Board of Directors

Board of Directors

R. Glenn Hubbard, Ph.D., age 62
Chairman of the Board, MetLife, Inc.
Dean Emeritus and Russell L. Carson Professor of Economics and Finance, Graduate School of Business, and Professor of Economics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University

Professional Highlights:

  • Columbia University, a private research university
    • Dean Emeritus, Graduate School of Business (2019 – Present)
    • Dean, Graduate School of Business (2004 – 2019) 
    • Russell L. Carson Professor of Economics and Finance, Graduate School of Business (1994 – Present)
    • Professor of Economics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences (1997 – Present)
  • Co-Chair, Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, an independent nonprofit research organization (2006 – Present)
  • Chairman, President’s Council of Economic Advisers, an agency within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (2001 – 2003)
  • Chairman of the Economic Policy Committee, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, an international economic and trade organization (2001 – 2003)
  • Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, United States Department of the Treasury (1991 – 1993)

Other Professional and Leadership Experience:

  • Member of numerous professional and civic organizations, including:
    • Council on Foreign Relations
    • Advisory Board of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse
    • Board of Directors, Resources for the Future
  • Other public company or registered investment company directorships: BlackRock Fixed Income Funds; TotalEnergies SE
  • Prior public company directorships (past five years): Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

Education:

  • B.A. and B.S., University of Central Florida
  • Ph.D. and A.M., Harvard University

Director since 2007

Cheryl W. Grisé, age 68
Former Executive Vice President, Northeast Utilities

Professional Highlights:

  • Northeast Utilities (now Eversource Energy), a public utility holding company engaged in the distribution of electricity and natural gas (1980 – 2007)
    • Executive Vice President (December 2005 – July 2007)
    • Chief Executive Officer of principal operating subsidiaries (September 2002 – January 2007)
    • President, Utility Group, Northeast Utilities Service Company (May 2001 – January 2007)
    • President, Utility Group (May 2001 – December 2005)
    • Senior Vice President, Corporate Secretary and General Counsel (1998 – 2001)

Other Professional and Leadership Experience:

  • Trustee Emeritus, University of Connecticut Foundation
  • Trustee Emeritus, Kingswood Oxford School
  • Senior Fellow, American Leadership Forum
  • Other public company directorships: PulteGroup, Inc.; ICF International

Education:

  • B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • J.D., Thomas Jefferson School of Law
  • Executive Management Program, Yale University School of Organization and Management

Director since 2004

Carlos M. Gutierrez, age 67
Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce

Professional Highlights:

  • Co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, EmPath, Inc., a human capital technology company (August 2020 – Present)
  • The Albright Stonebridge Group, a consulting firm (April 2013 – July 2020)
    • Co-Chair (February 2014 – July 2020)
    • Vice Chair (April 2013 – February 2014)
  • Vice Chairman, Institutional Client Group, Citigroup Inc., a financial services corporation (January 2011 – February 2013)
  • Chairman and Founding Consultant of Global Political Strategies, a division of APCO Worldwide, Inc., a consulting firm (2010 – 2011)
  • Secretary of Commerce of the United States (February 2005 –January 2009)
  • Kellogg Company, a manufacturer of packaged food products (1975 – 2005)
    • Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2000 – 2005)
    • Chief Executive Officer (1999 – 2000)
    • President and Chief Operating Officer (1998 – 1999)

Other Professional and Leadership Experience:

  • Member, Tent Partnership for Refugees Advisory Council
  • Co-founder, TheDream.US
  • Former Chairman, National Foreign Trade Council
  • Former member, U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s U.S.-India Business Council
  • Member, Board of Directors, PwC (United States)
  • Other public company directorships: Occidental Petroleum Corporation; Exelon Corporation
  • Prior public company directorships (past five years): Time Warner, Inc.

Education:

  • Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Business Administration Studies

Director since 2013

Carla A. Harris, Age 59
Senior Client Advisor, Morgan Stanley

Professional Highlights:

  • Morgan Stanley, a multinational investment bank and financial services firm (1987 – present)
    • Vice Chairman, Managing Director, Senior Client Advisor, Head of Multicultural Client Strategy (2012-2021)
    • Member and leader of various teams focused on mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets, and asset management (1987 – 2012)

Other Professional and Leadership Experience:

  • Director, Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO)
  • Director, Mother Cabrini Health Foundation
  • Director, Sesame Workshop
  • Member, Harvard University Board of Overseers
  • Former Chair, Morgan Stanley Foundation
  • Former Chair, Executive Leadership Foundation
  • Former Chair, The Foodbank of New York City
  • Other public company directorships: Walmart, Inc., Cummins, Inc.

