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2017 BREAKFAST OF

CORPORATECHAMPIONS

THE WOMEN’S FORUM OF NEW YORK

SALUTING COMPANIES LEADING THE WAY TO GENDER BALANCE ON CORPORATE BOARDS.

NOVEMBER 14, 2017 7:30 AM - 11:30 AM

OUR CHAMPION SPONSORS

MARQUEE SPONSORS: Accenture; Bloomberg LLP; Deloitte; Teneo Holdings

DIAMOND SPONSORS: American Express; AT&T; BlackRock; Brown Brothers Harriman & Company; The Carlyle Group; The Ellig Group; Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc.; PVH Corp.; S&P Global; State Street Global Advisors; U.S. Bancorp; Voya Financial

PLATINUM SPONSORS: CIT Group; General Mills

GOLD SPONSORS: Ascena Retail Group, Inc.; Bridgewater Associates; Gannett Co., Inc.; JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Lincoln Financial Group; Marsh & McLennan Companies; MetLife; Wilmington Trust/M&T Bank

SILVER SPONSORS: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP; AXA; Bank of America; EY; The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America; IHS Markit; MSCI; Morgan Stanley; Nasdaq; Norton Rose Fulbright; Santander Bank, NA; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meager & Flom LLP; T. Rowe Price; Lulu C. Wang

BRONZE SPONSORS: Aflac; Alvarez & Marsal; BNY Mellon; Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.; Circle Wealth Management; Commonfund; Con Edison; DocuSign; FedEx Corporation; G-III Apparel Group, LTD; Glenmede; GLG; KeyCorp; KPMG; McKissack & McKissack; Penn Mutual; Bill Teuber; UDR, Inc.; Willis Towers Watson

BENEFACTORS: Atairos Management LP; Jewelle W. Bickford; Carolyn Carter; Kristen M. Dickey; Equilar, Inc.; Debra Perry; Marcy Syms

PATRONS: Kathleen Q. Abernathy; Adam Aron; Kimberly Bishop Executive Search; Pamela J. Craig; Marsha Dubrow; Cynthia Fields; Moira Forbes; Elizabeth Frank; Judith Fryer; Maria Ghazal; Deborah Gillis; Lynne Greene; Anuradha T. Jayanti; Carine Jean-Claude; Laura Lewis; Josephine Linden; Mary Matthews; Christine A. McConnell; Laura Clayton McDonnell; Donna M. Milrod; Deborah Norville; Eryn A. O’Brien; Kathleen Pawlus; Pine Grove Holdings, LLC; Grace Richardson; Marcella Rosen; Daryl Roth; Ann Misiaszek Sarnoff; Heidi Steiger; Candace L. Straight; Eugenia Ulasewicz; Susan Vobejda; Ilene Wachs; Marissa Wesely

STRATEGIC PARTNERS: U.S. 30% Club; Catalyst; Committee for Economic Development; C200; Forbes Media; National Association of Corporate Directors; Paradigm for Parity; WomensCorporateDirectors

SPECIAL RECOGNITION: To Deloitte and BoardEx for providing the board information and companies to be honored as of 3/31/17 and updating their women on boards as of 6/30/17.

LIST AS OF 11/3/17

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Welcome to the Women’s Forum of New York’s 2017 Breakfast of Corporate Champions – our fourth biennial salute to the companies and CEOs accelerating gender balance on corporate boards. Today we honor the S&P 500 and F1000 companies with at least 25% of board seats held by women. These companies and their leaders are the decision makers and change drivers that can achieve gender parity in the boardroom by 2025. Champion CEOs will share why gender balance in the boardroom is a strategic business imperative and how to make it happen.

This is a morning that will be inspirational, aspirational and motivational. Thank you for being a part of it.

Janice Reals Ellig Chair, 2017 Breakfast of Corporate Champions CEO, The Ellig Group

“We want to encourage all public companies to put more women on their boards, because more diverse boards deliver better decisions collectively for shareholders, for customers and for employees.”

Maggie Wilderotter Honorary Co-Chair 2017 Breakfast of Corporate Champions Former Executive Chairman and CEO Frontier Communications

The Women’s Forum of New York is an organization of 500 of the city’s most accomplished women leaders in every professional sector from finance to fine arts - all unified by the shared belief that the potential for women is unlimited and opportunities should be as well.

We are delighted to salute companies and leaders accelerating the advancement of women onto corporate boards and reaping the rewards. By shining a light on their success we hope to inspire others and help achieve gender balance in the boardroom by 2025.

Carolyn Carter President, Women’s Forum of New York Former CEO, Grey Group, Europe Middle East & Africa

“The single most important reason to diversify corporate boards is performance. The talent is there – it’s up to us as CEOs and Chairmen to make it happen.”

Peter T. Grauer Honorary Co-Chair 2017 Breakfast of Corporate Champions Chairman, Bloomberg Founding Chairman, U.S. 30% Club


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Welcome Carolyn Carter, President, Women’s Forum of New York

The Champions’ Challenge Janice Reals Ellig, Chair, 2017 Breakfast of Corporate Champions

What Makes a Champion? Billie Jean King, Founder, Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative

Recognition of 2017 Corporate Champions Peter T. Grauer & Maggie Wilderotter Honorary Co-Chairs, 2017 Breakfast of Corporate Champions

◢ 25% or more board seats held by women

◢ 40% or more board seats held by women

Panel: Gender Diversity Creates Shareholder Value Introduction: Cathy Engelbert, CEO, Deloitte

Jeffrey Katzenberg, Partner, WndrCo

Mellody Hobson, President, Ariel Investments

Maggie Wilderotter, Former Executive Chairman and CEO, Frontier Communications Moderated by: Rebecca Jarvis, Chief Business, Technology & Economics Correspondent, ABC News

Panel: Getting to Parity by 2025 Introduction: Marjorie Magner, Co-Founder, Brysam Global Partners

Peter T. Grauer, Chairman, Bloomberg; Founding Chair, U.S. 30% Club

Dame Helena Morrissey, Head of Personal Investing, Legal & General Investment Management; Founder, 30% Club

Steven Odland, President & CEO, Committee for Economic Development

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Senior Associate Dean for Leadership Studies at Yale’s School of Management

Julie Sweet, CEO, North America, Accenture

Moderated by: Susan Chira, Senior Correspondent and Editor, Gender Issues, New York Times

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Panel: CEO Game Changers Introduction: Rodney O. Martin, Jr., Chairman & CEO, Voya Financial

Laurence D. Fink, Chairman & CEO, BlackRock

Kenneth C. Frazier, Chairman & CEO, Merck & Co.

