ELC Class of 2023 Bio Book

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THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL PRESENTS:

Class of 2023

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Executive Leadership Council

J. Ofori Agboka

VICE PRESIDENT, PEOPLE EXPERIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, GLOBAL OPERATIONS, AMAZON RETAIL, LLC

J. Ofori Agboka is the Vice President of People eXperience and Technology (PXT) for Global Operations at Amazon. In this role, he is responsible for the worldwide Human Resource (HR) initiatives and goals for Customer Service, Fulfillment, Transportation, Delivery, Employee Relations (ER), Health& Safety, Robotics and additional supporting operations teams globally, leading a team of 8300 + HR, HR Tech ER professionals. He joined Amazon in April of 2020.

Prior to joining Amazon, Ofori gained nearly 24 years of Human Resources, Labor Relations, Corporate and Operations experience in the automotive industry working for General Motors (GM). In his last role at GM, he was the Executive Director of Human Resources of Global Corporate Staffs; partnering with Finance, IT, Legal, Public Policy and Communications. He began his career in GM in 1996 as an intern in their manufacturing Full Size Truck Division. He advanced in leadership positions in Manufacturing, Labor Relations and HR across multiple US sites and countries rising to roles such as HR Manager for GM China and GM International Operations in Shanghai, China; HR Director roles leading HR for GM Global Design, Chevrolet and Cadillac Europe in Zurich, Switzerland; U.S. Sales, Service and Marketing; and North American Manufacturing and Operations. Prior to his last role at GM, Ofori was the HR Executive Director for North America, Middle East and North Africa.

He has a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Louisiana State University and completed the GM Transformational Leadership Program from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Ofori was recognized by the NCAA for his life “After the Game”, was awarded “2016 Rising Star” by Automotive News, awarded 2018 Michigan Chronicle – “Man of Excellence”; awarded “2018 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America” by SAVOY Magazine. Ofori also serves on the Louisiana State University Alumni Board of Directors; the Advisory Board of the Doug Williams Center for the Study of Race & Politics in Sports; and was recently appointed to the Board of Directors of Big Brothers Big Sisters – Puget Sound of Seattle, Washington.

He was born in Lansing, Michigan and currently resides in Carnation, WA., with his wife of 22 years, El’Freda (Cole) Agboka and three children (J. Omari 19, Amaya 16 and Amira 11).

Ofori is a member of Sigma Pi Phi and Omega Psi Phi, Fraternity, Inc.

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Tameka Alsop

Tameka Alsop is Chief Administrative Officer at Moody’s Corporation and a member of the Executive Leadership Team. In this role, Ms. Alsop leads a range of strategic and operational initiatives that are vital to the company’s success. This includes leadership of the company’s global enterprise technology team.

Ms. Alsop has more than 20 years of experience helping drive positive change and business results at Moody’s. Previously, Ms. Alsop was Managing Director, Head of US Financial Institutions Relationship Management at Moody’s Investors Service, where she built customer relationships with institutions to grow coverage and revenue, as well as expanded relationships with existing issuers and intermediaries. She also held various leadership positions across the organization including roles in Business Process Management and Ratings Operations, Investor Relations, Structured Finance Surveillance, Public Finance, Business Planning and Revenue Accounting.

Ms. Alsop currently serves on the Trident American Dreams Advisory Board, she is a founding member of the Women’s Business Resource Group at Moody’s, and she’s the current global executive sponsor for Moody’s Veterans Business Resource Group. She is also a key contributor to various diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at the company – this includes serving as executive sponsor for Moody’s CORE (Creating Opportunities for Racial Equity) initiative.

Ms. Alsop holds a B.A. from Pennsylvania State University and is a certified project management professional.

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Kelly Baker

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER, THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR

Kelly is currently the Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer for Thrivent Financial, a Fortune 500 financial services company (ranking in the 300’s consistently) that uses its expertise to help people achieve financial clarity and live lives full of meaning and gratitude. The company offers financial advice, insurance, investments, banking, and generosity programs. Kelly leads all talent, culture and organizational effectiveness priorities across the company and is focused on embedding strong talent management & succession practices into the organization, as well as helping to transform the company to a digitally enabled, advice-driven company focused on growth. Prior to joining Thrivent, Kelly was the Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer at Pentair, a global water company and manufacturer of pool, pumping and water filtration equipment. Kelly served in this role for nearly four years and led significant organization effectiveness initiatives focused on driving growth across Pentair’s strategic priorities and introduced robust leadership development. Prior to Pentair, Kelly was the Chief Human Resources officer at Patterson Companies. Kelly led a significant amount of change while at Patterson, including a CEO transition, assisting in the recruiting and on boarding of the new CEO.

Kelly’s career in Human Resources started at General Mills in 1995, when she joined the company after completing her MBA from University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. During her time at General Mills, Kelly led Human Resources across several businesses. Her last role at General Mills was leading Human Resources for the $10B US segment, where she partnered with the COO to re-design the organization to drive a more agile and focused organization to deliver on the growth priorities of the company. One of the most significant experiences during her twenty years at General Mills was leading Global Diversity & Inclusion, where she was able to strengthen the representation of women and minorities in company leadership, as well as drive significant gains across Supplier Diversity.

Kelly is also a member of the Board of Directors for Ferguson PLC (NYSE: FERG), a $23B valueadded distributor of plumbing and heating products, where she serves on the Remuneration Committee and the Nominations Committee. Kelly is currently a member of the Board of Directors for Children’s Theater Company and a member of the Board of Trustees for The Blake School. Kelly is also the Treasurer for the Minneapolis-St. Paul Chapter of The Links, Incorporated and a charter member of the City of Lakes Chapter of Jack & Jill, Incorporated.

Kelly lives in a Minneapolis, Minnesota suburb with her husband, John and son, Kristian (16) with frequent visits from her two grown children, John Jr (30) and Sarina (29).

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Robert Befidi

PRESIDENT, SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION SCIENCES DIVISION,

Currently, Robert is President of the Separation and Purification Sciences Division at 3M: a global filtration technology leader with sales to B2B and B2C customers. In this role, he led the division’s growth from $790 million to almost $1 billion in sales within 24 months. Prior to that, he led the global commercial go-to-market transformation for the Medical Solution Division, a $4.5 billion business that resulted from the internal merger of two divisions at 3M. Prior to that, he held several senior executive roles in the 3M Health Care Business Group, including leading Strategy, M&A, Data Security & Compliance, and Marketing Transformation for the $7 billion business group. He started his career at 3M as the leader of Strategic Business Development focused on inorganic growth for the Health Information Systems Division, driving transformational partnerships in a macro environment marked by the accelerated digitization of medical records across health systems in the US.

Prior to 3M, Robert worked in private equity, consulting, and investment banking research at Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). He co-founded Gordian Capital, a private equity company where he led capital raising, deal origination, industry research, transaction structuring, and portfolio management. The fund was successfully raised within 6 months and evaluated ~1,000 deals in 18 months. While at Gordian, he served as Chief Executive Officer of a portfolio company specializing in providing HR business outsourcing services.

He started his career in software engineering, working in research for IBM at Winona State University, and at State Farm Insurance. He then worked in consulting, helping FORTUNE 50 customers transform their businesses and adopt emerging internet and web technologies. As a software expert, he joined UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) and led the technology function that built the payment integrity business of Ingenix (now OPTUM).

Robert serves on the board of the Regions Hospital Foundation. He previously served on the board of the Minnesota Children’s Museum and was a trustee of the Winona State University Foundation.

He holds an MBA with Honors from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, an M.S. in Software Engineering from the University of Minnesota and a B.S. in Computer Science, summa cum laude, from Winona State University.

Robert lives in Minnesota and enjoys travelling around the world with his wife and three kids.

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Irvin Bishop, Jr.

Irvin Bishop, Jr. is an accomplished thought leader with a unique blend of technology and marketing expertise. He is currently serving as Executive Vice President (EVP) and Global Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Black & Veatch, an engineering company focusing on critical human infrastructure. Irvin is effective as an entrepreneur in both start-up and fortune 50 corporate environments and is equally comfortable with technology and data as well as marketing strategy and consumer insights. He believes that the separation of marketing and technology is a thing of the past and that the most effective leaders must be bilingual across both.

Irvin is an expert in digital transformation, digital optimization, digital marketing, loyalty marketing, and delivering omnichannel platforms and solutions. He has delivered award-winning solutions for The Coca-Cola Company such as FIFA World Cup, Olympics, Super Bowl, and many others. Throughout his career, he has been an early adopter of technology and platforms to reach both businesses and consumers. He is a strong team builder and internal change champion with a demonstrated history of driving innovation inside big companies through introducing disruptive ideas, building strategic relationships, sharing “test and learn” results, and leveraging leadership skills. He is also dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion inside and outside of the firm and strives to “walk the talk” by the shadow he cast in his daily life activities. He is passionate about creating great teams through a focus on individual development and growth, open communication, leading by example, sharing a common vision, and having fun.

Irvin is active in professional organizations, a public speaker, and an author. He is a member of Forbes Magazine Technology Council, KansasCityCIO Advisory Board, Kansas City Technology Council, and numerous other professional organizations. He is also a frequent content contributor to Forbes Magazine, The Enterpriser Project, and CIO.com.

Irvin holds a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Computer Science from Alabama A&M University, a Master’s Certification in Project Management from George Washington University, and a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Marketing, as well as a Master’s Certification in Brand and Consumer Management from Georgia State University.

He is the proud husband of a loving wife of 22 years, Pamela, and a doting father of his 18-year-old son, IB3- Irvin Bishop III.

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Christopher P. Boone, PhD

VICE PRESIDENT, GLOBAL HEAD OF HEALTH ECONOMICS AND OUTCOMES RESEARCH, ABBVIE INC.

Christopher P. Boone, PhD serves as the Vice President, Global Head of Health Economics and Outcomes Research at Abbvie. He is also an adjunct assistant professor of health administration at the New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, an active board member of several influential organizations, and a co-founder of a few start-up companies. Prior to AbbVie, he served in two different roles at Pfizer: (1) the Vice President and Head of Global Medical Epidemiology and Big Data Analysis, and (2) the Vice President and Global Head of Real-World Data and Analytics.

Chris has been recognized as a Top Diverse Leaders by the Illinois Diversity and Leadership Council (2021), a Global Top 100 Innovator in Data & Analytics (2020, 2019), an Emerging Pharma Leader by Pharmaceutical Executive (2018), and a Top 40 Under 40 Leader in Minority Health (2017) by the National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF). Chris holds appointments to some of the most influential national committees focused on health data and patient centricity, including the Board of Directors for Global Medical Response, the Board of Directors for the Stewards of Change Institute, the Advisory Board of Mango Sciences, the Advisory Board of TrialBee, and the American Heart Association’s Clinical Studies Expert Panel.

Chris has served on other committees over his career, including the Executive Board of Directors for the Patient Advocate Foundation, the Executive Board of Directors for the National Patient Advocate Foundation, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Federal Health IT Policy Committee, the HHS National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) Working Group on HHS Data Access and Use, the advisory group for American Society of Clinical Oncologists’ (ASCO) CancerLinQ, the Board of Directors for SHARE for Cures, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Data Across Sectors for Health (DASH) Initiative, and the Interoperability Committee for the National Quality Forum.

Chris earned a B.S. in Management Information Systems from the University of Tulsa, a M.S. in Healthcare Administration from the University of Texas at Arlington, a Ph.D. In Public Affairs & Health Policy from the University of Texas at Dallas, and two executive certificates from the Harvard Kennedy School. He is a Fellow of the American College of Health Executives and a Fellow of the Healthcare Information Management & Systems Society.

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Rosalind Brewer

Rosalind (Roz) Brewer joined Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. as Chief Executive Officer in March 2021. She also is a Director on WBA’s Board. Ms. Brewer most recently served as Chief Operating Officer and Group President at Starbucks from October 2017 to January 2021. Prior to Starbucks, she served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Sam’s Club, a membership-only retail warehouse club and division of Walmart, Inc., from February 2012 to February 2017. Ms. Brewer previously held several executive leadership positions with Walmart beginning in 2006.

Prior to joining Walmart, she served as President of Global Nonwovens Division for Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a global health and hygiene products company, from 2004 to 2006, and held various management positions at Kimberly-Clark beginning in 1984.

She currently serves as the Chairperson of the board of trustees for Spelman College, where she did her undergraduate work. Ms. Brewer also is a Board Member of VillageMD, World Business Chicago, Business Roundtable and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African-American History and Culture. Ms. Brewer formerly served on the board of directors for Starbucks, Amazon, Lockheed Martin Corporation and Molson Coors Brewing Company. She is currently ranked #7 on Fortune’s 50 Most Powerful Women in Business and was named one of the 25 most influential women by the Financial Times in 2021.

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Cole Brown

CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER, AMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP, INC.

Cole Brown is American’s Chief People Officer. In this role, she leads all aspects of the airline’s People organization, including the teams supporting Global Talent and Recruitment, Benefits, Global Compensation, People Operations, and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Cole most recently served as Vice President, Human Resources for Amazon’s Devices & Services, Corporate & Business Development, and Advertising & Entertainment business segments. Prior to this role, she was Amazon’s Vice President of Human Resources for North America Customer Fulfillment. In these roles, she served as each business’s chief human resources officer with responsibility for all aspects of human resources, including recruiting, organizational design, training and development, diversity and inclusion, and employee relations.

