Corporate Board Member Network’s Advisory Council is composed of Fortune 500 directors who help shape the year’s most relevant boardroom conversations.
Board Member
Huntington Bancshares Inc.
Rafael Andres Diaz-Granados is an experienced CEO, board leader and investor with a career spanning global industrial, energy and services businesses. He currently serves as Chairman and CEO of TransForce, Inc., a leading CDL driver solutions company, and as Executive Chairman of Paragon Integrated Services Group, an energy and environmental services firm. Previously, he served as Chairman and CEO of Paragon and as President and CEO of Q’Max Solutions, a multinational oilfield services company.
Diaz-Granados currently serves on the board of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, where he sits on the Risk Oversight Committee, chairs the Human Resources and Compensation Committee and serves on the Executive Committee.
Earlier in his career, Diaz-Granados spent 15 years with General Electric, holding senior leadership roles including CEO of GE Mexico, CEO of GE Spain and Portugal, and General Counsel and Chief Commercial Officer of GE Latin America. He led multiple turnaround and restructuring efforts across global markets and brings extensive public and private company board experience. He is also co-founder of Angeles Investors, a Chicago-based Hispanic angel investing group.
Board Member
Darden Restaurants
Shan Atkins is an experienced public company director who has served on 10 U.S. and Canadian public company boards since 1999, with deep expertise in consumer, retail and healthcare. She currently serves on the boards of Darden Restaurants and Canopy Growth Corporation, where she chairs the audit committee. At Darden, she also chairs the nominating and governance committee and previously served on the compensation and finance committees.
Atkins recently completed more than two decades of board service at Spartan Stores and SpartanNash, including as chair of the audit committee and a member of the compensation and governance committees. Her prior public company board roles include Aurora Cannabis, LSC Communications, SunOpta, True Value, Pep Boys, Tim Hortons and Shoppers Drug Mart, where she frequently chaired audit or compensation committees. She is an SEC-designated audit committee financial expert.
Earlier in her career, Atkins co-founded Chetrum Capital LLC, a private investment firm, and served as managing director. She also held senior leadership roles at Sears, Roebuck and was a partner at Bain & Company. She began her career at Price Waterhouse.
Board Member
Alliance Entertainment
Sheila Bangalore is a seasoned senior operator who combines financial and legal expertise to support multinational technology, mining, specialty materials and healthcare businesses. She currently serves as an independent director of Alliance Entertainment, Inc. (Nasdaq: AENT), a global entertainment distribution company; Principal Mineral Company, a venture-backed critical minerals company; and StoneAge Holdings, Inc., an ESOP-owned industrial cleaning tools company serving the mining, oil and gas and specialty materials sectors, where she chairs the Governance Committee. She also serves on the Nasdaq Center for Board Excellence Insights Council and is an advisory board member of Wharton Alumni for Boards.
Board Member
AutoNation
Claire Bennett serves on the boards of AutoNation and Samsonite International, where she is a member of the audit committee for both companies. She also serves on the board of Culligan International. Earlier in her board career, Bennett served on the board of Tumi, including on its audit and governance committees, as well as on the audit committee of the World Travel and Tourism Council and several private and nonprofit boards.
Bennett is a global executive with extensive experience in customer experience, general management and consumer services across NYSE, FTSE and Hong Kong-listed companies. Most recently, she served as Global Chief Customer Officer and a member of the Executive Committee at InterContinental Hotels Group, where she helped lead the company through the Covid-19 crisis and oversaw brand performance, loyalty and customer experience across more than 6,000 hotels worldwide.
Earlier, she held P&L leadership roles at American Express and Dell Technologies. She holds a degree in accounting and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.
Board Member
Bristol-Meyers Squibb Company
Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, serves as President of the Board of Directors of the American Heart Association’s New York City chapter, after previously serving as a board member and on its Medical Advisory Committee. He also served on the Board of Trustees of the American College of Cardiology, where he chaired the Audit and Compliance Committee and vice chaired the Accreditation Management Board, providing oversight of governance, financial controls and accreditation standards. Earlier, he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Boston VA Research Institute.
Dr. Bhatt is Director of the Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital and the Dr. Valentin Fuster Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He has held senior academic and clinical leadership roles at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the VA Boston Healthcare System and Cleveland Clinic.
A nationally recognized cardiologist and clinical trial leader, Dr. Bhatt has authored more than 2,000 publications and has served as principal investigator or co-principal investigator for numerous landmark cardiovascular trials and registries. He has received major honors from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association.
