| Gene Huang |
Gene Huang is currently the Chief Economist & Vice President at Abbott Laboratories. Prior to this, he was the President of the National Association for Business Economics from 2011 to 2017. He holds a doctorate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a graduate degree from Fudan University. |
| Robert B. Ford |
Robert B. Ford is currently the Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at Abbott Laboratories since 2021. He is also the Director at California Biomedical Innovation Alliance since 2016. Previously, he worked as the Manager-Diagnostics Business Unit at Abbott Laboratórios do Brasil Ltda. He was also the Senior Vice President at Abbott Diabetes Care, Inc. from 2014 to 2015. Mr. Ford completed his undergraduate degree at Boston College and holds an MBA from Haas School of Business. |
| Kathryn S. Collins |
Kathryn S. Collins has a current job as the Vice President-Commercial Legal Operations at Abbott Laboratories. |
| Robert Emmett Funck |
Robert Emmett Funck is currently the Co-Managing Director at Abbott GmbH (Germany), Abbott Diagnostics GmbH, and Executive Vice President-Finance at Abbott Laboratories. He completed his undergraduate degree at St. Ambrose University. |
| Melissa Brotz |
Melissa Brotz has held the following positions in her career: Director at Mobile Marketing Association, Inc., Chief Marketing & Communications Officer at Abbott Laboratories (since 2018), and President at Abbott Fund. |
| Randel William Woodgrift |
Randel William Woodgrift's current job is Senior Vice President-Cardiac Rhythm Management at Abbott Laboratories. Formerly, he worked as Director-United States Operations at Baxter International, Inc. from 1983 to 1997. He also held the position of Principal at Baxter Healthcare Corp. Additionally, he served as Vice President-Manufacturing Operations at Edwards Lifesciences Corp. and as Senior Vice President-Operations & Technology at Vertos Medical, Inc. In terms of education, Mr. Woodgrift holds an MBA from Pepperdine University and an undergraduate degree from California Polytechnic State University (San Luis Obispo). |
| Scott J. House |
Scott J. House is currently working as the Senior VP-Regulatory & Engineering Services at Abbott Laboratories since 2020. He has an MBA from the University of Dallas and has completed undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Louisville. |
| Philip P. Boudreau |
Philip P. Boudreau is currently working as the Chief Financial Officer & Senior VP-Finance at Abbott Laboratories since 1997. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois and Purdue University. |
| Michelle A. Kumbier |
Michelle A. Kumbier is currently serving as an Independent Director at Abbott Laboratories, Teledyne Technologies, Inc., and Briggs & Stratton LLC. She started her role as Senior VP & President-Turf & Consumer Products at Briggs & Stratton LLC in 2022. Previously, she held the position of Independent Director at Tenneco, Inc. from 2021 to 2022. Michelle also served as the Senior VP-Motor Product & Operations at Harley-Davidson, Inc. from 2015 to 2017 and as the Chief Operating Officer & Senior Vice President at Harley-Davidson Motor Co., Inc. from 2017 to 2020. She completed her undergraduate degree at Lakeland College and holds an MBA from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. |
| Claire L. Babineaux-Fontenot |
Claire L. Babineaux-Fontenot is the founder of Cbf Consulting Group, L.L.C. (founded in 2017). She currently holds the position of Chief Executive Officer at Feeding America since 2018. Additionally, she is an Independent Director at Abbott Laboratories (starting in 2022), a Director at New York Life Insurance Co. (starting in 2021), and holds the positions of Treasurer, Director & Executive Vice President at Thurgood Marshall College Fund, Inc. In her former positions, Ms. Babineaux-Fontenot served as a Director at Walmart Chile SA. She was also an Independent Director at Charah Solutions, Inc. from 2018 to 2019. From 2004 to 2017, she held the roles of Treasurer, Chief Tax Officer & Executive VP at Walmart, Inc. Furthermore, she worked as a Partner at Adams & Reese LLP from 2001 to 2004. Ms. Babineaux-Fontenot pursued her undergraduate degree at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She then obtained a graduate degree from SMU Dedman School of Law and another graduate degree from Southern University Law Center. |
| Darren W. McDew |
Darren W. McDew is currently an Independent Director at Abbott Laboratories, GE Aerospace, United Services Automobile Association, Parsons Corp., North America, Inc., and Boys & Girls Clubs of America. He previously served as a Director at Rolls-Royce North America, Inc. and as a Manager at the US Department of Defense (District of Columbia). McDew holds a graduate degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and an undergraduate degree from Virginia Military Institute. |
| Sally E. Blount |
Sally E. Blount is currently the President & Chief Executive Officer at Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago. She is also an Independent Director at Abbott Laboratories and a Director at The Joyce Foundation. Additionally, she holds positions as a Director at The Economic Club of Chicago, a Professor at Northwestern University, and a Professor at Kellogg School of Management. In the past, Dr. Blount served as the Director of Finance & Planning at Eva Maddox Associates and as a Director at The Economic Club of Chicago. She was also an Independent Director at Ulta Beauty, Inc. from 2017 to 2022 and Vice Dean & Professor at The Leonard N Stern School of Business from 2001 to 2010. Dr. Blount completed her undergraduate degree at Princeton University. |