Adena T. Friedman, President & CEO, Nasdaq

Beth Mooney, Chairman & CEO, KeyCorp

Kendall J. Powell, Chairman, General Mills

Moderated by: Andrew Ross Sorkin, Co-Anchor, CNBC Squawk Box, Financial Columnist, New York Times

Women’s Forum of New York CEO Sponsored Database News Pamela J. Craig, Former CFO, Accenture

Muriel F. Siebert Leadership Award Mary T. Barra, Chairman & CEO, General Motors Company

Presented by: Patricia F. Russo, Director, General Motors Company; Chairman, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Keynote Ronald P. O’Hanley, President & CEO, State Street Global Advisors; Vice Chairman, State Street Corporation

Closing Janice Reals Ellig, Chair, 2017 Breakfast of Corporate Champions

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60% +American Water Works Company Inc.

50% +Alliant Energy Corporation

Ascena Retail Group Inc.

Caleres, Inc.

Chico’s Fas, Inc.

Hologic, Inc.

HSN, Inc.

Macy’s, Inc.

Navient Corporation

Spire Inc.

TEGNA Inc.

Viacom, Inc.

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

40% +Abercrombie & Fitch Co.

Alaska Air Group, Inc.

Avon Products, Inc.

Best Buy Companies Inc.

Big Lots Inc.

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.

CenturyLink Inc.

Dr Pepper Snapple Group

DSW Inc.

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.

General Motors Co.

Hasbro, Inc.

Herman Miller, Inc.

HNI Corporation

Ingredion

The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.

JLL

Kellogg Company

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. Inc.

Michael Kors

Penn Mutual

Pier 1 Imports Inc.

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.

Sentry Insurance Co.

TravelCenters of America LLC

Tupperware Brands Corporation

Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc.

Voya Financial

WGL Holdings, Inc.

Zayo Group Holdings, Inc.

30% +Abbott Laboratories

ABM Industries Inc.

Accenture

Adtalem Global Education

Aetna, Inc.

Alcoa Corp.

Allegheny Technologies Inc.

The Allstate Corporation

Alpha Natural Resources Inc.

Amazon.com Inc.

American Tower Corporation

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

AmerisourceBergen Corporation

AMETEK, Inc.

Amica Mutual Insurance Company

Aptargroup, Inc.

Aramark Corp.

ArcBest Corporation

AT&T

Autodesk, Inc.

Becton, Dickinson and Company

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.

Boston Scientific Corp.

Campbell Soup Company

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Cardinal Health Inc.

Carnival Corporation

Carter’s, Inc.

Celgene Corporation

CH2M Hill Companies, Ltd.

Chevron Corp.

Cinemark Holdings, Inc.

Cisco Systems, Inc.

CIT Group

Citigroup Inc.

The Clorox Co.

CMS Energy Corp.

Coach Inc.

Coca-Cola Bottling Companies Consolidated

Colgate-Palmolive Company

Columbia Sportswear Co.

Convergys Corporation

CoreCivic

CUNA Mutual Group

CVS Health Corp.

Darling Ingredients Inc.

Deckers Outdoor Corp.

Dollar General Corporation

Domtar Financial Services Inc.

The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation

Eaton Corporation Plc.

Ecolab Inc.

Entergy Corporation

Exxon Mobil Corp.

Federal Realty Investment Trust

Fifth Third Bancorp

First Republic Bank

Foot Locker, Inc.

Fossil Group, Inc.

Frontier Communications Corporation

Gannett Co., Inc.

The Gap, Inc.

General Mills, Inc.

Genuine Parts Co.

The GEO Group, Inc.

GGP Inc.

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America

H&R Block, Inc.

Hanover Insurance Group Inc.

The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

HD Supply Holdings, Inc.

HealthSouth Corporation

The Hershey Company

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Companies

Hill-Rom Holdings Inc.

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

HP Inc.

Idexx Laboratories Inc.

Illumina Inc.

Intuit Inc.

ITT Inc.

JC Penney Companies Inc.

Kelly Services Inc.

KeyCorp

Kohl’s Corporation

The Kroger Company

Lennox International Inc.

Levi Strauss & Co.

Lockheed Martin Corporation

LSC Communications

ManpowerGroup

Mattel, Inc.

McKesson Corporation

MetLife

Mondelez International, Inc.

Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company

Mylan NV

NASDAQ Inc.

Netflix Inc.

Newmont Mining Corporation

Office Depot, Inc.

Omnicom Group Inc.

Patterson Companies, Inc.

PayPal

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30% + (continued)PC Connection, Inc.

Phillips 66 Company

Pitney Bowes Inc.

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

PPG Industries Inc.

Precision Castparts Corp.

Principal Financial Group Inc.

The Procter & Gamble Co.

The Progressive Corporation

PVH Corp

Quest Diagnostics Inc.

Realogy Holdings Corp.

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

Revlon Inc.

RH Inc.

S&P Global

Sanderson Farms, Inc.

