Meet the Pfizer Board of Directors
Pfizer's Board of Directors, which is elected annually by shareholders, is the ultimate decision-making body of the Company except with respect to those matters reserved to the shareholders. The Board selects the senior management team, which is charged with the conduct of the Company's business. Having selected the senior management team, the Board acts as an advisor and counselor to senior management and ultimately monitors its performance. Currently, the Board has 15 directors, a substantial majority of whom meet all of the independence requirements under the New York Stock Exchange Listing Standards and Pfizer Director Qualifications Standards.
Pfizer Board of Directors Biographies
Jackson Professor of Clinical Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Chief of Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital since 1996. President of the Association of American Physicians in 2006. Member of the Institute of Medicine and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Director of TARIS BioMedical, Inc. Our Director since December 2006. Member of our Audit Committee, our Corporate Governance Committee and our Science and Technology Committee.
Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Sciences since 1989 and Regental Professor since 1985 at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1985 for discoveries concerning the regulation of cholesterol metabolism. Recipient of the Lasker Award in 1985, the National Medal of Science in 1988, and the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service in 2005. Member of the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, the American Association of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society and a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (London). Director of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Our Director since 1996. Chair of our Science and Technology Committee and member of our Corporate Governance Committee.
Chairman Emeritus since 2002, Chairman of the Board from 1985 to 2002, Chief Executive Officer from 1983 to 2000, and President from 1979 to 1999 of Ryder System, Inc., a provider of transportation and logistics services. Director of Huntsman Corporation and J.C. Penney Company, Inc. Life Trustee of the University of Miami. Director of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. until May 2010 and of The Black & Decker Corporation until March 2010. Our Director since 1988. Member of our Audit Committee, our Corporate Governance Committee and our Executive Committee.
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of FMC Corporation, a chemicals manufacturer, and FMC Technologies Inc., a machinery manufacturer, having served in those and other executive capacities from 1991 to 2002. Director of Phelps Dodge Corporation from 1993 until 2006 and of Janus Capital Group Inc. from 2003 until 2005. Life Trustee of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Our Director since 2000. Member of our Compensation Committee and our Science and Technology Committee.
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Granite Broadcasting Corporation from 1988 until his retirement in August 2009 and Vice Chairman until December 2009. Granite Broadcasting Corporation filed for voluntary reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in December 2006 and emerged from its restructuring in June 2007. Currently Director of Avon Products, Inc. and the Wallace Foundation. Director of CVS Caremark Corporation from 1994 until 2007 and the M.S. Hershey School and Trust from 1995 until 2002. Trustee of Big Brothers/Sisters of New York. Our Director since 1997. Chair of our Audit Committee and member of our Compensation Committee.
President Emeritus of Vassar College since 2006 and President from 1986 to 2006. Served on the Mayo Clinic Board for 14 years, the last four years as its Chairman, and as President of the Board of Overseers of Harvard University from 2007 through 2008. Director of HSBC Bank USA from 1990 through 2008 and Director of Wyeth from 2005 until October 2009. Currently Director of Mattel, Inc. Our Director since October 2009. Member of our Compensation Committee and our Science and Technology Committee.
Co-Chairman of GrayLoeffler, LLC (formerly the Amani Group), a business advisory and consulting firm. Chairman of the Amani Group from 2004 through September 2009. Pastor Emeritus of the Bright Hope Baptist Church in Philadelphia since 2005. President and Chief Executive Officer of The College Fund/UNCF (Educational Assistance) from 1991 to 2004. U.S. Congressman from the Second District of Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1991, including service at various times as Budget Committee Chair and House Majority Whip. Director of Visteon Corporation from 2000 until January 2010. Currently Director of Dell Inc., J. P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Prudential Financial, Inc. Our Director since 2000. Chair of our Corporate Governance Committee and a member of our Science and Technology Committee.
Guest Scholar from 1993 until 2005 at The Brookings Institution, an organization devoted to nonpartisan research, education and publication in economics, government, foreign policy and the social sciences. Commissioner of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights from 1993 to 1998. Served at the White House as Assistant to President George H. W. Bush and as Director of Presidential Personnel from 1991 to 1993. Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, from 1989 to 1991. Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management from 1985 to 1989. Director of Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited and Prudential Financial, Inc.; Fellow, National Academy of Public Administration; and Member of the Board of Trustees of the Prudential Foundation. Our Director since 1993 and Lead Independent Director since 2007. Member of our Corporate Governance Committee and our Executive Committee.
