Management Team & Directors

Brian T. Moynihan

Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer,
Bank of America Corporation

As our Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Moynihan leads a team of more than 210,000 employees focused on driving Responsible Growth for our teammates, clients, communities, and shareholders. Under his leadership, the company provides core financial services to three client groups through our eight lines of business. This has delivered record earnings and significant capital return to shareholders. Mr. Moynihan has demonstrated leadership qualities, management capability, knowledge of our business and industry, and a long-term strategic perspective. In addition, he has many years of international and domestic financial services experience, including wholesale and retail businesses.

Professional Highlights

• Appointed Chair of the Board of Directors of Bank of America Corporation in October 2014 and President and Chief Executive Officer in January 2010. Prior to becoming Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Moynihan ran each of the company’s operating units
• Member (and prior Chair) of the Board of Directors of Bank Policy Institute (Chair of the Global Regulatory Policy Committee)
• Member (and prior Chair) of Financial Services Forum
• Chair of the Supervisory Board of The Clearing House Association L.L.C.
• Member of Business Roundtable
• Member (and prior Chairman) of the World Economic Forum’s International Business Council (Chair of Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics Initiative)
• Chairman of the Board of The U.S. Council on Competitiveness
• Former Member (and prior President) of the Federal Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Board
• Chair of the Sustainable Markets Initiative

Other Leadership Experience

• Member of Board of Fellows of Brown University (Chair of the Watson Institute Board of Governors)
• Member of Advisory Council of Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Member of Charlotte Executive Leadership Council
• Chairman of Massachusetts Competitive Partnership

Lionel L. Nowell III

Lead Independent Director,
Bank of America Corporation;
Former Senior Vice President and Treasurer, PepsiCo, Inc. (Pepsi)

Mr. Nowell is an active board leader with a deep range of corporate audit, financial expertise, risk management, operational, and strategic planning experience. During his more than 30-year career with multinational consumer products conglomerates, he oversaw the worldwide corporate treasury functions, including debt and investment activities, capital markets strategies, and foreign exchange as Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Pepsi, finance functions as Chief Financial Officer of Pepsi Bottling Group, and held responsibilities for strategy and business development as a Senior Vice President at RJR Nabisco. Mr. Nowell brings a robust corporate governance and board leadership perspective through his current and prior service on public company boards across varying industries and through his ongoing dialogue with institutional shareholders as our Board’s Lead Independent Director.

Professional Highlights

• Served as Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Pepsi, a leading global food, snack, and beverage company, from 2001 to May 2009, and as Chief Financial Officer of The Pepsi Bottling Group and Controller of Pepsi
• Served as Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development at RJR Nabisco, Inc. from 1998 to 1999
• Held various senior financial roles at the Pillsbury division of Diageo plc, including Chief Financial Officer of its Pillsbury North America, Pillsbury Foodservice, and Häagen-Dazs divisions, and also served as Controller and Vice President of Internal Audit of the Pillsbury Company
• Served as Lead Director of the Board of Directors of Reynolds American, Inc. from January 2017 to July 2017 and as a Board member from September 2007 to July 2017
• Served as a member of the Board of Directors of American Electric Power Company, Inc., chair of its Audit Committee, member of its Directors and Corporate Governance, Policy, Executive, and Finance Committees
• Member of the Board of Directors of Ecolab Inc. and its Audit Committee and Finance Committee
• Member of the Board of Directors of Textron Inc. and Chair of its Audit Committee
• As our Board’s Lead Independent Director Mr. Nowell has an extensive set of responsibilities that brings him into frequent communications with our primary regulators, institutional shareholders, other stakeholders and our employees and customers.
• In 2022, Mr. Nowell was named “Independent Director of the Year” by Corporate Board Member

Other Leadership Experience

• Dean’s Advisory Council at The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business

Sharon L. Allen

Former Chairman,
Deloitte LLP (Deloitte)

