Leadership

Committees 

Below is a summary of our committee structure and membership information. To read the committee charters, click on committee names in the chart below.
Chairperson Chairperson Committee Member Member Financial Expert Financial Expert
Chairman of the Board Chairman of the Board
  Audit CommitteeCompensation CommitteeNominating and Board Affairs CommitteeStock Plan Sub-Committee
Charlene Barshefsky 
Charlene Barshefsky
Senior International Partner, WilmerHale


Director Since 2001
Age 62

Ambassador Barshefsky is Senior International Partner at the law firm of WilmerHale in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining the law firm, she was the United States Trade Representative from March 1997 to January 2001, and Deputy United States Trade Representative and Acting United States Trade Representative from June 1993 to March 1997. From February 2001 until July 2001, Ambassador Barshefsky was a Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International C... 

   Committee Member  
Rose Marie Bravo, CBE 
Rose Marie Bravo, CBE
Retail and Marketing Consultant


Director since 2003
Age 62

Ms. Bravo is a retail and marketing consultant. She was Vice Chairman of Burberry Group Plc from July 2006 to July 2007. Prior to that she was Burberry’s Chief Executive from 1997 to July 2006. Prior to her appointment at Burberry, Ms. Bravo was President of Saks Fifth Avenue from 1992, with responsibility for merchandising, marketing and product development. From 1974 to 1992, Ms. Bravo held a number of positions at R.H. Macy & Co., culminating as Chairman ... 

  Committee Member   Committee Member
Wei Sun Christianson 
Wei Sun Christianson
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer for China at Morgan Stanley


Director since 2011
Age: 56

Wei Sun Christianson is a Managing Director and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Asia Pacific and Chief Executive Officer of China at Morgan Stanley based in Beijing. In addition to her regional role, Ms. Christianson is responsible for all aspects of Morgan Stanley’s operations in China and is a member of Morgan Stanley’s Management Committee. Prior to rejoining Morgan Stanley in 2006, she was the Chairman of China for Citigroup Global Markets (As... 

   Committee Member  
Paul J. Fribourg Financial Expert
Paul J. Fribourg
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Continental Grain Company


Director since 2006
Age 59

Mr. Fribourg is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Continental Grain Company, which is an international agribusiness and investment company with investments in the poultry and pork businesses, since July 1997. Mr. Fribourg joined Continental Grain Company (formerly known as ContiGroup) in 1976 and worked in various positions there with increasing responsibility in both the United States and Europe. Mr. Fribourg has been a director of Loews C... 

Committee Member Committee Member   Committee Member
Mellody Hobson Financial Expert
Mellody Hobson
President, Ariel Investments, LLC


Director since 2005
Age 44

Ms. Hobson serves as the President of Ariel Investments (Chicago based investment management firm and adviser to the mutual funds offered by the Ariel Investment Trust) since 2000, and as President and Director of its governing member, Ariel Capital Management Holdings, Inc. She also serves as President (since 2002) and Chairman of the Board of Trustees (Chairman since 2006, trustee since 1993) of the Ariel Investment Trust (registered investment company). ... 

Committee Member    
Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr. Financial Expert
Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.
Former President and Chief Executive Officer of Hallmark Cards, Inc.


Director since 2001
Age 76

Mr. Hockaday is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Hallmark Cards, Inc. He retired in December 2001. Prior to joining Hallmark in 1983, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc. Mr. Hockaday was a member of the Hallmark Board of Directors from 1978 until January 2002. He has been a director of the Ford Motor Company since 1987 (Presiding Independent Director; member of the Audit Committee and... 

Chairperson    
William P. Lauder  Chairman of the Board
William P. Lauder
Executive Chairman


Director since 1996
Age 53

Mr. Lauder is Executive Chairman of the Company and, in such role, he is Chairman of the Board of Directors. He was Chief Executive Officer of the Company from March 2008 through June 2009 and President and Chief Executive Officer from July 2004 through February 2008. From January 2003 through June 2004, he was Chief Operating Officer. From July 2001 through 2002, he was Group President responsible for the worldwide business of the Clinique and Origins... 

   Committee Member  
Richard D. Parsons 
Richard D. Parsons
Chairman of the Board, Citigroup, Inc.


Director since 1999
Age 65

Mr. Parsons became Chairman of the Board of Citigroup Inc. in February 2009 where he has served as a director (member of the Personnel and Compensation Committee and Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee) since 1996. He has also been a senior advisor to Providence Equity Partners LLC since 2009. From May 2003 until his retirement in December 2008, he served as Chairman of the Board of Time Warner Inc. From May 2002 until December 2007, he... 

  Chairperson Committee Member  
Lynn Forester de Rothschild 
Lynn Forester de Rothschild
Chief Executive, E L Rothschild LLC


Director since 2000
Age 58

Since June 2002, Lady de Rothschild has been Chief Executive of E.L. Rothschild LLC, a private investment company with investments in media, information technology, agriculture and real estate. Holdings include The Economist Group (UK),Weather Central LP (USA), real estate and financial instruments. Lady de Rothschild has been a director of The Economist Newspaper Limited since October 2002 (member of the Audit Committee). From 2004 to 2007, she was ... 

   Chairperson  
Barry S. Sternlicht Financial Expert
Barry S. Sternlicht
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Starwood Capital Group


Director since 2004
Age 52

Mr. Sternlicht is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Starwood Capital Group, a private real estate investment firm he formed in 1991. Mr. Sternlicht is also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Starwood Property Trust, Inc. since 2009, which is focused on originating, investing in, financing and managing commercial mortgage debt instruments. From October 2004 until May 2005, he was Executive Chairman of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.... 

  Committee Member   Committee Member
Richard F. Zannino Financial Expert
Richard F. Zannino
Managing Director, CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC


Director since 2010
Age 53

Mr. Zannino is a Managing Director at the private equity firm CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC, a position he has held since July 2009. He is on the firm’s Investment Committee and co-heads the consumer, retail and media practices. Prior to joining CCMP Capital, he was an independent retail and media advisor from February 2008 to June 2009. He was Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Dow Jones & Company from February 2006 until... 

Committee Member