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Joele Frank is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher. Founded in 2000, the firm has ranked #1 in M&A since 2013 and #1 in shareholder activism defense since 2019. For more than 30 years, Joele has been a trusted advisor to her clients, counseling executive teams and Boards of Directors in managing highly complex and delicate events. Having played a major role in more than 3,000 special situations, Joele understands the impact communications has on corporate reputation and the ability to achieve overall business objectives. While best known for her work in M&A and activism defense, Joele is proud to have built a broad-reaching firm that provides best-in-class support to clients across practice areas, including crisis, restructuring and bankruptcy, litigation, ESG, and investor and public relations. Joele was honored by The M&A Advisor with its 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award and named to its Hall of Fame. Joele has also been named to PRWeek and Inside PR’s Halls of Fame. Joele received an A.B. in chemistry from Mount Holyoke College and an M.B.A. in finance from Long Island University. She is on the Board of Directors of the Paradigm for Parity® coalition, an organization dedicated to addressing the systemic gender and racial gaps in the corporate sector, as well as The Museum at FIT. She is also a member of The Committee of 200 and the Financial Women’s Association.