Irene Chang Britt
CEO, ICB Enterprises LLC, Former President/CEO Pepperidge Farm Inc.
Irene Chang Britt is an experienced and forward-thinking independent board director, currently serving on the boards of global coffee and donut chain Dunkin Brands Group Inc. (NASDAQ: DNKN – Chair, Nomination and Corporate Governance), menswear leader Tailored Brands Inc. (NYSE: TLRD -- Chair, Nomination and Corporate Governance), top ten life insurance company Brighthouse Financial Inc. (NASDAQ: BHF -- Chair, Nomination and Corporate Governance) and privately held BayBridge Seniors Housing Inc. (Chairperson of the Board). In addition to her current boards, Irene previously served on the boards of food and energy biotech TerraVia Inc. (Chairperson of the Board) and energy company Sunoco, Inc.
She is a National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Board Leadership Fellow and a frequent speaker on both leadership and corporate governance best practices.
Irene is a highly accomplished former Fortune 500 C-Suite executive with a long track record of transforming businesses to achieve industry-leading growth. From 2012 through 2015, she was President, Pepperidge Farm and Senior Vice President, Global Baking and Snacking for the Campbell Soup Company, capping a decade of executive service at the company that also included tenure as Global Chief Strategy Officer, President of North America Foodservice and Vice President & General Manager, Sauces and Beverages.
Before joining Campbell Soup in 2005, Irene held a number of leadership positions within Kraft Foods / Nabisco in both the U.S. and Canada, including Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Salted Snacks division and Post Cereal division. Before that, she spent more than a decade at Kimberly-Clark, where she held key assignments in marketing, sales and R&D leadership.
Irene is a member of the NACD New York Chapter Board of Directors, where she is Chair, Nomination and Corporate Governance, and a member of the Programing Committee. She has been honored with a number of recognitions for her business and community accomplishments, including NACD Directorship 100 (2017), a Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics (LEAP) Award (2014) and New Jersey Business Hall of Fame award (2011).
Irene earned her B.A. from the University of Toronto and MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario.
Jennifer Lowry
VP Corporate Finance, McCormick and Company
Jennifer Lowry is Vice President, Corporate Finance. She is responsible for providing leadership and strategic oversight for Corporate FP&A, financial systems and analysis, Procurement finance, and Treasury functions. She also acts as a global business improvement and business partner for Global Supply Chain and Corporate Strategy and Development. Ms. Lowry has accountability for the corporate budget, forecasting and capital processes as well as company-wide reporting and analysis, Treasury and business improvement initiatives, including Comprehensive Continuous Improvement (CCI), Economic Value Added and Cash.
Ms. Lowry serves on the board of directors of MYRGroup Inc (NASDAQ: MYRG) and is a member of the Audit Committee. Prior to joining McCormick, Ms. Lowry served in various roles at Exelon including Senior Vice President and Head of Strategy and Treasurer and Vice President of Constellation (which merged with Exelon). She also held leadership positions in Finance at Cogentrix Energy and AES.
Ms. Lowry earned a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Engineering from Dartmouth College and a Masters of Management from Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. Ms. Lowry serves as the Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Maryland Zoo.
Wendy Selig-Prieb
Board Member & Strategic Advisor, Former CEO & President of the Milwaukee Brewers, Former President of The Worth Collection
Wendy Selig-Prieb is a member of the Board of Directors and Compensation Committee of Delaware North, a $4B food service, hospitality and gaming company, and a Strategic Advisor to companies looking to capitalize on new growth opportunities and drive large-scale transformation. Wendy formerly served on the Boards of The Worth Collection (a direct-to-consumer women’s fashion company) and Guaranty Bank as well as numerous non-profit boards.
Wendy is an accomplished former C-Suite executive with a proven track record driving change and delivering results across a wide range of businesses and roles. In her tenure with the Brewers she led the development of a world-class $400M ballpark, was the first woman to represent MLB in it’s collective bargaining with the MLBPA and led the sale process of the Club in 2005. At The Worth Collection, Wendy developed an omnichannel strategy to transform the business.