Sempra Energy

Signet Jewelers Ltd.

The J.M. Smucker Company

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

Staples Inc.

State Street Global Advisors

Super Micro Computer Inc.

Synchrony Financial

Synopsys Inc.

T. Rowe Price

Target Corporation

Tech Data Corporation

Tenet Healthcare Corporation

Tetra Tech, Inc.

Texas Instruments Inc.

TIAA-CREF

The TJX Companies Inc.

TrueBlue Inc.

Twitter Inc.

Tyson Foods, Inc.

UDR Inc.

Unisys Corporation

United Natural Foods, Inc.

United Rentals, Inc.

Valero Energy Corporation

Varian Medical Systems, Inc.

Ventas Inc.

Veritiv Corp.

Verizon Communications Inc.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

Wells Fargo & Company

West Corp

Whole Foods Market Inc.

Wyndham Worldwide Corporation

Xerox Corporation

Yahoo Inc.

25% +Air Products & Chemicals Inc.

Akamai Technologies, Inc.

Ally Financial Inc.

Alphabet Inc.

Altria Group, Inc.

Ameren Corporation

American Electric Power Company Inc.

American Family Mutual Insurance Co.

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.

AMN Healthcare

Amtrust Financial Services Inc.

Anthem, Inc.

Aon Plc.

Aimco

Apple Inc.

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

Avnet

Bank of America

BB&T Corp.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

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Biogen Inc.

BNY Mellon

The Bon-Ton Stores

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

Boyd Gaming Corporation

Brighthouse Financial, Inc.

Burlington Stores Inc.

CBRE Group, Inc.

CDW Corp.

Celanese Corporation

Cerner Corporation

The Chemours Company

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

Citizens Financial Group Inc.

Coca-Cola Company

CSRA Inc.

CST Brands, Inc.

Dana Inc.

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

Davita Inc.

Dean Foods Co.

Deere & Co.

Diplomat Pharmacy

Discover Financial Services

Dominion Energy, Inc.

Duke Realty Corp.

Dycom Industries Inc.

E*TRADE Financial Corporation

Edgewell Personal Care Co.

Edison International

Edwards Lifesciences

Eli Lilly & Company

Enbridge, Inc.

EQT Corp.

Equity Residential

Express Company

Facebook, Inc.

Fannie Mae

FedEx Corporation

First American Financial Corp.

Fitbit

Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc.

Fred’s Inc.

Freeport-McMoran Inc.

FTI Consulting, Inc.

GE

General Dynamics Corporation

G-III Apparel Group, LTD

Hertz Global Holdings Inc.

Huntington Bancshares Inc.

Huntington Ingalls Industries

IDEX Corporation

Ingersoll-Rand PLC.

Ingles Markets, Inc.

Insperity

Intercontinental Exchange Inc.

International Business Machines Corporation

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

Iron Mountain Inc.

Itron, Inc.

Kansas City Southern

Kindred Healthcare Incorporated

Landstar System, Inc.

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

Liberty Mutual Holding Company Inc.

LifePoint Health

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation

Lowe’s Companies Inc.

Magellan Health, Inc.

Marriott International, Inc.

MasterCard Inc.

Maxim Integrated Products Inc.

McCormick & Company, Inc.

McDonald’s Corporation

Medtronic, Inc.

Meritor, Inc.

MGM Resorts International

Microsoft Corporation

The Middleby Corporation

NBTY, Inc.

New York Life Insurance Company

News Corp

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25% + (continued) Nielsen Holdings N.V.

Nike, Inc.

Nordstrom, Inc.

Nucor Corporation

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

Oracle Corporation

Owens & Minor Inc.

Owens Corning

Parexel International Corp.

Penn National Gaming Inc.

PepsiCo Inc.

Pfizer Inc.

Pinnacle Entertainment Inc.

Pinnacle Foods, Inc.

Polaris Industries Inc.

Polyone Corp.

Providence Service Corp.

Prudential Financial, Inc.

RR Donnelley & Sons Co.

Realty Income Corp.

Ryder System, Inc.

Ryerson Holding Corporation

Salesforce.com Inc.

Schlumberger Ltd.

Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc.

Science Applications International Corporation

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company

Scripps Networks Interactive

Securian Financial Group, Inc.

ServiceMaster Global Holdings Inc.

Southwest Airlines Co.

SpartanNash

Spirit Airlines Inc.

Sprague Resources LP.

Sprouts Farmers Markets Inc.

StanCorp Financial Group, Inc.

Starbucks Corp.

Steelcase Inc.

Stryker Corporation

SunTrust Bank

Symantec Corporation

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.

Thrivent Financial For Lutherans

Tops Holding, LLC

Tractor Supply Company

Trimble Inc.

UGI Corporation

United Parcel Service, Inc.

United Services Automobile Association

United States Steel Corp.

United Technologies Corporation

Unum Group

U.S. Bancorp

Verifone Systems Inc.

Verisign Inc.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Walt Disney Companies

Wesco International, Inc.

Western Digital Corporation

Weyerhaeuser Company

Whitewave Foods Co.

Willis Towers Watson PLC.

Windstream Holdings Inc.

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.

W.R. Grace & Company

Xcel Energy Inc.

*All company names are the trademarks™ or regis-tered® trademarks of their respective owners. The use of such names herein does not constitute or imply any affiliation with the Women’s Forum of New York or any sponsorship or endorsement of the Women’s Forum of New York (or any of its activities) by such owners. All information herein was obtained from publicly available disclosures made by such companies as of 3/31/17 and updated on 6/30/17 and the accuracy thereof has not been verified.

