Our Team
We are corporate governance lawyers and professionals who provide practical governance solutions to your company and your board. Our experience as board members and our years of in-house legal experience actually doing the work, implementing corporate governance best practices tailored to companies’ and boards’ particular needs coupled with our experience working with a variety of boards as corporate governance consultants sets us apart. We have seen first-hand which board governance practices can be most effective. Our competitive advantage is that we are seasoned governance practitioners and board advisors with a solid track record of working successfully with boards and board members.
Kristina Veaco – Principal
Kristina Veaco believes that sound corporate governance must be practical and tailored to the needs of each company. She founded Veaco Group in recognition of the growing emphasis on corporate governance and the need for expert advisory and support services to boards and senior management. She and her team provide practical corporate governance advisory and support services to public, private and nonprofit entities, including pension funds and their boards. They also specialize in providing independent board evaluations, skills assessments, governance audits, stock administration governance and other governance solutions to improve board effectiveness.
Kristina Veaco believes that sound corporate governance must be practical and tailored to the needs of each company. She founded Veaco Group in recognition of the growing emphasis on corporate governance and the need for expert advisory and support services to boards and senior management. She and her team provide practical corporate governance advisory and support services to public, private and nonprofit entities, including pension funds and their boards. They also specialize in providing independent board evaluations, skills assessments, governance audits, stock administration governance and other governance solutions to improve board effectiveness.
Recent assignments include:
Kris graduated from the University of California, Davis with a B.A. in Political Science/Public Service with highest honors. She was a Regents Scholar and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She received her J.D. from Hastings College of the Law.
Kris works with other experienced governance lawyers to make the right corporate governance resources available for your needs.
- Designed and conducted board evaluation for the board of a public company in the media business
- Recently concluded a governance review for a private employee-owned company
- Designed and conducted board evaluation for a Fortune 500 public company board
- Recently concluded a governance review for a complex nonprofit organization with a 25-person Board of Trustees
- Designed and conducted second board evaluation, including director self-assessments and peer reviews for the board of a Fortune 500 multi-state healthcare public company
- Provides ongoing governance consulting following a governance review and drafting of governance documentation for a public company, previously designed and conducted skills assessment for the board’s succession planning
- Provides ongoing governance consulting and board education for private company board
- Designed and conducted board evaluation and trustee self-assessments for 25-member Board of Trustees for large pension fund
- Conducted board evaluation, including board members self-assessments and peer reviews for CalPERS Board of Administration
Kris graduated from the University of California, Davis with a B.A. in Political Science/Public Service with highest honors. She was a Regents Scholar and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She received her J.D. from Hastings College of the Law.
Kris works with other experienced governance lawyers to make the right corporate governance resources available for your needs.
Cherie Sorokin – Consultant
Cheryl Sorokin consults on board governance issues, with emphasis on nonprofit governance and nonprofit boards. She recently joined the national board of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) and is a member of the Governance Committee. Cherie recently stepped down as a member of the board of the American Conservatory Theater and she continues to advise the board and management on governance matters. She is the current President of Marin Villages, Inc. Past clients include arts and human services organizations, a major bank, several large arts organizations and business and professional organizations and a number of individuals serving on nonprofit boards.
Recent Assignments include:
- Recently concluded a governance review for a private employee-owned company
- Recently concluded a governance review for a complex nonprofit organization with a 25-person Board of Trustees
- Conducted a Skills Assessment for a public company's board succession planning
- Board evaluation including trustee self-assessments for large pension fund board of trustees
- Board evaluation, including board members self-assessments and peer reviews for CalPERS Board of Administration
Cherie is the former Group Executive Vice President and Corporate Secretary of Bank of America, and was the first woman to hold this position at the bank. She is a member of the American Association of University Women, and the Society. She is the former Chair of the Corporate Practices Committee of the Society. She was a member of the national board of the Society from 1991 to 1994 and is the recipient of the Bracebridge Young Award, the Society's highest honor, given for extraordinary contributions to the Society and the governance profession. She is a member of the Advisory Board of the School of the Arts, Humanities and Social Services, Dominican University. She also manages real estate and other investments for the Sorokin Family Trust.
Cherie graduated from Indiana University with a B.A. in Spanish, graduating with highest distinction, and an M.A. in education. She earned her J.D. from Northwestern University Law School where she was a member of the Order of the Coif.