1.031st Annual Stanford Directors' College 2026https://conferences.law.stanford.edu/directorscollege2026jcarianhttps://conferences.law.stanford.edu/directorscollege2026/author/jcarian/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="NNWUAoK9ll"><a href="https://conferences.law.stanford.edu/directorscollege2026/speakers/steve-kelner/">Steve Kelner</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://conferences.law.stanford.edu/directorscollege2026/speakers/steve-kelner/embed/#?secret=NNWUAoK9ll" width="600" height="338" title="“Steve Kelner” — 31st Annual Stanford Directors' College 2026" data-secret="NNWUAoK9ll" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://conferences.law.stanford.edu/directorscollege2026/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://conferences.law.stanford.edu/directorscollege2026/wp-content/uploads/sites/222/2026/05/Ascent-CEO.jpg390393Based in Boston, Steve Kelner is President and Co-Founder of Ascent, where he also oversees leadership assessment and developmental practices. He brings over 30 years of expertise in the nature of top leadership and how to evaluate and develop it, advising global firms, including creating the leadership evaluation process for the two leading executive search […]