2021 Most Influential Black Corporate Directors

by Edward Cates
2021 Most Influential Black Corporate Directors


 

President & Chief Executive Officer, Peoples Gas & North Shore Gas
WEC Energy Group
Serves on Board of Directors for: BMO Financial Corp.
Former President
Morehouse School of Medicine
Serves on Board of Directors for: Encompass Health
co-CEO
Waymo
Serves on Board of Directors for: Intuit
Chancellor
University of California, Davis (UC Davis)
Serves on Board of Directors for: Leidos, Inc.
Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
New York Public Library
Serves on Board of Directors for: Gogo Inc.
Former Executive Director, Mergers & Acquisitions
Praxair, Inc.
Serves on Board of Directors for: Element Solutions Inc., Xerox Holdings Corporation
Bren Professor, Biology & Chemistry
California Institute of Technology
Serves on Board of Directors for: Merck & Co., Inc.
Attorney Of Counsel
Husch Blackwell LLP
Serves on Board of Directors for: Alliant Energy Corporation, Anterix Inc.
President, Career Learning Solutions
K12, Inc.
Serves on Board of Directors for: BorgWarner Inc.
Former Chief Human Resources Officer & Senior Vice President, Labor
UPS
Serves on Board of Directors for: Fluor Corporation, GMS, Inc., JetBlue Airways Corporation, Lennar Corporation
Former Chief Executive Officer
Advertising Resources, Inc.
Serves on Board of Directors for: TransDigm Group Inc.
Retired Four-Star General
U.S. Air Force
Serves on Board of Directors for: Abbott Laboratories, Parsons Corporation, Rolls-Royce of North America, USAA
Former President, HBO Home Entertainment
Time Warner
Serves on Board of Directors for: AmerisourceBergen Corporation, Tegna, Inc.
Retired Managing Partner, Atlanta Office & Mid-South Region
KPMG
Serves on Board of Directors for: Oxford Industries, Inc., Science Applications International Corp.
Chief Executive Officer
Real Estate Executive Council
Serves on Board of Directors for: Acadia Realty Trust, Newmark Group, Inc.
Founder & President
MAC Energy Advisors LLC
Serves on Board of Directors for: Ecolab Inc., Huntington Ingalls Industries, USAA
Managing Principal
Energy Works LLC
Serves on Board of Directors for: MGM Resorts International
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Nia Enterprises
Serves on Board of Directors for: Deluxe Corporation, Private Bancorp, Inc.
President, Enterprise Strategic Partnerships
American Express
Serves on Board of Directors for: Nordstrom, Inc., RLJ Lodging Trust
Former Senior Vice President & General Manager, Western Division Frito-Lay North America
PepsiCo
Serves on Board of Directors for: GMS Inc., Northwestern Mutual, Saia, Inc
Global Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, CEO, Impact Ventures
Sodexo, Inc.
Serves on Board of Directors for: H&R Block
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
XPORTS, Inc.
Serves on Board of Directors for: Darden Restaurants, Inc.
Chief Financial Officer
W.W. Grainger, Inc.
Serves on Board of Directors for: Weyerhaeuser Company
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Millegan Advisory Group 3 LLC
Serves on Board of Directors for: Axis Capital, CoreSite Realty Corporation, Portland General Electric Co., Wireless Technology Group, Inc.