Revealed: 100 Extraordinary Black Women Leaders Transforming The Face of Corporate America

Diversity Woman Magazine has revealed the 100 extraordinary Black women leaders who are transforming the face of corporate America, in its third annual ‘ELITE 100′ issue. 

Each year, more and more Black women are undeniably making historic gains in corporate America.  To celebrate these remarkable women Diversity Woman Magazine created the annual Elite 100 Class of Black women leaders to celebrate Black History Month. The Class of 2023 highlights exceptional Black Women in the C-Suite and Executive Leadership, such as Rosalind Brewer, CEO Walgreens Boot Alliance, Mellody Hobson, co-CEO Ariel Investments, Cynthia Marshall, CEO Dallas Mavericks, Rashida Jones, President of MSNBC, and many others.

Diversity Woman’s ELITE 100 Class of 2023 highlights Black women in the C-suite and executive leaders, including 10 CEOs at Fortune 500, Fortune 1000, Fortune Global 500, S&P 500 companies, and nonprofits.  These impressive women are leading complex transformations in their corporations by managing remote teams around the world, building morale through innovative programming, optimising organisational culture through diversity, equity and inclusion, and sustaining profitable bottom lines. In fields from finance and tech to entertainment and health care, these corporate superstars are making their mark. 

ELITE 100 CLASS OF 2023

“I am thrilled to celebrate the inspiring Black women featured in our Elite 100 Class of 2023 issue,” said Dr Sheila Robinson, Founder of Diversity Woman Media.  “These impressive women are serving as the North Star for the rest of us. These women are not only worthy of honouring in their own right, they also represent something significant. For years, companies have been saying that they cannot find qualified Black women executives for the corner office and boardrooms. This list – along with the 100 other women in 2021 and 2022 – proves otherwise. We are intentional in honouring a new group of Black women executive leaders every year.

“There is a very deep roster of high qualified, exceptional Black women leaders, and we are confident that companies will take notice and accelerate their efforts to recruit and promote many more Black women into executive leadership and board positions. We are dispelling the myth they do not exist.”

SELECTION PROCESS

The Diversity Woman Elite 100, Class of 2023, highlights extraordinary Black women leaders in private and public sectors. The list comprises some of the most powerful women executives in the C-suite and in senior level roles at Fortune 500, Fortune 1000, Fortune Global 500, S&P 500, and S&P 400 companies, as well as other major business enterprises and national nonprofits. 

The criteria for honourees includes: They must hold a senior level or executive officer position; oversee a major global, national, and/or regional division, subsidiary, organisation, or enterprise; and demonstrate a record of leadership success, achieving results on the bottom line and enhancing company culture.

ELITE CLASS OF 2023

This year’s Diversity Woman Media Elite 100 Class of 2023 includes:

• Mimi Alemayehou, SVP, Strategic Growth, Mastercard
• Sheena Allen, CEO, Capway
• Sharon Barner, VP, CAO, and CHRO (interim), Cummins
• Deisha Barnett, President, Global Communications and Content Strategy, UPS
• Ekpedeme “Pamay” Bassey, Chief Learning and Diversity Officer, The Kraft Heinz Company
• Kiesha Bell, Managing Director and Head of Diverse talent management and Advancement, Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation
• Nadja Bellan-White, Global CMO, Vice Media Group
• April Miller Boise, EVP, Chief Legal Officer, Intel
• Tracey Brand-Sanders, Chief Unformation Security Officer, UGI
• Angela Bretz, SVP, Chief Diversity and Talent Acquisition Officer, Nationwide
• Rosalind “Roz” Brewer, CEO Walgreens Alliance
• Vanessa Broadhurst, EVP, Global Corporate Affairs, Johnson & Johnson
• Carol L Brown, EVP, Head of Asset Management Group, PNC Financial Services Group
• Mercole “Cole” Brown, Chief People Officer, American Airlines
• Tracey Brown, President of Walgreens Retail and Chief Customer Officer
• Dorothy Capers, SVP, General Counsel
• Andrea Carter, SVP, CHRO, Global Payments
• Kimberly Chainey, EVP, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Aptar
• Karen A Clark, SVP, Multicultural Strategies and Business Development Manager, City National Bank
• Ruth Clements, VP, General Manager, east Region, Quest Diagnostics
• Vinita Clements, EVP, CHRO, CHRO, Nationwide
• Cynthia N day, President and CEO, Citizens Trust Bank
• Brenda Deal, Chief of Staff, Director of Operational Excellence
• Emily M Dickens, Chief of Staff, Head of Government Affairs, and Corporate Secretary, Society for Human Resource Management
• Benita Dillard, Global Head of DEI Recruiting Enablement, DoorDash
• Monica Dillingham, CIO, NACUBO
• Sanyu Dillon, EVP, CMO, Penguin Random House
• Georgette “Gigi” Dixon, EVP, Head of External Engagement for Diverse Segments, Representation, and Inclusion, Wells Fargo
• Nicole A Elam, President and CEO, National Bankers Association
• Noni Ellison, SVP, General Counsel and Coirporate Secretary, Tractor Supply Company
• Vicky Free, SVO, Head of Global Marketing, Adidas
• Kera Getter-Wright, CFO, ALSAC, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital
• Kourtney Gibson, SEVP, Chief Institutional Client Officer, TIAA
• Darlene Goins, EVP, Head of Banking Inclusion Initiative, Wells Fargo
• Marion Gross, EVP, Global Chief Supply Chain Officer, McDonald’s
• Gina Guillaume-Joseph, Chief Technology Officer-Government, Workday
• Glennis Harris, SVP, Customer Experience, The GIANT Company
• Ivory Harris, SVP, Chief HR Officer, AGCO
• Kimberley D Harris, EVP, General Counsel, Comcast/NBC Universal
• Mellody Hobson, President and Co-CEO, Ariel Investments
• Jamila Hunter, EVP, Original Programming and Development, Freeform
• Lesleigh Irish-Underwood, Chief Brand and External Relations Officer, MetroPlusHealth
• Alethia Jackson, SVP, Environmental, Social, and Governance and Chief DEI Officer, Walgreens Boots Alliance
• Monique Jefferson, SVP, Chief People Officer, Community Preservation Corporation
• Wendy John, Head of Global Diversity and Inclusion, Fidelity Investments
• Cheryl H Johnson, CHRO, Caterpillar
• Melonie Johnson, President and COO, MGM National Harbor
• Candice Jones, President and CEO, Public Welfare Foundation
• Rashida Jones, President, MSNBC
• Veronica Jones, Chief Procurement Officer, Gilead Sciences
• Michelle Jordan, CDO, AT&T
• Rashema Kemps-Polanco, Executive Vice President, US Oncology, Novartis
• LaTonya King, Senior Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Organizational Development, and Recruiting, Food Lion
• Priscilla Koranteng, Chief People Officer, Indeed
• Allison Lawrence, President, Black & Decker, Stanley Black & Decker
• Michelle Y Lee, EVP, Regional Bank Executive, Wells Fargo
• Adrienne R Lofton, VP Global Consumer Marketing, Google
• Rene Lumley-hall, Managing Director, Enterprise Transformation, BNY Mellon
• Cynthia Marshall, CEO, Dallas Mavericks
• Lauren McCadney, VP, Marketing Delivery, CDW
• Danielle McCoy, SVP, Deputy General Counsel and Deputy Corporate Secretary, Fannie Mae
• Telva McGruder, Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer, General Motors
• Cassandra McKinney, EVP, Executive Director of the Retail Bank, Comerica Bank
• Michele C Meyer-Shipp, CEO, Dress For Success
• Negelle Morris, VP, Head Ozempic Marketing, Novo Nordisk
• Rhonda Morris, VP, CHRO, Chevron
• Cecilia Nelson-Hunt, CDO, Heidrick & Struggles
• Racquel Oden, Managing Director and Head of Consumer bank Network Expansion, JPMorgan Chase
• Cheryl Pegus, MD, Managing Director, Morgan Health – JPMorgan Chase
• Asahi Pompey, Global Head of Corporate Engagement and President, Goldman Sachs Foundation
• Rahquel Purcell, Chief Transformation Officer, North America, L’Oreal
• Desiree Ralls-Morrison, EVP Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, McDonald’s
• Deon Riley, Chief HR Officer, Bath & Body Works
• Tyneeha Rivers, Chief People Officer, Curaleaf
• Tonya Robinson, Vice Chair and General Counsel, Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance, KPMG US
• Joyce A Rogers, VP, US Policy and Public Affairs, Pfizer
• Janet Rolle, CEO and Executive Director, American ballet Theatre
• Lisa Osborne Ross, US CEO, Edelman
• Cara Sabin, President, Beauty & Wellbeing, Unilever North America,
• Hope H Scott, SVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Blue Shield of California
• Savalle Sims, EVP, General Counsel, Warner Bros Discovery
• Theresa Spralling, Chief of Staff CDO, AT&T
• Bonita C Stewart, Board partner Gradient Ventures VP, Global Partnerships, Google
• Angela Talton, SVP, Chief DEI Officer, City of Hope
• Oury Tamboura, VP Global Brand and Advertising, Citi
• Janice Tennant, CMO, Merrell
• Audrey Boone Tillman, EVP, General Counsel, Aflac
• Sharice Torres, CMO, Circle Internet Financial
• Nogie Udevbulu, Global Head of Research and Analytics, Black Rock
• Leslie Waller, VP of Marketing Innovation and Enterprise Marketing Excellence, Campbell Soup Company
• Latriece Watkins, EVP, Consumables, Walmart US
• Victoria Watkins, Chief of Staff to the Co-CEO and Chief Investment Officer, Ariel Investments
• Maria Weaver, President, WMX, Warner Music Group
• Kendal K Whitlock, Head of Digital Optimizations, RWE Clinical Trials, Walgreens Boots Alliance
• Angela F Williams, President and CEO, United Way Worldwide
• Dantaya Williams, EVP, CHRO, Raytheon Technologies
• Ruth E Williams-Brinkley, President, Mid-Atlantic States, Kaiser Permanente
• Jonita Wilson, VP, CDO, Discover Financial Service
• Jacqueline Woods, CMO, Teradata
• Telisa Yancy, President, American Family Group

For more information on the list, check out the latest edition of Diversity Woman Magazine here. 

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