DIRECTORS ROSTER: A quarterly record of new director appointments.

AuthorWenger, Barbara
PositionDIRECTORS & BOARDS

The Directors & Boards Directors Roster--a quarterly record of new director appointments--is compiled from public and private sources by Directors & Boards' Roster editor Barbara Wenger. Please forward your director appointments to bwenger@directorsandboards.com.

Submission of new director announcements are welcome from all sources, including executive recruiters, corporate communications staff and directors themselves.

ACTIVISION BLIZZARD INC.

Santa Monica, Calif.

added to its board

Dawn Ostroff

Chief Content Officer

Spotify USA

New York, N.Y.

Ostroff joined Spotify in 2018 and is the current chief content and advertising business officer. Previously, she cofounded Conde Nast Entertainment, a studio and distribution network, where she was president from 2011 to 2018.

Activision is a global interactive entertainment software company. Revenues are $6 billion.

ADTALEM GLOBAL EDUCATION INC.

Chicago, III.

added to its board

Sharon O'Keefe

President

Univ. of Chicago Medical Center

Chicago, Ill.

O'Keefe has served in her current role since 2011. She previously was president of Loyola University Medical Center, EVP and COO at Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and in leadership roles at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.

Kenneth J. Phelan

Phelan is the retired U.S. Department of the Treasury chief risk officer, initiating the role in 2014. He also served as acting director for the Office of Financial Research, an independent bureau within the Treasury.

Adtalem provides educational services. Revenues are $1 billion.

ALLSCRIPTS HEATHCARE

SOLUTIONS INC.

Chicago, III.

added to its board

Beth Altman

Altman retired in 2019 as KPMG's lead audit partner for public and private global clients in the life sciences, consumer markets and technology sectors. She currently serves on the board of CV Sciences Inc.

Allscripts is a provider of electronic health records and other technologies. Revenues are $2 billion.

ALLSTATE CORP.

Northbrook, Ill.

added to its board

Rich Hume

CEO

Tech Data Corporation

Clearwater, Fla.

Hume is in his current position since 2018. Prior to joining Tech Data in 2016, he spent 30 years at IBM, where he served most recently as general manager and COO of global technologies services.

Allstate provides personal property and casualty and life insurance products. Revenues are $44 billion.

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC.

(ADP)

Roseland, N.J.

added to its board

Nazzic S. Keene

CEO

SAIC

Reston, Va.

Keene became CEO and SAIC's board member in 2019. She joined the firm in 2012, and held executive positions including COO and president of the company's global markets and missions sector. Previously, she was SVP and general manager for U.S. enterprise markets at CGI.

ADP provides business outsourcing services. Revenues are $15 billion.

AVANTOR INC.

Radnor, Pa.

added to its board

Michael E. Severino

Vice Chair, President

ABBVie Inc.

N. Chicago, Ill.

Severino is responsible for research and development, operations and human resources. He joined ABBVie in 2014 as EVP of research and development, and chief scientific officer. Previously, he was SVP, global development and chief medical officer at Amgen.

Greg Summe

Founder & Managing Director

Glen Capital Partners LLC

Boston, Mass.

Summe is in his current position since 2018. Previously, he was managing director and vice chairman of Global Buyout at the Carlyle Group. Earlier, he was chairman, CEO and president of PerkinElmer Inc.

Avantor provides ultra-high chemicals and reagents, lab products and supplies. Revenues are $6 billion.

BAKER HUGHES INC.

Houston, Texas

added to its board

Cynthia B. Carroll

Carroll was the CEO of Anglo American plc from 2007 to 2013. Earlier, she worked for Alcan Aluminum Corp. from 1989 to 2006, serving as CEO for the Primary Metal Group, Alcan's core business.

Nelda J. Connors

Chairwoman and CEO

Pine Grove Holdings LLC

Chicago, Ill.

Connors is the founder and CEO of Pine Grove Holdings LLC. She was president and CEO of Tyco International's Electrical and Metal Products Division and was a senior executive at Eaton Corp. and Ford Motor Co.

Baker Hughes is a supplier of oilfield services. Revenues are $24 billion.

BLACK KNIGHT INC.

Jacksonville, Fla.

Joseph M. Otting

Otting served as the 31st Comptroller of the Currency from 2017 until 2020. He also served as acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency for six months. Previously, he was president of CIT Bank and co-president of CIT Group.

Black Knight provides integrated software, data, and analytics solutions to mortgage and consumer loan markets. Revenues are $1 billion.

BLACKSTONE GROUP LP

New York, N.Y.

added to its board

Ruth Porat

SVP & CFO

Alphabet Inc.

Mountain View, Calif.

Porat joined Google as SVP and CFO in 2015 and has held the same title at Alphabet since it was created in late 2015. Previously, she spent 27 years at Morgan Stanley, most recently as EVP and CFO.

Blackstone Group is an alternative asset management firm specializing in real estate, public equity. Revenues are $2 billion.

