Board Committees

The Board maintains six standing committees to assist it in discharging its oversight responsibilities. The committees consist of Audit and Finance, Education, Executive Steering, Membership, Nominating and Governance, and Policy Advisory. Each committee performs its duties as assigned by the Board in accordance with the Society’s By-Laws and its charter.

The current members of each committee and a link to each committee’s charter are below. 

AUDIT AND FINANCE

Krista Jones McAninley

(CHAIR)

Ferguson

Lisa Atkins

Western Union

Jeff DeBruin

HF Rubber Machinery, Inc.

Jacob Jenkelowitz

Ally Financial Inc. 

Zach Levine

Metropolitan Commercial Bank

Dana Pierre-Louis

(SECRETARY)

Oracle Corporation

EDUCATION 

Mary Francis

(CHAIR)

Chevron Corporation

David Flechner 

(2027 ESSENTIALS EXPRESS CHAIR)

NextEra Energy, Inc.

Mary Catherine Malley

(2027 NATIONAL CONFERENCE CHAIR)

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Ike Adeyemi

Eastman Chemical Company

Tony Richelieu

KB Home

LaTisha Tarrant

PRA Group, Inc.

Shelley Dropkin

Citigroup, Inc.

Monica Barber

Americares

Andrea Beck

(SECRETARY)

Newmont Corporation

Maia Gez

White & Case LLP

Allison Handy

Perkins Coie

Jim Killerlane

 

 

EXECUTIVE STEERING 

Stacy Ingram

(BOARD CHAIR and COMMITTEE CHAIR)

Inspire Brands, Inc. 

Jared Brandman

(BOARD CHAIR-ELECT)

National Vision Holdings, Inc.

Mary Francis

Chevron Corporation

Hope Mehlman

Ally Financial

Rich Reich

New Jersey Resources

Matt DiGuiseppe

(SECRETARY)

PwC

Krista McAninley

Ferguson

MEMBERSHIP

Rich Reich

(CHAIR)

New Jersey Resources

Jacob Bernstein

Booz Allen Hamilton

Bryan K. Brown

Jones Day

Alice Chen

Comcast

Carolyn Coffey

CSC

Kristina Fink

CVS Health

Alana Griffin

FedEx Corporation

Jennifer Hawkins

American Red Cross

Christina Ibrahim

Formerly Select Water Solutions LLC

Keith Larson

Edison International

Linea Crouse

Horace Mann Educators Corporation

Scott Thayer

Dawn Food Products, Inc.

Jeff Pochowicz

McDonalds’ Corporation

Asa Behnia

(SECRETARY)

Primerica

NOMINATING AND GOVERNANCE

Stacy Ingram

(BOARD CHAIR)

Inspire Brands, Inc. 

Keir D. Gumbs

(PAST BOARD CHAIR)

Edward Jones

Joseph B. Amsbary, Jr.

Walgreens Boots Alliance

Jared Brandman

(COMMITTEE CHAIR AND CHAIR-ELECT)

National Vision

Jaileah X. Huddleston

CBIZ, Inc.

Jacob Jenkelowitz

Ally Financial Inc. 

Ben Backberg

General Mills, Inc.

Jeffrey Taylor

American Water Works, Company, Inc.

Holly Youngwood

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Matt DiGuiseppe

(SECRETARY)

PwC

POLICY ADVISORY

Hope Mehlman

(CHAIR)

Ally Financial

Stacy Ingram

(BOARD CHAIR)

Inspire Brands, Inc. 

Jared Brandman

(BOARD CHAIR-ELECT)

National Vision

Lillian Brown

WilmerHale

Ben Backberg

General Mills, Inc.

Ning Chiu

Davis Polk Wardwell LLP

Yafit Cohn

The Travelers Companies, Inc.

Shawn Filippi

NW Natural

Betty Huber

Latham & Watkins LLP

Mary Francis

Chevron Corporation

Rich Reich

New Jersey Resources

Bill Horton

Verizon Communications

John Sperino

Emerson 

Scott Thayer

Dawn Food Products, Inc.

Steph Bignon

The Home Depot

Michael Pressman

(SECRETARY)

Ally Financial