Teresa Sebastian is a Board member and former C-Suite executive. She has spent two decades in board rooms driving strategy, participating in the creation of shareholder value, and implementing best practices.
Teresa is currently a Board member of The AES Corporation [NYSE: AES], a public power generation and utility company where she chairs the Compensation Committee; Peckham Industries, Inc., a private construction and materials company where she chairs the Audit Committee and Assemble Sound, LLC, a music company for sync licensing, artist development, artist management, marketing and label services. Additionally, she previously served on the private company Boards of Juul Labs, Inc. and Edward Jones Bank. She also is the President and CEO of the Dominion Asset Group, a private investment firm.
She is a former public company Board member of Kaiser Aluminum Corporation [NASDAQ: KALU], a manufacturing company; and Terminix Global Holdings [NYSE: TMX], previously a provider of pest management services.
• Teresa qualifies as an SEC financial expert and has used her finance experience as:
• Former Treasurer and current Chair for the Nashville Symphony Orchestra.
• Former adjunct faculty for accounting at Vanderbilt University Law School and enterprise risk management at the University of Michigan Law School.
• Former Chair of the Audit Committee for Juul Labs, Inc.
• Former Chair of the Audit Committee for the United Negro College Fund
• Former Senior Vice President and leader of the Internal Audit function at Darden Restaurants, Inc., a Fortune 500 company.
• Various former business positions in financial analysis.
Teresa’s breadth of experience includes board leadership and executive roles in various industries. As a board member she oversaw significant strategic transactions including the $33.4B acquisition of The AES Corporation (estimated closing early 2027); the $6.7B acquisition of Terminix Global Holdings; the financial, regulatory and market crisis management responses at Juul Labs; and the FDIC filings, operational preparations, and the market strategy for the proposed Edward Jones Bank. In her capacity on the board, she oversaw Kaiser Aluminum’s $670 million acquisition of the Warrick Rolling Mill from Alcoa Corporation, and the current execution of the decarbonization and renewable energy strategy at AES Corporation. She has been a part of executive management teams as a CEO, Senior Vice President and the chief legal officer bringing a macro-economic view of business. Examples include leading the legal activities at Darden Restaurants during a contentious shareholder activism proxy contest and the divestiture of a $2.1B business unit; and at Veyance Technologies leading the global strategic expansion through multiple tuck-in M&A transactions.
In 2023, Teresa was named an NACD (National Association of Corporate Directors) Directorship 100™ Honoree recognizing the most influential directors and leaders in the corporate governance community who have demonstrated excellence in the boardroom. Teresa also became an NACD Certified Director in 2023. Among other commendations, in 2022 she received the David B. Hermelin Award for Fundraising & Volunteer Leadership from The University of Michigan; in 2019 she was named a Most Influential Corporate Board Director by Women Inc. Magazine; and one of the Directors to Watch by Directors & Boards Journal. Global M&A Network recognized her leadership in 2012 with the M&A Atlas Award – Deal of the Year for Darden Restaurant’s acquisition of Yard House. Teresa is also the Chair of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, and an author of fiction novels. She currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee.