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2018 Most Influential Corporate Directors

Women Inc. is proud to present the 2018 Most Influential Corporate Directors listing. This represents a sampling of women’s professional excellence at the highest level. Congratulations to those recognized in this year’s Board Edition.


Partner & Senior Vice President
Woodruff Sawyer
Boards: Realty Income Corporation
Retired President
Capital One Multifamily Finance, LLC
Boards: Freddie Mac
Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
The Cardea Group
Boards: Bank of America, Ingersoll Rand
Retired Chief Communications Officer
National Geographic Society
Boards: Aflac Inc.
Chairman & Chief Executive Offi cer
Navigant Consulting, Inc.
Boards: InnerWorkings Inc., ManpowerGroup Inc., Navigant Consulting, Inc.
Former Head of Investment Funds & Private Equity
Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)
Boards: Genesee & Wyoming Inc.,Invesco Ltd, TriLinc Global Impact Fund, Vulcan Materials Company
Former Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Stream Energy
Boards: Eastman Chemical Company, The Freeman Company, Tri Global Energy, LLC, WatchGuard, Inc.
Senior Managing Director
Brock Capital Group
Boards: Simon Property Group Inc.
Former Deputy Comptroller
Comptroller of the Currency
Boards: Fifth Third Bancorp
President & Chief Executive Officer
The Directors’ Council
Boards: PPG Industries, Inc., United Continental Holdings, UnitedHealth Group
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Microsoft Corporation
Boards: The 3M Company
President & Chief Executive Officer
Proto Labs, Inc.
Boards: Proto Labs, Inc., Watlow Electric Manufacturing, Waste Management,Inc.
President & Chief Executive Officer
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Boards: Lockheed Martin Corporation, Occidental Petroleum Corp.
Co-Owner
Haystack Partners, LLC
Boards: Brown-Forman Corporation
Former Assistant to the President of the United States & Secretary of the Cabinet
United States
Boards: Franklin Templeton Mutual Funds, Hess Corporation, Santander Consumer USA
Chief Executive Officer
JFH Insights LLC
Boards: Eastman Chemical Company, W. R. Grace & Co.