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
Evelyn Espinal	Global Vice President of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion	Unilever
Margaret M. Foran	Chief Governance Officer, VP & Corporate Secretary	Prudential Financial, Inc.
Crystal Hanlon	Senior Vice President and Culture Officer	The Home Depot, Inc.
Lorraine Hariton	President & CEO	Catalyst, Inc.
Vanice Hayes	Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer	Dell Technologies
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	Executive Director Global Body Manufacturing Engineering	General Motors
Melonie Parker	Chief Diversity Officer	Google
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

 

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