Ms. Allen is an experienced director who brings deep auditing and consulting services, financial reporting, and corporate governance experience to our Board. As a corporate leader, Ms. Allen has broad experience leading and working with large, complex businesses and brings an international perspective on risk management and strategic planning. During her nearly 40-year career with Deloitte, the largest professional services organization in the U.S. and member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL), she became the first woman elected to serve as Chairman of the Board and also served as a member of DTTL’s Global Board of Directors, the chair of its Global Risk Committee, and the U.S. representative of its Global Governance Committee. During her tenure at Deloitte, Ms. Allen oversaw relationships with major multinational corporations and provided oversight and guidance to management.

Professional Highlights

• Served as Chairman of Deloitte, a firm that provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, and tax services, as the U.S. member firm of DTTL from 2003 to 2011
• Employed at Deloitte for nearly 40 years in various leadership roles, including Partner and Regional Managing Partner, responsible for audit and consulting services for a number of Fortune 500 and large private companies
• Former member of the Board of Directors of First Solar, Inc. and its Technology Committee, and Chair of its Audit Committee
• Member of the Board of Directors of Albertsons Companies, Inc. and its Audit & Risk Committee, and Chair of its Governance, Compliance & ESG Committee
• Member of the Global Board of Directors, Chair of the Global Risk Committee, and U.S. Representative on the Global Governance Committee of DTTL from 2003 to 2011

Other Leadership Experience

• Former Director and Chair of the National Board of Directors of the YMCA of the USA, a leading nonprofit organization for youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility
• Former Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Autry National Center, the governing body of the Autry Museum of the American West
• Appointed by President George W. Bush to the President’s Export Council, which advised the President on export enhancement

José (Joe) E. Almeida

Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Baxter International Inc. (Baxter)

Mr. Almeida is an active chief executive officer and public company director with experience leading large, global companies subject to regulatory oversight. His service as a board member in a variety of industries also brings additional perspectives to our Board. As Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Baxter, Mr. Almeida is leading the company through a period of transformation driven by innovation, operational excellence, and strategic execution. Prior to joining Baxter, Mr. Almeida served as chairman, president and chief executive officer of Covidien plc and served in leadership roles at Tyco Healthcare (Covidien’s predecessor), Wilson Greatbatch Technologies Inc., American Home Products’ Acufex Microsurgical division, and Johnson & Johnson’s Professional Products division. He began his career as a management consultant at Andersen Consulting (Accenture) and previously served on the boards of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., Analog Devices, Inc., EMC Corporation, State Street Corporation and Covidien plc.

Professional Highlights

• Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of Baxter, a global medtech leader, effective January 1, 2016. Began serving as an executive officer of Baxter in October 2015
• Served as Senior Advisor with The Carlyle Group, a multinational private equity, alternative asset management and financial services corporation, from May 2015 to October 2015
• Served as the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Covidien, a global healthcare products company, from March 2012 through January 2015, prior to the acquisition of Covidien by Medtronic plc, and President and Chief Executive Officer of Covidien from July 2011 to March 2012
• Prior to becoming Covidien’s President and Chief Executive officer, served in several leadership roles at Covidien, including President of its Worldwide Medical Devices business; also served as President of International and Vice President of Global Manufacturing for Covidien’s predecessor, Tyco Healthcare
• Served on the boards of directors of: Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. from 2017 to 2022, including on its Compensation Committee; State Street Corporation from 2013 to 2015, including on its Executive Compensation Committee; Analog Devices, Inc. during 2015; and EMC Corporation from 2014 to 2015
• Served on the Board of Trustees of Partners in Health from 2013 to 2021

Other Leadership Experience

• Serves on the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University

Frank P. Bramble, Sr.

