the audit committee. She has additionally chaired three other audit committees, including NYSE-listed Quorum Health Corporation. She was one of 219’s “Most Influential Directors” by WomenInc. magazine and one of 218’s “Directors to Watch” by Directors & Boards magazine.

As CEO and chair from 214-217 of WebTuner Corp., a Seattle-area hardware and software designer, she executed a turnaround that led to a successful exit when a group of investors led by Icon Technology Consulting formed Showfer Media and acquired its assets in May 217. She remains a major shareholder and consultant to Showfer Media. She originally moved from WebTuner’s board to management at the request of the rest of the board to recapitalize the company after the departure of a founder CEO.

Alice began her career as a CPA and auditor with Ernst & Young and after an 11-year career there, including a stint in the firm’s national office, spent two years as a project manager at the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

Additional information: Alice was named to the 218 list of “Directors to Watch” by Directors & Boards magazine.

She is the author of the #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life, the story of Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. The Snowball was called the “bible of capitalism” by the Washington Post, shortlisted for the Goldman Sachs/Financial Times best business book prize and featured on “best of” lists by numerous publications.

Alice holds an MBA and BBA from the Red McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin and was honored as an exemplary alumna by the School of Business and by the University for the centennial of its post-graduate education program.