Prior to Amazon, Cole served as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for Conifer Health Solutions. Her experience also includes serving as Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Walmart U.S. Stores Operations, the company’s largest business segment. Before that, she served as Chief Diversity Officer for Walmart, Inc. Prior to joining Walmart in its Legal Department, Cole practiced as an attorney specializing in employment law and administrative regulations with Bashen Consulting, Wickliff & Hall, P.C. and Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson, L.L.P.

Cole holds both a bachelor’s degree and a Juris Doctor from Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

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Joy Brown

BOARD DIRECTOR, TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY, HURON CONSULTING

Joy Brown is a technology executive with a successful track record guiding Fortune 100 global organizations through innovative digital transformation in a world where data and AI are key drivers of achieving B2B and B2C growth. Delivering value to consumers, achieving key business results, increasing shareholder value, establishing consumer focused 360 degree leading edge capabilities and attaining corporate performance objectives.

Most recently, Joy was the Chief Data Officer for Verizon Media where she transformed the ecosystem from legacy to consumer 1st. Guiding strategy design, and implementation of the enterprise technology platforms, digital platforms and data ecosystem transformation. Resulting in an integrated ecosystem, with enterprise Machine Learning and AI. Driving growth of the advertising, e-commerce, digital display, AVOD, TVOD, SVOD, DOOH, CTV and media platform businesses. She partnered with the leadership team on divestiture activities. She and her team provided engineering and data science expertise to global partnerships, leveraging 5G and augmented reality and virtual reality(ex. NFL & Verizon). Paving the way for NFT, Crypto, Web3 and Metaverse solutions.

Previously, Joy led Capital One’s credit card Global Data, Analytics and Machine Learning function helping the company make better credit decisions, optimize operations and increase customer engagement. Earlier in her career, she spent time at UnitedHealth Group, Vanguard, and had her formative experiences at General Electric.

Joy has both public and private board of director experience. She is a member of the board at Tractor Supply where she serves on the audit committee. Tractor Supply is a $10B retailer with nearly 2,000 stores which operate primarily in rural areas of the country. Joy is also a member of the board of directors at the Peter Paul Development Center in Richmond, VA. She is an active member of the Greycroft Venture Capital Technology Council.

Joy has an undergraduate degree in Information Systems and Data Engineering from Virginia Commonwealth University and an MBA from Saint Joseph’s University. She resides in Northern Virginia with her family.

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Rodney Clark

Rodney Clark is the Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer for Johnson Controls. Johnson Controls is a $25B company focused on healthy buildings, sustainability and energy conservation. In his role Rodney is responsible for the company wide commercial strategy and sales engagement with customers and partners.

Prior to Johnson Controls, Rodney spent 24 years at Microsoft in a number of executive positions including; Corporate Vice President of Global Partner Solutions (managing 400K organizations that drove 95% of Microsoft’s commercial revenue), Corporate Vice President of IoT and Mixed Reality, Vice President of IoT, General Manager of the Samsung Alliance, General Manager of Operations for the Worldwide Small, Mid-Market Solutions and Partner Team, General Manager and Global Business Leader for the Worldwide Public Sector, General Manager of Microsoft Across America (a Technical Sales and Marketing Evangelism organization) and Director, OEM and HW Partnerships.

Prior to Microsoft, Rodney spent nine years with IBM in sales, marketing, and management capacities.

Outside of work, Rodney is an ardent community advocate, giving back to Seattle-area non-profits including Seattle Children’s Museum, also serving on the board of trustees for Middlesex School, as an advisor to the Craig School of Business, CSU-Fresno and on the corporate board of directors for Entegris, Inc.

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Nikki leads UPS’s global philanthropy, social impact and international community affairs. She oversees the company’s efforts to respond to the world’s most pressing social, humanitarian and environmental needs.

Nikki is spearheading a strategic refresh of The UPS Foundation to align the company’s philanthropic strategy more closely with UPS’s strengths and priorities. Under her leadership, The Foundation has advanced the in-kind distribution of COVID- 19 vaccines and cold chain freezers to underserved countries. This humanitarian initiative leverages UPS’s airline, drone and ground network to increase UPS’s brand identity and relevance while saving lives.

Nikki joined UPS in 2003 as Labor & Employment counsel. She served on the UPS/IBT National Negotiating Committee and developed the UPS Labor Negotiations School. Most recently, Nikki served as Vice President, Public Affairs, leading workforce policy and legislative advocacy with members of congress and states’ attorneys general.

Nikki has been instrumental in the company’s response to human rights and social justice issues, including UPS’s anti-human trafficking awareness and education campaign. Her Ted Talk, “3 Ways Businesses Can Fight Sex Trafficking” has garnered more than 1.5 million views.

Prior to UPS, Nikki practiced law at Delta Air Lines and Alston & Bird LLP in Atlanta.

Nikki serves on the Board of Directors for both the Girl Scouts Nations Capitol and Points of Light. She was appointed to the Department of Transportation Advisory Committee on Human Trafficking and serves on the Advisory Board for the CARE Global Network Leaders. She is an alumna of Leadership Atlanta and was inducted into the inaugural class of National 4-H Luminaries in 2017.

Nikki earned her bachelor’s degree magna cum laude in communications from Howard University and her J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law. She and her husband have four children and a Goldendoodle.

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Tia Counts

CHIEF RESPONSIBILITY AND CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER, MSCI INC.

Integrity. Accountability. Excellence. Those core values are the foundation of Tia’s DEI practice and personal ethos. As Chief Diversity Officer for MSCI Inc., a role she started in 2021, Tia operates across MSCI to align DEI goals with business outcomes. She combines her financial acumen with knowledge of the highly varied regulations and governance rules (e.g., in the UK and EU) necessary to create and scale the processes and operations that support MSCI’s global business objectives.

Prior to joining MSCI, Tia worked for J.P. Morgan in London for nine years, leading DEI efforts for the Asset & Wealth Management business; and developing and driving a strategy for Black talent as Head of Advancing Black Pathways for the Corporate & Investment Bank business globally, and for all businesses in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. She held a variety of senior roles as a lawyer and revenue producer specializing in derivatives, including structured credit, foreign exchange, rates and equities at Morgan Stanley in New York and London. Her career began in 1997 as a corporate finance attorney specializing in debt capital markets (for Latin American companies) and derivatives at Clifford Chance, a “magic circle” law firm headquartered in London.

Tia earned her Juris Doctor from Columbia University Law School and her B.A. in Sociology and Spanish from the University of California at Berkeley. Originally from Los Angeles, Tia resides in Clapham, London.

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Mark Crawford

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, LEGAL PEOPLE & CULTURE AND, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GLOBAL DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION, BP

Mark has practiced labor and employment law exclusively for more than twenty-five (25) years. Over his nearly 20 year career with bp, he has worked in the US and the UK and has provided legal support to BP’s operations in the Americas and across the world. He currently holds multiple senior roles with the company: (i) senior vice president for legal for people and culture (HR), and (ii) senior vice president for diversity and inclusion.

As the svp for legal p&c, Mark leads a global team of attorneys and support staff who provide labor, employment, and employee benefits support to bp’s global operations. The team has responsibility for employment-related litigation, legal support for employee investigations and providing labor and employment legal advice on the full range of labor and employment legal issues, including the management of employee grievances, M&A activity, and employee discipline. In this role, Mark is a member of the leadership team for the legal department and reports directly to the Group General Counsel. He oversees staff in the US, UK, AsPac and continental Europe.

Mark is also the most senior member of bp’s legal department in the US, with responsibility for administrative oversight of the in-country legal function. He regularly provides legal advice to the senior leadership of bp america including the president of BP’s US operations.

Lastly, in his role as svp for diversity, equity and inclusion, Mark leads bp’s global de&i team and is responsible for developing and implementing bp’s de&i strategy across the company. As the head of DEI, Mark reports to the evp for people and culture and is a member of the people and culture leadership team.

Mark previously led the Global Employee Relations and Industrial Relations team in the Human Resources function, where he had responsibility for leading a team of investigators who managed the HR and people-related investigations for bp’s global operations. He also had responsibility for bp’s strategy for managing the company’s relationship with trade unions globally, including the provision of advice and support for union negotations.

Mark is a native of Louisiana. He is a 1991 graduate of Grambling State University with a BA in History and a 1995 graduate of the Southern Univeristy Law Center, where he was inducted into the SULC Hall of Fame in 2015. He is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.

Mark resides in Houston with his wife and two sons.

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In October 2016, Rhonda Crichlow was appointed Senior Vice President, Chief Diversity Officer for Charter Communications, a leading broadband connectivity company and cable operator offering a full range of residential and business services including Spectrum Internet®, TV, Mobile and Voice to more than 31 million customers in 41 states through its Spectrum brand. As Charter’s first Chief Diversity Officer and a member of the executive leadership team, Rhonda is responsible for the development and management of Charter’s diversity and inclusion strategy supporting 95,000+ employees. In 2019, Rhonda’s portfolio was expanded to include leadership of Charter’s Community Impact function, which encompasses the company’s strategic philanthropic investments and employee volunteerism initiatives. She also plays a critical role in the company’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy as a member of the ESG Operating and Executive Committees.

Prior to working with Charter, Rhonda served as a member of the Innovative Medicines Executive Committee for Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NPC), where she was the Vice President and Head, US Diversity & Inclusion, and President of the Novartis US Foundation. Under her leadership, NPC was recognized by DiversityInc as the leading company for Diversity & Inclusion in 2014 and 2015, the only company to achieve this distinction consecutively since the recognition’s inception in 2001. Rhonda joined the company in 2006 as the Executive Director of Philanthropy & Community Development.

Rhonda is an attorney admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania and Washington DC. She began her career as a federal judicial law clerk for the Honorable Ronald L. Buckwalter in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

She received her undergraduate degree from The George Washington University, a Master of Public Policy from Duke University, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia Law School.

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CHIEF

Claudia Curtis joined Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) in March 2004 as Counsel and now serves as its Chief Counsel, Employment and Privacy, and a member of the Law Group’s Leadership Team. Claudia leads a bicoastal team of employment attorneys and legal professionals in partnering with Human Resources and senior management in the design, strategic direction, implementation and management of employment and labor matters worldwide. In 2019, she assumed responsibility for the Legal Operations arm of the Law Group. In that capacity, she leads the strategy for driving greater efficiencies within the legal department and advises on data and billing management, internships, pro bono partnerships and a wide range of departmental projects. In November 2021, she assumed responsibility for the Privacy Office, managing a global team of legal professionals in guiding BD’s data privacy strategy. For the past three years, Claudia has served as a member of BD’s Crisis Management Team, guiding the Company’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. She also served as a member of BD’s Global Inclusion Council, helping design and champion the Company’s Inclusion, Diversity and Equity (ID&E) initiatives, provide guidance on corporate goals, and lead local ID&E planning within the Law Group.

Prior to joining BD, Claudia worked as an Associate at Proskauer Rose LLP in New York, NY, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP in Stamford, CT and Benetar Bernstein Schair & Stein in New York, NY. Early in her career, she served as Executive Director for a non-profit organization in Harlem, New York where she focused on after-school programming for at risk youth.

Last month, Claudia completed her term of service as National Vice President for Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated. Claudia also recently completed seven years of service on the Board of Directors for the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science, including two years as Board Chair. Her work with the museum supported the non-profit’s mission to create a place of lifelong learning where people of all ages can embrace science as a way of knowing about themselves, their community, and their world.

Claudia received her JD from Harvard Law School and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University. She is currently pursuing an LLM degree in Corporate Compliance at Fordham Law School. A native of Bronx, New York, she now resides in Durham, North Carolina with her husband Rashid, their daughters Kaela, Arielle and Sophia, and their boisterous puppy Leo, with her parents and mother-in law just a few minutes away. In her free time, she enjoys running and loves to travel with her family.

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Ebony David

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, HUMAN RESOURCES, QUEST DIAGNOSTICS

Ebony David has spent her entire career in the Human Resources Function in multiple organizations & industries. Ebony’s experiences are primarily in HR Business Partnership, Talent Acquisition & Talent Management and most recently Inclusion & Diversity. As the Executive Director of Human Resources, Ebony is a strategic business partner to the SVP of Advanced & General Clinical Solutions, VP/GM of our Consumer Initiated Testing Business & also leads our Inclusion & Diversity & Corporate Responsibility teams. Her focus is to translate the business strategy and organizational needs into an achievable HR strategy. That HR strategy includes focusing on organizational capabilities, talent management, building a performance culture, and driving operational excellence while having fun.

Prior to joining Quest Diagnostics, Ebony was Vice President of Human Resources at Thermo Fisher Scientific. Her earlier roles include Director of Human Resources for Terminal & Refining & Director of Talent Acquisition for Hess Corporation. She began her career in Human Resources in the retail sector with 800Flowers.com, Avis Rent a Car & Saks Fifth Avenue.

Ebony is a former military brat that enjoys spending time with her family, specifically her husband and two young sons Gavin & Justin. Ebony has her BBA from Hofstra University.

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K. Patrick Davis

K. Patrick Davis is the VP and General Manager for Blue Buffalo, the #1 natural petfood brand in the US and the largest brand at General Mills. In this role, Patrick is responsible for the P&L management of +$2.5B in revenue, long-term strategy, advertising and marketing and innovation. He also leads overall digital transformation for the organization, including launching the first app based CRM platform in the pet category and advancing connected commerce capabilities at General Mills.

Patrick has almost 25 years of professional experience across general management, marketing, innovation and sales. Prior to Blue Buffalo, Patrick was Senior Vice President and General Manager, US Laundry and Home Care for Henkel Consumer Products for almost 4 years. In that role, Patrick had General Manager responsibility for Henkel’s largest region (+$1.8B in revenue), across more than 2 dozen consumer brands like all Free Clear, Snuggle, Persil and Renuzit. He also functioned as the division’s NA CMO and oversaw all aspects of marketing, innovation, digital, market research and consumer affairs across the US and Canada, including +$200M in advertising spend.

Prior to Henkel, Patrick served as Vice President and General Manager at Georgia Pacific, one of the world’s largest producers of consumer paper products. As General Manager, he was responsible for operations, sales, marketing and innovation for a $300M category including brands like Vanity Fair and Mardi Gras, as well as private label for some of the largest retailers in the country. Patrick spent almost a decade at Georgia Pacific, with prior roles as Vice President of Innovation and Sr. Director of Quilted Northern, a billion-dollar flagship brand for the company.

Prior to Georgia Pacific, Patrick began his post-MBA career at The Procter and Gamble Company, where he spent almost a decade in a variety of marketing and sales roles. Notably, Patrick led Shopper Marketing for more than half of P&G’s categories at Walmart, the company’s largest customer and worked as Brand Manager for Crest Toothpaste, one of P&G’s largest megabrands.

Patrick earned an MBA from Kenan Flagler Business School at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Bachelor of Science in Business from The University of South Carolina at Columbia. He has been a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. for more than 30 years and serves as an officer in the Stamford Alumni Chapter for the fraternity. In addition, he’s also an active mentor to young males of color through the Kappa League program. Patrick resides in Connecticut with his wife and three sons.

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Georgette Dixon

Georgette “Gigi” Dixon is the executive vice president and head of External Engagement for Diverse Segments, Representation, and Inclusion. In this diversity-focused role, Gigi is responsible for stakeholder relationships, sponsorship activation, and advocacy and influencer strategies. Her team advances diversity, equity, and inclusion by leading and amplifying our efforts externally to ensure that people across our workforce, communities, and supply chain feel valued and respected and have equal access to resources, services, products, and opportunities to succeed.

Prior to her current role, Gigi was head of External Relations for Wells Fargo Government Relations and Public Policy (GRPP). Her team led national outreach and stakeholder engagement to address social and economic challenges facing our communities and the nation. She provided thought leadership, counsel, and resources by connecting and convening nongovernment institutions, think tanks, trade associations, advocacy groups, and academic institutions to promote Wells Fargo’s policy priorities.

Gigi also has served as marketing manager for Wholesale Banking, Small Business Banking, and Commercial Banking; director of Emerging (multicultural) Markets; and director of Strategic Partnerships for the Wells Fargo Foundation. She also served on the company’s Corporate Diversity Council for six years. In 2005, Gigi was recognized as one of the Most Powerful Women to Watch by American Banker magazine.

She currently serves as national board of director for NAACP and vice chair for the NAACP Foundation; vice chairman of the U.S. Black Chambers, Inc.; corporate advisory board member for UnidosUS; chair of the Opera Carolina board of advisors; and trustee of the Trust for the National Mall. She is a member of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition board of directors, the National Urban League corporate advisory board, the Congressional Black Caucus Institute’s 21st Century Council, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.

Gigi has a Bachelor of Science, with distinction, from Tennessee State University in speech communications and theater. She has certificates in Corporate Community Involvement and Nonprofit Leadership from the Boston College Carroll School of Management. Gigi resides in Charlotte, North Carolina with her family.

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Dave Dowrich is Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of TIAA, where he has responsibility for TIAA’s financial management and planning, actuarial, tax, accounting and financial reporting functions for the organization.

Dave joined TIAA from Prudential where he held a similar role for Prudential Financial’s International Businesses, based in Tokyo, Japan. Prior to Prudential, he worked at AIG as Chief Executive Officer, International Life and Retirement, with oversight of AIG Life (UK), Laya Healthcare (Ireland) and leading the Life and Retirement division’s international strategy and growth. He previously served as CFO of AIG Japan and Asia Pacific and as CFO and Chief Financial Actuary of Institutional Markets in the USA. Prior to joining AIG, Dave held senior roles in investment banking at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse, as well as reinsurance and transaction structuring roles at Swiss Re and Canada Life Reinsurance. Dave began his career as a pension consulting actuary in Toronto, Ontario.

Dave earned an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a BSc in Actuarial Science and Applied Statistics from the University of Toronto. He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, an Associate of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries. Dave is on the board of Scotiabank, has served on several insurance and non-insurance operating and holding company boards, and currently serves on the boards of non-profit and academic organizations.

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Frank Emory, Jr. is a seasoned business leader and corporate board member with over 30 years of experience in the healthcare, financial services, professional services, technology, government and public sectors spanning publicly traded companies, private companies and integrated healthcare systems. He is recognized as an accomplished industry veteran with in-depth expertise in business operations, corporate governance, risk management, legal and compliance, human capital, growth strategy and community engagement.

He was appointed in October 2020 to the Board of Directors of ScanSource (NASDAQ: SCSC), a leading global provider of technology products and solutions, where is serves as a member of the Audit, Compensation, Governance, Nominating and Risk Committees. Frank is Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer for Novant Health, a leading healthcare provider generating $6b in annual revenue, employing 30,000 employees and serving patients in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. Frank reports directly to the CEO and is a member of the Operating Committee. In his role, Frank is responsible for oversight of the Compliance, Legal, External Affairs, Internal Audit, Risk Management, Privacy, Human Resources and Diversity & Inclusion functions for the entire organization. He also co-leads the merger and acquisition strategy for Novant and has been responsible for the reorganization and transformation of the business since his appointment as Chief Administrative Officer in October 2019.

Prior to joining Novant Health, Frank was a longstanding partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, an international law firm, where he served as Co-Head of the Firm’s Litigation and Labor Group and Managing Partner of the Charlotte Office. He specialized in complex commercial litigation and arbitration matters and ran the Litigation practice, where he was responsible for all human capital and personnel decisions with oversight of 250+ attorneys across the firm’s global footprint.

Frank was an Angier B. Duke Scholar at Duke, then and now its most prestigious academic scholarship. He was the president of the student government and studied in Oxford, England. Frank attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law on a Morehead Law Fellowship. A native of Wilson, North Carolina, Frank is married to the former Lisa Lewis and they have two sons, Frank III and Ross Alexander. They reside in Charlotte.

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Ekene Ezulike

Ekene Ezulike is a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley and is the Global Head of Corporate Services & Global Centers. In this role he manages, Corporate Real Estate & Facilities, Employee & Guest Services, Corporate Travel, Corporate Security and Corporate Information Management. Ekene is also accountable for the management of the Global Centres which has greater than 23,000 people in Atlanta, Baltimore, Bangalore, Budapest, Columbus Ohio, Glasgow, Montreal, Mumbai, Salt Lake City, and Shanghai. He is accountable for a budget of ~$2bn. Ekene is a member of the Firm’s Management Committee.

Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, in September 2017, Ekene held a number of leadership roles at Deutsche Bank (DB) over a period of ten years. Most recently he was the Chief Procurement Officer of Deutsche Bank. In this role he ran strategic sourcing, source to pay operations, accounts payable, vendor and contract management, third party risk management and developed the Bank’s outsourcing strategy and associated governance framework. Previously, Ekene was the CFO for Infrastructure within DB and in this role he managed the finances of all infrastructure functions (a ~€9bn cost base) and was a member of the Technology & Operations Executive Committee.

Ekene serves on the Boards of two Non-for Profits: A Better Chance; and the Lower Manhattan Culture Council (LMCC).

Ekene has a strong academic background, with an MEng in Civil Engineering (1st class) and a PHD in construction industry strategy.

Ekene is married with three children, two boys and a girl.

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Kiera Fernandez

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, HUMAN RESOURCES AND CHIEF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION OFFICER, TARGET CORPORATION

In her current role, Kiera Fernandez serves as the Senior Vice President of Talent & Change and Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer. Kiera is responsible for leading and advancing Target’s enterprise-wide Diversity, Equity & Inclusion strategy as well as leading our Talent and Change team; specifically amplifying our learning and development strategies and culture and team member experience vision. In addition to her human resource expertise, Kiera has an extensive background in retail operations, process and project management, and large scale frontline leader and team development.

Kiera began her career at Target in 2001, as an Executive Team Leader for Stores, subsequently serving in a variety of frontline leadership roles. Since that time, Kiera has lead teams in Merchandising, Stores, Operations and Human Resources. Over the last several years, she has continued to build a career across multiple HR functions, including her enterprise role leading DEI, Talent Management and Development.

Kiera received her Masters or Arts degree in Human Resource Management from St. Mary’s University of Minnesota.

Connecting the importance of well-being to her personal life, Kiera is a certified yoga instructor, and spends much of her free time teaching and practicing in her community.

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Joy Fitzgerald currently serves as the Senior Vice President and Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer at UnitedHealth Group where she leads business strategies and initiatives that create a culture of innovation and performance to deliver on the company’s mission, enable growth and drive financial returns. She partners with business leaders across the enterprise to attract and develop talent, improve health equity outcomes and make a societal impact.

Prior to this role, she served as Chief Diversity Officer at Eli Lilly & Company and Rockwell Collins. As a global business leader, Joy has over 25 years of experience working with highly matrix business sectors in both the private and public sectors including three Fortune 500 companies. She is a highly sought-after executive coach helping leaders go from where they are to where they aspire to be. As a dynamic speaker and strategic thought partner, Joy has presented keynote speeches and workshops in more than 25 countries and 5 continents. Recognized as a disruptive leader in corporate America, she has dedicated her career to improving the lives of individuals – especially underserved populations including the Black community.

As a global business executive and thought leader, she is one of the most respected national voices on diversity as an organizational strategy to not only help underrepresented people but also achieve business goals. She has been featured in numerous publications including Harvard Business Review, Fortune Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Insider, Black Enterprise, Gallup and Profiles in Diversity Journal.

She was named by Diversity Journal as a “Woman Worth Watching,” Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association as a “Rising Star,” and Black Enterprise as a ”Top Executive in Corporate Diversity” and “Most Powerful Woman in Corporate Diversity.”

She is an accomplished leader who works tirelessly to champion inclusion by creating safe spaces for brave conversations on topics of injustice and inequities. She has led major transformative business strategies, built marketing immersive strategies, and developed global training curriculums. Her work has been cited in several publications as best practices in top publications.

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Carson Funderburk

CHIEF OF STAFF AND VICE PRESIDENT, TECHNOLOGY AND STRATEGY, SUPPLY CHAIN,

Carson Funderburk is the Chief of Staff and Vice President of Technology and Strategy for the Supply Chain at the Clorox company. Managing a team of 50 people that creates digital and manufacturing technologies, we strive to ensure “our products have a meaningful impact on consumers’ everyday lives.” Previously, he was the Chief Supply Chain Officer for the Sara Lee Frozen Bakery. There he had responsibility for Procurement, Manufacturing, Logistics, Food Safety & Quality, Health, Safety, and Environmental Services, and Engineering. Carson, also, served as the Manufacturing Director, responsible for driving continuous improvement for the North American plant network for General Mills. Prior to this role, Carson led the Convenience and Foodservice Supply Chain. Prior to General Mills, Carson was a Supply Chain professional at Procter and Gamble, experiencing multiple assignments within Engineering and Operations. He is board member for the renowned Penumbra Theatre.

Carson has been married for 26 years to his wife, Donna. He has two children. Isaiah is a recent grad at North Carolina A&T Mechanical Engineering and Reid is matriculating at Howard University in Biology. He is an active member of Alpha Phi Alpha, Sigma Pi Phi, and a recent Trustee for Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church. He attained his BS in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina Agricultural &Technical State University. He, also, holds an MBA from Wake Forest University.

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John Gift

John is the Chief Information Security Officer at WestRock where he leads all domestic and international security functions for the 2nd largest paper and packaging manufacturing company in the world. Prior to joining WestRock, John was the Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Carter’s where he was instrumental in building and maturing the cyber program and capabilities for the top retailer in infant and children’s clothing in North America and across the globe.

Before joining Carter’s, John was the Director and Deputy Chief Information Security Officer at Domino’s where he led the Cyber Emergency Response, Fraud, International Security, Program Management and Application Security programs and teams. John has 20 years of information technology experience and over 12 years building and leading high performing information technology and security teams. Before joining Domino’s, John worked for Target Corporation leading the Security Operation Center (SOC) in the aftermath of Target’s high profile data breach. John also led the post data breach remediation efforts and the information security strategy, innovation and program management teams during his tenure with Target Corporation.

Early in his career, John was a healthcare technology leader for Wellmark, Blue Cross and Blue Shield. While at Wellmark, he led several high performing teams responsible for implementing key information technology health care reform initiatives. John was also a member of the leadership team that created Wellmark’s first center of excellence for business analysis and quality assurance.

John holds a bachelor’s degree in computer based information systems from The Howard University in Washington, D.C, a master’s of business administration from Iowa State University and graduated top of the class from the world renowned CISO Executive program at Carnegie Mellon University. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), a Certified Incident Response Handler (CIH), a Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) as well as an adjunct professor for Carnegie Mellon’s information security program.

When he is not busy protecting leading Cyber Security at WestRock, he enjoys mentoring, volunteering, leisure travel and playing soccer.

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Roderick T. Green FB

Roderick T. Green is the General Manager of Investor Relations, a position he assumed in April 2021.

Prior to his current role in Investor Relations, Roderick served as General Manager of Finance, Americas Fuel and Lubricants Business Unit in San Ramon, California and was responsible for the accounting, financial reporting and analysis, tax, and compliance activities across Chevron’s U.S. and Latin America asset portfolio.

From 2016 to 2018, Roderick served as the General Manager of Finance, Chevron Upstream Europe Business Unit in Aberdeen, Scotland. Leading into these years, he has held numerous finance, and management positions of increasing responsibility in the United States.

Roderick joined Texaco in 1998. He received his bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Grambling State University in 1996, and a master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Houston in 2012.

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Shirell A. Gross

VICE

AND CHIEF COUNSEL FOR GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN, OPERATIONS AND LOGISTICS AND HEAD OF THE US CONTRACT ORGANIZATION, MEDTRONIC PLC

Shirell A. Gross, Esq. CLC has built a successful career as a senior executive and attorney at Fortune 500 companies. She is VP and Chief Counsel for Global Supply Chain, Operations and Logistics and Head of the US Contract Organization for Medtronic, where she leads an organization responsible for providing legal support to Medtronic’s Executive Vice-President and Head of global manufacturing, supply chain, sourcing, operations, trade, real estate, transportation warehouse, and logistics. She is also responsible for US commercial sales, and government and technology agreements across the enterprise.

Previously, she was a vice-president, division counsel, and head of law for two Bayer AG global businesses, Diabetes and Radiology supporting medical devices and pharmaceutical products. In between these two roles, Shirell took a two-year hiatus from the law, became a certified life coach, and started a business Measure of Ambition LLC d/b/a ShirellSpeaks. She provides keynote speeches, workshops, life, executive coaching, and empowerment events. She remains passionate about the work of bringing along the next generation of diverse business leaders and in particular women of color emerging leaders.

She has received numerous professional recognitions including the 2022 Policy Trailblazer Award from Executive Women of New Jersey, Savoy magazine as one of the Most Influential Black Lawyers in America, Black Doctors.org’s Top Blacks in Healthcare, Hofstra University School of Law’s Outstanding Women in Law, and YWCA as a Women of Influence. She also held roles at Quest Diagnostics, Aaronson Rappaport Feinstein, and Deutsch and started her career as an Assistant District Attorney in Bronx, NY.

She is active in the community and passionate about young people, just recently completed a term on the National Executive Board of Jack and Jill of America Inc. the largest African American family organization with over 12,000 members and 20,000 children. As the National Program Director, she was responsible for executing its national and chapter programming and community service initiatives and served as a trustee of the Jack and Jill of America Foundation. She is also a member of the North Manhattan Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. She is also a board member of Executive Women of New Jersey and a Member of Women Business Leaders.

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Karen Hale

CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER,

Karen Hale is the Chief Legal Officer of Novartis. As a member of the Executive Committee of Novartis, she reports directly to the CEO.

In this position, she leads the Legal, Public Affairs, and Global Security functions at Novartis which support the company’s purpose of reimagining medicine while ensuring high standards of ethics and business conduct to reinforce trust with society.

Karen joined Novartis in May 2021, bringing more than 20 years of experience in resolving legal and compliance issues in the global pharmaceutical industry.

Currently, Karen leads an international team of ~1000 legal, security, and public affairs professionals, in over 90 countries, and is transforming her organization to provide the best and most sustainable support for the Enterprise.

Prior to joining Novartis, she held a succession of senior roles at AbbVie including Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer.

Before joining the pharmaceutical industry, Karen was an associate attorney with the law firm Sidley & Austin in Chicago, Illinois. She gained a bachelor’s degree in economics from Duke University and a Juris Doctor degree from the College of William and Mary.

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Damien Harmon is the executive vice president of omnichannel operations and services for Best Buy Co. Inc. He is a passionate, experienced, and driven executive with nearly two decades of global and domestic leadership experience. Across his many roles, Damien has developed and led high-performing teams that have produced results and positive change for employees, customers, and shareholders. His teams have achieved their goals through an unrelenting focus on purposeful leadership and a commitment to inclusion designed to drive both professional and personal growth.

Damien is responsible for the entirety of Best Buy’s operations. This includes the strategic development and management of the operations strategy that enables the company’s ability to create seamless, engaging experiences in its stores, online and in homes tens of millions of times each year. Damien thrives in transformative spaces, pushing the business and his teams to take decisive actions that impact the most critical company and employee needs of the day, while keeping an eye on long-term goals. He believes the best leaders are teachers and people have a responsibility to teach others how to unlock their true potential.

Previously, Damien served as the company’s president of omnichannel and services. He first joined Best Buy as a general manager in 2005 and held various leadership positions in store operations, international operations and store leadership, including vice president of retail operations and services. Before rejoining Best Buy in 2019, Damien spent four years at Bridgestone Americas Inc., where he served as president of GCR Tires and chief operating officer at Bridgestone Tires.

Damien is currently the executive sponsor of the Black Employee Resource Group at Best Buy and serves on the company’s Foundation board. The Foundation is focused on expanding its impact on youth from disinvested communities with a goal of launching 100 Best Buy Teen Tech Centers in the coming years. Additionally, Damien serves on Petco’s Foundation Board that is focused on creating a better world for animals and the people who love and need them.

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Kristen Harris

INCLUSION,

Kristen Harris has more than 15 years of leadership experience at Hallmark Cards, Inc. building business partnerships across customers and within the community. She has spent her career developing highly effective teams, leading through business transformation, creating strategies to promote accountability, and driving engagement through culture change initiatives. She has worked in various supply chain roles driving strategy for procurement, manufacturing, and distribution as well as leading retail operations for leading customers in the sales division. Kristen is currently leading enterprise-wide diversity and inclusion strategies for the Hallmark and Crayola brands – Advancing DEI initiatives within the specific areas of talent acquisition, professional development, product development, marketing, as well as community involvement and advocacy.

Some of her professional affiliations include the National Retail Federation DEI Board, Sustainable Brands, World 50 impact platform for executives and NextUp (formerly Network of Executive Women). Outside of work, her passion has always been in community advocacy and volunteerism. She currently serves on the executive committee of the board of directors for Junior Achievement of Greater Kansas City as well as the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and volunteers with multiple organizations across the city supporting equity in education, health, and accessible housing services.

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Kisha Hortman Hawthorne, Ph.D.

Dr. Hawthorne is the Senior Vice President (SVP) and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Care Network at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). In this capacity, she provides strategic leadership of CHOP Care Network primary care, specialty care, urgent care, hospital affiliate and behavioral health services. The CHOP Care Network consists of 11 regional outpatient specialty care centers, 31 regional primary practices, four urgent care centers, multiple hospital affiliate partnerships and inpatient behavioral health services. CHOP Care Network has more than 1,150 FTEs, more than 1.4 million outpatient visits annually and serves patients and families in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In addition, she has matrix management of the Care Network Associate Chief Medical Officer and employed physicians.

With a healthcare career spanning more than 20 years, Dr. Hawthorne has extensive experience in hospital operations, information services, revenue cycle and project management. As COO of the CHOP Care Network, Dr. Hawthorne, manages net operating revenue of $202M across five profit & loss service lines. She leads network growth and business development strategy, along with establishing strategic alliances with regional healthcare systems including Penn Medicine, Virtual Health, and Atlanticare Health System. She champions diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives focusing on employee recruitment, development, and retention, as well as community programming promoting health equity and access to services.

Prior to her current role, Dr. Hawthorne served as CHOP’s SVP and Chief Information Officer (CIO) for seven years. As CIO, she was responsible for strategic leadership of the Information Services (IS) department, managing a $50 million capital budget, a project portfolio of more than 90 large and mid-size projects, and 550 full time staff members, ensuring organizational information security and protection of patient and family health data.

Dr. Hawthorne holds a PhD in Information Studies from Drexel University’s College of Computing and Informatics (CCI). She is a graduate of Florida A&M University, University of Minnesota, and St. Thomas University (St. Paul, MN). She presently serves on the University City Science Center Board, Drexel’s College of Computing & Informatics Dean’s Executive Advisory Council Board and has been elected as a member of the Drexel’s Board of Trustees, beginning in December 2022. Active in professional and civic organizations, Dr. Hawthorne is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and The Links Incorporated.

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Mike Hollman

Mike Hollman is an SVP, Treasurer and Head of Strategic Finance at Hilton. In this role, Mike oversees the Capital Markets, Corporate Finance, Business Development/ Innovation and Global Treasury teams. Mike is responsible for a wide variety of activities and initiatives, including public market offerings, capital allocation, cash management, business development, start-up/venture investments and M&A. Prior to becoming Treasurer and Head of Strategic Finance, Mike served as Vice President of Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets. Mike also serves as the Senior Advisor for Hilton’s Black Team Resource Group (“BTMRG”).

Before joining Hilton, Mike worked in investment banking, specializing in the real estate and lodging sectors. He most recently served as a Director of the Real Estate and Lodging Investment Banking Group at Citigroup, and previously held similar roles at UBS Investment Bank. Mike’s transaction experience as an investment banker represents over $20 billion of deal volume, including numerous assignments on mergers and acquisitions, public debt and equity and commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) financings.

Prior to banking, Mike was a management consultant at Kurt Salmon Associates (KSA), now a part of Accenture Strategy. At KSA, Mike was responsible for the development and execution of strategic initiatives and supply chain-related projects for consumer product and retail companies.

Mike currently serves on the Board of Agree Realty Corporation (NYSE: “ADC”), a publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) and on the Board of a startup technology company in the hospitality space. Mike is also a Board and Executive Committee member of DC Central Kitchen, a local non-profit and social enterprise that combats hunger and poverty through job creation and training. Mike received his B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology with honors and his M.B.A. from The Columbia Business School.

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Monica Howard Douglas is Senior Vice President and General Counsel of The Coca-Cola Company. In this role, she oversees the Company’s global legal function and reports to Chairman and CEO James Quincey. In January 2020, Monica was elected to the Board of Directors of Vici Properties, Inc, a publicly traded company, where she serves as a member of the Executive Compensation Committee.

During her 18 year tenure at The Coca-Cola Company, she has helped lead transformational change by building diverse, high performing teams and establishing cultural norms of compliance and good business. In her most recent appointment in April of 2021, she became the Company’s first female and African American female Senior Vice President and General Counsel. Prior to this role she was the Company’s Chief Compliance Officer and Associate General Counsel for the North America business. Monica began her career at the Company as marketing counsel, but in 2013, Monica moved to Johannesburg, South Africa where she served for four years as the Legal Director for the Southern and East Africa Business Unit.

Monica has maintained a passion for serving the public interest and advancing equity and inclusion throughout her career. She currently serves on the Board of Cool Girls, Inc., Junior Achievement and Woodward Academy. Monica is an advisor for The CocaCola Company legal diversity committee and is an executive sponsor for the Company’s broader diversity and social justice issues. Monica has been recognized for her pursuits to increase diversity in the legal profession by the Atlanta Business Chronicle and the Georgia Asia Pacific Bar Association and has been named as a top legal professional by Savoy magazine.

Monica began her legal career as a judicial law clerk for Damon J Keith on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals of the United States. She later joined the law firm of Troutman Sanders and then subsequently gained in-house experience as a generalist at the Atlanta based Equifax Corporation. Monica earned her B.A. from the University of Michigan and her J.D. from Stanford Law School.

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Charisse Hughes

Charisse Hughes leads the Brand, Marketing and Advanced Analytics Team. Her vision is to create a future-ready Kellogg with a winning portfolio of leading, iconic global brands & characters that inspire consumers to sit at our table. She is committed to creating personalized engagement and inclusive experiences enabled by deep data-driven understanding and Advanced Analytics/Machine Learning. She is a member of Kellogg Company’s executive committee leadership team and was previously Chief Marketing Officer.

Prior to joining Kellogg, Ms. Hughes was the Chief Marketing Officer for Pandora Americas since 2015. Under her leadership, she co-led the jewelry company’s entry into Latin America and launched the brand’s e-commerce business in the United States.

Prior to Pandora, she spent nearly a decade with The Estée Lauder Companies in various marketing leadership roles, ultimately as Senior Vice President of Global Marketing where she led the Estée Lauder brand, the largest brand in the ELC portfolio.