Board Member
The Andersons
Pat Bowe serves as Chairman of the Board of The Andersons, Inc., following more than a decade as President and Chief Executive Officer from 2014 to 2025. He also serves on the board of King Ranch, a large private agribusiness company. Previously, he served on the boards of United Malt, Schwan’s Company and Fabcon Precast, including as chairman of the board at Fabcon and as chair of the risk and finance committee at Schwan’s. Several of these companies were sold during or following his tenure, providing experience in transactions and ownership transitions. He also serves as a board member and past chairman of the Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts.
Bowe joined The Andersons with more than 35 years of experience in agriculture and commodity markets. Prior to that, he spent more than two decades at Cargill, where he served as corporate vice president and as president of the Corn Wet Milling business in North America, along with other senior leadership roles.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Stanford University and a master’s degree from Stanford’s Food Research Institute.
Board Member
Lam Research Corp.
Eric Brandt is a seasoned public company executive and board leader with more than two decades of independent director experience. He currently serves on the boards of Lam Research, where he chairs the Audit Committee; Gen Digital, where he chairs the Audit Committee; Option Care Health; and Nutanix, serving on audit, compensation, compliance, security and privacy committees. He previously served as Chairman of the Board of Dentsply Sirona and as Chairman of Yahoo!, and has chaired audit, compensation and nominating and governance committees across multiple public companies.
Brandt served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Broadcom Corporation from 2007 to 2016. He also served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Avanir Pharmaceuticals and held senior finance leadership roles at Allergan. Earlier in his career, he was a partner at The Boston Consulting Group. He holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Board Member
Truist Financial Corporation
Agnes Bundy Scanlan serves as an independent director of Truist, where she chairs the Nominating and Governance Committee and is a member of the Executive, Risk and Trust Committees. She also serves as an independent director of AppFolio, chairing the Risk and Compliance Oversight Committee and serving on the Audit and Nominating and Governance Committees. In addition, she is an independent director of iCapital, where she chairs the Audit and Risk Committee. Previously, she served on the board of R1 RCM, chairing its Compliance and Risk Management Committee, and on the board of NewTower Trust Company, where she chaired the Audit and Compliance Committee.
Scanlan has built a distinguished career in corporate strategy, governance and global regulatory and risk management. She currently serves as chief executive officer of The Cambridge Group and as a senior adviser to Treliant Risk Advisors, counseling financial services firms on governance, compliance and risk.
Earlier, she served as Northeast Regional Director of Supervision Examinations at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and held senior regulatory and compliance roles at TD Bank and Bank of America. She also practiced law at Goodwin Procter and served as counsel to the United States Senate Budget Committee.
Board Member
Ulta Beauty
Michelle Collins is an experienced public company director who currently serves on the boards of CIBC and CIBC Bank USA, Ryan Specialty Holdings and Ulta Beauty. Across these organizations, she contributes broad expertise in financial services, specialty insurance and consumer retail. She previously served on the boards of Health Care Service Corporation, The PrivateBank, Integrys Group, Molex, CDW, Bucyrus International and Coldwater Creek, among others. During her board tenure, she has chaired audit, finance and governance committees and served on executive committees, including as chair of the board of National Louis University.
Collins is President of Cambium LLC, a consulting firm providing business and financial advisory services. In 1997, she co-founded Svoboda Capital Partners, a private equity firm, where she served as managing director and now serves on its advisory board. Earlier, she was a principal in the Corporate Finance Department at William Blair & Company, advising specialty retail and distribution businesses.
She is active in civic leadership in Chicago and holds degrees from Yale University and Harvard Business School.
Board Member
Valero Energy Corporation
Fred M. Diaz is an accomplished C-suite leader and independent public company director. He serves on the boards of Valero Energy Corporation, Archer Aviation Inc., Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. and SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc., and chairs or serves on audit, compensation, governance, public policy and sustainability committees. He also serves as Lead Director of Archer Aviation.
Diaz previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Mitsubishi Motors North America. Earlier, he held senior leadership roles at Nissan North America, including Division Vice President and General Manager of Trucks and Commercial Vehicles and Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Operations. He began his career with Chrysler Corporation, where he spent 24 years in senior leadership roles, including President and Chief Executive Officer of the Ram Truck Brand and President and Chief Executive Officer of Chrysler de Mexico and Latin America. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business management from Texas Lutheran University and an MBA from Central Michigan University.
Board Member
Lear Corporation
Jonathan Foster serves on the boards of Amcor and Lear Corporation and has served on more than 50 public and private company boards, including Fortune 500 companies. Over the course of his governance career, he has served as chair, lead director and audit committee chair, frequently in complex or restructuring situations. His board work spans industrial, consumer and services companies and reflects deep expertise in capital markets, mergers and acquisitions and corporate oversight.
Foster is founder and managing partner of Current Capital Partners LLC, a firm specializing in M&A advisory, corporate management services and private equity co-investments. Through the firm, he advises corporate and investment clients on strategic transactions, capital structure and value creation, and serves as an independent director and expert witness in major corporate litigation involving valuation, governance and distressed companies.
Earlier, he spent more than a decade at Lazard, ultimately serving as managing director and advising on complex M&A transactions. He is the author of On Board: The Modern Playbook for Corporate Governance. Foster holds degrees from Emory University and the London School of Economics.
Board Member
The Kraft Heinz Company
Diane serves as an Independent Director and Committee Chair at Kraft Heinz Company, as well as two startups, Centivo (health care) and TechWolf (work intelligence). She is also an advisor to several human capital AI startups as part of her role as Executive Advisor to VC firm Semper Virens.
The prior Chief People Officer at IBM, Diane was responsible for the global HR function, successfully transforming the company culture of 365,000 employees to support a massive portfolio shift, requiring innovation, agility and continuous learning. Recognized as the early pioneer in AI that led to a new operating model for HR, she was elected HR Executive of the Year in 2018. She is an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources.
Following her 19-year stint at IBM, Diane taught MBAs at the Harvard Business School. Today, Diane is a senior advisor at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) where she serves as a coach and advisor to CEOs and CHROs.
Board Member
Otis Worldwide Corporation
Kathy Hannan serves on the board of Otis Worldwide Corporation, where she is a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee. An experienced public company director, she has also served as Audit Committee Chair, Nominating and Governance Chair and Compensation Committee Chair across Fortune 500 and private company boards.
Hannan is a retired National Managing Partner and former Vice Chairman of KPMG LLP, where she built a 35-year career advising industrial and financial services companies and leading complex global operations. As a senior C-suite executive and strategist, she led enterprise transformation initiatives and strengthened governance, risk management and human capital strategies.
She is an SEC-designated audit committee financial expert and holds certifications in corporate governance and cybersecurity oversight. She previously served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian and as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Girl Scouts of the USA. She is a Tribal member of the Ho-Chunk Nation.
Board Member
Duke Energy Corporation
Idalene Kesner serves on the board of Duke Energy Corporation and is the former Dean and Frank P. Popoff Chair of Strategic Management at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. She served as dean from 2012 to 2022 following a year as interim dean and previously held leadership roles including Associate Dean for Faculty and Research and Chair of the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship.
Kesner’s academic research focuses on corporate boards, CEO succession, governance and mergers and acquisitions, with publications in leading journals including Academy of Management Journal and Strategic Management Journal. She serves as Editor-in-Chief of Business Horizons and has taught in more than 100 executive education programs globally. In addition to Duke Energy, she has served on multiple public and nonprofit boards and has been nationally recognized for her contributions to corporate governance and business education.
Board Member
Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (retired); Invited
Don Kornstein currently serves on the board of Invited Inc. and on the advisory board of Sharp Alpha Advisors. His prior board experience includes Gala Coral Group, Shuffle Master, Circuit City Stores, Cash Systems and Varsity Brands.
Kornstein most recently served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Caesars Entertainment, Inc., from 2020 to 2025, after previously serving as a director and as Chairman of its Transaction Committee and Strategy and Finance Committee. He also served as Chairman of Caesars Entertainment U.K., Ltd. and as a director of Caesars Entertainment Corporation prior to its merger. His board leadership spans public and private companies across gaming, hospitality and consumer sectors, including service as chairman at Affinity Gaming and Bally Total Fitness.
He is founder and managing member of Alpine Advisors LLC, a strategic and financial advisory firm focused on mergers and acquisitions and capital raising. Earlier, he served as chief executive officer of Jackpot Enterprises and as a senior managing director at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
Board Member
Ecolab
Tracy B. McKibben serves on the board of Ecolab Inc., where she is a member of the Audit and Finance Committees. She also serves on the boards of HII and the United Services Automobile Association, where she chairs the Audit Committee and serves on the Finance and Technology Committees. In addition, she is Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Kidney Foundation and previously served as vice chair and chair of the Finance Committee of the New York Power Authority.
McKibben is founder and Chief Executive Officer of MAC Energy Group companies, which invest in environmentally sustainable energy and infrastructure solutions across a global platform. She established the firm in 2010 following a career spanning finance, public policy and law.