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Pamela J. CraigFormer CFO Accenture

Pamela J. Craig served as Accenture’s chief financial officer from 2006 through 2013. She served in a variety of leadership roles at Accenture during her 34 years with the company. Ms. Craig currently serves on company boards: Akamai Technologies, a worldwide provider of internet optimization services where she is chair of the Audit Commit-tee and a member of the Compensation Committee and Merck & Co., Inc. where she is chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Governance Committee. Pam served on Walmart’s Board of Directors from 2013 to June 2017. Ms. Craig is an Advisory Board member of Spencer Stuart, a global executive search firm. Ms. Craig is actively involved in charitable organizations: The Committee of 200, a membership organization of women entrepreneurs and corporate innovators, Comprehen-sive Development, Inc., a non-profit that provides academic and social service support to at-risk students at three public high schools in Manhattan and the Women’s Forum of New York, where she is Co-Chair of the Corporate Board Initiative. Ms. Craig has a BA from Smith College and an MBA from NYU Stern School. □

Carolyn Carter’s career in advertising spanned 35 years culminating in her position as CEO of Grey Group Europe, Middle East & Africa from 2000-2010. Grey is a top ten communications network that represents more than one fifth of the Fortune 500 companies and became part of WPP, the world’s largest communications company in 2005. During her tenure as CEO, EMEA was the company’s largest region including more than 50 countries and 2000 employees. Carolyn drove a profit turnaround, installed a new generation of management, expanded operations in developing markets - Russia, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa and expanded the network’s cre-ative and digital capabilities. Grey EMEA was named Agency Network of the Year for communications effectiveness for a record four consecutive years by the EACA. Carolyn served domestically on the industry’s self-regulatory body, the National Advertising Review Board, and was a regular speaker at international conferences. Carolyn retired from Grey in 2010, relocated from London to New York and currently provides business advice to clients, agencies and media companies. Carolyn serves as President of the Women’s Forum of New York, is a member of the IWF Board of Directors and Co-Chair of its Presidents’ Council. □

Mary Barra is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of General Motors Company. She was elected Chairman of the GM Board of Directors on January 4, 2016, and has served as CEO of GM since January 15, 2014. Under Barra’s leadership, GM is focused on strengthening its core business of great cars, trucks and crossovers, while also working to lead the transformation of personal mobility through advanced technologies like connectivity, electrifica-tion, autonomous driving and car sharing. Barra has also established a strategic direction based on putting the customer at the center of everything the company does. Barra began her career with GM in 1980 as a General Motors Institute (Kettering University) co-op student at the Pontiac Motor Division. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering in 1985, followed by a Masters in Business Administration from the Stanford Gradu-ate School of Business in 1990. □

Carolyn CarterFormer CEOGrey Group, Europe Middle East & Africa

Mary T. BarraChairman & CEO General Motors Company

Susan ChiraSenior Correspondent and Editor, Gender Issues, New York Times

Susan Chira was named senior correspondent and editor, gender issues, in September 2016 after 20 years as an editor and senior executive at The New York Times. She also leads a comprehensive mentoring program and serves as an advisor to Dean Baquet and to the masthead on personnel matters. Prior to her current role, Ms. Chira was deputy executive editor, overseeing all daily news operations, from September 2014-September 2016. Ms. Chira was one of The Times’s longest-serving foreign editors, from 2004 -2011. Additional positions she held include: assistant managing editor, deputy foreign editor from editorial director of book development and editor of the Week in Review section. Ms. Chira joined The Times as a trainee on the metropolitan desk in 1981 and was promoted to re-porter in July 1982. Ms. Chira received a B.A. degree in history and East Asian studies from Harvard University in 1980, graduating summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa. In 2010, Ms. Chira was honored with a Matrix Award, presented by New York Women in Communications. □

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Cathy EngelbertCEODeloitte

Laurence D. FinkChairman & CEO BlackRock

As CEO of Deloitte, Cathy Engelbert leads one of the largest professional services organizations in the United States with more than 85,000 professionals. Deloitte provides audit & assurance, tax, consulting, and risk and financial advisory services to over 80 percent of the Fortune 500. For more than 30 years, Cathy has had a distinguished career serving large and complex global clients. She previously led the US audit & assurance practice and is currently a member of Deloitte’s Board of Directors. Cathy is chairman of the Center for Audit Quality Governing Board, is listed as one of Fortune’s Most Powerful Women, and is ranked on Glassdoor’s annual Employees’ Choice Awards honoring the 50 Highest Rated CEOs. She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, serves on the executive board for Catalyst, and regularly speaks to influential media including CNBC, Bloomberg, and The Wall Street Journal. Cathy received a BS in Accounting from Lehigh University and is a member of the Accounting Advisory Board for Lehigh University. □

Laurence D. Fink is Founder, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock, Inc. Mr. Fink and seven partners founded BlackRock in 1988, and under his leadership, the firm has grown into a global leader in investment and technology solutions to help investors build better financial futures. Today, the firm is trusted to manage more money than any other investment firm in the world. Mr. Fink has been named one of the “World’s Most Respected Leaders” by Fortune,

“CEO of the Decade” by Financial News, and one of the “World’s Best CEOs” by Barron’s for 11 consecutive years. Mr. Fink serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of NYU and is Co-Chairman of the NYU Langone Medical Center Board of Trustees. He also serves on the boards of the Museum of Modern Art, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Nature Conservancy. He is also an Executive Committee member of the Partnership for New York City. Mr. Fink earned an M.B.A. with a concentration in real estate and a B.A. in political science from UCLA. □

Kenneth C. Frazier is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Merck & Co., Inc. Ken became CEO and member of the board of directors January 1, 2011, and became chairman of the board on December 1, 2011. Previously, Ken served as president of Merck with responsibility for the company’s three major divisions: Global Human Health; Merck Manufacturing Division; and Merck Research Labo-ratories. Ken joined Merck in 1992 and has held a broad range of senior management positions in public affairs, as general counsel, and as president of Global Human Health. Prior to joining Merck, Ken was a partner with the Philadelphia law firm of Drinker Biddle & Reath. Ken sits on the boards of PhRMA, Weill Cornell Medicine, Exxon Mobil Corporation and Cornerstone Christian Academy in Philadelphia, PA. He also is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, The Business Council, the Council of the American Law Institute and the American Bar Association. Ken received his bachelor’s degree from The Pennsylvania State University and holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School. □

Kenneth C. Frazier Chairman & CEOMerck & Co.

