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Shon Wright

Shon Wright

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.

Kimberly Markiewicz

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PRESIDENT

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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