The 2025 Most Influential Women Corporate Board Directors recognizes the exceptional executives shaping strategy and driving innovation at the world’s leading companies. Spanning industries from technology and finance to healthcare and energy, these directors serve on Fortune 500 and global corporate boards, bringing transformative leadership to boardrooms worldwide.
Nandita Bakhshi
Former Special Advisor on Integration
BMO Bank N.A.
Serves on Board of Directors for: Beyond Meat, Inc., BMO Bank N.A., Quaker Houghton
Shari L. Ballard
Chief Executive Officer
Minnesota United FC
Serves on Board of Directors for: Ecolab Inc.
Sandra N. Bane
Retired Audit Partner
KPMG, LLP
Serves on Board of Directors for: Southern Company Gas
Amy Banse
Partner
Mastry, Inc.
Serves on Board of Directors for: Adobe, Lennar Corporation, On Holding AG
Mary T. Barra
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
General Motors
Serves on Board of Directors for: General Motors, Walt Disney Company
Corie S. Barry
Chief Executive Officer
Best Buy Co., Inc.
Serves on Board of Directors for: Best Buy Co., Inc., Domino's Pizza
Charlene Barshefsky
Chair
Parkside Global Advisors
Serves on Board of Directors for: The Estêe Lauder Companies
Melanie W. Barstad
Retired, President of Women's Health in the Medical Device & Diagnostics Division
Johnson & Johnson
Serves on Board of Directors for: Cintas Corporation
Katie Bayne
Founder & President
Bayne Advisors
Serves on Board of Directors for: The Honest Company
Caryn Seidman Becker
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
CLEAR Secure, Inc.
Serves on Board of Directors for: CLEAR Secure, LLC, The Home Depot
Mary C. Beckerle
Former Chief Executive Officer of the Huntsman Cancer Institute
University of Utah
Serves on Board of Directors for: Huntsman Corporation, Johnson & Johnson
Nancy C. Benacci
Retired Head of Equity Research, KeyBanc Capital Markets
KeyCorp
Serves on Board of Directors for: Cincinnati Financial Corp., Regis Corporation
Lori George Billingsley
Former Global Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer
The Coca-Cola Company
Serves on Board of Directors for: Shake Shack Inc.
Gwendolyn M. Bingham
Retired Lieutenant General
United States Army
Serves on Board of Directors for: Owens & Minor, Inc.
Rachel R. Bishop
Former President, Hefty Tableware
Reynolds Consumer Products
Serves on Board of Directors for: Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.
Vimla Black-Gupta
Chief Executive Officer & co-Founder
OURSELF
Serves on Board of Directors for: PENN Entertainment, Inc.