Previously, she served as Managing Director and Head of Environmental Strategies at Citigroup Global Markets. She also held senior roles at the National Security Council and the U.S. Department of Commerce, and practiced law at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, advising multinational energy clients on complex litigation and strategic investments. She is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Board Member
MGM Resorts International
Rose McKinney-James serves on the board of MGM Resorts International and is Managing Principal of Energy Works LLC and McKinney-James & Associates. She is a nationally recognized leader in clean energy policy, regulatory strategy and corporate governance, with a career spanning public service, legislative advocacy and private sector consulting.
McKinney-James previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for Solar Technology and Renewable Resources, as a Commissioner on the Nevada Public Service Commission and as Nevada’s first Director of the Department of Business and Industry. Over more than two decades, she has played a central role in legislative and utility regulatory proceedings in Nevada and nationally, helping shape renewable energy and sustainability policy frameworks while advising public and private entities on strategic regulatory and business initiatives.
In addition to MGM Resorts International, she serves on the boards of Ioneer, Pacific Premier Bancorp, Toyota Financial Savings Bank, the U.S. Energy Foundation and ACORE, and is the immediate past Board Chair of the American Association for Blacks in Energy. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Olivet College and a law degree from the Antioch School of Law.
Lumenaza GmbH
Tatiana Mitrova recently completed seven years of service on the board of Schlumberger and is an internationally recognized energy strategist and board adviser focused on how large-scale energy and industrial systems operate under geopolitical, regulatory and market stress. She is a Global Fellow at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy and a Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, where her research examines global energy security, market design and structural transformation across both developed and emerging economies.
Mitrova brings more than a decade of board and advisory experience to international energy and industrial companies, with a focus on risk oversight, long-term strategy and governance in highly uncertain environments. Her work integrates geopolitics, sanctions policy, energy transition dynamics and institutional resilience, equipping boards and executive teams to navigate disruption and capital-intensive transformation. She is widely published and frequently advises governments, multinational corporations and international institutions on energy policy, market reform and transition strategy. Her perspective is shaped by extensive engagement across Europe, North America and emerging markets, providing global insight into evolving energy systems and competitive positioning.
Board Member
Wells Fargo & Company
CeCe Morken serves on the boards of Wells Fargo & Company and Genpact, and is Chair of the Board of DailyPay, Inc. She has been a director at Genpact since 2016 and previously served on the board of Alteryx, Inc. until it was taken private in 2024. Her board experience spans global banking, financial technology, data analytics and digital transformation, with a focus on innovation, risk oversight and long-term value creation.
Morken is a former public company chief executive and senior technology executive with deep experience in digital platforms, financial services and design-led product innovation. She most recently served as President of Headspace Health and was Chief Executive Officer of Headspace Inc. prior to its merger with Ginger.
Earlier, she held multiple senior leadership roles at Intuit, including Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Strategic Partner Group and leader of the Intuit Financial Services Division, which provided digital banking solutions to financial institutions. She began her career in financial services and technology sales, including senior roles at Fortis and WebTone Technologies.
Morken holds a degree from North Dakota State University and completed the executive development program at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Board Member
Devon Energy Corporation
Rob Mosbacher serves on the board of Devon Energy Corporation and is Chairman of Mosbacher Energy Company, a Houston-based family-owned energy business. He previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation from 2005 to 2009, where he oversaw more than $50 billion in investments supporting economic development in emerging markets around the world.
Mosbacher played a central role in drafting and advancing the bipartisan BUILD Act, which combined OPIC and USAID’s Development Credit Authority into the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, strengthening America’s global development finance capabilities. He later served as Chair of the DFC’s Development Advisory Council. In addition to Devon Energy, he has served on the boards of Calpine Corporation and the National Archives Foundation. His career reflects a blend of private sector leadership and public policy engagement, with a focus on energy markets, global investment and U.S. economic competitiveness.
Board Member
Gibraltar Industries
Linda K. Myers is a corporate attorney and experienced public company director with more than 30 years advising private equity firms, public and private companies, and financial institutions. She spent much of her career at Kirkland & Ellis, where she served as a share partner and member of the firm’s Global Executive Management Committee.
Myers currently serves on the boards of Gibraltar Industries, LCI Industries, Marex Group and Eurowag. She chairs or serves on key committees across governance, compensation, audit and strategy. She also serves as Chair of the Board of the National Philanthropic Trust.
In addition, she holds advisory roles with Kinzie Capital Partners and Chelsea Lighting and serves on the boards of several cultural and nonprofit organizations, including the Chicago Shakespeare Theater and the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Board Member
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.