Janice Reals ElligCEO The Ellig Group

Named by Business Week as one of “The World’s Most Influential Headhunters,” Janice focuses her search practice on recruiting board directors, C-suite executives and divisional heads. Janice’s corporate experience includes Pfizer, Citibank and Ambac Financial Group. Janice co-authored two books: Driving The Career Highway, 20 Road Signs You Can’t Afford To Miss and What Every Successful Woman Knows: 12 Break-through Strategies to Get the Power and Ignite Your Career. She also writes numerous professional articles focusing on gender balance on boards. Janice appears on network television and mod-erates panels on building stronger boards, gender diversity and career management. Janice is a Board Director of the National YMCA, Past Chair of the YMCA Board of Greater NY; Trustee of the Actors Fund, Committee For Economic Development (CED) of the Conference Board; University of Iowa Foundation, Executive Committee; Past President Women’s Forum of New York and current Chair of the Corporate Board Initiative; Harvard Kennedy School Women in Public Policy Program; Edison Innovation Foundation Advisory Board and Economic Club of NY. □


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President & CEO Nasdaq

Adena Friedman is President and CEO of Nasdaq and is a member of the Board of Directors. Friedman brings over 20 years of industry leadership and is credited with significant contributions that shaped Nasdaq’s strategic trans-formation to a leading global exchange and technology solutions company. Prior to her appointment as CEO in January 2017, Friedman served as President and COO of Nasdaq with a focus on driving growth and expansion across the company. She rejoined Nasdaq in 2014 as President to oversee the technology, information, and corporate businesses. From 2011-2014, she served as CFO and Managing Director of The Carlyle Group. Before Carlyle, Friedman was a key member of Nasdaq’s management team, serving in a variety of roles including head of data products, head of corporate strategy, and CFO. Friedman earned an M.B.A. from Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University and holds a B.A. in political science from Williams College. □

Peter T. Grauer is Chairman of Bloomberg L.P., a global financial information and media company. Board member since 1996, he became Chairman in 2001, succeeding Michael R. Bloomberg, and then Chairman, President and CEO a year later. From 2000-2002, he was managing director and senior partner of Credit Suisse First Boston, founding both DLJ Merchant Banking Partners and DLJ Investment Partners. He was managing director of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette from 1992 until CSFB acquired it in 2000. He is lead director of DaVita Health Care Partners, Inc, and Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of Glencore. He is a member of the Business Council, the Asia Business Council, the Interna-tional Business Council of the World Economic Forum, and Founding Chair-man of WEF Community of Chairmen. He is President of the Inner City Scholarship Fund BoT, Chairman of the Rockefeller Finance & Operations Committee, board member of the College Advising Corps, Room to Read and Prostate Cancer Foundation. He is Founding U.S. Chair of the 30% Club, a Member of the Advisory Council of Out on the Street, and the McKinsey Advisory Council. □

Peter T. GrauerChairman, Bloomberg LPFounding Chairman, U.S. 30% Club

Mellody HobsonPresident, Ariel Investments

Mellody is President of Ariel Investments and chairman of Ariel Investment Trust’s board of trustees. A director of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. and Starbucks Corporation, Mellody is chairman of After School Matters, a non-profit providing Chicago teens with high quality, after-school programming. Mellody regularly contributes to CBS News, the Tom Joyner Morning Show and Black Enterprise. Mellody is chair of The Economic Club of Chicago’s board of directors, a board member of The Chicago Public Education Fund, George Lucas Education Foundation, Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, and Sundance Institute. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, she serves on the executive committee of the Investment Company Institute’s board of governors. In 2015, Mellody was named to Time Magazine’s annual list of the one hundred most influential people in the world. Mellody earned her A.B. degree from Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of International Relations and Public Policy. □

Rebecca Jarvis is an Emmy-award winning journalist, ABC News’ Chief Business, Technology & Economics Correspondent; host of ABC’s podcast featuring game changing women, No Limits with Rebecca Jarvis; and the anchor of Real Biz with Rebecca Jarvis. Jarvis reports for all ABC News pro-grams including Good Morning America, World News Tonight, Nightline, 20/20, and This Week with George Stepha-nopoulos. A recipient of the Women in Numbers Award, Jarvis has been named one of the top business journalists in the U.S. by The Alliance for Women in Me-dia. She was the first and only reporter to interview United CEO Oscar Munoz in a worldwide exclusive following the controversy surrounding the airline’s forceful removal of a passenger; and has conducted news making interviews with the biggest names in business and technology, including Warren Buffett, Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Diane von Furstenberg, Bill and Melinda Gates, and the first female CEO to run a car company, GM’s Mary Barra. A graduate of the University of Chicago, Jarvis holds a degree in Economics and Constitutional Law. □

Rebecca JarvisChief Business, Technology & Economics Correspondent ABC News


Rod Martin is chairman and CEO of Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA), which helps Americans plan, invest and protect their savings — to get ready to retire better. Serving approximately 13.6 million individual and institutional customers in the United States, Voya is a Fortune 500 company that had $11 billion in revenue in 2016. A veteran of the retirement, insurance and financial services industry with more than 40 years of high-profile experience, Martin joined Voya (formerly ING U.S.) in 2011, and led it through an initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange in May 2013. Since then, he has overseen a significant financial, operational and cultural transformation within the company. Martin received his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Alfred University. He is a fellow, Life Underwriter Training Council, a board member of the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) and Junior Achievement (JA) USA, and has served on the board of the Life Insurance Marketing and Research Association (LIMRA). □

