Maggie Wilderotter Named CEO Academy® Co-Chair

Ceo Academy® was founded in 1999 by Dennis Carey, Vice Chair of KornFerry, with the backing of former General Electric CEO Jack Welch, the academy is widely recognized by CEOs and Board Leaders in the U.S. as the most prestigious and advanced program for enabling CEOs to learn the latest strategies for advancing shareholder value – sharpening their skills to enhance performance and learn from peers across a range of corporate challenges.

Over the last 20 years, more than 400 of the nation’s best performing CEOs have participated in the academy and only current CEOs, Board Leaders, and likely CEO Successors receive invitations to attend each fall at the Harold Pratt House in New York City.

Maggie Wilderotter is a seasoned executive who, as CEO, has led both Fortune 500 companies and start-ups in her career. In addition, she has extensive Board leadership serving on over 36 public company and 15 private company Boards of Directors.

Today, Maggie serves on the public boards of Costco Wholesale Corporation, Lyft Ride Share, Sana Biotechnologies and is Board Chair at DocuSign. She serves on the private boards of Tanium, Sonoma Biotherapeutics, TripActions and Legends Hospitality. In addition, Maggie is also a Senior Advisor to a number of companies including Accenture, Okta, the Blackstone Group, Atairos Private Equity and Sixth Street Partners.

Maggie was Chief Executive Officer of Frontier Communications from November, 2004 to April, 2015, and then Executive Chairman of the company until April, 2016. During her tenure with Frontier, the company grew from a regional telephone company with customer revenues of less than $1 billion to a national broadband, voice and video provider with operations in 29 states and annualized revenues in excess of $10 billion.

For more information on the CEO Academy®, please visit our website at www.ceo-academy.com or email Kelly Bradly at dgregor@ceo-academy.com