Sector: Health Care
Director information for ABBOTT LABORATORIES (data for year 2026)
| Name | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claire Babineaux-Fontenot | CEO, Feeding America; Chief Executive Officer | 61 | ["Chief Executive Officer of Feeding America since October 2018","Founder of CBF Consulting Group, LLC since 2017","Executive Vice President and Global Treasurer of Walmart Inc. from 2014 to 2017","Senior Vice President and Chief Tax Officer of Walmart from 2007 to 2014","Vice President of Audits and Tax Policy of Walmart from 2004 to 2007","Board of Directors of New York Life Insurance Company"] | ["Audit","Public Policy"] | 2026 |
| Daniel J. Starks | Retired Chairman, President and CEO, St. Jude Medical, Inc.; Retired Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | 71 | ["Executive Chairman of the Board of St. Jude Medical, Inc.","Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of St. Jude Medical","President and Chief Operating Officer of St. Jude Medical","President and CEO, Cardiac Rhythm Management Business of St. Jude Medical","Comprehensive knowledge of the medical device industry","Extensive business and management experience operating a global public company in a highly regulated industry"] | ["Compensation (Chair)","Public Policy","Executive"] | 2026 |
| Darren W. McDew | Retired General, U.S. Air Force, and Former Commander of U.S. Transportation Command; Director | 65 | ["Retired General, United States Air Force","Former Commander of U.S. Transportation Command","Four-star general with 36 years of service","Held various leadership roles in the U.S. Military","Experience managing large, complex global operations","Expertise in strategic planning, security and risk management, cybersecurity, supply chain and infrastructure management, succession planning, and leadership development"] | ["Nominations and Governance","Public Policy"] | 2026 |
| John G. Stratton | Retired Executive Chairman, Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. | 65 | ["Executive leadership experience","Corporate strategy","Risk management","Experience in a highly regulated industry"] | ["Audit","Nominations and Governance (Chair)","Executive","The President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee"] | 2026 |
| Michael F. Roman | Retired Chairman, President and CEO, 3M Company; Executive Chairman of the Board | 66 | ["Extensive experience leading a multinational public company with multiple businesses","Significant manufacturing, supply chain, technology, and finance experience","Valuable insights into corporate strategy and risk management"] | ["Compensation","Public Policy (Chair)","Executive"] | 2026 |
| Michael G. O’Grady | Chairman and CEO, Northern Trust Corporation; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | 60 | ["Chairman of Northern Trust Corporation since 2019","Chief Executive Officer since 2018","President since 2017","President, Corporate & Institutional Services from 2014 to 2016","Chief Financial Officer from 2011 to 2014","Managing Director, Investment Banking Group of Bank of America Merrill Lynch from 2000 to 2011","significant experience in leading a global public company in a highly regulated industry","overseeing operations and risk management, strategy and business development, and corporate governance","broad financial expertise including financial advisory and investment banking matters"] | ["Compensation","Nominations and Governance"] | 2026 |
| Michelle A. Kumbier | President, Turf & Consumer Products, Briggs & Stratton, LLC | 58 | ["Senior Vice President and President, Turf & Consumer Products of Briggs & Stratton, LLC since March 2022","Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Harley-Davidson Motor Company from 2017 to 2020","Senior Vice President of Motor Company Product and Operations of Harley-Davidson from 2015 to 2017","Held various other executive roles across Harley-Davidson from 1997 to 2015","Held various positions at Kohler Company from 1986 to 1997","Served on the Board of Directors of Tenneco Inc. from 2021 to 2022","Experience in management of multinational public company including manufacturing, product development, commercial, business development and strategic planning"] | ["Audit","Compensation"] | 2026 |
| Nancy McKinstry | Lead Independent Director, Retired CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board, Wolters Kluwer N.V. | 67 | ["Retired Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Board, Wolters Kluwer N.V.","Global perspectives and management experience","Experience in global strategy and operations","Risk management expertise","Corporate finance and financial reporting","Regulatory and compliance matters"] | ["Audit (Chair)","Compensation","Executive"] | 2026 |
| Nita Ahuja, M.D. | Dean, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and Vice Chancellor of Medical Affairs; Director | 59 | ["Dean of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health","Vice Chancellor of Medical Affairs","Professor in the Department of Surgery","Chair of the Department of Surgery at Yale School of Medicine from 2018 to 2025","Surgeon-in-Chief for Yale New Haven Health System","Board member of Yale New Haven Hospital from 2020 to 2025","Chair of the Yale Medicine Faculty Practice Plan from 2020 to 2024","Interim Chief of the Yale Cancer Center from 2021 to 2022","Vice Chair of Academic Affairs, Department of Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine from 2014 to 2018","Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital from 2016 to 2018","Elected member of the National Academy of Medicine","Board of Directors of the Association of American Medical Colleges","Elected national representative to the Commission on Cancer for the American College of Surgeons"] | [] | 2026 |
| Paola Gonzalez | Vice President, Global Financial Planning & Analysis, The Clorox Company | 54 | ["Vice President, Global Financial Planning & Analysis of The Clorox Company since June 2023","Vice President and Treasurer of Clorox from 2018 to 2023","Vice President of Finance, Household and Lifestyle Segments of Clorox from 2010 to 2017","Vice President of Finance, Global Strategic Initiatives of Clorox from 2008 to 2010","Held various leadership roles in finance across Clorox since joining Clorox in 1997","Prior finance experience at American Airlines in Latin America"] | ["Audit","Nominations and Governance"] | 2026 |
| Robert B. Ford | Chairman of the Board and CEO, Abbott Laboratories; Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer | 52 | ["Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Abbott since December 2021","President and Chief Executive Officer of Abbott from 2020 to 2021","President and Chief Operating Officer of Abbott from 2018 to 2020","Executive Vice President, Medical Devices of Abbott from 2015 to 2018","Senior Vice President, Diabetes Care of Abbott from 2014 to 2015","Held various leadership roles across Abbott’s Diagnostics, Nutrition, and Diabetes Care businesses since joining Abbott in 1996"] | ["Executive (Chair)"] | 2026 |
| Robert J. Alpern, M.D. | [] | [] | 2026 | ||
| Sally E. Blount, Ph.D. | CEO, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago, and Professor and Former Dean, J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management; Chief Executive Officer, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago | 64 | ["Chief Executive Officer of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago since 2020","Michael L. Nemmers Professor of Strategy at the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University since 2010","Dean of the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University from 2010 to 2018","Dean of the New York University Undergraduate College and Vice Dean of its Leonard N. Stern School of Business from 2004 to 2010","Professor at the New York University Leonard School of Business from 2001 to 2010","Held academic posts at the University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business from 1992 to 2001","Served on the Board of Directors of Ulta Beauty, Inc. from 2017 to 2022","Served on the Board of Directors of the Economic Club of Chicago from 2017 to 2023","Served on the Board of Directors of the Joyce Foundation from 2017 through 2025"] | ["Nominations and Governance","Public Policy"] | 2026 |