Former Executive Vice Chairman,
MBNA Corporation (MBNA)

Mr. Bramble is a veteran financial services executive with broad-ranging financial services experience, and international perspective. He also brings institutional insights to our Board, having held leadership positions at two financial services companies acquired by our company (MBNA, acquired in 2006, and MNC Financial Inc., acquired in 1993). As a former executive officer of one of the largest credit card issuers in the U.S. and a major regional bank, Mr. Bramble has dealt with a wide range of issues important to our company, including risk management, credit cycles, sales and marketing to consumers, corporate governance, and audit and financial reporting.

Professional Highlights

• Served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees from July 2014 to June 2016 and Interim President from July 2013 to June 2014 of Calvert Hall College High School in Baltimore, Maryland
• Served as Executive Vice Chairman from July 2002 to April 2005 and Advisor to the Executive Committee from April 2005 to December 2005 of MBNA Corporation, a financial services company acquired by Bank of America in January 2006
• Previously served as the Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer at Allfirst Financial, Inc., MNC Financial Inc., Maryland National Bank, American Security Bank, and Virginia Federal Savings Bank
• Served as a member of the Board of Directors, from April 1994 to May 2002, and Chairman, from December 1999 to May 2002, of Allfirst Financial, Inc. and Allfirst Bank, U.S. subsidiaries of Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c.
• Began his career as an audit clerk at the First National Bank of Maryland

Other Leadership Experience

• Emeritus member of the Board of Visitors of Towson University and guest lecturer in business strategy and accounting from 2006 to 2008

Pierre J. P. de Weck

Former Chairman and Global Head of Private Wealth Management, Deutsche Bank AG

Mr. de Weck is a Swiss national based in Europe with deep knowledge of the global financial services industry. As a senior executive with a tenure of nearly three decades in global financial services, including as a member of the Group Executive Committee and Global Head of Private Management of Deutsche Bank AG in London, and as Chief Executive Officer of North America, Chief Executive Officer of Europe, and a member of the Group Executive Board at UBS AG, and as Chief Executive Officer of UBS Capital, Mr. de Weck has extensive experience in risk management, including credit risk management. He brings valuable international perspective to our company’s business activities, including to our European subsidiaries through his service on the Boards of Directors of Merrill Lynch International (MLI), our U.K. broker-dealer subsidiary, and BofA Securities Europe S.A. (BofASE), our French broker-dealer subsidiary.

Professional Highlights

• Served as the Chairman and Global Head of Private Wealth Management and as a member of the Group Executive Committee of Deutsche Bank AG from 2002 to May 2012
• Served on the Management Board of UBS from 1994 to 2001; as Head of Institutional Banking from 1994 to 1997; as Chief Credit Officer and Head of Private Equity from 1998 to 1999; and as Head of Private Equity from 2000 to 2001
• Held various senior management positions at Union Bank of Switzerland, a predecessor firm of UBS, from 1985 to 1994
• Chair of the Board of Directors of MLI (and previously chair of the MLI Board’s Risk Committee), and Chair of the Board of Directors of BofASE

Arnold W. Donald

Former President and Chief Executive Officer,
Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc (Carnival)

Mr. Donald has more than three decades of strategic planning, global operations, and risk management experience in regulated, consumer, retail, and distribution businesses, including through his service as President and Chief Executive Officer of Carnival, one of the world’s largest leisure travel companies with operations worldwide, his leadership roles with global responsibilities at Monsanto, and his experience as a public company director. Through his leadership of non-profit organizations, including The Executive Leadership Council and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, Mr. Donald also brings focus and perspective on our work to promote equality, diversity and inclusion, and advance economic opportunity for our employees and the communities we serve.

