Joyce Brocaglia
Founder, Diversified Search Group / Founder, Alta Associates / Founder & CEO, The Executive Women’s Forum / Founder, BoardSuited
Joyce Brocaglia is a visionary entrepreneur who created both the first executive search firm specializing in cybersecurity and a ground-breaking membership organization that builds women leaders in cybersecurity, risk, and privacy.
Founded in 1986, Alta Associates is known as the most prominent executive search firm specializing in Cybersecurity, Risk Management, and Data Privacy. Alta, ranked one of the top 50 executive search firms in the US, has an unprecedented track record of placing Chief Information Security Officers and building world-class organizations.
Joyce is a fierce advocate for women and has dedicated her career to advancing women leaders in cybersecurity, risk, and privacy. In 2002, Joyce founded the Executive Women’s Forum ( EWF). Today the EWF is the largest member organization serving over 20,000 emerging leaders as well as the most prominent and influential female executives in their field. The EWF has over 90 Corporate Benefactors globally, and their Leadership Academy equips women and men with the self-awareness, resiliency, and skills necessary to compete for leadership roles.
In March of 2022, Alta Associates and the Executive Women’s Forum were acquired by Diversified Search Group, the largest women-led, women-founded executive search firm. Joyce is currently the Global Technology & Cybersecurity Practice Leader and remains the CEO of the EWF. With a mission to increase the pipeline of diverse and qualified board of director members, in 2019 Joyce founded BoardSuited, an online e-learning course that provides professionals with a practical approach to best prepare and position themselves for their first boardroom seat.