Her experience also includes marketing and brand leadership roles with Avon Products, Inc. and Sara Lee Corporation.

Ms. Hughes serves on the Board of Directors for Crocs, Inc. She is also a Board Advisor for Pixability, the #1 YouTube optimization and brand suitability platform, and she sits on the Board of Delivering Good, a non-profit which donates new merchandise to help people in need.

She received a Master of Business Administration degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance from Howard University.

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Jamere Jackson

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER,

Jamere Jackson is the Chief Financial Officer AutoZone, a multi-billion dollar retailer and distributor of automotive replacement parts and accessories. Jamere joined AutoZone on September 14, 2020 and became the first African-American CFO in the company’s 41 year history. Jamere also serves on the Board of Directors of pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Company where he is Chair of the Audit Committee.

Prior to joining AutoZone, Jamere spent 2 years as the Chief Financial Officer of Hertz, a multi-billion dollar global rental car company and 4 years as the Chief Financial Officer at Nielsen, a global media and market research company. At both Hertz and Nielsen, he was the first African American Chief Financial Officer in the companies’ histories which spanned nearly 100 years in both instances. In addition, he spent 10 years at GE where he held a variety of financial leadership roles in GE Corporate, GE Aviation and GE Oil & Gas. In 2013, he was named Vice President and became the first African-American Company Officer in Finance in the 135 year history of the company. Prior to joining GE, Jamere held several roles in finance, mergers and acquisitions and strategic planning at Pepsico, First Data Corporation, Total System Services and Procter & Gamble.

A native of Peoria, IL, Jamere received his undergraduate degree in Finance and Business Economics from the University of Notre Dame in 1990, where he was also a two-year co-captain of the Men’s Basketball team and earned Dean’s List honors for academic achievement. He is a certified public accountant (CPA), served on corporate advisory boards at the University of Notre Dame and Albany State University, and on non-profit boards at Future 5 – Stamford, CT and the Tri-County Urban League – Peoria, IL.

In the recent past, Jamere was named by Savoy Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America and by the Financial Times as one of the top 100 ethnic-minority executives in business.

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Tamika currently serves as Vice-President and Chief Diversity Officer at Amgen and is responsible for developing, operationalizing, and evaluating execution of DEI strategies and initiatives. She is dedicated to ensuring the workforce reflects the globally diverse communities served, cultivating an inclusive workplace culture of belonging, and facilitating equitable and sustainable change that drives business and social impact.

Tamika has over 25 years in the biopharmaceutical space and began her career journey as a sales representative with Johnson & Johnson. Tamika joined Amgen in 2001 and has gained diverse leadership experience in sales, marketing, account management, payer access strategy, and human resources. She has been the recipient of multiple pinnacle awards at Amgen including, but not limited to, Team Excellence, Marketer of the Year and Coach of the Year.

Prior to appointment to Chief Diversity Officer, Tamika earned a reputation as a “change agent” for diversity, equity, inclusion and beyond by challenging the status quo in various roles throughout her career. Tamika has served as the Global Co-Chair for Amgen Black Employee Network (ABEN) and was an integral part of the leadership team that launched the first field-based Employee Resource Group (ERG) with Women Empowered to be Exceptional (WE2), which is now a sustainable model for other Amgen field-based ERGs.

Tamika also champions diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging personally and feels an inherent responsibility to support and mentor others to find their authentic voice and professional purpose.

As a DEI practitioner, Tamika brings authenticity, credibility as a successful business leader, and a bias for action that creates transformational change. Under Tamika’s leadership, Amgen has been acknowledged for its diversity & inclusion, efforts, with repeat recognition on the Forbes list of the “Best Employers for Diversity” and “Best Employers for Women” and she is often an invited panelists and keynote speaker on DEI and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) strategies. Tamika received a Bachelor of Science degree from Arkansas State University and Global Executive MBA from TRIUM (jointly issued by NYU, London School of Economics, HEC Paris). She is a Certified Diversity Executive, who currently serves on the TRIUM DEI Council and on the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association Global Board of Directors.

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Elliott W.H. Johnson

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH, SAFETY, AND SECURITY (EHSS), CHEVRON

Elliott W.H. Johnson is senior vice president of environmental, health, safety and security (EHSS) for Chevron Phillips Chemical. He previously served as vice president for the department and holds significant experience across the company’s manufacturing, engineering and logistics operations.

Before assuming executive-level responsibility for EHSS, Johnson served as operations manager at the Cedar Bayou plant where he was responsible for safe and reliable operations of the company’s largest U.S. site. Prior to this role, he also served as the local maintenance manager.

During his more than 30-year career in the petrochemical industry, Johnson held multiple other roles of increasing responsibility, both at Chevron Phillips Chemical and beyond. Previous leadership assignments at the company included plant manager of the Orange plant and operations manager at Pasadena Plastics Complex. He also served as operations superintendent for the company’s U.S. Gulf Petrochemicals Project.

Johnson joined Chevron Phillips Chemical upon inception in 2000 after two years with Chevron Corporation. Prior to that, he worked for five years in various operations, engineering, maintenance and research and development positions at Eastman Chemical Company. While there, Johnson received a U.S. patent for his work in developing a unique scrubber system to eliminate emissions to the atmosphere by more than 400 tons/yr.

Johnson earned a B.S. in chemical engineering from Mississippi State University.

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Michael Johnson is a seasoned human resources executive with over 23 years of experience. His career has allowed him to develop human resources leadership capabilities across multiple areas within animal and human healthcare. He has provided human resources leadership in all functional areas (Commercial, R&D, Manufacturing, etc.) across an extremely diverse human and animal healthcare landscape; including pharmaceuticals, core lab diagnostics, in-clinic diagnostics, orthopedics, ophthalmology and diabetes. During his career he has worked on five continents, and lived in 4 countries.

Currently, Michael is the Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for IDEXX. IDEXX is a publicly traded, Fortune 1000 animal health diagnostics company. IDEXX operates in 175 countries with approximately 10,000 employees. Michael moved to this role in March 2022, and he is based in Westbrook, Maine at IDEXX’s headquarters. Prior to his current role, Michael was the Global Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion at Abbott.

Michael also served as the Vice President of Human Resources for Abbott’s diabetes business, based in Alameda, California. There he was responsible for HR across the globe, and provided the human resources leadership to successfully help the business grow. During his tenure, the business unit led the diabetes industry with aggressive growth and people practices. The business tripled in size, became number one in the industry, was the fastest growing business within Abbott for 4 years, impressively established one of the most diverse/progressive management teams in the industry and established industry leadership around topics of diversity and inclusion.

Michael is a graduate of the University of Illinois, where he received an undergraduate degree in Organizational Administration. Michael has been an active member of multiple civic and professional organizations. He has served on multiple volunteer boards, including Habitat for Humanity, the Oakland Youth Symphony Orchestra and Methodist Youth Services of Chicago, and is currently serving on the Board of the Portland Symphony Orchestra. Michael has been a member of CALIBR (formerly NextGen nextwork) since 2006. Michael speaks regularly at conferences. Most recently he was a featured panelist for DiversityInc, Biocom California and LEAP HR. Michael and his wife Alicia reside in Falmouth, ME with their son and daughter. When not working, they’re usually playing music, golf or enjoying the outdoors.

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Jones

Rashida Jones is President of MSNBC, the premiere destination for breaking news, award-winning journalism, in-depth analysis and informed perspectives. She is responsible for oversight of all programming, editorial units, business development and technical operations.

Prior to taking on the role of President in February 2021, Jones served as Senior Vice President, NBC News and MSNBC. In this position, she spearheaded cross-platform breaking news and major events for both networks, including coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, and the networks’ Decision 2020 coverage including presidential debates, town halls, primaries and special election nights and forums. Jones also led MSNBC’s dayside and weekend news programming, where she managed hours of live reporting and newsgathering backed by the journalism of NBC News. Jones won an Emmy for strategic coverage of the Supreme Court’s decision on same-sex marriage in 2016 and executive produced the most-watched Democratic presidential debate in history during the 2020 election cycle.

Before joining MSNBC in 2013, Jones was the News Director for the NBC affiliate in Columbia, South Carolina, where she rebuilt and rebranded the news team to focus on deep investigative reporting. The station was #1 in the market. Jones also served as Director of Live Programming at The Weather Channel, leading coverage and content for some of the network’s most historic weather events, including Hurricane Katrina, mass tornado outbreaks and devastating snowstorms.

In 2019, Jones was inducted into the Scripps Howard Journalism Hall of Fame, an honor acknowledging her outstanding work in the journalism industry. She is an ambassador for the Alliance for Women in Media, a board member of the Carole Kneeland Project for Responsible Journalism, a member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Association of Black Journalists. In 2020, Jones was named to Variety’s New York Women’s Impact Report and 37 New Yorkers Making an Impact in Entertainment lists.

Jones received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Mass Media-Arts Broadcast from Hampton University. She currently lives in New Jersey with her two children.

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Shaun currently serves as the SVP, Chief Information Security Officer for Discover Financial Services. In this role, he is responsible for implementing the information security strategy, enabling the business, and securing customer data, digital assets, and payments with a focus on enabling digital transformation.

Shaun has over 20 years of IT experience with specialization in information security and risk management. Shaun has held roles in increasing responsibility at the Department of Defense, culminating in the role of Chief Information Security Officer for the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection. He was Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer at Freddie Mac where he was responsible for company-wide cybersecurity risk management efforts, security architecture, securing cloud transition, modern software delivery transformation, and end-user experience enhancement initiatives.

Most recently, he served as Managing Director, Chief Information Security Officer at Barclays International, leading a team focused on enabling business partners and managing cyber risk across a diverse and complex global banking environment.

Shaun is a graduate of the University of Maryland and has an MBA from the George Washington University School of Business. He serves on the board of the Kohl Children’s Museum, is an adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University, and an independent director at Valimail, a venture backed e-mail security company. Shaun is also a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), and a graduate of the Department of Defense Executive Leadership Development Program.

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Rita Khan

CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER, MAYO CLINIC

Rita Khan was named Chief Digital Officer, Mayo Clinic, in 2020. She is responsible for delivering an integrated digital strategy and creating a sustainable infrastructure that shapes how the future health care delivers care. Ms. Khan also leads the Center for Digital Health which drives digital transformation with products that span the continuum of care and bring together data, analytics, clinical knowledge, decision support, engagement, and guidance tools with virtual solutions and consumer channels to provide Mayo Clinic care teams and patients a seamless experience and improved health outcomes.

Ms. Khan is a highly respected leader with more than 20 years of experience in strategic planning, new product definition, consumer experience, omni-channel, data, artificial intelligence, and innovation at scale. She is experienced in aligning and mobilizing executive leadership and Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees on complex business, technology, and consumer market trends to meet strategic objectives.

Prior to Mayo Clinic, Ms. Khan served as Executive Vice President for UnitedHealthcare, leading consumer digital transformation. She also has extensive retail industry and ecommerce experience at Digital River Inc., Best Buy, Macy’s, and Target Corporation which has provided critical insights in addresses the changing needs of consumers in healthcare. Ms. Khan earned a Master of Business Administration from the Opus College of Business, St. Thomas University and a Bachelor of Arts from Tufts University.

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VICE

AND CHIEF DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION OFFICER, DUPONT DE NEMOURS, INC.

Kimberly Young Markiewicz is Vice President, Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer (DE&I) at DuPont. Kim is a seasoned executive in both the Human Resources and Operations areas with Board experience. She has been with DuPont for 27 years after initially starting her career in state government. Kim has progressed by taking on challenging roles in varied locations during her career, but one constant has been her involvement with DE&I, including leadership in employee resource groups at the grassroots and corporate level, diversity recruitment, lobbyist and advocacy activity at state and federal levels, as well as commitment to advancing diversity in the organizations she has led. Kim’s professional experience has included global and regional leadership roles in engineering consulting, capital project management, manufacturing operations, supply chain, human resources, and environmental, health and safety.

Kim has been an avid supporter of DE&I, role model and mentor for diverse talent throughout her career. In July 2020, she stepped into the top executive DE&I role. Kim is actively involved in several professional, non-profit and community organizations that focus on underrepresented as well as underserved populations. Kim is an active advocate for equal opportunity in education, with a focus on drawing more minority students into science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and the pathways it offers. Kim serves on the executive board of the Wilmington Alliance, an organization focused on economic development and inclusion, workforce development, and violence intervention. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Employees of DuPont Political Action Committee where she is committed to ensuring political contributions are well aligned with DE&I.

Kim is responsible for setting corporate strategy and policy to further accelerate DuPont’s progress in DE&I. A high bar for has been set for DE&I as part of the company’s 2030 sustainability goals.