Education:

  • A.B. and M.B.A., Harvard University

Director since 2022

Gerald L. Hassell, age 69
Former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation

Professional Highlights:

  • The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BNY Mellon), a financial services corporation
    • Chairman of the Board (August 2011 – December 2017)
    • Chief Executive Officer (August 2011 – July 2017)
    • President, The Bank of New York Company, Inc. (merged with Mellon Financial Corporation in 2007 to form BNY Mellon) (September 1998 – July 2007)
    • Various other executive leadership positions

Other Professional and Leadership Experience:

  • Member of:
    • Board of Trustees, Duke University
    • Board of Directors, Duke University Health System
  • Director Emeritus of:
    • Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
    • Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New York City
  • Former member, the Financial Services Forum
  • Other public company directorships: Comcast Corporation
  • Prior public company directorships (past five years): BNY Mellon

Education:

  • B.A., Duke University
  • M.B.A., New York University Stern School of Business

Director since 2018

David L. Herzog, age 61
Former Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, American International Group

Professional Highlights:

  • American International Group (AIG), an insurance company (2000 – 2016)
    • Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President (October 2008 – April 2016)
    • Senior Vice President and Comptroller (June 2005 – October 2008)
    • Chief Financial Officer for worldwide life insurance operations (April 2004 – June 2005)
    • Vice President, Life Insurance (2003 – 2004)
    • Various senior officer positions, including Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of American General Life following its acquisition by AIG
  • Various executive positions, GenAmerica Corporation, an insurance company (1991 – 2000), including:
    • Chief Financial Officer (1999 – 2000)
    • President, GenAm Shared Services (1998 – 1999)
  • Controller, Family Guardian Life Insurance Company, later known as Citicorp Life Insurance Company, an insurance company (1987 – 1991)
  • Coopers & Lybrand, an accounting firm and a predecessor firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (1982 – 1987)

Other Professional and Leadership Experience:

  • Member, Board of Directors, PCCW Limited (Hong Kong)
  • Member of numerous professional and civic organizations, including the Investment Advisory Committee, University of Missouri
  • Former member of numerous professional and civic organizations, including:
    • Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance
    • Dean’s Advisory Board, University of Missouri, Trulaske College of Business
    • Multiple Sclerosis Association of America
  • Other public company directorships: Ambac Financial Group, Inc.; DXC Technology Company

Education:

  • B.S., University of Missouri-Columbia
  • M.B.A., University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Director since 2016

Edward J. Kelly, III, age 68
Former Chairman, Institutional Clients Group, Citigroup Inc.

Professional Highlights:

  • Citigroup Inc., a financial services corporation
    • Chairman, Institutional Clients Group (January 2011 – July 2014)
    • Chairman, Global Banking (April 2010 – January 2011)
    • Vice Chairman (July 2009 – March 2010)
    • Chief Financial Officer (March 2009 – July 2009)
    • Head of Global Banking (September 2008 – March 2009)
    • President and Chief Executive Officer, Citi Alternative Investments (March 2008 – August 2008)
    • President, Citi Alternative Investments (February 2008 – March 2008)
  • Managing Director, The Carlyle Group, an asset management firm (July 2007 – January 2008)
  • Executive and leadership positions at various organizations, including:
    • The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., a financial services corporation (March 2007 – June 2007)
    • Mercantile Bankshares Corporation, a financial services corporation (March 2001 – March 2007)
    • J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (and its predecessor company J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated), a financial services corporation (November 1994 – January 2001)
  • Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, a law firm (January 1988 – October 1994)

Other Professional and Leadership Experience:

  • Lecturer, University of Virginia School of Law
  • Former Trustee, Sweet Briar College
  • Former Trustee, The Focused Ultrasound Foundation
  • Other public company directorships: Citizens Financial Group
  • Prior public company directorships (past five years): CSX Corporation; XL Group Ltd

Education:

  • A.B., Princeton University
  • J.D., University of Virginia School of Law

Director since 2015

William E. Kennard, age 64
Former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union

Professional Highlights:

  • Co-Founder and Non-Executive Chairman, Velocitas Partners LLC, an asset management firm (November 2013 – Present)
  • Co-Founder, Astra Capital Management, a private equity firm (June 2016 – Present)
  • Member of Operating Executive Board, Staple Street Capital, a private equity firm (November 2013 – Present)
  • United States Ambassador to the European Union (December 2009 – August 2013)
  • Managing Director, The Carlyle Group, an asset management firm (May 2001 – December 2009)
  • United States Federal Communications Commission (December 1993 – January 2001)
    • Chairman (November 1997 – January 2001)
    • General Counsel (December 1993 – November 1997)
  • Partner, Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand (now DLA Piper), a law firm (April 1984 – December 1993)

Other Professional and Leadership Experience:

  • Member of:
    • Board of Directors, Eagle Hill School
    • Board of Directors, International African American Museum
    • Advisory Board, Artificial Intelligence Foundation
  • Trustee, Yale University
  • Other public company directorships: AT&T Inc.; Ford Motor Company

Education:

  • B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, Stanford University
  • J.D., Yale Law School

Director since 2013

Michel A. Khalaf, age 57
President and Chief Executive Officer, MetLife, Inc.

