Director Since: 2024
Independent Director: Yes
Other Current Public Company Directorships: None
PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION
Retired legal counsel
Bank of America (2016–2022)
- Global General Counsel (2016–2021)
- Vice Chair (2021–2022)
Ford Motor Company
- Group Vice President and General Counsel (2005–2015)
Executive Office of the President, The White House
- Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel (2002–2005)
Federal Aviation Administration
- Chief Counsel (2001–2002)
Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. (now Hogan Lovells US LLP) (1987–1990; 1993–2001)
- Associate (1987–1990)
- Counsel (1993)
- Partner (1994–2001)
KEY EXPERIENCES AND QUALIFICATIONS
- Extensive management and business experience: Over 35 years legal experience, 6 years at a large financial institution, overseeing the company’s legal functions and relationships with regulatory and law enforcement authorities around the world.
- Visible and active community leader: Championed pro bono service by bank attorneys, including co-founding the Charlotte Triage project, which supports Legal Aid of North Carolina-Charlotte and the Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy.
- Corporate Governance Experience: Extensive corporate governance experience, having served as chief legal advisor to boards of directors and senior management for over 17 years; served as co-chair of Disclosure Committee for Ford Motor Company; and on various non-profit and public company boards.
- Regulatory and Governmental Experience: Significant experience in regulatory and governmental roles, including as Chief Counsel at the Federal Aviation Administration and Deputy Counsel to the President of the United States.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Member, American Law Institute
- Member, Association of General Counsel
- Member, Virginia State Bar
- Member, District of Columbia Bar
- Member, Michigan State Bar
- Member, Bar of U.S. Supreme Court and various federal circuit and district courts
- Member, Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference
- Member, Executive Committee of United States Golf Association
- Former Director, Talmer Bank (now a part of Huntington Bank)