Founding Partner, Centerview Partners Management, LLC, a private equity and financial advisory firm, since 2006. Vice Chairman, The Procter & Gamble Company, from 2005 to 2006. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Gillette Company, from 2001 to 2005 and President, The Gillette Company, from 2003 to 2005. President and Chief Executive Officer, Nabisco Group Holdings Corporation, from 1998 until its acquisition in 2000. Director of New York Times Company from 2005 until 2008; Procter & Gamble Company from 2005 until 2006; and Whirlpool Corporation from 1999 until 2005. Currently Chairman of The Nielsen Company Supervisory Board, Director of Meadwestvaco Corporation and MetLife, Inc. and Trustee of Knox College and the University of Chicago, and a member of the Board of Overseers of Weill Cornell Medical College. Our Director since 2007. Member of our Compensation Committee and our Science and Technology Committee.
Chief Executive Officer since July 2006 and Chairman of the Board since December 2006. Vice Chairman and General Counsel from 2005 to 2006, Executive Vice President and General Counsel from 2004 to 2005, and Senior Vice President and General Counsel from 2002 to 2004. Chairman of Boston Market Corporation from 2000 to 2001, and President of Partner Brands during 2001, both companies owned by McDonald's Corporation. Director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and member of the Boards of Trustees of Ronald McDonald House Charities and Tufts University. Chairman of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), our industry organization, beginning in March 2010. Chair of our Board's Executive Committee and a member of our Executive Leadership Team.
Chairman Emeritus of Armstrong Holdings, Inc., a global manufacturer of flooring and ceiling materials, since 2000, having served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and in other executive capacities with Armstrong Holdings, Inc. and its predecessor, Armstrong World Industries, Inc., from 1993 to 2000. In 2000, Armstrong World Industries, Inc. filed for voluntary reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Director of Autoliv, Inc., Masonite International, Inc. and The Williams Companies, Inc. and also a Director of HSBC Finance Co. and HSBC North America Holding Company, non-public, wholly owned subsidiaries of HSBC LLC. Our Director since 2000. Chair of our Compensation Committee and member of our Science and Technology Committee.
Retired President and Chief Executive Officer of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, Inc., a position he held from 1997 through 2001. Former Chairman of Johnson & Higgins of Missouri, Inc. and former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Continental Corporation. Served on the boards of The New York Public Library, Lincoln Center and The Aspen Institute and as Chairman of The Local Initiative Support Corporation, The Aspen Community Foundation and Common Cents. Director of Crown Media Holdings, Inc. from 2000 until 2006, LabOne, Inc. from 2002 until 2005, and Wyeth from 1995 until October 2009. Our Director since October 2009. Member of our Corporate Governance Committee and our Science and Technology Committee.
Retired Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., since 2007. During her 21-year tenure with Goldman Sachs, served in various leadership roles, including Chair of the Global Markets Institute, Head of Global Research, and Head of Global Health Care. Director of American International Group, Inc., Intuit and VISA. Board member of the American Red Cross, The Brookings Institution, the Carnegie Institution of Washington and the University of Southern California. Our Director since September 2007. Member of our Audit Committee, our Compensation Committee and our Science and Technology Committee.
Chairman of General Mills, Inc., a packaged food producer and distributor, from 1995 until his retirement in 2008 and its Chief Executive Officer from 1995 to 2007. Director of General Mills, Inc. from 1992 until 2008. Currently Director of Target Corporation and Wells Fargo & Company. Our Director since February 2009. Member of our Audit Committee and our Corporate Governance Committee.
Chairman Emeritus of Pfizer Inc. since 2001. Chairman of our Board from 1992 to 2001 and our Chief Executive Officer from 1991 to 2000. Director of Dow Jones & Company, Inc. from 1997 to 2007. Currently Director of Health Management Associates, Inc. Director of the New York University Medical Center and the New York Botanical Garden; and Member of the Board of Overseers of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Director of MetLife, Inc from 1999 through April 2010 Our Director since 1987 and a member of our Science and Technology Committee.
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