BOX INC.

Redwood City, Calif.

added to its board

Carl Bass

Bass retired as president and CEO of Autodesk In 2017 after 24 years. He co-founded Ithaca Software, which was acquired by Autodesk in 1993 leading to his tenure at Autodesk. He currently serves on the boards of Zendesk, Built Robotics, Planet Labs and Zoox.

Bethany J. Mayer

Executive Partner

Siris Capital Group

New York, N.Y.

Mayer was president, CEO and a board member of Ixia, a leader in test, visibility and security solutions. Previously, she was SVP and general manager of Hewlett-Packard's Networking Business unit and the NFV Business unit and was VP of marketing and alliances for Hewlett-Packard's Enterprise Servers Storage and Networking Group.

Box Inc. provides cloud content management platform. Revenues are $676 million.

CARDINAL HEALTH INC.

Dublin, Ohio

added to its board

David C. Evans

Evans recently served as interim CFO for Cardinal Health for approximately nine months. Previously, he was EVP and CFO of Battelle Memorial Institute, the world's largest independent, nonprofit, research and development organization.

Cardinal Health provides pharmaceutical and medical products and services worldwide. Revenues are $154 billion.

CENTER POINT ENERGY INC.

Houston, Texas

added to its board

Barry T. Smitherman

Principal

Barry Smitherman P.C.

Austin, Texas

Smitherman is a former partner at Vinson & Elkins LLP. He was Texas Railroad commissioner from 2011 through 2014, and chair of the commission from 2012 to 2014. Previously, he was chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

CenterPoint Energy is a public utility holding company. Revenues are $12 billion.

CHANGE HEALTHCARE INC.

Nashville, Tenn.

added to its board

Bansi Nagji

President

GoodRx

Santa Monica, Calif.

Nagji is president of healthcare at GoodRx. Previously, he served as EVP and chief strategy and business development officer at McKesson. Prior to McKesson, he was a principal of Deloitte Consulting, leading their global strategy practice.

Change Healthcare is an independent healthcare technology platform. Revenues are $197 million.

CHURCH & DWIGHT CO. INC.

Ewing, N.J.

added to its board

Susan G. Saideman

Founder & CEO

Portage Bay Ltd. LLC

Seattle, Wash.

Saideman is in her current position since 2019. She was VP of Amazon Inc., and VP of Amazon Fashion EU. Earlier, she was president of Mars Retail Group, the group responsible for the direct to consumer businesses for Mars including M&M's World, Ethel M and MyM&Ms.

Church & Dwight is a consumer products manufacturer. Revenues are $4 billion.

CIRCOR INTERNATIONAL

Burlington, Mass.

added to its board

Bruce M. Lisman

Lisman retired as chairman of JP Morgan Global Equities in 2009. Before that, he was co-head of the global equities division at Bear Stearns. He was the Republican candidate for Vermont governor in 2016.

Circor provides engineered products and sub-systems. Revenues are $964 million.

CLOROX CO.

Oakland, Calif.

added to its board

Kathryn Tesija

Sr. Advisor, Consultant

Simpactful LLC

Danville, Calif.

Tesija has been in her current position since 2016. Previously, she was EVP and chief merchandising and supply chain officer for Target Corporation fom 2008 to 2015.

Clorox manufactures and markets consumer and professional products. Revenues are $6 billion.

COMMSCOPE HOLDING CO. INC.

Hickory, N.C.

added to its board

Mary Chan

Managing Partner

VectoIQ LLC

New York, N.Y.

Chan has been in her current position since 2015. She was president of global connected consumer and OnStar service at General Motors Company. Earlier, she served as SVP and general manager of enterprise mobility solutions and services at Dell Inc.

CommScope provides infrastructure solutions for communications and entertainment networks. Revenues are $8 billion.

CONDUENTINC.

Florham Park, N.J.

added to its board

Michael Montelongo

Montelongo is president and CEO of GRC Advisory Services LLC. Previously he was appointed by former President George W. Bush as assistant secretary of the Air Force for financial management and comptroller, concluding his tenure at the Pentagon as acting secretary of the Air Force.

Conduent provides business process services. Revenues are $5 billion.

CORELOGIC INC.

Irvine, Calif.

added to its board

Pamela H. Patenaude

Sr. Community Liaison

IEM

Research Triangle Park, N.C.

Prior to joining IEM, Patenaude served as deputy secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from 2017 to 2019. Earlier, she served as assistant secretary for community planning and development at HUD. She was president and co-founder of the J. Ronald Terwilliger Foundation for Housing America's Families. She was the director of housing policy for the Bipartisan Policy Center.

CoreLogic provides property information, analytics, and data-enabled services. Revenues are $2 billion.

DAKTRONICS INC.

Brookings, S.D.

added to its board

Jose-Marie Griffiths

President

Dakota State University

Madison, S.D.

Griffiths has spent...

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