Ms. Magner is a founding member and Partner of Brysam Global Partners, a specialized private equity firm that invests in consumer financial services. Ms. Magner has over 30 years of operating and deal experience in the consumer financial services sector. Prior to the formation of Brysam in 2006, Ms. Magner served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Global Consumer Group at Citigroup, responsible for the company’s operations serving customers through retail banking, credit cards and consumer finance. Currently, she serves as Chairman of the Board of TEGNA, Lead Director of Accenture, and as a Director of Ally Financial Inc. She is a trustee for the Brooklyn College Foundation, and is a member of the Dean’s Advisory Council for the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University. Ms. Magner is a passionate advocate on issues affecting women and youth globally. She champions issues such as education, global poverty and microfinance bringing a more integrated, innovate business approach to the philanthropic world. She received a B.S. from Brooklyn College and an MSIA from the Krannert School of Management, Purdue University. □

Rodney O. Martin, Jr.Chairman & CEO Voya Financial

Marjorie Magner PartnerBrysam Global Partners

Billie Jean King, longtime champion for social change and equality, created new inroads for men and women in sports and beyond during her legendary tennis career. Growing up playing tennis in California public parks, she won her first of a record 20 Wimbledon titles in 1961 and went on to win 39 Grand Slam singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles. She empowered women and educated men with her 1973 defeat of Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes, which has been regarded as one of the greatest moments in sports history. Ms. King was named one of the ‘100 Most Important Americans of the 20th Century’ by Life Magazine and, in 2009, President Obama awarded her with the Presi-dential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. She founded the Women’s Tennis Association (1973), the Women’s Sports Foundation (1974) and co-founded World TeamTennis (1974). Ms. King sits on the boards of the Elton John AIDS Foundation, the Andy Roddick Foundation and was appointed to the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition. In 2014 she launched the Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative, which addresses inclusion and diversity in the workplace and beyond. □

Billie Jean KingFounderBillie Jean King Leadership Initiative

Jeffrey Katzenberg currently serves as Partner of WndrCo, a well-capitalized start-up that will serve as an incubator for major New Media and technology initiatives. Katzenberg has been a leader of American media for more than 40 years. In 1994, along with Steven Spielberg and David Geffen, he co-founded DreamWorks SKG. In 2004, DreamWorks Animation became a pub-licly-traded company, with Katzenberg serving as Chief Executive Officer and Director. Under Katzenberg’s leadership, DreamWorks Animation became the largest animation studio in the world, releasing 32 animated feature films, including such blockbusters as Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda and How to Train Your Dragon. In August, 2016, DreamWorks Animation SKG was sold to Comcast for a sale price of $3.8 billion. Prior to co-founding DreamWorks, Katzenberg served as Chairman of The Walt Disney Studios, where he oversaw the renaissance of Disney’s fabled animation studio. Katzenberg previously served as President of Paramount Studios. □

Jeffrey KatzenbergPartner WndrCo


Ronald P. O’Hanley is president and CEO of State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), the investment management arm of State Street Corporation (STT) and the third-largest asset manager in the world. He is also Vice Chairman of STT, one of the world’s leading providers of financial services to institutional investors. Prior to his role at SSGA, Mr. O’Hanley was president of Asset Management & Corporate Services for Fidelity Invest-ments, president and CEO of BNY Mellon Asset Management, vice chairman of Bank of New York Mellon Corp, and a partner at McKinsey & Company. He received his bachelor’s degree in political science from Syracuse University and MBA from Harvard University Graduate School of Business. Mr. O’Hanley is also on the board of Unum Corp, Rhode Island Commerce Corp, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, The Boston Foundation, The Conference Board, the East/West Institute, the IYRS School of Technology and Trades, the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Administration at Syracuse University, and WBUR. □

Ronald P. O’Hanley President & CEO, State Street Global Advisors; Vice Chairman State Street Corporation

Beth MooneyChairman & CEOKeyCorp

Beth Mooney has been Chairman and CEO of KeyCorp since May 1, 2011 and has been a member of its Board of Directors since 2010. Mooney has over 35 years of experience in financial services. Prior to KeyCorp, Mooney was Senior Executive Vice President and CFO for AmSouth Bancorporation (now Regions Financial Corporation). Her banking career included roles at Bank One Corporation, Citicorp Real Estate, Inc., Hall Financial Group and Republic Bank of Texas/First Republic. Mooney graduated from the University of Texas and earned her MBA from Southern Methodist University. She is a member of AT&T’s Board of Directors, a member of the Federal Advisory Council and is on the Catalyst Board of Directors, serving on the Investment Committee. She is also on the Board of Directors of United Way of Greater Cleveland, is the Imme-diate Past Chair of the Greater Cleveland Partnership (remains a member of its Board and Executive Committee), a Trustee and Treasurer of the Board of the Musical Arts Association (The Cleveland Orchestra) and a Trustee of the Cleve-land Clinic Foundation. □

Well known in the UK for her work on gender equality, Helena was CEO of Newton Investment Management before recently joining the UK’s largest fund management firm, Legal and General Investment Management, where she is leading a new drive to engage the nation to invest more. In 2010, Helena founded the 30% Club, a business-led campaign to improve gender balance in the boardroom. The proportion of female directors on FTSE-100 boards has since more than doubled and trebled on FTSE-250 and there are now ten 30% Clubs throughout the world. Helena chairs the Diversity Project, aimed at improving diversity across all dimensions within the UK investment and savings profession. A member of the UK Chancellor’s Financial Services Trade and Investment Board, Helena was named one of Fortune magazine’s ‘World’s 50 Greatest Leaders’ and the Financial Times’ 2017

