2021 Most Influential Black Corporate Directors

by Edward Cates
2021 Most Influential Black Corporate Directors


 

Retired Sector Vice President & General Manager
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Serves on Board of Directors for: Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Micron Technology, Inc., Truist Financial Corporation
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Shirley Proctor Puller Foundation
Serves on Board of Directors for: Aramark Corporation, DexCom, Inc., Integral Ad Science, Inc., Novartis International AG
Senior Vice President, Connected Home Business
NETGEAR
Serves on Board of Directors for: NETGEAR, Inc.
Executive Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer
Extended Stay America
Serves on Board of Directors for: Saia, Inc.
Former Dean, Leonard N. Stern School of Business
New York University
Serves on Board of Directors for: Citigroup, Inc., Nike Inc.
Former Secretary of Labor
U.S. Department of Labor
Serves on Board of Directors for: The Coca-Cola Company, Cummins, Inc., MGM Resorts International
Former Chief Executive Officer
Klöckner Pentaplast Europe GmbH & Co. KG
Serves on Board of Directors for: The Home Depot, Inc., Wells Fargo & Company, United Parcel Service (UPS)
Retired Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
Specialized Packaging Group, Inc.
Serves on Board of Directors for: KeyCorp
Chairman, CEO & Co-Founder
GNS Healthcare
Serves on Board of Directors for: Biotelemetry Inc., PPD
Co-Owner & Vice Chairman
Atlanta Hawks
Serves on Board of Directors for: Campbell Soup Company, Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.
Principal
Hill Family Advisors
Serves on Board of Directors for: Esquire Bank, The Carlyle Group
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
J Hill Group
Serves on Board of Directors for: CoStar Group, Inc.
Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School
Serves on Board of Directors for: Relay Therapeutics, Inc.
Senior Vice President, Enterprise Business Transformation
Lockheed Martin
Serves on Board of Directors for: S&P Global Inc.
Chief Executive Officer
The Hines Group, LLC
Serves on Board of Directors for: Horace Mann Educators Corporation
Co-Chief Executive Officer & President
Ariel Investments, LLC
Serves on Board of Directors for: JPMorgan Chase & Co., Starbucks Corporation
Former Secretary & General Counsel
Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P.
Serves on Board of Directors for: Blockcap Inc., Laredo Petroleum, Inc.
Former President & Chief Operating Officer
Cintas Corporation
Serves on Board of Directors for: PulteGroup, Rockwell Automation Inc.
Former Vice President, Corporate Audit
Boeing
Serves on Board of Directors for: T-Mobile, TPI Composites, Inc.
Partner
Reed Smith LLP
Serves on Board of Directors for: Southern Company
President & Chief Executive Officer
The Directors’ Council
Serves on Board of Directors for: United Continental Holdings, Inc., UnitedHealth Group Inc.
Former Principal
Hoover and Associates, LLC
Serves on Board of Directors for: Fifth Third Bancorp
Dean, College of Engineering
Ohio State University
Serves on Board of Directors for: Autodesk, Inc.
President
Robert Morris University
Serves on Board of Directors for: Avalonbay Communities Inc.