Professional Highlights

• President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Climate Officer of Carnival, a cruise and vacation company from July 2013 to November 2022; began serving on Carnival’s Board of Directors in 2001
• Served as President and Chief Executive Officer from November 2010 to June 2012 of The Executive Leadership Council, a nonprofit organization providing a professional network and business forum to African-American executives at major U.S. companies
• President and Chief Executive Officer of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International from January 2006 to February 2008
• Served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Merisant from 2000 to 2003, a privately held global manufacturer of tabletop sweeteners, and remained as Chairman until 2005
• Joined Monsanto in 1977 and held several senior leadership positions with global responsibilities, including President of its Agricultural Group and President of its Nutrition and Consumer Sector, over a more than 20-year tenure
• Served as a member of the Board of Directors of Crown Holdings, Inc. and member of its Compensation Committee; served as a member of the Board of Directors of Carnival and member of its Executive Committee
• Member of the Board of Directors of Salesforce, Inc.

Other Leadership Experience

• Appointed by President Clinton and re-appointed by President George W. Bush to the President’s Export Council

Linda P. Hudson

Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
The Cardea Group, LLC;
Former President and Chief Executive Officer,
BAE Systems, Inc. (BAE)

Ms. Hudson has extensive executive leadership experience. She brings international perspective, geopolitical insights, and broad knowledge in strategic planning, global operations, and risk management to our Board through a career in the defense, aerospace, and security industries that spanned more than 40 years. As the former President and Chief Executive Officer of BAE and the first woman to lead a major national security corporation, Ms. Hudson oversaw a global, highly regulated, and complex U.S.-based defense, aerospace, and security company, wholly owned by London-based BAE Systems plc (BAE Systems), where she also served as an executive director. Through her leadership positions, including with General Dynamics Corporation and its armament and technical products division, Ms. Hudson also brings focus and perspective to the Board’s oversight of technology and related risks, including cybersecurity risks.

Professional Highlights

• Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Cardea Group, LLC, a management consulting business, from May 2014 to January 2020
• Served as CEO Emeritus of BAE, a U.S.-based subsidiary of BAE Systems, a global defense, aerospace, and security company headquartered in London, from February 2014 to May 2014, and as President and Chief Executive Officer of BAE from October 2009 until January 2014
• Served as President of BAE Systems’ Land and Armaments operating group, the world’s largest military vehicle and equipment business, from October 2006 to October 2009
• Prior to joining BAE, served as Vice President of General Dynamics Corporation and President of its Armament and Technical Products business; held various positions in engineering, production operations, program management, and business development for defense and aerospace companies
• Served as a member of the Executive Committee and as an executive director of BAE Systems from 2009 until January 2014 and as a member of the Board of Directors of BAE from 2009 to April 2015
• Served as a member of the Board of Directors of The Southern Company and its Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee and Operations, Environmental and Safety Committee from 2014 to July 2018
• Member of the Board of Directors of Trane Technologies plc (formerly Ingersoll-Rand plc) and its Compensation Committee, Sustainability, Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, and Technology and Innovation Committee
• Member of the Board of Directors of TPI Composites, Inc. and its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and Technology Committee

Other Leadership Experience

• Elected member to the National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest professional honors accorded an engineer
• Member of the Board of Directors of the University of Florida Foundation, Inc. and the advisory board of the University of Florida Engineering Leadership Institute
• Former member of the Charlotte Center Executive Board for the Wake Forest University School of Business
• Former member of the Board of Trustees of Discovery Place, a nonprofit education organization dedicated to inspiring exploration of the natural and social world
• Member of the Board of Directors of UF Health, the health care system affiliated with the University of Florida College of Medicine

Monica C. Lozano

Former Chief Executive Officer, College Futures Foundation;
Former Chairman, US Hispanic Media Inc;
Lead Independent Director, Target Corporation

