Corbin Advisors Advances Talent Strategy

FARMINGTON, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 6, 2025--

Corbin Advisors, a strategic consultancy accelerating value realization globally, today announced the appointment of Lisa Simonetti as Senior Vice President, Head of Talent. This strategic leadership addition reinforces Corbin’s ongoing focus on and investment in its people, underscoring the organization’s long-standing commitment to attracting and cultivating the best talent in the industry.

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Ms. Simonetti brings over 20 years of leadership experience, with a proven track record of driving talent strategy, supporting C-suite leaders, and building inclusive, high-performing cultures. At Corbin, she partners with Founder and CEO Rebecca Corbin and the Senior Leadership Team to advance the firm’s human capital strategy, aligning talent initiatives with business priorities to fuel growth and impact.

“We are entering our next level of growth, supported by an intentional and powerful talent management strategy. Lisa’s deep expertise, diverse experience, and service leadership will be instrumental as we continue to expand our team and deepen our bench of high-caliber professionals,” said Rebecca Corbin. “Her strategic mindset, values-based approach, and passion for empowering talent directly align with our vision and will further elevate our people-first, performance-driven culture.”

“I’m thrilled to build on Corbin's strong foundation and help scale a shared work environment where our people thrive, grow, and are inspired to deliver outstanding results,” said Lisa Simonetti. “Corbin’s culture of excellence and people-centric approach is notable. I look forward to collaborating with Rebecca and the Senior Leadership Team to power our company’s strategy, foster an inclusive and engaged culture, and further differentiate us in the market through our industry-leading talent.”

As part of her mandate, Ms. Simonetti oversees all aspects of Corbin’s people operations, including recruitment, career development, performance management, compensation, engagement, and succession planning. She is focused on enhancing the employee experience, nurturing leadership development, and scaling the organization while maintaining Corbin’s unique and purpose-driven culture.

Corbin Advisors has earned a reputation as an employer of choice, recognized for its differentiated value proposition, values-based leadership, and deep commitment to talent enablement. Driven by its North Star of Outperformance Built on Trust ®, Corbin continues to expand, providing team members with opportunities to make their mark in a collaborative, intellectually rigorous, and high-performing environment.

About Corbin Advisors
Since 2007, Corbin Advisors has tracked investor sentiment on a quarterly basis. Access Inside The Buy-Side ® and other research on real-time investor sentiment, IR best practices and case studies at corbinadvisors.com.

Corbin is a leading investor research and investor communications advisory firm accelerating value realization globally. We engage deeply with our clients — companies ranging from pre-IPO to over $700 billion in market cap across all sectors globally — to increase equity market value. We deliver research-based insights and execution excellence through a cultivated and caring team of experts with deep sector and situational experience, a best practice approach, and an outperformance mindset. We have a long track record of delivering successful client outcomes, most notably through rerating and compounding equity valuations through our Voice of Investor ® research and counsel.

Lisa Simonetti, Senior Vice President, Head of Talent

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez is set Thursday to deliver her first state of the union speech, addressing an anxious country as she navigates competing pressures from the United States – which toppled her predecessor less than two weeks ago – and a government loyal to former President Nicolás Maduro.

The speech comes one day after Rodríguez said her government would continue releasing prisoners detained under Maduro in what she described as “a new political moment” since his ouster by the United States earlier this month.

In her address to the National Assembly, which is controlled by the country's ruling party, Rodríguez is expected to explain her vision for her government, including potential changes to the state-owned oil industry that U.S. President Donald Trump has promised to reinvigorate since Maduro’s seizure.

On Thursday, Trump was set to meet at the White House with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, whose political party is widely considered to have won 2024 elections rejected by Maduro. But in endorsing Rodríguez, who served as Maduro’s vice president since 2018, Trump has sidelined Machado.

After acknowledging a Tuesday call with Trump, Rodríguez said on state television that her government would use “every dollar” earned from oil sales to overhaul the nation’s public health care system. Hospitals and other health care facilities across the country have long been crumbling, and patients are asked to provide practically all supplies needed for their care, from syringes to surgical screws.

The acting president must walk a tightrope, balancing pressures from both Washington and top Venezuelan officials who hold sway over Venezuela's security forces and strongly oppose the U.S. Her recent public speeches reflect those tensions — vacillating from conciliatory calls for cooperation with the U.S., to defiant rants echoing the anti-imperialist rhetoric of her toppled predecessor.

American authorities have long railed against a government they describe as a “dictatorship,” while Venezuela’s government has built a powerful populist ethos sharply opposed to U.S. meddling in its affairs.

For the foreseeable future, Rodríguez's government has been effectively relieved of having to hold elections. That's because when Venezuela’s high court granted Rodríguez presidential powers on an acting basis, it cited a provision of the constitution that allows the vice president to take over for a renewable period of 90 days.

Trump enlisted Rodríguez to help secure U.S. control over Venezuela’s oil sales despite sanctioning her for human rights violations during his first term. To ensure she does his bidding, Trump threatened Rodríguez earlier this month with a “situation probably worse than Maduro.”

Maduro, who is being held in a Brooklyn jail, has pleaded not guilty to drug-trafficking charges.

Before Rodríguez’s speech on Thursday, a group of government supporters was allowed into the presidential palace, where they chanted for Maduro, who the government insists remains the country’s president. “Maduro, resist, the people are rising,” they shouted.

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Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez makes a statement to the press at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez, center, smiles flanked by Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, right, and National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez after making a statement to the press at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)