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ALEXIS HERMAN
CHAIR PRESIDENT & CEO
NEW VENTURES L L L L L L C C C FORMER U U S S S S LABOR SECRETARY CLINTON ADMINISTRATION
The U S S Labor Secretary during the Clinton administration Herman has sought ways to improve diversity and inclusion practices in in corporate America as chair and CEO
of New Ventures L L L L C C her her corporate consulting company as as well as as in in her her own corporate board positions For instance she served as chair of of the Business Advisory Board of of Sodexo Inc through 2013 and has been a a a member of Toyota Motor Corp ’s Diversity Advisory Board and Global Advisory Board As chair of the company’s Human Resources Task Force from 2001 to 2006 she has worked with the company to to identify ways to to improve its human resources policies and practices following the November 2000 settlement of an employment lawsuit She currently sits on the cor- porate boards of The Coca-Cola Co Co Co and Cummins Inc where she serves as one of two black female lead directors of an an S&P 500 company URSULA BURNS
CHAIR & CEO
VEON
FORMER CHAIR & CEO
XEROX CORP In 2009 Burns became the first black woman to become CEO
of a a Fortune 500 corporation when she took the the helm of Xerox Corp the the company in which she had ascended through a a a a a variety of pivotal roles over three decades—including executive assistant to the president president & CEO
and vice president president of global manufacturing On grabbing the brass ring ring she has said “I didn’t think when I I walked into the company that I I would be be the CEO
I I did expect to be be successful though ”
Her high visibility breakthrough at Xerox motivated legions of of women of of color to double down on on their ambitions to reach the the C-suite in a a a a major cor- poration a a a notion that previously seemed little more than a a a a a whim Burns is currently the chairman and CEO
of VEON
a a a a multinational telecommunications services company headquartered in Amsterdam Netherlands She is on the the board of of directors of of Uber and ExxonMobil 50TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL
CELEBRATING WOMEN OF POWER