Ms. Lozano has a broad range of leadership experience in public and private sectors and a track record as a champion for equality, opportunity, and representation. As Chief Executive Officer of College Futures Foundation, a charitable foundation focused on increasing the rate of bachelor’s degree completion among California student populations who are low-income and have had a historically low college success rate, she worked to increase the rate of college graduation and improve opportunity for low-income students and students of color in California. With 30 years at La Opinión, the largest Spanish-language newspaper in the U.S., including as editor and publisher, as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of its parent company, ImpreMedia LLC, and as co-founder of the Aspen Institute Latinos and Society Program, Ms. Lozano possesses deep insights into the issues that impact the Hispanic-Latino community. As a director serving on the boards of large organizations with diversified international operations, including Apple Inc. and Target Corporation, and previously The Walt Disney Company, Ms. Lozano has long standing experience overseeing matters ranging from corporate governance, human capital management, executive compensation, to risk management and financial reporting. In addition, as a member of California’s Task Force on Jobs and Business Recovery, Ms. Lozano provides valuable perspective on important public policy, societal, and economic issues relevant to our company.

Professional Highlights

• Chief Executive Officer of College Futures Foundation from December 2017 to July 2022 and member of the Board of Directors from December 2019 to July 2022
• Served as Chair of the Board of Directors of U.S. Hispanic Media Inc., the parent company of ImpreMedia, a leading Hispanic news and information company, from June 2014 to January 2016
• Served as Chairman of ImpreMedia from July 2012 to January 2016, Chief Executive Officer from May 2010 to May 2014, and Senior Vice President from January 2004 to May 2010
• Served as Publisher of La Opinión, a subsidiary of ImpreMedia and the leading Spanish–language daily print and online newspaper in the U.S., from 2004 to May 2014, and Chief Executive Officer from 2004 to July 2012
• Lead Independent Director of the Board of Directors of Target Corporation and member of its Governance & Sustainability Committee, Chair of its Compensation & Human Capital Management Committee
• Member of the Board of Directors of Apple Inc. and its Audit and Finance Committee

Other Leadership Experience

• Member of California’s Task Force on Jobs and Business Recovery
• Served as a member of President Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness from 2011 to 2012 and served on President Obama’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board from 2009 to 2011
• Serves on and former Chair of the Board of Directors of the Weingart Foundation
• Served as the Chair of the Board of Regents of the University of California, as a member of the Board of Trustees of The Rockefeller Foundation, as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Southern California, and as a member of the State of California Commission on the 21st Century Economy

Denise L. Ramos

Former Chief Executive Officer and President, ITT Inc. (ITT)

Ms. Ramos is an experienced public company executive who brings global business leadership, financial expertise, and strategic planning experience to our Board. Ms. Ramos served as Chief Executive Officer of ITT, a diversified manufacturer of engineered components and customized technology solutions for the transportation, industrial, and energy markets, focusing on innovation and technology. She was Chief Financial Officer at ITT, Furniture Brands International, and the U.S. KFC division of Yum! Brands, and served as the corporate treasurer at Yum! Brands. Through her public company board service on the Boards of Phillip 66 and Raytheon Technologies, Ms. Ramos brings board-level insights into issues facing complex, regulated global public companies and oversight experience in finance, audit, corporate governance, public policy, and sustainability.

Professional Highlights

• Chief Executive Officer and President of ITT, a diversified manufacturer of critical components and customized technology solutions, from 2011 to 2019; Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ITT from 2007 to 2011
• Served as Chief Financial Officer for Furniture Brands International, a former home furnishings company, from 2005 to 2007
• Served in various roles at Yum! Brands Inc., an American fast-food company, from 2000 to 2005, including Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. Division of KFC Corporation and as Senior Vice President and Treasurer
• Began her career at Atlantic Richfield Company, where she spent 21 years in a number of finance positions
• Member of the Board of Directors of Phillips 66 and its Audit and Finance, Nominating and Governance, and Executive Committees, and Chair of its Public Policy and Sustainability Committee
• Member of the Board of Directors of Raytheon Technologies Corporation and its Audit and Human Capital and Compensation Committees

