2021 Most Influential Black Corporate Directors

by Edward Cates
2021 Most Influential Black Corporate Directors


 

Associate Dean, Undergraduate & Graduate Programs, College of Engineering
University of Alabama
Serves on Board of Directors for: Carpenter Technology Corporation
Former Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy
IBM
Serves on Board of Directors for: Avent, Inc., PayPal Holding, Inc., United Parcel Service (UPS), W.W. Grainger, Inc.
Former Senior Vice President & Senior Partner
Booz Allen Hamilton
Serves on Board of Directors for: Cintas Corporation, Kelly Services Inc.
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
Guaranty Trust Bank plc
Serves on Board of Directors for: PepsiCo, Inc.
Senior Vice President, Public-Private Partnerships
Mastercard
Serves on Board of Directors for: Twitter, Inc
Former Executive Vice President, Television
National Association of Broadcasters
Serves on Board of Directors for: The E.W. Scripps Co.
Executive Vice President, Global Sales
PayPal
Serves on Board of Directors for: Facebook, Inc., The Macerich Company
Chief Strategy Officer & Senior Vice President, Strategy & Corp. Development
The Boeing Company
Serves on Board of Directors for: The Procter & Gamble Company
Former Chief Marketing Officer, IBM Cloud
IBM
Serves on Board of Directors for: ABM Industries Inc., Lumen Technologies Inc., The ODP Corporation
Executive Director & Chief Investment Officer Employees’ Retirement Fund
City of Dallas, Texas
Serves on Board of Directors for: Globe Life Corporation
Former Chief Sales Officer
Sprint Corporation
Serves on Board of Directors for: Assurant, Inc., Synchrony Financial Yum! Brands, Inc.
Retired Vice Chair & Midwest Area Managing Partner
Ernst & Young
Serves on Board of Directors for: AAR Corporation, Avery Dennison Corporation, Exelon Corporation, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc
Former Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
OfficeMax, Inc.
Serves on Board of Directors for: Stericycle, Inc., PulteGroup, Inc., W. W. Grainger, Inc.
Former President
ServiceMaster Brands
Serves on Board of Directors for: Lucid Diagnostics, Owens & Minor, Inc.
Former Chief Executive Officer
MetricStream
Serves on Board of Directors for: Nordstrom, Inc., Okta, Inc., Roper Technologies, Inc., Verizon
Head of New Product Experimentation
Facebook
Serves on Board of Directors for: Capital One Financial Corporation
Former Vice President, Operations, Watson Health
IBM Corporation
Serves on Board of Directors for: Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc, Switch Inc.
Executive Vice President, Worldwide Television Licensing & Operations
ViacomCBS
Serves on Board of Directors for: Canada Goose
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Eaton Corporation plc
Serves on Board of Directors for: Eaton Corporation (Chairman), Medtronic, Inc.
General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Anterix Inc.
Serves on Board of Directors for: GXO Logistics, Inc.
Executive Chairman
Azamara
Serves on Board of Directors for: Array Technologies, Inc., ITT, Inc., Perrigo Company plc, State Farm
Executive Vice President, Strategic Analytics
EverQuote, Inc.
Serves on Board of Directors for: EverQuote, Inc.
Retired President & Chief Executive Officer
The Aerospace Corporation
Serves on Board of Directors for: Amgen Inc., Chevron Corporation, Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc.
Former Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Video Franchising
Verizon
Serves on Board of Directors for: LHC Group, Inc.