Wendy is also a member of W.O.M.E.N in America (an organization committed to advancing women in business), 37 Angels (a women-led investing network) and the Board of Directors of the Milwaukee Brewers Community Foundation.
Wendy earned her B.A. from Tufts University and her Juris Doctor from Marquette University Law School.
Faye Wattleton
Co-Leader, Governance Practice Buffkin/Baker
Faye Wattleton, serves as Partner and co-head of Buffkin/Baker’s governance practice. Prior to joining Buffkin/Baker, Ms. Wattleton was a Managing Partner with Alvarez and Marsal.
Ms. Wattleton’s career spans more than three decades of governance experience. She has held approximately 20 board member positions for public and private corporations, academic institutions and high-impact philanthropic organizations. Ms. Wattleton has also served on the boards of Estée Lauder, Quidel Corporation, Empire Blue Cross & Blue Shield, The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and Columbia University, among others.
Prior to Alvarez & Marsal, she led the Center for the Advancement of Women as co-founder and president, conducting women-focused national research for public education and policy advocacy.
A distinguished champion for women’s health care, Ms. Wattleton made history as the youngest, first woman and first African-American president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), a position she held for 14 years. During her tenure as president and CEO, she restructured the organization and grew it to $500 million, making it the nation’s seventh largest nonprofit.
Ms. Wattleton amassed numerous honors and awards during her career, including induction into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 1993. In 2004, she was awarded the prestigious Fries Prize for service to improving public health. Ms. Wattleton holds a Bachelor’s degree in nursing from Ohio State University and a Master’s degree from Columbia University.
Jane Sadowsky
Senior Advisor, Head of Diversity and Inclusion, Moelis & Company
Jane Sadowsky is a Senior Advisor at Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC), where she advises on talent initiatives including coaching, training and mentoring for women and other underrepresented groups. She joined the Firm in 2018 as the first head of Diversity & Inclusion. Ms. Sadowsky has extensive experience in the finance industry, having spent 25 years as an investment banker on Wall Street advising power and utility companies, and most recently worked as a leadership coach to C-suite and partner level professional services executives.
Ms. Sadowsky retired from Evercore Partners (NYSE: EVR) in 2011 where she was a Senior Managing Director and ran Evercore’s Power & Utility advisory M&A practice. At Evercore, in addition to her core banking and management responsibilities, she was a standing member of Fairness Committee, served as Chief Compliance Officer for one year and was involved in the firm’s diversity and recruiting efforts. Largely for her efforts in mentoring professional women, Ms. Sadowsky was the 2006 recipient of the Wharton Women in Business Award.
She joined Evercore in 2006 after six years at Citigroup’s Investment Bank (C) where she was a Managing Director and Co-Head of the North America Power & Utility group. There she also served on numerous firm-wide Compensation, Strategic Planning, Diversity and Recruiting Committees, and was selected as a Young Leader to be mentored by Citigroup’s CEO. Prior to joining Citigroup, Ms. Sadowsky worked as an investment banker at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, which she joined as a post-MBA Associate and earned promotions to Managing Director. In addition to expertise in equity and debt products for both the private and public markets, mergers & acquisitions and complementary corporate advisory work, and complex balance sheet solutions (including debt restructurings and bankruptcy alternatives), Ms. Sadowsky has ample experience in strategic planning, commodities and valuation. She has provided expert testimony in front of several state utility commissions and at the World Court at The Hague.
Ms. Sadowsky currently serves as an independent director on the Board and Audit Committee and Chairs the Governance Committee of Yamana Gold, Inc. (AUY) and serves on the Board and Audit Committee of Nexa Resources, (NEXA) and on the Board of privately-held GIG Technologies. She has also served as a member of the Board, Audit and Governance committees of Petrofac (PFAC) and the NYISO. Ms. Sadowsky holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business and a B.A. in East Asian Studies and International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania. In 2014, she earned her leadership coaching qualifications from Columbia University. She maintains her securities licenses (7, 63, 24 and 79).
