Board of Advisors
Catalyst was established in the United States in 1962. Now, we are the leading global nonprofit dedicated to accelerating progress for women through workplace inclusion.
Our Advisors—important members of our Supporter community—are high-level executives from leading companies who help guide our direction.
NAME | TITLE | COMPANY |
Chair Karen S. Carter | President, Packaging & Specialty Plastics | The Dow Chemical Company |
Jessica Alsford | Chief Sustainability Officer | Morgan Stanley |
Cynthia Bowman | Chief D&I and Talent Acquisition Officer | Bank of America |
Tiffanie Boyd | SVP and Chief People Officer | McDonald’s USA |
Alison Braman | Senior Vice President, Human Resources | Hilti North America |
Lisa Chang | Chief People Officer | The Coca-Cola Company |
Vinita Clements | EVP and Chief Human Resources Officer | Nationwide |
Kevin Edwards | Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer | Bechtel |
Margaret M. Foran | Chief Governance Officer, VP & Corporate Secretary | Prudential Financial, Inc. |
Crystal Hanlon | President, Northern Division | The Home Depot, Inc. |
Lorraine Hariton | President & CEO | Catalyst, Inc. |
Vanice Hayes | Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer | Dell Technologies |
Vinitaa Jayson | SVP Human Resources | Procter & Gamble North America |
Jennifer S. Kingston | Principal, Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | Edward Jones |
Matt Krentz | Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion and Leadership Chair | Boston Consulting Group |
Telva McGruder | Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer | General Motors |
Melonie Parker |
Chief Diversity Officer | |
Smita Pillai | Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals |
Janet Pines | Executive Vice President, Strategy and Research | Brodeur Partners |
Kavitha Prabhakar | Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer | Deloitte |
Elena Richards | Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer | KPMG LLP |
Don J. Robertson | EVP and Chief Human Resources Officer | Northwestern Mutual |
Samantha Saperstein | Managing Director, Women on the Move | JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
Terry Stone | Managing Partner, Americas, and Executive Sponsor of Inclusion & Diversity | Oliver Wyman |
Tony Tenicela | Vice President, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | Sodexo |
Karyn Twaronite | Partner and Global Diversity & Inclusiveness Officer | EY |
Raj Verma | Chief Diversity, Culture and EX Officer | Sanofi |
Bo Young Lee | Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer | Uber |
Historic List of Board Chairs
NAME | TITLE | COMPANY | TENURE |
Marilyn Laurie | Senior Vice President, Public Relations | AT&T Communications | 1986 – 1988 |
Cam Starrett | Senior Vice President, Human Resources | Nestlé USA, Inc. | 1989 – 1991 |
Ursula Fairbairn | Senior Vice President, Human Resources | Union Pacific Corporation | 1992 – 1993 |
Marcia Worthing | Senior Vice President, Human Resources & Corporate Affairs | Avon Products, Inc. | 1994 – 1997 |
Roberta Gutman | Executive Director | Motorola Foundation | 1998 – 2000 |
Jill Kanin-Lovers | Senior Vice President, HR & Corporate Affairs | Avon Products, Inc. | 2001 – 2003 |
Denise Morrison | President, Campbell USA | Campbell Soup Company | 2004 – 2006 |
Jan Fields | President | McDonalds USA, LLC | 2007 – 2012 |
Teresa Finley | Chief Marketing and Business Services Officer | UPS | 2013 – 2017 |
Rohini Anand | SVP Corporate Responsibility and Global Chief Diversity Officer | Sodexo | 2017 – 2019 |
Jana Cohen Barbe | Partner and Former Global Vice Chair | Dentons US LLP | 2020 – 2021 |