Clayton S. Rose

President, Bowdoin College

Dr. Rose is an executive leader in academics and the private sector, who brings public policy and social thought leadership, and broad global financial services, strategic, and risk management experiences to our Board. As President of Bowdoin College, Dr. Rose has a legacy advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion; increasing access and opportunity for students; addressing mental health challenges facing youth; and promoting sustainability. During his tenure on the faculty of the Harvard Business School, Dr. Rose taught and wrote on issues of leadership, ethics, the financial crisis, and the role of business in society. Dr. Rose spent the first 20 years of his career with JPMorgan Chase & Co. and its predecessor company, where he retired as Vice Chairman after holding leadership positions in investment banking, equities, securities, derivatives, and corporate finance divisions and leading the company’s diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Following retirement from JPMorgan Chase, Dr. Rose received a master’s degree and PhD with distinction in sociology from the University of Pennsylvania focusing on issues of race in America. Dr. Rose has served on several financial institutions boards and currently serves as Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the U.S.’s largest private supporter of academic biomedical research.

Professional Highlights

• President of Bowdoin College; retirement announced for June 30, 2023
• Held various other roles in academia, including Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School
• Served as Vice Chairman, headed two lines of business– Global Investment Banking and Global Equities–and was a member of JPMorgan Chase’s senior management team during his approximately 20-year tenure at JPMorgan Chase
• Served as a member of the Boards of Directors of XL Group, plc, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), and Mercantile Bankshares Corp.

Other Leadership Experience

• Trustee and Chair of the Board of Trustees for Howard Hughes Medical Institute and formerly Chair of the Audit and Compensation Committee
• Served on the company’s Board of Directors from 2013 to 2015

Michael D. White

Former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, DIRECTV;
Lead Director, Kimberly-Clark Corporation

Mr. White is a seasoned executive and public company director who, as Chief Executive Officer of DIRECTV, led the global operations and strategic direction of complex and highly regulated multinational consumer retail and distribution businesses. He possesses executive and board leadership experience and provides broad ranging operational and strategic insights, an international perspective, and financial expertise to our Board. Mr. White was President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the board of directors of DIRECTV, where he oversaw the operations and strategic direction of the company in the U.S. and in Latin America. Prior to joining DIRECTV, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo International; Frito-Lay’s Europe, Africa, and Middle East division; and Snack Ventures Europe, PepsiCo’s partnership with General Mills International. He also served as Chief Financial Officer of PepsiCo., Inc., Pepsi-Cola Company worldwide, and Frito-Lay International. Mr. White began his career as a management consultant at Bain & Company and Arthur Andersen & Co. Mr. White currently is a director on boards of public companies with extensive global operations where he holds board leadership positions.

Professional Highlights

• Served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of DIRECTV, a leading provider of digital television entertainment services, from January 2010 to August 2015, and as a Director of the company from November 2009 until August 2015
• Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo International from February 2003 until November 2009; and served as Vice Chairman and director of PepsiCo from March 2006 to November 2009, after holding positions of increasing importance with PepsiCo since 1990
• Served as Senior Vice President at Avon Products, Inc.
• Served as a Management Consultant at Bain & Company and Arthur Andersen & Co.
• Lead Director of the Board of Directors of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Chair of its Executive Committee; Member of the Board of Directors of Whirlpool Corporation, Chair of its Audit Committee, and member of its Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee

Other Leadership Experience

• Member of the Boston College Board of Trustees
• Vice Chair of The Partnership to End Addiction

Thomas D. Woods

Former Vice Chairman and Senior Executive Vice President,
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC);
Former Chairman, Hydro One Limited

Mr. Woods is a veteran financial services executive with experience in risk management, corporate strategy, finance, and the corporate and investment banking businesses. Mr. Woods began his nearly 40-year tenure at CIBC and its predecessor firms in its investment banking department and later served as Head of Canadian Corporate Banking, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Risk Officer, before retiring as Vice Chairman. As Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer of CIBC during the financial crisis, Mr. Woods focused on risk management and CIBC’s risk culture. He chaired CIBC’s Asset Liability Committee, served as CIBC’s lead liaison with regulators, and was an active member of CIBC’s business strategy group.