| Daniel J. Starks |
Daniel J. Starks is currently an Independent Director at Abbott Laboratories since 2017. Previously, he held the position of President & Chief Executive Officer at Daig Corp. He also served as Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc. from 2004 to 2016. From 1997 to 2001, he was the President & Chief Executive Officer at Cardiac Rhythm Management. Additionally, he served as Executive Chairman at St. Jude Medical LLC from 2016 to 2017. He has also held the position of Chairman at Epicor Medical, Inc. and Director at Urologix, Inc. from 2002 to 2009. |
| John G. Stratton |
John G. Stratton is currently the Executive Chairman at Frontier Communications Parent, Inc., an Independent Director at Abbott Laboratories, an Independent Director at General Dynamics Corp., a Director at Root9B LLC, and a Director at SubCom LLC. He previously served as a Director at CTIA-The Wireless Association from 2015 to 2018, a Director at Verizon Telematics, Inc., the President-Operations & Executive Vice President at Verizon Communications, Inc. from 2015 to 2017, the Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President at Verizon Wireless, Inc. from 2010 to 2012, the President-Philadelphia Region at Bell Atlantic Mobile, and the President at NYNEX Long Distance Co. |
| Nancy McKinstry |
Nancy McKinstry is currently the Chairman-Executive Board & Chief Executive Officer at Wolters Kluwer NV since 2003. She is also the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Wolters Kluwer Software und Service GmbH. In addition, she serves as an Independent Director at Abbott Laboratories since 2011 and as an Independent Director at Accenture Plc since 2016. Furthermore, she is a Director at Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc., a Director at TiasNimbas Business School BV, a Member of the European Round Table of Industrialists, and a Member of the Columbia Business School Overseers Board. Ms. McKinstry has held several former positions including Chief Executive Officer at Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc., SCP Communications, Inc., Wolters Kluwer North America, Inc., and Strategy&. She was also the President & Chief Executive Officer at CCH Legal Information Services, Inc. from 1996 to 1999. Additionally, she served as the Chairman of the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia from 2010 to 2012 and as the Chairman of Kluwer Wolters Tax & Accounting from 1992 to 1995. She was an Independent Director at Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson from 2004 to 2013. Ms. McKinstry holds an MBA from The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York and an undergraduate degree from the University of Rhode Island. |
| Robert J. Alpern |
Robert J. Alpern is currently serving as an Independent Director at Abbott Laboratories since 2008, AbbVie, Inc. since 2013, Tricida, Inc. since 2013, and as a Professor at Medicine Hat College. He is also the President of Austin Investment Advisors since 2004 and a Professor at Yale School of Medicine since 2004. Previously, he served as a Trustee at Yale-New Haven Hospital, Inc. from 2005 to 2020 and as the Dean of The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center from 1998 to 2004. Dr. Alpern received his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and his doctorate from Pritzker School of Medicine. |
| Michael F. Roman |
Michael F. Roman is currently the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at 3M Co. He is also an Independent Director at Abbott Laboratories and a Trustee at the University of Minnesota Foundation. Previously, he served as the President & Managing Director at 3M Korea Co., Ltd. and as the Treasurer at the Minnesota Medical Foundation. Mr. Roman holds a graduate degree from the University of Southern California, which he obtained in 1987, and an undergraduate degree from the University of Minnesota, which he obtained in 1982. |
| Michael G. O'Grady |
Michael G. O'Grady is currently the Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at Northern Trust Corp. He is also the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Northern Trust of California, NA. Additionally, he serves as an Independent Director at Abbott Laboratories. Mr. O'Grady is a Director at World Business Chicago, The Northern Trust Co., The Economic Club of Chicago, Northwestern Medical Group, and a Member-Governors Board at Catholic Extension Board of Governors. In the past, Mr. O'Grady served as the Chairman of The Museum of Contemporary Art (Illinois). He also worked as a Managing Director in the Investment Banking Group at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. from 2000 to 2011. Mr. O'Grady completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Notre Dame and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. |
| Paola Gonzalez |
Paola Gonzalez has held the following positions in her career: Independent Director at Abbott Laboratories since 2021, and Treasurer & Vice President at The Clorox Co. since 1997. |