Professional Highlights:

  • MetLife, Inc.
    • President and Chief Executive Officer (May 2019 - Present)
    • President, U.S. Business and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) (July 2017 – April 2019)
    • President, EMEA (November 2011 – June 2017)
    • Member of MetLife’s Executive Group (since November 2011)
    • Executive Vice President, Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) Region (November 2010 - November 2011)
  • American Life Insurance Company (Alico) / AIG
    • Regional President, MEASA Region, Alico (2008 – 2010)
    • Deputy President & Chief Operating Officer, AIGPhilamlife, Philippines (2006 – 2008)
    • Regional Senior Vice President, AIG-Amplico Life, Poland (2001 – 2006)
    • General Manager, Alico Egypt (1996 – 2001)
    • Chief Operating Officer, Alico Unionvita, Italy (1994 – 1996)
    • Deputy General Manager, Alico Bahamas (1992 – 1994)
    • Regional Investment Manager, Alico Paris (1990 – 1992)
    • Mr. Khalaf began his career as an investment officer at Alico headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware

Other Professional and Leadership Experience:

  • Member of:
    • Advisory Board, U.S. Chamber of Commerce China Center
    • Board of Directors, U.S.-China Business Council
    • Board of Directors, Geneva Association
    • Board of Directors, New York City Partnership

Education:

  • B.S., Engineering, Syracuse University
  • M.B.A., Finance, Syracuse University

Director since 2019

Catherine R. Kinney, age 69
Former President and Co-Chief Operating Officer, New York Stock Exchange, Inc.

Professional Highlights:

  • NYSE Euronext, a provider of financial services including securities exchange and clearing operations
    • Served in Paris, France, with responsibility for overseeing the global listing program, marketing and branding (July 2007 – March 2009)
    • President and Co-Chief Operating Officer, New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (merged with Euronext in 2008 to form NYSE Euronext) (2002 – 2008)
    • Ms. Kinney joined the New York Stock Exchange in 1974 and held management positions in several divisions, with responsibility for all client relationships (1996 – 2007), trading floor operations and technology (1987 – 1996), and regulation (2002 – 2004)

Other Professional and Leadership Experience:

  • Member, Economic Club of New York
  • Member, Finance and Investment Committees, Archdiocese of New York
  • Member, Board of Directors and Investment and Regional Grant Committees, Mother Cabrini Health Foundation
  • Member, Women’s Forum of New York
  • Member and former Chair, Board of Trustees, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York
  • Former Trustee, Georgetown University
  • Other public company directorships: MSCI Inc.; SolarWinds Corporation
  • Prior public company directorships (past five years): NetSuite, Inc.

Education:

  • B.A., magna cum laude, Iona College
  • Advanced Management Program, Harvard Graduate School of Business
  • Honorary Degrees: Georgetown University; Fordham University; Rosemont College

Director since 2009

Diana McKenzie, age 56
Former Chief Information Officer, Workday, Inc.

Professional Highlights:

  • BrightInsight, Inc., a provider of digital health platform for biopharma and medical device companies
    • Advisor (October 2020 – Present)
  • EmPath, Inc., a human capital technology company
    • Advisor (October 2020 – Present)
  • DLM Horizons, LLC, a consulting company
    • Consultant (May 2020 – Present)
  • Brighton Park Capital, an investment firm
    • Senior Advisor (July 2019 – Present)
  • Metis Strategy, a consulting firm
    • Executive in Residence (August 2019 – December 2019)
  • Workday, Inc., a financial and human capital management software company
    • Chief Information Officer (February 2016 – July 2019)
  • Amgen Inc., a biotechnology company
    • Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer (December 2010 – February 2016)
    • Vice President, Amgen Enterprise Technology Services and Enterprise Architecture (February 2007 – December 2010)
    • Executive Director, Amgen Information Systems, Product Development and Commercialization (February 2004 – February 2007)
  • Eli Lilly and Company, a pharmaceutical company
    • Group Director, Lilly Research Laboratories, Product Development and Commercialization (January 2000 – February 2004)
    • Director, Global Information Technology, Strategy, Planning and Architecture (August 1997 – December 1999)
    • Manager, Information Technology, Global Regulatory Affairs and Enterprise Document Management (March 1995 – July 1997)
    • Human Resources Specialist, Systems Analyst and Team Leader, Clinical Information and Engineering Systems (January 1987 – April 1995)

Other Professional and Leadership Experience:

  • Executive Advisor, World 50 CIO Community
  • Member of:
    • Athena Alliance
    • T200, Advancing Women in Technology
    • Ridge Ventures CIO Advisory Council
  • Co-Founder, Silicon Valley Women's CIO Council
  • Independent Director, Paradox
  • Former Co-chair, Board of Directors, Long Term Services of Ventura County, Inc.
  • Other public company directorships: Change Healthcare Inc.; Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

Education:

  • B.S., Purdue University
  • Information Technology Management Program, University of California, Los Angeles

Director since 2018

Denise M. Morrison, age 67
Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company

Professional Highlights:

  • Senior Advisor, PSP Capital, a private equity firm (August 2019 – December 2020)
  • Founder, Denise Morrison & Associates LLC, a consulting firm (October 2018 – Present)
  • Campbell Soup Company, a food and beverage company (2003 – 2018)
    • President and Chief Executive Officer (August 2011 – May 2018)
    • Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (October 2010 – July 2011)
    • President, North America Soup, Sauces and Beverages (October 2007 – September 2010)
    • President, Campbell USA (June 2005 – September 2007)
    • President, Global Sales and Chief Customer Officer (April 2003 – May 2005)
  • Kraft Foods, Inc., a food and beverage company (1995 – 2003)
    • Various leadership roles, including: Executive Vice President and General Manager, Kraft Snacks (2001 – 2003); Executive Vice President and General Manager, Kraft Confections (2001); Senior Vice President and General Manager, Nabisco Down the Street (2000); Senior Vice President, Nabisco Sales and Integrated Logistics (1998 – 2000)
  • Various senior marketing and sales positions, Nestlé USA, Inc., a food and beverage company (1984 – 1995)
  • Various trade and business development positions, PepsiCo, Inc., a food and beverage company (1982 – 1984)
  • Various sales management positions, The Procter & Gamble Company, a consumer products company (1975 – 1982)

Other Professional and Leadership Experience:

  • Trustee, Boston College
  • Member, Advisory Board, Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
  • Member, The Business Council
  • Member, Advisory Council, Just Capital
  • Former Co-Chair, Board of Directors, Consumer Goods Forum
  • Former member, Board of Directors, Catalyst
  • Former member, Business Roundtable
  • Other public company directorships: Visa, Inc.; Quest Diagnostics Inc.
  • Prior public company directorships (past five years): Campbell Soup Company

Education:

  • B.S., Boston College
  • Honorary Doctorate, Saint Peter’s University

Director since 2014

Mark A. Weinberger, Age 59
Former Global Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of EY

Professional Highlights:

  • Partner, EYEA, LLP, a member firm of EY (July 2008 – December 2019)
  • EY, a leading global professional services organization  
    • Global Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (July 2013 – June 2019)
    • Global Chairman and CEO-elect (January 2012 – June 2013)
    • Global Vice Chairman, Tax (July 2008 – March 2012)
    • Various other leadership positions (1987 – 2008)
  • Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Tax Policy) (2001 – 2002)
  • Co-Founder and Principal, Washington Counsel, P.C., a law and legislative advisory firm (1996 – 2000)
  • Partner, Oldaker, Ryan & Leonard, a law firm (1995 – 1996)
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. President Bill Clinton’s Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform (1994)
  • Chief Tax and Budget Counsel, U.S. Senate (1991 – 1994)

Other Professional and Leadership Experience:

  • Strategic Advisor, FCLTGlobal
  • Member of:
    • Board of Directors, U.S. Business Roundtable
    • Board of Trustees, U.S. Council for International Business
    • Board of Trustees, Greater Washington Partnership
    • Board of Trustees, The Concord Coalition
    • Board of Trustees, Emory University
    • Board of Trustees, Case Western Reserve University
  • Former member of:
    • President’s Strategic and Policy Forum under U.S. President Donald Trump
    • President’s Infrastructure Task Force under U.S. President Barack Obama
    • U.S. Social Security Administration Advisory Board
    • World Economic Forum International Business Council
    • Board of Advisors, The American Council for Capital Formation
  • Former Co-Chair, Foreign Investment Advisory Counsel
  • Former Chair, International Business Leadership Advisory Council
  • Former Audit Committee Chair and member, Board of Directors, Business Roundtable  
  • Former Audit Committee Chair and member, Board of Directors, Catalyst
  • Other public company directorships: Johnson & Johnson; Saudi Aramco; Accelerate Acquisition Corp.

Education:

  • B.A., Emory University
  • M.B.A. and J.D., Case Western Reserve University
  • LL.M., Georgetown University Law Center
  • Honorary Doctorate, American University

Director since 2019

Board Committee Information

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Code of Business Ethics

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