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.
Phoebe A. Wood
Retired Vice Chairman & Chief Financial Officer
Brown-Forman Corporation
Serves on Board of Directors for: Invesco Ltd., Leggett & Platt, Inc., PPL Corporation
Phyllis R. Yale
Advisory Partner
Bain & Company, Inc.
Serves on Board of Directors for: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Davita Inc.
Telisa Yancy
Enterprise President
American Family Insurance Mutual Holding Company
Serves on Board of Directors for: Deluxe
Ann E. Ziegler
Former Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
CDW Corporation
Serves on Board of Directors for: Reynolds Consumer Products, US Foods Holding Corp., Wolters Kluwer N.V.
Lizabeth H. Zlatkus
Former Chief Financial Officer & Chief Risk Officer
The Hartford Financial Services Group
Serves on Board of Directors for: AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, Brighthouse Financial, Inc., Pathward Financial
Maria T. Zuber
E.A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Serves on Board of Directors for: Bank of America, Textron Inc.