A senior executive with over two decades of international business and leadership experience, Ms. Wuamett has been a member of executive management teams of global, publicly-traded, high technology, and manufacturing companies with operations in the US, Europe, and Asia.  She is passionate about solving complex business challenges and creating and building inclusive cultures that embrace innovation and sustainability. She has a critical understanding of technology industry dynamics and a wealth of experience developing strategies and policies to address challenges facing today’s global companies, including managing complex commercial, international trade, regulatory, public affairs, and compliance risks, protecting against intellectual property and cybersecurity threats, addressing evolving stakeholder expectations around ESG and handling the impact of geopolitical tensions in a rapidly changing global operating environment.  She has served in an executive capacity to Boards of global companies with extensive operations in the US, Europe, and China, and she has extensive experience in the areas of corporate governance, ESG and risk oversight, regulatory compliance, public and government affairs, and investor relations matters. Ms. Wuamett has managed intellectual property operations and P&L IP monetization businesses that have collectively generated in excess of $1B in IP licensing and sales revenue over the past 15 years. She also has extensive M&A experience and has played a key role in numerous complex, high-profile international transactions, including transformational mergers, acquisitions, spin-outs, divestitures, IPOs, leveraged buyouts and joint ventures.  She was deeply involved in several of the largest and most significant M&A transactions in the technology industry in the last two decades and has unique experience managing through regulatory approval processes, integration planning and post-transaction integration among multi-cultural teams. Ms. Wuamett is Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Chief Sustainability Officer for NXP Semiconductors, a world leader in the design and manufacture of semiconductors and secure embedded intelligence solutions for the automotive, industrial and IOT, mobile and communications infrastructure markets with over 31,000 employees and operations in 33 countries.  She serves as President and Chair of the NXP USA Board and President of the Board of the NXP Foundation.  She is also responsible for the Company’s ESG and Enterprise Risk Programs and serves as an executive member of the company’s Management Team, Ethics Committee, Communications and Public Affairs Committee and Geopolitical Strategy Committee, and chairs the Company’s ESG and Risk Boards.

Linda Addison is an experienced independent director and chief executive, currently building out her board portfolio with private and PE-backed companies. She is Lead Independent Director of Globe Life Inc. (NYSE: GL), an S&P 500 company, and a board member of Lexitas, an Apax Partners private equity portfolio company. She previously served as an independent director of KPMG LLP, the Big 4 US audit, tax and advisory firm, a privately owned partnership with annual revenues that would rank within the Fortune 250 if publicly listed. She also served as an independent director of a NASDAQ-listed SPAC and on the Advisory Board of Northern Trust Bank. She has chaired public and private board compensation committees and special committees, has served on audit, nominating/governance, risk and human capital committees, and has overseen technology and ESG committees. Linda continues to consider boards where her experience as an independent director, and as chief executive of a complex global business managing P/L and profitable revenue growth, can add value. She is able to draw upon her relationships and understanding of multiple industries, including their regulatory and risk landscape. These industries include financial services, professional services, technology-enabled services, healthcare, energy and more. Linda is skilled at talent assessment and leadership development, including assessing whether coaching or changes in management are needed to achieve goals, which can be especially important to a company that is growing or undergoing a transformation. She has advised, mentored and coached CEOs and members of senior management. Linda is an effective intermediary between investors and senior management to help drive alignment. Executive Experience: Before starting her board career, Linda served as US Managing Partner (CEO equivalent), Chair of the US Management Committee, and global board member of Norton Rose Fulbright, one of the world’s largest law firms, with 4,000 lawyers in 55 offices on six continents, $2 billion+ in revenues, and a complex economic and technology infrastructure. Linda had P/L responsibility for the US region, and was responsible for its strategy, growth and operations. She initiated and negotiated a merger that resulted in revenue growth of 29%, making the US the firm’s largest region. Linda was one of five regional chief executives formulating global strategy and operating the global business during a period of industry disruption and digital transformation. Linda’s reporting lines included accounting/finance, risk management, regulatory/compliance, technology (including digital transformation, cybersecurity, and data), compensation, marketing/communications, and HR/human capital management. Linda previously served as Global Head of the firm’s largest practice, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, leading its post-merger integration across six regions (North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and the Middle East). Earlier she headed the firm’s New York office, during which she was instrumental in the global merger that created Norton Rose Fulbright. For more than three decades, Linda led engagements and built close relationships with CEOs, corporate boards, and C-Suite executives across multiple industry sectors. Linda’s client portfolio included leading global companies such as General Electric, GE Capital, GE Healthcare, GE Power, GE Energy, GE Transportation, Northern Trust, Mars Incorporated, and Schlumberger. Agenda, a Financial Times publication for board members, named Linda one of the Compensation 100: Top Board Candidates With Pay-Setting Skills, based on her extensive experience in compensation strategy and related talent management, acquisition, deployment, and retention. Named to:

• “50 Most Powerful Women in New York” by Crain’s New York Business
• “Compensation 100: Top Board Candidates With Pay-Setting Skills” by Agenda, a Financial Times publication for board members
• “50 Most Influential Women Lawyers in America” by the National Law Journal
• “100 Most Influential Lawyers in America” by the National Law Journal
• “Most Influential Corporate Directors” by Women, Inc. Magazine
• “Directors to Watch” by Directors & Boards Magazine

Memberships include:

• Council on Foreign Relations
• National Association of Corporate Directors (“NACD”)
• Women Corporate Directors (“WCD”)
• Extraordinary Women on Boards (“EWOB”), Founding Member
• Founding President, Center for Women in Law (America’s premier educational institution devoted to advancing women in the legal profession)
• C200 (global invitation-only membership organization of leading women corporate executives and entrepreneurs, devoted to advancing women in business leadership)

Non-Profit Boards include:

• Chair, University of Texas System, Chancellor’s Council Executive Committee
• Catalyst
• MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors
• McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin, Dean’s Advisory Counsel
• University of Texas Law School Foundation, Senior Trustee

Education:

• J.D., The University of Texas School of Law (Managing Editor, Texas Law Review)
• B.A., The University of Texas at Austin (Plan II Honors Program)
• Distinguished Alumna, The University of Texas at Austin

Certifications:

• Climate Leadership (by Diligent)
• CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight (by Carnegie Mellon University)

Personal: Linda was born in America to parents who immigrated here, and her first language was Polish. A first generation American, she connects easily with people from different backgrounds, cultures and countries. Linda is an avid reader who likes to travel and is interested in health and fitness. She has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro.

Elisa D. Garcia C. is an accomplished corporate executive and attorney with over 30 years of experience advising management and boards of directors on legal, business and government relations matters. Through her broad based experience in all aspects of international business and corporate law, Ms. Garcia has guided her clients through a myriad of business and legal issues, government investigations, international acquisitions and investments, debt refinancings, domestic and international labor issues and legislative and regulatory attacks.  She is recognized for her well-grounded yet creative approach to problem solving.

Ms. Garcia has held general counsel and senior executive positions with Macy’s, Office Depot, Domino’s Pizza and Philip Morris International.  She also has worked as counsel for GAF Corp., a chemical and roofing manufacturer, and began her legal career with the law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher in New York City.  Ms. Garcia has particular expertise in international business transactions, corporate governance, securities laws and compliance. Prior to her career as an attorney, Ms. Garcia was an Energy Analyst working in-country with developing country governments and the U.S. Agency for International Development. 

Since 2016, Ms. Garcia has served as the Chief Legal Officer of Macy’s, Inc. and as a member of Macy’s Enterprise Committee, which sets the overall strategic direction for the company. Macy’s is a premier omni-channel retailer with sales of over $25 billion. From 2007 to 2016, Ms. Garcia has served as a trusted advisor to the Board and senior management of Office Depot, Inc., a $17 billion dollar multinational retail, B-to-B and E-Commerce company. Ms. Garcia served as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, and had global responsibility for global legal, compliance and government relations matters. She also had responsibility for leading Internal Audit and Investor Relations for several years. Ms. Garcia led the negotiation and legal strategy for the merger of Office Depot with OfficeMax, a combination with significant antitrust implications, and served on the Steering Committee for the integration of the $17 billion combined business.   Ms. Garcia also led the attempted merger of Office Depot with Staples, Inc.                                     

Ms. Garcia serves on the Board of Directors and Nominating and Governance Committee of Dollarama, Inc., the leading operator of dollar stores in Canada with sales of over $3 billion and over 1,000 stores.   Ms. Garcia also serves on the Board of the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession, a non-profit organization supporting research and scholarship to improve the entrance and retention of minorities, women and LGBT in the legal profession.

Ms. Garcia  is a graduate of St. John’s University School of Law in New York (1985), where she was an Editor of the Law Review. She also received a joint BA/MS in Political Science and Management and Policy Sciences from W. Averell Harriman College, State University of New York at Stony Brook (1980).  Ms. Garcia is a member of the New York and Michigan Bars.