2017 Most Influential Black Corporate Directors

by LP Green, II
2017 Most Influential Black Corporate Directors

A Directory of Corporate Board Excellence

We are proud and honored to present Savoy’s 2017 Most Influential Black Corporate Directors. Within this directory, you will find a prestigious listing of leaders active on the boards of the world’s leading corporations.


Rodney E. SlaterPartnerSquire Patton Boggs LLPBoards: Kansas City Southern, Transurban Limited, Verizon Communications, Inc.
Gerald B. SmithChairman & Chief Executive OfficerSmith, Graham & Co. Investment Advisors, L.P.Boards: Eaton Corporation plc, New York Life Insurance Company
Cheryl W. Snead
Cheryl W. SneadPresident & Chief Executive OfficerBanneker IndustriesBoards: Amica Mutual Insurance Company
Paula A. SneedChairman & Chief Executive OfficerPhelps Prescott Group, LLCBoards: Airgas, Inc., Charles Schwab Corporation, TE Connectivity Ltd.
General Larry O. Spencer
General Larry O. Spencer USAF (Ret)PresidentAir Force AssociationBoards: Whirlpool Corporation
James B. Stallings
James B. StallingsManaging PartnerPS27 VenturesBoards: Fidelity National Information Services, UGI Corporation
Sheila A. Stamps
Sheila A. StampsFormer Executive Vice PresidentDBI, LLCBoards: CIT Bank, N.A., CIT Group Inc.
Lauren C. States
Lauren C. StatesFormer Chief Technology Officer, IBM Corporate StrategyIBMBoards: Webster Financial Corporation, Clean Harbors
David L. StewardChairman & Co-FounderWorld Wide Technology, Inc. (WWT)Boards: Centene Corporation
Melvin T. StithDean Emeritus Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse UniversityBoards: Aflac, Inc., Flowers Foods, Inc., Synovus Financial Corporation
Dmitri StocktonFormer Chairman, President & CEO, GE Asset Management GEGEBoards: Deere & Company
Louis W. SullivanFounding Dean & Former PresidentMorehouse School of MedicineBoards: Emergent BioSolutions, Inc., Henry Schein, Inc., United Therapeutics Corporation