| Arvind Krishna |
Dr. Arvind Krishna is an Independent Director at Northrop Grumman Corp., a Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at IBM Global Services Pte Ltd., a Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at International Business Machines Corp., a Group-Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at IBM (China) Co. Ltd., a Chairman at IBM Academy of Technology, a Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at IBM Global Services, a Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at IBM South Africa (Pty) Ltd., a Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at IBM Australia Ltd., a Chief Executive Officer at IBM Canada Ltd. and a General Manager at IBM Systems & Technology Group. He is on the Board of Directors at Northrop Grumman Corp., Federal Reserve Bank of New York and The Economic Club of New York. Dr. Krishna was previously employed as a Director & Senior Vice President by IBM Research, a Chief Executive Officer by IBM Italia SpA, and a Trustee by New York Hall of Science. He received his undergraduate degree from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and a doctorate degree from the University of Illinois At Urbana–Champaign. |
| Carla Piñeyro Sublett |
Carla Piñeyro Sublett founded Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute and Thrive Therapeutic Software Ltd. Currently, Ms. Sublett is Chief Marketing Officer & Senior Vice President at International Business Machines Corp. Ms. Sublett is also on the board of Association of National Advertisers and President & Director at Austin Community Foundation and President & Director at Texas Conference for Women.
In her past career Carla Piñeyro Sublett was Chairman for Thinkery, Chief Marketing Officer-Latin America Region at Dell Technologies, Inc., Chief Marketing Officer & Senior Vice President of National Instruments Corp. and Chief Marketing Officer & Senior Vice President of Rackspace Technology Global, Inc.
She received an undergraduate degree from The University of Texas at Austin. |
| David A. Cass |
David A. Cass is currently Head-IBM Cloud at International Business Machines Corp. and a Member at Lebanon Valley College since 2014. Former positions include Independent Director at PixarBio Corp., Vice President-Risk Management at JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Chief Information Security Officer & Senior VP at Elsevier, Inc. Education includes an MBA from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2012 and a graduate degree from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 2006. |
| Mohamad S. Ali |
Mohamad S. Ali currently works at Henry Schein, Inc., as Independent Director from 2021, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, as Director, Mass Technology Leadership Council, Inc., as Director, WGBH Educational Foundation, as Trustee, IBM Consulting Group, as Chief Operating Officer & Senior Vice President from 2023, and International Business Machines Corp., as Senior Vice President & Head-IBM Consulting from 2024. Mr. Ali also formerly worked at Carbonite LLC, as President, Chief Executive Officer & Director from 2015 to 2019, Aspect Software Group Holdings Ltd., as Co-Chief Executive Officer, Alvaria, Inc., as CEO-Workforce Optimization Division in 2012, International Data Group, Inc., as President, Chief Executive Officer & Director from 2019 to 2023, City National Corp. (California), as Independent Director from 2013 to 2015, Silicon Labs Ember, Inc., as Director, Oxfam America, Inc., as Director from 2013 to 2023, City National Bank (Los Angeles, California), as Director from 2013 to 2015, iRobot Corp., as Lead Independent Director, Adobe, Inc., as Principal, International Business Machines Corp., as Vice President-Business Development & Strategy in 2009, Avaya LLC, as Senior Vice President-Development & Strategy, Avaya Holdings Corp., as Senior Vice President in 2011, Neural Applications Corp., as Principal, HP, Inc., as Chief Strategy Officer from 2012 to 2014, and Avaya Global Services, as President from 2009 to 2012. Mr. Ali received his undergraduate degree and graduate degree from Stanford University. |
| James J. Kavanaugh |
James J. Kavanaugh currently works at T-Mobile US, Inc., as Independent Director from 2023 and International Business Machines Corp., as Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President from 2018. Mr. Kavanaugh also formerly worked at AT&T Corp., as Chief Financial Officer-Americas Global Services from 1993 to 1996 and IBM Europe SAS, as Vice President-Finance & Planning. Mr. Kavanaugh received his Masters Business Admin degree in 1992 from The Ohio State University and undergraduate degree from the University of Dayton. |
| Yash Shah |
Yash Shah is the founder of InteQ Services Corp. (founded in 1995), Indus Ventures LLC (founded in 2006), and Jeavio (founded in 2015). He held the title of President & CTO at InteQ Services Corp. Mr. Shah is currently working as a Board of Director at Desai Foundation since 2015, Chief Technology Officer at International Business Machines Corp. since 2017, CTO at SevOne, Inc. since 2017, President at TiE Boston, Advisor at Blue Cloud Management LLC since 2015, Board Member & Advisor at eCare Vault, Inc. since 2017, Advisor at PartRunner Deliveries, Inc. since 2020, and Advisor at Venture Guides Management LP. Mr. Shah previously worked as a Senior Vice President at CA Technologies, Inc. from 2010 to 2015 and as a Manager at Trw Fasteners Division from 1989 to 1992. He completed his undergraduate degree from Clarkson University in 1988. |