‘Person of the Year.’ She was appointed a Dame in the Queen’s 2017 Birthday Honours list. The mother of nine children, her first book, ‘A Good Time to be a Girl, Don’t Lean In, Change the System’ will be published by Harper Collins in 2018. □

Founded in 1942, the Committee for Economic Development of the Conference Board (CED) is a non-profit, non-partisan, business-led, public policy organization that delivers well researched analysis and reasoned solutions to our nation’s most critical issues. Mr. Odland’s business background in consumer and retail sectors includes Chairman/CEO of Office Depot, AutoZone, and Tops Markets, and key executive positions with Sara Lee Bakery and Quaker Oats. He served as Adjunct Professor in business graduate schools at Florida Atlantic University and Lynn University. Mr. Odland is on the BoD of General Mills and Trustee of the Conference Board. Mr. Odland’s public policy background includes the Business Roundtable and Chairman of their Corporate Governance Task Force; the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission; Council on Service and Civic Participation; Committee on Capital Markets Regulation; Advisory Council of the Institute for Corporate Ethics; the Business Council; Florida Committee of 100; Chairman of Memphis Tomorrow; and the Buffalo Niagara Partnership. Steve Odland has a Bachelor’s of Business Administration from Notre Dame, and an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. □

Dame Helena MorrisseyHead of Personal InvestingLegal & General Investment Management; Founder, 30% Club

Steven OdlandPresident & CEOCommittee for Economic Development

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Andrew Ross Sorkin is a columnist for The New York Times and the founder and editor-at-large of DealBook, an online daily financial report published by The Times that he started in 2001. In addition, Mr. Sorkin is an assistant editor of business and finance news, helping guide and shape the paper’s coverage. Mr. Sorkin is also a co-anchor of Squawk Box, CNBC’s signature morning program. He is also co-creator of the drama series “Billions” on Showtime starring Paul Giamatti and Damien Lewis. Over the years, Mr. Sorkin has broken news of many major mergers and acquisitions in the pages of The Times and has been at the forefront of Wall Street news. As a leading voice about Wall Street and corporate America, Mr. Sorkin is a frequent guest on national television and radio programs, as well as a lecturer at universities across the country. He has appeared on NBC’s “Today Show,” PBS’s

“The Charlie Rose Show,” PBS’s “New-sHour,” NPR’s “Talk of the Nation,” and many others. Mr. Sorkin is a graduate of Cornell University. □

Andrew Ross SorkinCo-Anchor, CNBC Squawk BoxFinancial Columnist, New York Times

Jeffrey SonnenfeldSenior Associate Dean for Leadership Studies, Yale School of Management

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld is the Senior Associate Dean for Leadership Studies at Yale University’s School of Management, The Lester Crown Professor of Management Practice, and Founder and President of The Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute, the world’s first “CEO College.” He spent ten years as a professor at the Harvard Business School and has been named one of the world’s “ten most influential business school professors” by Business Week and one of the “100 most influential figures in governance” by Directorship. Sonnenfeld received his AB, MBA, and doctorate from Harvard. Winning many national awards for schol-arly research and teaching, Sonnenfeld published 200 articles and seven books, including The Hero’s Farewell and Firing Back and authored the 1998 Report of the Blue Ribbon Commission on CEO Succession for the NCD. He served on many scholarly journal editorial boards, a dozen corporate and nonprofit boards. Addressing chief executive leadership, succession and board governance, he often appears on the major TV networks, is a commentator for CNBC, a columnist for Chief Executive Magazine and contributes regularly to The Wall Street Journal, Fortune and The New York Times. □

Patricia F. RussoChairman Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Pat Russo is a technology-industry veteran who has spent her career helping to lead numerous telecom-munications and technology stalwarts, including Alcatel-Lucent, Avaya, IBM and AT&T, among others. She is currently Chairman of Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Pat also serves on the boards of some other industry leading companies, including General Motors, Arconic (previously Alcoa), Merck and KKR. She chairs the Governance Committee of the board of General Motors and Arconic. Pat was the Chairman and CEO of Lucent Technologies, during which time she led the company through one of the most challenging periods in the telecom-munications sector’s history. She led the company’s return to profitability and growth after the telecom industry downturn and later led the company through its strategic merger with Alcatel. Pat served as CEO of the combined company (Alcatel-Lucent) through the end of 2008. A graduate of Georgetown University and the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program, she received Honorary Doc-torate degrees from Stevens Institute of Technology and Columbia College. She is a member of the New York Economic Club, a past member of the US Business Council and a Trustee of the Committee for Economic Development. □

Ken Powell is Chairman of the Board of General Mills, one of the world’s largest food companies. Ken joined General Mills in 1979 and progressed through a variety of positions in the company. He has spent more than a third of his career overseas, and in 1990 helped launch Cereal Partners Worldwide (CPW) — the company’s joint venture with Nestlé based in Lausanne, Switzerland. In 2006, Ken was elected president and chief operating officer of General Mills with overall global operating responsibility. He was elected chief executive officer of General Mills in September 2007 and chairman in May 2008. Ken stepped down as CEO in June 2017, but continues as Chairman of the Board. Powell serves on the board of directors for General Mills, Medtronic, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Greater MSP, the Grocery Manufacturers Association and Minnesota Business Partnership. He is a member of the Board of Regents for the University of Minnesota. Ken earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in biology from Harvard in 1976 and his MBA from Stanford University in 1979. □

