![]() Yet, it is another to consider a twenty-first century America that must scale back its labor practices and deregulate to make America competitive once again. It is one thing to lose jobs to Indochina because employers located there can hire 14-year old children and women cheaply, provide no health care, avoid safe workplace standards, hire and fire at will, and face no liability for environmental depredation. Many Americans fear that the global economy will cost them their jobs and purchasing power and that, in turn, will force a reconsideration of American values. She is the author of Fit In Stand Out, subtitled Mastering the FISO Factor: The Key to Leadership Effectiveness in Business and Life (published by McGraw-Hill in 2005). Her bestselling book, Shaking the Globe, subtitled Courageous Decision-Making in a Changing World (published by John Wiley & Sons in 2009) provides entrepreneurs and executives with research and action ideas to overcome obstacles in a competitive and interconnected world. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, which selected her for the Schaffner Award, presented annually to an alumnus who is preeminent in his or her field and who provided outstanding service to Kellogg. ![]() She earned an MBA from Northwestern University’s J.L. Blythe is a certified public accountant (CPA). She has also served as chief administrative officer – Pacific Rim for Sara Lee Corporation where she had responsibility for growing the business through acquisitions, improving the information technology and finance processes, and hiring leaders in the region. as one of only ten female CFOs in the Fortune 500 in 1995 for 5 years until selling the company. She was a pioneering Chief Financial Officer at Hannaford Bros. Prior to leading LIF Group, Blythe served as Chief Financial Officer based in Paris and transformed the global technology capabilities of BIC Group, a French company traded on the Euronext. In 2012, 2010, and 2008, NACD/Directorship selected Blythe as one of the Top 100 “Most Renowned and Influentials” in corporate governance. ![]() named her as a 2018 Most Influential Director. She taught full-time in the accounting and management unit at Harvard Business School (HBS) for two years. She is a financial expert after years as a CFO at public companies and ran LIF Group, offering a global perspective for clients seeking profitable growth. In 2019, Blythe earned the CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight and presented Corporate Governance topics to various audiences, including PCAOB and Board Member conferences. In 2018, she served as a Commissioner for the NACD’s Blue Ribbon Commission initiative focused on adaptive governance: to better assess and respond to complex, difficult-to-identify risks that would have a profound economic, operational, and/or reputational effect. She also served on the board of Travelers and LaFarge NA. She currently chairs one Audit and other committees including Nominating and Governance, Financial Policy, and Finance. ![]() She was the Audit Committee Chair for Accenture for ten years after the company went public, Viacom, and Pepsi Bottling Group. Blythe McGarvie has served on 8 public corporate boards, currently serving as a member of the boards of directors of Apple Hospitality REIT, Sonoco, LKQ and privately-held Wawa. ![]()
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