| Christina Shim |
Ms. Christina Shim is an Independent Director at 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc., a Chief Sustainability Officer at International Business Machines Corp. and a Global Head of Product and Strategy at IBM Ventures. She is on the Board of Directors at 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. Ms. Shim was previously employed as a Managing Director & Head-New York by Palladium International Ltd. (United Kingdom) and a Director-Corporate & Growth Innovation Strategy by Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. |
| Ana Paula de Jesus Assis |
Ana Paula de Jesus Assis is currently Chairman & GM-Europe, Middle East & Africa at International Business Machines Corp. since 1996. Ms. de Jesus Assis is also an Independent Director at Trane Technologies Plc since 2023. Formerly, Ms. de Jesus Assis was Director at Junior Achievement Americas. Ms. de Jesus Assis completed an MBA at Fundação Dom Cabral and an undergraduate degree at Universidade Federal de Goiás. |
| Joanne Wright |
Joanne Wright currently works at International Business Machines Corp., as Senior Vice President-Transformation & Operations. |
| Nilanjan Adhya |
Nilanjan Adhya currently holds the positions of Director at Society for Human Resource Management, Chief Digital Officer & VP-Digital Transformation at International Business Machines Corp., and Chief AI Data & Analytics Officer at Lincoln National Corp. starting in 2026. The education history includes an MBA from Yale University and graduate studies at the University of Illinois. |
| Anne E. Robinson |
Anne E. Robinson currently works at National Grid Plc, as Independent Non-Executive Director from 2022, Minority Corporate Counsel Association, as Director, and International Business Machines Corp., as Chief Legal Officer & Senior Vice President from 2024. Ms. Robinson received her undergraduate degree in 1991 from Hampton University and graduate degree in 1994 from Columbia Law School. |
| Robert D. Thomas |
Robert D. Thomas currently works at International Business Machines Corp., as Chief Commercial Officer & Senior VP-Software. Mr. Thomas also formerly worked at International Business Machines Corp., as Principal, Rational Software Corp., as Principal, and Ascendant Technology LLC, as Vice President-Sales from 2006 to 2011. Mr. Thomas received his undergraduate degree from the University of Arizona. |
| Nickle J. LaMoreaux |
Nickle J. LaMoreaux currently works at International Business Machines Corp., as Chief Human Resources Officer & Senior VP from 2020. Ms. LaMoreaux received her Masters Business Admin degree from Duke University and undergraduate degree from Cornell University. |
| Jonathan H. Adashek |
Jonathan H. Adashek currently works at The Advertising Council, Inc., as Director from 2022 and International Business Machines Corp., as Chief Communications Officer & SVP-Marketing from 2022. Mr. Adashek also formerly worked at Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., as Chief Communications Officer, Microsoft Corp., as General Manager-Communications Strategy, and Edelman, Inc., as Executive VP & Manager-Global Client Relationship. Mr. Adashek received his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. |
| Frederick William McNabb |
Frederick William McNabb is currently Chief Executive Officer at The Force for Good Fund, Vice Chairman at Nexii Building Solutions, Inc., Chairman at USRowing Foundation, Independent Director at International Business Machines Corp. since 2019, Lead Independent Director at UnitedHealth Group, Inc. since 2018, Director at Axiom Global, Inc. since 2019, Director at Chief Executives For Corporate Purpose, Inc., Director at OpenAdvisor Technologies, Inc., and Advisor at Venrock Associates since 2023. Former roles include Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at The Vanguard Group, Inc. and Vanguard Advisers, Inc., Chairman at Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co. from 2017 to 2019, Chairman-Governors Board at Investment Company Institute from 2013 to 2016, Chairman-Elect at Zoo Safari Monorails Corp. from 2014 to 2015, Chairman at multiple Vanguard funds from 2017 to 2018, Chairman at Zoological Society of Philadelphia, Director at Vanguard Group (Ireland) Ltd. in 2012, Director at Kroll LLC, Director at United Way of Greater Philadelphia & Southern New Jersey, Director at Bestinvest (Consultants) Ltd. from 2021 to 2022, Non-Executive Director at Evelyn Partners Investment Services Ltd. from 2021 to 2022, Director at Index Fund Advisors Ltd. from 2021 to 2022, and Non-Executive Director at Evelyn Partners Group Ltd. from 2021 to 2022. Education includes undergraduate studies at Dartmouth College and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. |
| Frederick H. Waddell |
Frederick H. Waddell currently works at Northern Trust Securities, Inc., as Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer from 2012, Kohl Children's Museum of Greater Chicago, Inc., as Chairman-Emeritus, International Business Machines Corp., as Independent Director from 2017, AbbVie, Inc., as Independent Director from 2013, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, as Director, The Executives Club of Chicago, as Director, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, as Director, The Chicago Urban League, as Director, The Chicago Club, as Director, United Way of Metro Chicago, Inc., as Director, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, as Trustee, Northwestern University, as Trustee, The Chicago Community Trust, as Trustee, Art Institute of Chicago, as Trustee, The Commercial Club of Chicago, as Member from 2015, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, as Trustee, Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago, as Member from 2020, and Northwestern University Clinical & Translational Sciences Inst, as Trustee. Mr. Waddell also formerly worked at Northern Trust Investments, Inc.(Investment Management), as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, The Northern Trust Co., as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer from 2012 to 2019, Northern Trust Corp., as Chairman from 2018 to 2019, The Financial Services Roundtable, as Director, and The Economic Club of Chicago (Illinois), as Director. Mr. Waddell received his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College and Masters Business Admin degree from Kellogg School of Management. |
| Michelle J. Howard |
Michelle J. Howard currently works at International Business Machines Corp., as Independent Director from 2019 and The Henry L. Stimson Center, as Director. Ms. Howard also formerly worked at Elliott School of International Affairs, as Professor from 2018 to 2020 and US Department of the Navy (District of Columbia), as Admiral. Ms. Howard received her undergraduate degree in 1982 from United States Naval Academy and graduate degree in 1998 from The United States Army Command & General Staff College. |
| Marianne C. Brown |
Ms. Marianne C. Brown is an Independent Director at International Business Machines Corp., an Independent Director at The Charles Schwab Corp., an Independent Director at Akamai Technologies, Inc., an Independent Director at Northrop Grumman Corp., a Member at The Economic Club of New York and a Member at Women's Forum, Inc. She is on the Board of Directors at International Business Machines Corp., Charles Schwab Bank, SSB, The Charles Schwab Corp., Akamai Technologies, Inc. and Northrop Grumman Corp. Ms. Brown was previously employed as an Independent Director by VMware, Inc., a Chief Operating Officer by Global Financial Solutions, Inc., a COO-Institutional & Wholesale Business by Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., a Chief Operating Officer by SunGard Financial Systems, a President, Chief Executive Officer & Director by Omgeo LLC, a Chief Executive Officer by Securities Industry Automation Corp., a General Manager-Brokerage Processing Services by Automatic Data Processing, Inc., a General Manager-Brokerage Processing Services by Brokerage Services, Inc., and a President by Careers For People With Disabilities, Inc. She received her undergraduate degree from Concordia College (Minnesota). |
| Michael E. Miebach |
Mr. Michael E. Miebach is an Independent Director at International Business Machines Corp., a President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Mastercard, Inc., a Chief Executive Officer & Director at Mastercard International, Inc. and a Member at United States Council for International Business. He is on the Board of Directors at International Business Machines Corp., Mastercard, Inc., ACCION International, Mastercard International, Inc., Ronald McDonald House of New York, Inc., VocaLink Holdings Ltd. and World Resources Institute. Mr. Miebach was previously employed as a MD-Middle East & North Africa Operations by Barclays Bank Plc and a President & Chief Executive Officer by Melco Electric LLC. He received his MBA from the University of Passau. |
| Peter R. Voser |
Mr. Peter R. Voser is a Chairman-Trustees Board at St. Gallen Foundation for International Studies, an Independent Director at International Business Machines Corp., a Chairman at ABB Ltd., a Chairman at Europe Delivers, a Group Chairman at PSA Corp. Ltd., a Group Chairman at PSA International Pte Ltd. and a Member at Asia Business Council. He is on the Board of Directors at Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd., International Business Machines Corp., Catalyst, Inc., Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce and Stiftung Avenir Suisse. Mr. Voser was previously employed as a Non-Executive Director by Roche Holding AG, a Member by Federal Audit Oversight Authority, a Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director by Royal Dutch Shell Plc, a Member-Supervisory Board by Aegon NV, a Managing Director by The Shell Transport & Trading Co. Ltd., a Chief Financial Officer by Shell Europe Oil Products Ltd., a Principal by Royal Dutch Shell Plc, a Member by European Round Table of Industrialists, a Non-Executive Director by F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., a Member-International Business Council by Forum Mondial de L'Economie, and a Member by The Business Council. He also served on the board at SBC AG and Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Applied Sciences Zurich. |
| Thomas Buberl |
Thomas Buberl currently works at AXA SA, as Chief Executive Officer & Director from 2016, AXA Life Ltd., as Chairman, International Business Machines Corp., as Independent Director from 2020, and various other companies. Dr. Buberl also formerly worked at Zurich Insurance Group AG, as Chief Executive Officer-Switzerland, AXA Konzern AG, as CEO, CEO-Health, Life & Savings Business in 2016, Zurich Investment Management Ltd., as Chief Executive Officer-Switzerland from 2008 to 2012, and various other companies. Dr. Buberl received his Masters Business Admin degree in 1998 from the University of Lancaster, doctorate degree in 2001 from the University of St. Gallen, and graduate degree in 1999 from WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management. |