Kendall J. PowellChairman General Mills


Julie Sweet is chief executive officer – North America, responsible for leading Accenture’s business in the United States, the company’s largest market, and Canada. She is also a member of Accenture’s Global Management Com-mittee. Prior to assuming her current position in June 2015, Ms. Sweet served as general counsel, secretary and chief compliance officer, and was a member of the Global Management Committee. As general counsel, she had ultimate responsibility for all legal support to Accenture, serving as principal counsel to senior leadership and the board of directors and leading the company’s Legal department. She also served as corporate secretary. Prior to joining Accenture in 2010, Ms. Sweet was, for 10 years, a partner in the Corporate department of the law firm of Cravath, Swaine& Moore LLP, which she joined in 1992.She led a broad corporate practice at the firm, which included representing underwriters, private equity funds and corporate clients in public and private financings, advising on mergers and acquisitions, and providing general corporate counsel. □

Julie SweetCEO North AmericaAccenture

Maggie WilderotterFormer Executive Chairman & CEOFrontier Communications

Maggie Wilderotter joined Frontier in 2004 as President/CEO, becoming Chairman/CEO in 2006. Earlier, she was Senior VP of Worldwide Public Sector at Microsoft. Previously, Mrs. Wilderotter was President/CEO of Wink Commu-nications. Previous executive positions included AT&T Wireless Services, AT&T Aviation Communications, and McCaw Cellular Communications. Mrs. Wil-derotter serves on the boards of Costco Wholesale Corporation, DreamWorks Animation, and Juno Therapeutics. A member of the Directorship 100, she is on the Board of Advisors of Boardroom-IQ, WomenCorporateDirectors, and The Committee of 200. She served on the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee and serves on the BOT of the Business Roundtable and The Committee for Economic Development, and the BOD of Catalyst. Mrs. Wilderotter holds a degree in economics is from the College of the Holy Cross, and received an Honorary Doctor of Engineering degree from Stevens Institute of Technology. □

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BREAKFAST OF CORPORATE CHAMPIONSThe Breakfast of Corporate Champions is a biennial salute by the Women’s Forum of New York to companies who recognize that gender balance in the Boardroom is a strategic business imperative. In 2017 we honor F1000 and S&P 500 companies with at least 25% of board seats held by women. These Corporate Champions are an inspiration for other companies to accelerate positive change

Chairman: Janice Reals Ellig

Co-Chairman: Carolyn Carter, Pamela J. Craig, Catherine Keating

Committee: Susan Davenport Austin, Joanna Barsh, Kimberly Bishop, Kim Davis, Angela Diaz, Paula DiPerna, Deborah Gillis, Charlynn Goins, Lynne Greene, Ami Kaplan, Laurie Ledford, Donna M. Milrod, Kim M. Sharan, Sheila Stamps, Eugenia Ulasewicz, Janice Weinman, Linda A. Willett, Melinda B. Wolfe

SPONSOR A WOMAN FOR A CORPORATE BOARD PWC’s annual Corporate Directors survey tells us 90% of new Board Directors come from the “board’s network.” That is why the Women’s Forum of New York calls on all Champion CEOs to bring more women into those networks by sponsoring a board ready woman for our database.

The Women’s Forum of New York’s Database of Board Ready Women is a resource of women uniquely vetted for Board positions because they’ve been sponsored by a CEO. This database was launched in 2013 and is available free of charge to Nom/Gov committees and search firms with active searches. Contact us at womensforumny.org

In 2018 our database will expand its reach through a new partnership with Equilar which will make our database available to all their subscribers.

There’s never been a better time to sponsor a woman you know who is ready for that first corporate board seat.


WOMEN’S FORUM OF NEW YORKThe Women’s Forum of New York is the city’s premier organization of women leaders. Our invitation-only membership of more than 500 women represents the highest levels of achievement across all professional sectors from finance to fine arts. We are dedicated to the advancement of women’s leadership through:

◢ Programs which enrich our members lives personally and professionally

◢ Our Education Fund which enables talented women whose potential has been disrupted by extreme adversity to resume their education

◢ Our Corporate Board Initiative which extends and expands the contribution of women leaders through corporate board participation

WOMEN’S FORUM BOARD OF DIRECTORSCarolyn Carter, President, Ann Misiaszek Sarnoff, Vice President, Anuradha T. Jayanti, Treasurer, Catherine Keating, Secretary

Susan Davenport Austin, Pamela Baxter, Sarah Beatty, Kay Ellen Consolver, Julia Kahr, Rikki Klieman, Ceci Kurzman, Ilene H. Lang, Barbara Marcus, Cheryl McKissack Daniel, Jonelle Procope, Carol Robles-Román, Janet Rollé, Marissa Shorenstein, Charlotte St. Martin

Ami Kaplan, Ex-Officio, Doris P. Meister, Ex-Officio

Rita B. Crotty, Executive Director

59 E 54th Street, Suite 81, New York, NY 10022 212-447-9107 [email protected] womensforumny.org

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“We can’t wait. We can’t delay. We need to act now to ramp up the representation of women on corporate boards and at the highest levels of business leadership.”

Muhtar Kent Chairman & Former CEO, The Coca-Cola Company

“There’s just no excuse anymore, in any vestige of any company, that women can’t be successful and lead.”

Jeffrey R. Immelt Former Chairman & CEO, GE

“The only way we are going to increase gender representation on boards is to have the full support of the Chairman and the CEO and the understanding of how critical this is.”

Mindy Grossman President & CEO, Weight Watchers International

“You need to be sure that when somebody’s giving you a list of potential candidates to serve on your board you look at that list and say do I see women?”

Patrick J. Burke President & CEO, HSBC USA

“There is no shortage of qualified women for board positions. The pipeline is there. It’s up to each of us to take action.”

Pierre Nanterme Chairman & CEO, Accenture

“This is the United States of America. We put a man on the moon. We ought to be able to put women on boards.”

Deanna M. Mulligan President & CEO, The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America

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