Private Company Director’s Directors to Watch 2026 highlights 29 significant and diverse directors who have contributed to and will continue to expand ongoing dialogue on board best practices and corporate governance excellence.
Carol Meyers
DScout, SearchStx, Rewind
Carol Meyers is an independent director with deep experience guiding high-growth, founder-led and private equity- and venture-capital-backed technology companies through scale, governance maturity and strategic shifts. She serves on the boards of Rewind and SearchStax, where she is on the compensation committees, and Dscout. Meyers’ prior board service includes Markforged, where she served on the compensation committee; Crunchr, where she was board chair and member of the compensation committee; Zipwhip, where she was a member of the audit committee; and Hear.com, where she was a member of the audit committee. She also served on the boards of MineralTree and Emarsys.
As a former chief marketing officer and operating leader at Rapid7, LogMeIn, Unica and Shiva, she brings proven expertise in SaaS, go-to-market strategy, IPO readiness, mergers and acquisitions, talent scaling and compensation strategy. Meyers also advises and invests in early-stage AI companies and supports the technology ecosystem through her service as a trustee of MTLC and as a board coach for Deloitte’s Board Ready Women program.
Meyers is a member of Athena Alliance.
Perspective fuels scale. “In closely held technology companies, decisions concentrate among founders and investors. Independent directors widen the perspective, bringing operating experience and governance practices that are essential for scale. Governance excellence requires looking around corners to anticipate strategic, technological and organizational inflection points, especially as AI reshapes industries and accelerates change. Focus on strengthening board-management alignment around strategy, talent and opportunity. When private company boards establish clarity on decision-making and oversight early, they create the conditions for growth. The most effective boards balance healthy challenge with partnership, helping leadership navigate complexity and prepare for scale and disruption.”