Kim is responsible for reporting progress on the strategy to the company’s Board of Directors and is accountable to the Chairman & CEO for DE&I. Kim concurrently holds the position of VP of Human Resources for the Legal and Integrated Operations functions at DuPont having assumed a second executive role in January 2021. In this capacity, she oversees all human capital matters for all manufacturing sites and as well as for two corporate departments spanning over 40 countries. Kim has proven herself to be an agile and strategic leader. Prior to ascending to the top executive role for DE&I, Kim held the top executive position for an environmental, health and safety professional (EH&S) when named Chief EHS&S Officer in 2017. Kim is trained as a chemical engineer and is graduate of the University of Texas at Austin where she is currently part of the Advisory Board for the School of Engineering and co-chairs the Chemical Engineering Department’s newly formed DE&I Advisory Committee.

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Troy McIntosh

VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION OFFICER, IDEX CORPORATION

Troy joined IDEX in July 2021 as the Vice President and Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer and reports directly to IDEX CEO and President Eric Ashleman.

Troy joined IDEX from Chicago-based U.S. Cellular, where he served as the Head of Diversity & Inclusion. At U.S. Cellular he increased diversity of the workforce –particularly in leadership –and led campaigns to increase awareness of bias in the workplace and in hiring, helping build a culture of inclusive leadership. His previous Human Resources experiences have included roles at Ingredion Inc., Pactiv, Johnson Controls, Abbott Laboratories, Sara Lee Corporation and United Airlines.

Originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan, Troy earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame, followed by a Master of Arts in Social Service Administration from the University of Chicago. He began his career as a high school social worker and an education consultant in the Office of Catholic Education for the Archdiocese of Chicago. His Diversity, Equity & Inclusion work today ties back to those early education roles, through which Troy was a champion for people seeking to overcome barriers and achieve a better life.

Troy and his wife live in suburban Chicago with their two daughters. He enjoys writing music, playing piano, and singing.

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Philip A. Melville

Philip A. Melville is an Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer for Brighthouse Financial. Brighthouse Financial was spun off from MetLife in 2017. Mr. Melville is charged with oversight of the company’s risk profile and mitigation strategies. Mr. Melville is also Brighthouse Financial’s Chief Economist, where he is responsible for developing the firm’s macro-economic and market outlook.

Previously, Mr. Melville was the Chief Market Strategist and Head of Credit for Brighthouse Financial’s Investment division. Mr. Melville was MetLife’s Chief Market Strategist from 2012 to 2017 and the Global Credit Strategist from 2006 to 2011. Before joining MetLife, Mr. Melville was the Head of Credit Research and Co-Portfolio Manager of the High Yield Fund at US Bancorp Asset Management. Mr. Melville has previously worked at New York Life, Credit Suisse Asset Management, J.P. Morgan, Prudential Investments and Mutual Benefit Life as a credit analyst covering a multitude of sectors across the private placement, public investment grade, bank loan and high yield markets.

Mr. Melville earned a B.B.A (cum laude) degree in Finance from Hofstra University, an M.B.A. degree from New York University and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

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PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION

Bernard Mensah is President of International for Bank of America and is a member of Bank of America’s Executive Management Team (MTM). He is the Chief Executive Officer of Merrill Lynch International (MLI), Bank of America’s largest International subsidiary, and BANA London Branch Head. He also serves on the boards of both Bank of America Securities Europe (BofASE SA), the bank’s European securities entity, and Bank of America Europe (BofAE DAC), the bank’s European banking entity.

Based in London, Bernard previously jointly led the bank’s Global Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities (FICC) trading business globally.

Bernard is responsible for the development and execution of Bank of America’s strategy and extensive business activities internationally. These span corporate, commercial and investment banking, sales and trading, research and treasury services and associated support and control functions. He is also responsible for ensuring the effective delivery of the broad Bank of America franchise to its corporate and institutional clients internationally.

With more than 20 years’ global trading and investing experience, Bernard is a member of the Bank of England’s Senior Advisory Group overseeing LIBOR transition. He is also a member of Bank of America’s Global ESG Committee, as well as its Global Sustainable Markets Committee, and Chair of the EMEA ESG Strategic Council.

He joined the firm in 2010 from Goldman Sachs in London, where he was a Partner and global head of Bank Loan and Distressed Trading, and prior to that ran the bank’s Asia Credit and Convertibles business, based in Hong Kong and Tokyo.

Bernard received his BA in Social Sciences at the Joint School of Philosophy and Economics at the University of Bristol in 1989. He is a qualified chartered accountant and became a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants England and Wales in 1992. Bernard chairs the Africa Advisory Board of Prince’s Trust International and is a member of the board of the Kofi Annan Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation that promotes better global governance to achieve a fairer, more peaceful world. He is Vice Chair of the Stanford University Parents and Family Advisory Board.

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Mihyar Mohamed is a well-rounded executive with extensive P&L leadership across a variety of industries and end-markets. Mihyar is currently the Vice President and General Manager (VP/GM) of the Residential and Renovation (R&R) division, a $530M, highly profitable business unit of ITW’s Construction Products segment. He has been in the role since February 2020.

Mihyar joined ITW in early 2014 as VP, Strategic Marketing & Global Accounts for the ITW Food Equipment Group, as part of $2.2Bn segment’s executive leadership team, where he made significant contributions to building deeper connections with key customers and prospects and driving price realization efforts. He transitioned into general management in 2015 as VP/GM of the Chain & Retail division, where he delivered strong organic growth and margin expansion. Mihyar was subsequently promoted to VP/GM North America Cooking (Vulcan) in 2017 where he focused on aligning the organization to drive long-term growth.

Prior to joining ITW, Mihyar was the Director of Strategic Marketing at SPX Corporation, leading the marketing and channel management functions for the $1B+ SPX Global Cooling Business. Previously, he worked as a Management Consultant with McKinsey & Co., where he supported industrial clients with key sales and marketing programs and strategies. Mihyar has also held multiple roles in engineering, supply chain, and service operations leadership at Ingersoll-Rand.

Throughout his career, Mihyar has built a consistent track record of delivering strong results and demonstrated a passion for building diverse, inclusive, and collaborative winning teams.

Mihyar holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Mihyar is also a co-founder of ITW’s African American Network (AAN) and served as co-Chair of its Executive Steering Committee from 2020-2022. Outside of work, Mihyar enjoys spending time with family, traveling, and attending live sporting events.

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Elizabeth A. Morrison

CHIEF

INCLUSION

Elizabeth A. Morrison is the Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer at Levi Strauss & Co. where she is focused on implementing and elevating diversity and building a vibrant and inclusive workplace for all employees with a strategy anchored in dynamic communications and branding, change management, workforce data and innovative program development.

Previous to LS&Co., Elizabeth led Diversity & Belonging at Live Nation where she drove a 60% growth in Employee Resource Groups and established the company’s beloved annual global day of family belonging, KidNation.

Prior to Live Nation, she led global Diversity & Inclusion at Campbell Soup Company in Camden, NJ and before Campbell, Elizabeth spent eight years in progressive positions at Comcast driving employee engagement and culture. Early in her career she managed public relations for the American Red Cross and events at B101 FM Radio (WBEB Philadelphia).

Elizabeth is passionate about social justice, equity and mentoring next generation leaders and leverages social media to advocate and educate around #actionforequality (@Diversityboss on Twitter and on LinkedIn). She also serves as a Board Member for Gateway Public Schools in San Francisco and is a practicing member of the i4cp Chief Diversity Officers Board.

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Chonda Nwamu is Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary for Ameren Corporation. Ms. Nwamu is the primary legal advisor to Ameren’s Board of Directors and senior management, and she leads the General Counsel function, which includes the company’s legal, corporate governance, federal regulatory and legislative affairs, and enterprise ethics and compliance departments. She also serves on Ameren’s Executive Leadership Team as a contributor to overall strategic direction of the Company.

Ms. Nwamu joined Ameren Services Company in 2016 as vice president and deputy general counsel of the legal department, and was promoted to senior vice president in 2019. In the deputy general counsel role, she led Legal Department strategy and operations, and oversaw the department’s various practice areas including regulatory, transactional, environmental, labor and employment, and litigation and claims.

Prior to joining Ameren, Ms. Nwamu practiced law at a California investor-owned electric and gas utility. During her 16 year tenure at the California energy utility, she served in a variety of legal, regulatory and customer-focused roles including Managing Counsel and Senior Director. Prior to joining the California energy utility, Ms. Nwamu was in private practice at a commercial litigation law firm in Philadelphia, PA where she specialized in complex commercial litigation including pharmaceutical products liability defense.

Ms. Nwamu previously served as president of the Conference of California Public Utility Counsel. She was also selected to participate as a Fellow in the Leadership Council for Legal Diversity, and the International Women’s Forum leadership programs.

Ms. Nwamu earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Pennsylvania. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Virginia.

Ms. Nwamu is committed to community service, and is an advocate for diversity and inclusion in the legal profession. She was appointed to the Board of Directors for BellRing Brands Inc., and also serves on the Board of Directors of the Boys and Girls Club of Greater St. Louis. She was also appointed by the Mayor of St. Louis to serve as a city Commissioner on the St. Louis Zoological Park Subdistrict Commission.

She resides in the city of St. Louis with her husband and two children.

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Antwane Owens

HEAD OF COMMERCIAL FINANCE, TECHNOLOGY, PRODUCT, AND CUSTOMER CARE, CHEWY, INC.

Antwane Owens, is currently the Head of Commercial Finance and the Finance Executive overseeing Technology, Product, and Customer Care at Chewy, Inc. He serves as the Strategic Finance Executive for five of the eight C-suite Executives, reporting to the Chewy CFO and leads the management and oversight of executing their Merchandising org; encompassing the company’s revenue and gross margin forecasts, annual revenue planning and quarterly reforecasting processes, inventory management in partnership with the Ops/Supply Chain leadership. In addition to the 20-person Commercial finance team he leads, he also leads a newly created 15+ person finance business partnering org built from scratch, which oversees 80% of non-fulfillment G&A, representing >6K headcount. He is the Finance Executive responsible for scaling the business partner finance org and ensuring operational oversight for teams charged with building and expanding Chewy’s Customer Service, Tech and Product market advantages through efficient capital deployment.

Prior to his role at Chewy, he was the CFO for Amazon’s $25B+ Core US Fashion Business which includes: apparel, shoes, jewelry, watches, luggage, and print-on-demand categories. He was responsible for driving strategic business decisions leveraging financial insights, leading cross functional collaboration with partner teams (including: operations, vendor management, forecasting, marketing, and search), identifying and implementing free cash flow improvement opportunities and providing controllership across Amazon’s Fashion businesses. His immediate previous role at Amazon was as the Operations CFO for the Middle East and North Africa for Amazon based in Dubai, UAE, leading fulfillment operations across multiple countries in MENA (UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey), executing our topology strategy (including: acquisition analysis, integration, and expansion projects) and new business initiatives for the Souq.ae acquisition.

His previous experience includes vast domestic and international leadership roles with startup to multibillion dollar companies across diverse industries, including Retail, Tech, Financial Services, Professional Services, Transportation, and Hospitality.

He is also an Executive Committee Member and Committee Chair on the University of Tulsa’s Board of Trustees, a National Association of Corporate Directors (“NACD”) Board Leadership Fellow, a Certified Public Accountant, holds an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, and has a BSBA in Accounting and Finance from the University of Tulsa.

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Darrell Owens is Senior Vice President and CEO of the Lifestyle Platform at Synchrony (NYSE: SYF), one of the nation’s premier consumer financial services companies. Darrell has ~30 years of deep industry experience in consumer finance. In 2021 Darrell was promoted to Senior Vice President and Head of the Lifestyle platform. In this role, he is responsible for leading the strategic direction of a $5B platform, which has a diverse set of merchants that spans multiple specialty, music, luxury and outdoor retailers. Darrell has brought a digital mindset to the platform, creating a consistent consumer experience across all credit channels or location with a strong desire to meet the needs of a diverse consumer base. His leadership drove significant platform loan receivables growth, making it the fastest growing platform within Synchrony.

Darrell is known for his strong consumer and commercial finance expertise and the deep relationships he fosters with partners.

Darrell joined Synchrony/GE in 2010, after 6 years of service at Citigroup where he managed key client relationships representing $2B in annual credit volume. Darrell’s career began as an AVP of National Sales at Household Retail (now HSBC). Thereafter, Darrell spent a year as the Manager of Customer Service at TCI Illinois and two years as Director of Strategic Accounts at Avondale Federal Savings. In 1998, he was appointed Senior Client Manager at Conseco Finance where he signed two key client relationships resulting in $300MM in annual volume.

Darrell held multiple leadership roles of increasing responsibility, including managing key relationships such as TJ Maxx, Home Goods, Marshall’s, Sierra, Home Sense, British Petroleum, Ashley Furniture and La-Z-Boy. He had leadership responsibility for providing financing solutions including private label credit cards and Dual Cards™ for these portfolios. Under Darrell’s leadership, TJ Maxx experienced double-digit growth in both receivables and net credit sales.

In addition to Darrell’s corporate Diversity and Inclusion efforts, he’s a leader in paying it forward. Darrell and his wife, Deidre, have a vested interest in ensuring that students of color demonstrating financial need have access to resources to ensure their success. In 2020, Darrell and Deidre started a diversity scholarship in their names, helping close the education gap by providing greater opportunities for students of color at Augustana College.

Darrell earned his bachelor’s degree from Augustana College with a major in Business Administration and Marketing concentration.

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Leslie Patterson

AMERICAS AND US VICE CHAIR, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSIVENESS, AND PARTNER, ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Leslie is the EY Americas & US Diversity, Equity & Inclusiveness Vice Chair and a Partner at Ernst & Young LLP. A member of the EY US Executive Committee (USEC), she also cochairs the Americas Inclusiveness Advisory Council.

In her role, Leslie is responsible for driving the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) strategy. This includes maximizing the diversity of professionals across the Americas by enhancing the inclusive culture at EY and embedding equitable talent and business practices to create consistent experiences for all.

Most recently, she was US Talent Leader for Diversity & Inclusiveness, where she worked with talent teams and business leaders to consistently execute the EY DEI strategy. She also served as the Southeast Region Talent Leader, overseeing the development and strategic people processes for more than 6,000 professionals across 17 offices and the EY Caribbean practice.

Previous to these leadership roles, Leslie helped to develop and implement programs and initiatives to promote a culture of inclusion across EY. Great emphasis was placed on awareness building, pipeline development and networking—which fully supports the firm’s culture and its commitment to creating lifelong relationships with its people by providing them with opportunities and tools needed to succeed within EY and beyond. She also supported the formation of the first EY employee resource groups for racially and ethnically diverse professionals and worked on the taskforce to create the EY LGBT+ professional network. Leslie began her EY career as an assurance professional more than 29 years ago.

Leslie received her Bachelor’s in Accounting from Hampton University in Hampton, VA, and her Master’s in Business Administration from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School with a concentration in Strategy & Organizational Behavior. She is a Certified Public Accountant, licensed in the state of Georgia.

Leslie lives in Atlanta with her husband and three sons.

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Felecia J. Pryor

Felecia J. Pryor is the Senior Vice President & Chief People Officer for Deere & Company Inc. She has spent nearly two decades working in Human Resources for Fortune 500 companies. Before joining Deere & Company Inc, she worked at BorgWarner Inc, a Tier 1 supplier to the automotives where she held the position of Executive Vice President & CHRO. She also worked for Ford Motor Company where she held various roles of increasing responsibility in human resources and labor relations. Her expertise is in Business Partnership, Talent Management & Succession Planning, Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Labor Relations & Collective Bargaining, serving as a change agent in business transformations and working closely with public companies Board of Directors. During her career, Felecia has had the opportunity to live in two countries outside of the United States of America. Namely, she’s lived in Nanjing, China, and Bangkok, Thailand, where she served in leadership roles for Ford. Felecia partners with CEOs and executives to align HR strategies to the business strategies to deliver value for the business while ensuring the employee experience is considered.

In her spare time, Felecia volunteers with the Metro Detroit Chapter of the American Heart Association and serves in a pro bono capacity for the Historic Boston -Edison Association. She also enjoys traveling with her family. Felecia currently resides in Detroit, Michigan, with her husband Dwight and their son Dwight Jr.

Felecia holds a BA in Criminal Justice from Valdosta State University, a Master of Science degree in Public Administration from Florida Atlantic University, and a Juris Doctorate in Law from Western Michigan Thomas M. Cooley Law School. She is an attorney licensed to practice in the State of Michigan.

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Cory Quarles

EXECUTIVE ADVISOR TO THE CHAIRMAN, EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION

Cory Quarles is the Executive Advisor (Chief of Staff) to the Chairman of Exxon Mobil Corporation.

He started his career with ExxonMobil in 1998 and in subsequent years held various technical, supervisory, and executive positions in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Prior to his recent promotion, Mr. Quarles was President & CEO of SeaRiver Maritime, Inc., a wholly owned marine transportation and freight trading subsidiary of ExxonMobil.

In recent years, he also served as Executive Committee Vice Chairman for the Oil Companies Marine International Forum (OCIMF), Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Alaska Oil and Gas Association, Chairman of the Board of Directors for Junior Achievement of Alaska, and Secretary of the Board of Directors for United Way of Anchorage.

Mr. Quarles is a native of Houston, Texas and holds a Chemical Engineering degree from Texas A&M University. He enjoys the outdoors and loves spending time with his wife and two sons.

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Craig is a Senior Managing Director that serves as Accenture’s North America CFO & Enterprise Value Network lead. He leads the company’s efforts to drive Strategy and Consulting Services across the finance domain in all industries. Craig has oversight responsibility of over 400 highly talented people within his organization. This includes profit & loss statement management of over $2.0B in network revenue. He is part of Accenture’s North America CEO’s Executive Leadership Team. Key services areas he operates include: CEO finance agenda, platform transformation, operating model, enterprise performance management, finance operations, risk and compliance, specialty finance ESG. He was previously a partner at a big four accounting consulting company

Craig also has global responsibility for the Chief Financial Officer-oriented services across the Utilities industry and actively publishes thought leadership around the future of the finance organization including recent reports and blogs.

Craig is actively involved in coaching and mentoring professionals within and outside of Accenture. He has served as a panelist for CALIBR, a global leadership development association dedicated to accelerating senior leadership readiness for mid-to-senior level managers and executives of African descent. Craig also served as a panelist for Black Enterprise on the topic of leveraging mentorship to ascend to the C-suite and moderated an Accenture Martin Luther King Jr. event at the Apollo Theater with Tracey Travis, CFO of Este Lauder and Accenture Board Member.

Craig is very active in the community on not-for-profit boards. He is on the board of LINK Unlimited Scholars in Chicago, the nonprofit that supports high-potential, African American youth with academic and financial support, leadership development and mentorship. He is also a member of the board of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta. The museum is dedicated to the achievements of the civil rights movement in the United States and the broader worldwide human rights movement. Craig received Chicago United Business Leader of Color in 2021 and Crain’s Chicago Business Notable Black Leaders and Executives 2021.

Craig graduated from Anderson University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science where he played baseball. He received a Master of Public Administration degree with an emphasis in Public Finance from Northern Illinois University where he received the Rhoten Smith Fellowship.

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John Sampson is Senior Vice President, Operations, Manufacturing & Engineering for Dow. In this role, Sampson presides over the Operations Leadership Team (OLT) and is accountable for the global Operations organization consisting of more than 22,000 employees worldwide. He is a member of Dow’s Leadership Team (LT), responsible for executing the Company’s strategy in addition to the Operations Team (OT), accountable for the Company’s productivity and performance. John is a member of the North Star Team chartered to drive Dow’s Customer Experience and Employee Experience to advance the evolution of Dow’s operating model. In addition, John serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sadara Chemical Company.

Sampson recently served as a corporate officer at Olin Corporation, with executive oversight for managing the M&E, Manufacturing Services, Safety/Health & Environmental and Technology Center of Olin’s Chemical businesses. Prior to joining Olin in 2015, Sampson had a long career with Dow, beginning in 1983 in Louisiana in Polymers Research & Development.

He moved into the Manufacturing organization in 1988 and throughout his Dow career, held a wide range of positions. He was a business manufacturing leader and led sites in the U.S. and Europe –including Dow’s Rhine Center facility in Germany and France from 20042007. He served as the global business director for Chlor-Alkali and in 2011, he was named Manufacturing vice president, Chemicals & Energy. He was later named vice president of Environment, Health & Safety Operations for Dow.

John previously served on the Board of Governors for Argonne National Laboratory, the Steering Committee and the Advisory Committee of the National Safety Council’s Campbell Institute, the Board of Directors for Ducks Unlimited and was Vice Chair of the Chlorine Institute. John currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Greater Midland Community Center and the Michigan Baseball Operations Board. John serves as executive sponsor of Dow’s Global Labor Relations Network and serves as executive sponsor of Dow’s Disability Employee Network (DEN), designed to improve attraction, retention and advancement of employees with disabilities.

John holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Louisiana State University.

John is married and has one daughter. The family enjoys traveling and spending time with friends.

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Albert Simien, Jr.

Albert Simien Jr. has been with LHC Group since 1999. He previously served as cash manager, director of purchasing and accounts payable, vice president of procurement, and treasurer and senior vice president of project management and senior vice president of operations. As executive vice president of operations, Mr. Simien is responsible for assisting in the direction of operations and implementation of operational-related projects and initiatives. He works directly with LHC Group’s CEO and President to ensure alignment with operational strategies and objectives. He is a member of the Louisiana Notary Association and is certified in accounts payable. He received his bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

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Patrick Smith

HEAD OF CONSUMER AND BUSINESS BANKING, SANTANDER BANK, N.A.

Patrick Smith leads Consumer & Business Banking at Santander Bank, N.A., and is a member of the U.S. leadership team. He is responsible for driving the strategy for Santander’s retail branch network, small business banking, corporate & social responsibility, digital, retail operation, and investments. Consumer & Business Banking provides financial services to nearly 2 million households and small business customers through nearly 500 retail branches, and more than 2,000 ATMs in 7 states in addition to locations in Wilmington, DE, and Miami.

Prior to joining Santander, Patrick served as executive vice president and Head of Commercial Digital at KeyBank, as well as a member of the company’s executive council. Over his nearly 30-year career in financial services, Patrick held a variety of leadership positions at Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Capital One. Previously, he also worked in Accenture’s strategy practice servicing clients globally.

Patrick received an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, an MS in IT Management from the university of Virginia, and a BS in Finance from Tuskegee University.

Currently, Patrick serves on the boards of BDC Capital, BECU, and Beacon Academy.

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After graduating with a B.A. in Economics (with honors) from Oberlin College, John started his career in 1990 as Financial Analyst in the General Electric Financial Management Training Program where he rotated through various developmental assignments in the US and London. After completing his MBA at the University of Michigan, he joined General Mills as an Assistant Marketing Manager in 1995. During his 15 years there John carried out several Associate and Manager roles before becoming a Marketing Director in 2003.

From 2003-2010 John held director roles leading the General Mills Marketing Excellence program, Bakeries & Foodservice, 8th Continent Soymilk, and the Health & Wellness COE. In 2010 John joined Mars as Senior Marketing Director of the 5 gum, Extra Gum, and Altoids Mints brands. Then in 2012, he was Senior Category Director, Confections & Mints where he tripled the growth rate of the business and made Skittles the #1 confectionary brand in the US. He was then promoted to Vice President, Gum, and Mints in 2014 where he returned the business to growth after 5 years of decline.

In 2016, he was appointed Regional Vice President of Marketing, Wrigley Americas before becoming Global Brand Lead, Dove and Galaxy in 2017. During his tenure on Dove/Galaxy John led key stakeholders from China, US, UK, Saudi/Gulf and a multifunctional team of reports through the development of a 5 year innovation and portfolio strategy as well as integrated business plans that brought the global business from decline back to growth faster than the category in 2018 and 2019.

In June 2020 John was promoted to Global Vice President, Bars Portfolio at Mars where he developed the 3-5 year global growth strategy for the business and led the development of the global innovation pipeline for the portfolio that has generated 3 breakthrough ideas targeted for launch starting in 2022. Under his leadership the global bars portfolio returned to growth in 2021. In June of 2021, John joined Danone North America as the President and General Manager of the Plant Based Business unit. He has leadership and P&L responsibility of the plant based portfolio inclusive of the Silk and So Delicious brands across the plant based beverage, ice cream, and cheese categories. Under his leadership the Danone North America Plant based business in 2022 has delivered the share growth on the plant based beverage portfolio for the 1st time since 2017.

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Shelley Stewart III

SENIOR PARTNER, MCKINSEY & COMPANY

Shelley is a leader in McKinsey & Company’s global Marketing and Sales and Private Equity practices. He has led growth focused transformations with numerous privately held and publicly traded companies.

Additionally, Shelley leads the McKinsey Institute for Black Economic Mobility, a thinkand-dotank focused on catalyzing solutions to improving economic outcomes for Black individuals and families. He has published numerous articles, the media widely covers his work, and he is a noted speaker on the topic.

Shelley is on the Board of Directors of the National Black MBA Association, a non-profit supporting 15k+ members with career placement and professional development. Shelley is also on the Board of the Brooklyn Community Foundation, the first and only public foundation solely dedicated to Brooklyn’s charitable community. Shelley was recognized by Crain’s New York as a top Black leader in New York City and by Savoy Magazine as one of the top 300 most influential executives in Corporate America.

Before joining McKinsey, Shelley worked in the financial-services industry.

Shelley has a BA in Economics from Boston College, an MBA from Columbia University, an MPA from Harvard University, and an Honorary Doctorate of Business from the University of New Haven.

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Fred Stokes

DIVISION PRESIDENT, WEST, LOWE’S COMPANIES, INC.

Fred Stokes is an accomplished senior leader known for building high-performing teams and ability to focus those teams on driving profits and shareholder value. In 2021, Fred was recognized as one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business for 2021.

Throughout his 22+ years in retail leadership, Fred has delivered results, including propelling a Pro/ Services business from a $12b to a $20b dollar business. He also led a bottom performing sales region to a top region generating over $5b in revenue in the competitions back yard of Atlanta, GA. Fred has extensive experience in bringing strategies to life, driving operational efficiencies, and transforming underperforming organizations into high-performing organizations. Fred’s corporate leadership is recognized for its collaborative approach, focus on results and servant leadership approach.