Liane Pelletier has served as a full-time independent director since 2011 and currently serves on the boards of Expeditors International of Washington, Ameriprise Financial and Frontdoor. She chairs the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee at Expeditors and serves on the Audit and Risk Committee at Ameriprise and the Audit and Compensation Committees at Frontdoor. Over more than a decade of board service, she has also served as lead director and committee chair at ATN International and as non-executive chairman of Icicle Seafoods, as well as on the boards of Washington Federal and Switch.
Pelletier previously served as Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of Alaska Communications, where she led significant revenue and EBITDA growth and repositioned the company’s asset base and strategy. Earlier, she spent 17 years at Sprint, serving on its Executive Committee as Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Development.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Wellesley College and a master’s degree in management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Board Member
Charter Communications
Mauricio Ramos is an experienced global telecommunications executive and public company director. He has served on the board of Charter Communications since 2016 and is a member of its Compensation and Nominating and Governance Committees. In 2025, he became Chairman of the Board of WOM Chile.
Ramos served as Chief Executive Officer of Millicom from 2015 to 2024 and was a member of its board, including serving as Executive Chair. Earlier, he was President of Liberty Global’s Latin American division and held senior leadership roles including Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of VTR in Chile and Chief Financial Officer of Liberty’s Latin American operations. He serves on the Board of Trustees of the Meridian International Center and on INCAE Business School’s Presidential Advisory Council. He holds degrees in economics and law and a graduate degree in financial law from Universidad de Los Andes.
Board Member
Accendra Health (formerly known as Owens & Minor)
Carissa Rollins serves on the board of Accendra Health, formerly Owens & Minor, where she is a member of the Audit Committee. She also previously served on the board of the Grand Canyon Conservancy and chaired the board of YWCA Minneapolis. Her governance experience reflects deep expertise in cybersecurity, enterprise risk, digital transformation and healthcare technology.
Rollins is a retired global healthcare and technology executive with more than 30 years of experience leading digital and operational transformation across Fortune 500 organizations. Most recently, she served as Global Chief Information Officer at Illumina, where she led enterprise technology strategy, infrastructure, cybersecurity and compliance. Prior to Illumina, she served as Chief Information Officer at UnitedHealthcare, overseeing enterprise IT strategy and digital platforms supporting more than 50 million members.
Earlier, she held senior leadership roles at Gander Mountain, Kohl’s, ManpowerGroup and MillerCoors. She is a recipient of the ORBIE Leadership Award and holds an MBA from Marquette University.
Board Member
Wells Fargo & Company
Suzanne “Zan” Vautrinot serves on the boards of Wells Fargo & Company, Ecolab Inc., Parsons Corporation and Battelle Memorial Institute, bringing deep expertise in cybersecurity, national security and enterprise risk oversight. She previously served on the board of Symantec Corporation. Across her board roles, she contributes experience in cyber resilience, technology innovation and governance in highly complex, regulated environments.
Vautrinot is President of Kilovolt Consulting Inc. and a retired Major General of the U.S. Air Force with three decades of leadership in space and cyber operations. She retired as Commander of the 24th Air Force and Air Forces Cyber Command, where she led a multi-billion dollar cyber enterprise of 14,000 military, civilian and contractor personnel supporting more than 850,000 users and conducting global cyber operations. She also served as Deputy Commander of the nation’s Network Warfare Command and played a key role in the establishment of U.S. Cyber Command.
She advises industry, academia and government agencies on cybersecurity strategy and workforce development and has testified before Congress on cyber and national security issues. She is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
Board Member
Casey's General Stores, Inc.
Board Member
GE Healthcare Technologies
Phoebe Yang serves on the board of GE HealthCare Technologies, where she is a member of the Audit and Compliance Committee and previously served on the Nominating and Governance Committee and the Talent, Compensation and Culture Committee. She also serves on the board of Doximity and as a stewardship trustee of CommonSpirit Health, where she chairs the Technology Committee and serves on the Executive, Finance and Sponsorship and Governance committees.
Yang most recently served as general manager of Amazon Web Services Healthcare, leading cloud platform strategy and digital transformation initiatives for healthcare organizations globally. Prior to AWS, she served as chief strategy officer for population health at Ascension and as lead managing director of Ascension Holdings International, overseeing strategic growth initiatives and international investments.
Earlier in her career, Yang held senior executive roles at The Advisory Board Company, Discovery Inc. and AOL Time Warner, and served in appointed positions at the U.S. Department of State and the Federal Communications Commission. Her work spans healthcare delivery, digital infrastructure, governance and public policy, with a focus on technology-enabled transformation and enterprise risk oversight.