| Alex Gorsky |
Alex Gorsky currently works at Apple, Inc., as Independent Director from 2021, International Business Machines Corp., as Lead Independent Director from 2022, JPMorgan Chase & Co., as Independent Director from 2022, Neurotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (United States), as Lead Director from 2023, The Institute for Health Technology Studies, as Director, National Academy Foundation, as Director, Medal of Honor Foundation, Inc., as Director, JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA (New York), as Director from 2022, Travis Manion Foundation, as Director, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, as Trustee from 2021, The Business Roundtable, as Member, The Business Council, as Member, JPMorgan Chase Holdings LLC, as Manager, and ICONIQ Capital (Private Equity), as General Partner from 2024. Mr. Gorsky also formerly worked at Johnson & Johnson, as Executive Chairman from 2022 to 2023, Ethicon, Inc., as Chairman & Chairman-Worldwide Franchise from 2008 to 2011, Catholic Medical Center, as Chairman, Surgical Care Group, as Chairman, Advanced Medical Technology Association, as Director, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., as President, and Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., as Head-North American Pharmaceuticals Business in 2008. Mr. Gorsky received his undergraduate degree in 1982 from US Military Academy and Masters Business Admin degree in 1996 from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. |
| Alfred W. Zollar |
Alfred W. Zollar is the founder of AWZ Tech LLC, serving as Managing Partner since 2011. Current jobs include Independent Director at International Business Machines Corp. since 2021, Independent Director at The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. since 2019, Director at International Data Group, Inc., Director at Constant Contact, Inc., Independent Director at Nasdaq, Inc. since 2019, Director at GCOM Software, Inc. since 2021, Director at Pulse Secure LLC, Director at GCOM Software LLC, Director at The Eagle Academy Foundation, Director at El Education, Inc., Director at GCOM LLC, Member of Executive Leadership Council, Inc. since 2013, Advisor at Mission Engine LLC, Trustee at UC San Diego Foundation, and Member of The National Society of Black Engineers since 2013. Former jobs include President & Chief Executive Officer at Lotus Software, Inc. from 2000 to 2003, Independent Director at The Chubb Corp. from 2011 to 2016, Director at Public Service Electric & Gas Co. from 2022 to 2023, Independent Director at Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. from 2012 to 2023, Director at Red Hat, Inc. from 2018 to 2019, Director at Carnegie Speech Co., Inc., Director at Stratus Technologies, Inc., Director at Electronics for Imaging, Inc., General Manager-Tivoli Software Division at International Business Machines Corp. from 2004 to 2011, General Manager-Network Computer Software at International Business Machines Corp. from 1996 to 2000, and Executive Advisor at SIRIS Capital Group LLC. Education includes a graduate degree from the University of California San Diego. |
| David N. Farr |
David N. Farr currently works at Emerson Electric Canada Ltd., as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer from 2000, International Business Machines Corp., as Independent Director from 2012, US-China Business Council, as Director, Municipal Theatre Association of St. Louis, as Director, Greater St. Louis Area Council, as Director, Webster University, as Trustee, and The Business Council, as Member. Mr. Farr also formerly worked at Emerson Process Management, Inc., as Chief Executive Officer, Astec International Ltd., as Chief Executive Officer, Emerson Electric Co., as Non-Executive Chairman in 2021, National Association of Manufacturers, as Chairman, Civic Progress, as Chairman from 2012 to 2013, Delphi Corp., as Director from 2002 to 2009, United Way of Greater St. Louis, as Director, and Ridge Tool Co., as President. Mr. Farr received his Masters Business Admin degree from Vanderbilt University and undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University. |
| Martha E. Pollack |
Martha E. Pollack currently works at International Business Machines Corp., as Independent Director from 2019, Association of American Universities, as Director, American Academy of Arts & Sciences, as Member from 2022, and Ithaka Harbors, Inc., as Trustee from 2022. Dr. Pollack also formerly worked at Computing Research Association, as Director, Health Center, Inc., as Director, University of Michigan Hospital, as Director, SRI International, as Member-Technical Staff, Cornell University, as President & Professor from 2017 to 2024, the University of Michigan, as Dean from 2000 to 2017, Association For The Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, as President, and Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, as Editor in Chief. Dr. Pollack received her undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College, graduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and doctorate degree in 1986 from the University of Pennsylvania. |