Currently, Fred serves as Division President of the Western Division, with over 100,000 associates, 500 store locations – spread across 26 states and generating over $25 billion in revenue. Lowe’s Companies, Inc. a Fortune 50 retailer with over $95B in annual revenue.

In this role, Fred manages a $25B P&L and continues to leverage his vast background as a Senior Leader with Lowe’s. Fred has led multiple functions including Human Resources, Pro Sales and Services. In addition to his 16-year tenure with Lowe’s, Fred has held leadership roles with Starbucks Corporation and Walmart and served as a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigations.

Fred received a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Governors State University, an MBA from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and served 8 years in the U.S. Navy. In addition to professional affiliations, Fred is SHRM-SPHR Certified and serves on the Board of Governors for the USO, sitting on the Board’s compensation committee.

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Dr. Kirk Taylor

An accomplished medical and business professional and board-level leader, Dr. Kirk Taylor serves in high-profile roles in pharmaceutical, biotech, and startup companies. Under his leadership at EMD Serono (Merck KGaA), the medical team launched two new products in three therapeutic areas: Bladder Cancer, NSCLC, and multiple sclerosis. He currently manages a $75M medical budget to support the growth of a $1.5B portfolio. Working across multiple therapeutic areas, including neurology, oncology, fertility, and endocrine, Dr. Taylor was appointed to the US Country Council for the Healthcare, Electronics, and Life Science sectors, as well as the COVID-19 task force. With an entrepreneurial vision, Dr. Taylor has also been on C-Suite teams driving startup companies to achieve IPO and Series A, B, C funding.

Dr. Taylor maintains a board role with Radius Ensemble and serves as an officer and board member of the Augustus A. White III, Health Equity Institute. He was a strategy and finance committee member with The Bottom Line for 4 years, a non-profit that focuses on helping low-income and first-generation students get to college and earn degrees. He is also on the racial advisory committee for the Town of Wayland Trustee.

In recognition of his creating a medical COVID policy and leading Diversity, Equity and Inclusion [DE&I] efforts at EMD, Dr. Taylor received the Merck Recognition Award. As the Executive Sponsor of the Leaders of Color [LOC] Action Committee, an employee resource group [ERG], Dr. Taylor’s harmonized the needs across the three business sectors, resulting in his appointment to the Merck Healthcare Diversity Advisory Board. To increase health equity and access to care, Dr. Taylor is a regular presenter at industry-sponsored events and symposia.

Dr. Taylor’s contributions across numerous therapeutic areas, including oncology, neurology, rare disease, acute macular degeneration, migraine, psychiatry, and others, are known across North America, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. He has designed strategy and executed launch plans via advisory boards, mergers, distributor markets, payer pathways, medical field excellence, and clinical research.

Dr. Taylor received his Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College and also studied piano at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge. He completed his Doctor of Medicine from the State University of New York, Downstate, his neurology residency at Einstein College of Medicine, and a post-doc at UCSF. He taught pain management to neurology residents at Yale VA Hospital for 2 years. Dr. Taylor fulfilled Deloitte University’s Sigma Pi Phi Board Directors Academy Program. He also completed a certificate program in corporate governance from Columbia Business School.

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Trevear Thomas

U.S. MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS, AND RESTRUCTURING LEADER, AND GLOBAL BOARD MEMBER, DELOITTE

Trevear is an accomplished business professional with over 25 years of experience serving corporate and private equity clients in the M&A and Restructuring marketplace. Trevear has expertise in strategy, due diligence, integration, divestiture, restructuring, P&L management, and governance. As an advisor and director on boards, Trevear has consistently demonstrated his ability to deliver independent perspectives and results, while effectively engaging with diverse stakeholders – CEOs, CFOs, COOs, directors, and operators.

As a business leader, Trevear has a proven track record of building, leading, and scaling high performing teams. Trevear currently serves as the U.S. Mergers, Acquisitions, and Restructuring leader with more than 7,000 professionals in a $3.8B practice — representing capabilities in each of Deloitte’s businesses across all industries. He has achieved 29% growth with a focus on growing core/emerging markets, advancing our hybrid model with a particular emphasis on DEI talent acquisition and retention, and framing the next wave of innovation using AI enabled solutions. Most recently, Trevear has been appointed to serve on Deloitte’s Global Board where he is responsible for providing governance oversight of Deloitte’s $59B global organization.

Trevear has deep and unique governance experiences. He is currently serving on Deloitte Global LLP’s Board of Directors. His board committees include Finance & Accounting, and the Transformation and Technology committees. During Trevear’s time on the board, he has participated in CEO succession, crisis management events, acquisitions, divestitures, long term strategy sessions, as well as an oversight steering committee associated with Deloitte’s exit from Russia and Belarus. In addition to his Global Board role, he has had several governance related experiences by being selected to Deloitte’s Board Council (a Board chair appointed role where he served on the global committee, participated in four board meetings, and delivered a special project that focused on delivering the “Sense of Partnership” experience; Nominating Committee (a Board chair appointed role that is responsible for conveying the voice of the partnership, and nominating six new board members as well as the CEO and Chair elected leaders); and nominated as a Deloitte US Board member.

Trevear received his Bachelor of Science from Clark Atlanta University and his Master of Business Administration from MIT’s Sloan School of Management. Before joining Deloitte, Trevear worked for Shell Oil Company.

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Winselow Tucker

Winselow Tucker is the Senior Vice President, Intercontinental, at Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS). He is passionate about delivering innovative pharmaceutical products to patients suffering from serious and rare diseases such as cancer.

Winselow has 20 years of pharmaceutical and biotech experience delivering strong business results and successfully launching new products. In his current role, Winselow oversees a diverse and dynamic multi-national region, with responsibilities for 60+ countries across five continents, including China, Asia, Australia, Central & Eastern Europe, Latin America, Brazil and the Middle East.

Before becoming the Head of Intercontinental in January 2022, Winselow was the General Manager of BMS’ US Hematology business. Before joining BMS, Winselow was General Manager, Canada, for Novartis Oncology and prior to this role, Winselow held senior positions in Global Marketing at Novartis Oncology including Vice President of the Breast Cancer franchise and Interim Head Global Marketing.

Winselow obtained is BBA in Accounting from Howard University and earned his MBA in Marketing and Finance from Indiana University - Kelley School of Business.

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Tony Wells is Senior Vice President and Chief Media Officer for Verizon. Wells is responsible for enterprise media across all business units, platforms and channels; managing the enterprise centers of excellence for sponsorships, experiential and digital marketing. Wells manages a sponsorship portfolio that includes strategic partnerships across sports, music, gaming, and media, including NFL, NHL, and NASCAR; more than 50 team-level engagements across NBA, MLB, and MLS; Live Nation; the gaming ecosystem, including publishers, eSports, hardware, and distribution; as well as media partners and platforms.

With over 30 years of experience working with innovative, high-growth brands, Wells has deep expertise leading marketing, business development and strategic partnerships. Wells joined Verizon from USAA where he served as Chief Brand Officer, cultivating significant brand growth and customer satisfaction from the organization’s extensive military membership. He has also led marketing teams across industries and companies, including Visa, Schneider Electric, 24 Hour Fitness and ADT.

Wells’ experience in different disciplines of the marketing mix helped build his reputation as a progressive thinker and agile marketer in a quickly changing, highly competitive and increasingly digital world.

He is a member of the Board of Directors for Yelp, the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) and the New York Ad Club. He served as an infantry officer in the United States Marine Corps and holds a BS degree from the United States Naval Academy and a Management Certificate from Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business.

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Lorna Wisham

VICE

CORPORATE AFFAIRS, AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, FIRSTENERGY CORPORATION

PRESIDENT, FIRSTENERGY FOUNDATION

Lorna Wisham joined FirstEnergy in 2005 as regional vice president for The Illuminating Company, and later became director of External Affairs for The Illuminating Company and Toledo Edison electric utilities. In 2011 she joined FirstEnergy’s Federal Team as senior advisor, lobbying federal agencies and U.S. Congressional members and staff on a broad spectrum of topics from utility operations and cyber-security to regulatory and environmental issues. While in Washington, Wisham was active with Edison Electric Institute Power PAC Board, the Washington Group on Government Relations, Women’s Council on Energy and the Environment and the American Association of Blacks in Energy Washington DC Chapter.

In September 2018 Wisham was named vice president, Corporate Affairs and Community Involvement. In this role, she leads charitable giving, employee engagement and volunteerism initiatives, and nonprofit board placements for executives. Wisham also serves as president of the FirstEnergy Foundation overseeing a $10 million annual investment portfolio. In 2020, she launched the Investing with Purpose initiative allocating an additional $7 million to nearly 200 nonprofits impacted by Covid-19, and to nonprofits responding to ongoing racial and social injustices across the FirstEnergy footprint.

Wisham previously served as Chief of Public Affairs for former Cleveland Mayor Jane L. Campbell and marketing vice president for Downtown Cleveland Partnership. Her experience in public service began in 1996 for then-Cleveland Mayor Michael R. White. She has a long history of nonprofit board service and currently serves on the boards of the Cuyahoga Community College Foundation, the United Way of Greater Cleveland, First Tee of Cleveland, Women’s Endowment Fund, Women of Color Foundation and University Hospitals in Cleveland.

Wisham is a graduate of Leadership Cleveland Class of 2005 and Leadership Akron Signature 38 Class of 2022. She also is the recipient of honors from Savoy Magazine, SmartBusiness Magazine, Women of Color Foundation, and the Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio. In 2021, Wisham was named a Woman of Achievement by the YWCA of Greater Cleveland, a Woman of Distinction by the Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio, and she received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Akron in 2022. A native of northeast Ohio, Wisham earned a bachelor’s degree in Business and Organizational Communication from The University of Akron and a master’s degree in Public Communication from American University, Washington, D.C.

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Shon Wright

VICE PRESIDENT, CUMMINS INCORPORATED

PRESIDENT, CUMMINS ENGINE COMPONENTS

Shon Wright serves as an officer of Cummins Inc and President of Cummins Turbo Technologies. Mr. Wright has more than twenty-five years of business leadership in multinational environments, having lived and held executive positions domestically and internationally. During his career he has built a reputation for operational excellence, innovative strategic thinking, exceptional team management across continents. He has a proven track record of leading global teams and driving business growth. He has manufacturing experience in industrial and chemical companies with demonstrated excellence in managing complex global businesses.

Prior to his role as the President of Cummins Turbo Technologies, Wright served in a variety of positions during his 18-year tenure at Cummins including nearly 3 years on an international assignment in South Africa serving as a Plant Manager. He also had responsibility for a $250 million per year RV and Marine generator business. The business was featured in the February 2013 edition of RV Pro in the article “Cummins Means Power” (http://read.uberflip.com/i/106625). Early in his career, he led the international purchasing offices in India and China for the filtration division of Cummins. Prior to joining Cummins, Mr. Wright worked as a Chemical Engineer for BP initially as a production engineer and then later managed logistics for BPs largest polypropylene production facility.

Mr. Wright not only has experience with Cummins Board of Directors, including presentations to the full Board, but he also has considerable and diverse experience as a board member. He serves on the Board of Directors of Ingevity (NYSE:NGVT) a specialty chemical company. He is a member of the audit and sustainability and safety committees. He serves on the Board of Directors for Nuss truck and equipment a familyowned business with over $300 million per year in sales. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Wuxi Vane. Wuxi Vane is Cummins joint venture (JV) based in China that designs and manufactures highly engineered turbine wheels. Mr. Wright was member of the Board of Trustees for the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis from January 2019 –December 2021.

He is 1997 graduate of the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering. He received a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School in 2004.

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Safroadu YeboahAmankwah

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER, INTEL CORPORATION

Saf is a global leader with three decades of accomplishment and leadership in the High Tech and Telecom industries. He is Intel Corporation’s Senior Vice President and the Chief Strategy Officer, where he is responsible for driving Intel’s Corporate Strategy, Corporate Ventures, Business Incubation, and Strategic Alliances and Partnerships functions. He works closely with the leadership of Intel to set the growth strategy, and then to support the execution of the strategy through targeted M&A, strategic investments in key partners, targeted corporate partnerships, selective incubations of new opportunities and purposeful venture investments into Intel’s ecosystem. Saf oversees a team of ~1200 professionals spread across US, Europe, and Asia. In his role, Saf combines deep domain knowledge in Semiconductor design and manufacturing, Compute Architecture, AI, Telecom, and software with his 27 years of strategic and investing experience to help drive Intel growth objectives. Since his appointment 18 months ago, Saf’s team has driven over $10B in acquisitions and equity investments.

Before he joined Intel, Saf was a Senior Partner in McKinsey and Company’s Global Tech, Media and Telecom (TMT) Practice where he recently led the Global Transformation Practice, and the Knowledge and Capabilities Committees for the Practice. Over his time at McKinsey, Saf led many of the largest strategic and operational transformation programs for McKinsey’s largest Tech, Media and Telecom clients across the globe.

Saf earned his Bachelor’s of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1993. He also earned a Master’s of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), at MIT in 1994 with a thesis on control systems for semiconductor manufacturing.

Saf is currently a board member of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), and of the Defense Business Board (DBB).

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