Professional Highlights

• Served as Vice Chairman and Senior Executive Vice President of CIBC, a leading Canada-based global financial institution, from July 2013 until his retirement in December 2014
• Served as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer of CIBC from 2008 to July 2013, and Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CIBC from 2000 to 2008
• Employed at Wood Gundy, a CIBC predecessor firm, starting in 1977; served in various senior leadership positions, including as Controller of CIBC, as Chief Financial Officer of CIBC World Markets (CIBC’s investment banking division), and as the Head of CIBC’s Canadian Corporate Banking division
• Served as Chair of the Board of Directors of Hydro One Limited, an electricity transmission and distribution company serving the Canadian province of Ontario, and publicly traded and listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, from August 2018 to July 2019
• Member of the Board of Directors of MLI, chair of its Risk Committee, and member of its Governance Committee

Other Leadership Experience

• Member of the Board of Directors of Alberta Investment Management Corporation, a Canadian institutional investment fund manager, and on the advisory committee of Cordiant Capital Inc., a fund manager specializing in emerging markets
• Member of the University of Toronto College of Electors, and the Board of Advisors of the University of Toronto Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
• Former member of the Board of Directors of Jarislowsky Fraser Limited, a global investment management firm, from 2016 to 2018, former member of the Boards of Directors of DBRS Limited and DBRS, Inc., an international credit rating agency, from 2015 to 2016, and former member of the Board of Directors of TMX Group Inc., a Canada-based financial services company, from 2012 to 2014

Maria T. Zuber

Vice President for Research and E.A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Dr. Zuber is a distinguished research scientist and academic leader who brings a breadth of risk management, technology, geopolitical insights, and strategic planning thought leadership to our Board. Dr. Zuber is the first woman to lead a science department at MIT and the first woman to lead a NASA planetary mission. In her role as Vice President for Research at MIT, Dr. Zuber oversees multiple interdisciplinary research laboratories and centers focusing on cancer research, energy and environmental solutions initiatives, plasma science and fusion, electronics, nanotechnology, and radio science and technology. She also leads MIT’s Climate Action Plan, and is responsible for intellectual property, research integrity and compliance, and research relationships with the federal government. Dr. Zuber has held leadership roles on 10 space exploratory missions with NASA. She also served on the National Science Board under President Obama and President Trump and is currently Co-Chair of President Biden’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

Professional Highlights

• Vice President for Research at MIT, a leading research institution, since 2013, where she oversees MIT Lincoln Laboratory and more than a dozen interdisciplinary research laboratories and centers and leads MIT’s Climate Action Plan
• Served as a Professor at MIT since 1995, and was Head of the Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Department from 2003 to 2011
• Served in a number of positions at NASA, including as a Geophysicist from 1986 to 1992, a Senior Research Scientist from 1993 to 2010, and as Principal Investigator of the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission from 2008 to 2017, which was designed to create the most accurate gravitational map of the moon to date and give scientists insight into the moon’s internal structure, composition, and evolution, and held leadership roles associated with scientific experiments or instrumentation on 10 NASA missions
• Member of the Board of Directors of Textron Inc. and its Nominating and Corporate Governance, and Organization and Compensation Committees

Other Leadership Experience

• Appointed by President Biden in 2021 as Co-Chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
• Appointed by President Obama in 2013 and reappointed by President Trump in 2018 to the National Science Board, a 25-member panel that serves as the governing board of the National Science Foundation and as advisors to the President and Congress on policy matters relating to science and engineering; served as Board Chair from 2016 to 2018
• Co-Chair of the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine’s National Science, Technology and Security Roundtable
• Chair of NASA’s Mars Sample Return Mission Standing Review Board
• Board of Directors and Executive Committee of The Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center, a joint venture by Massachusetts universities, which provides infrastructure for computationally intensive research
• Board of Trustees of Brown University