Awards & Recognition
★CEO of the Year 2008 - Chief Executive Magazine
★Forbes Most Powerful Women in America #6 (2005), #15 (2009)
★Wall Street Journal 50 Women to Watch (2005)
★America's Best Leaders - U.S. News & World Report (2008)
★2018 Bower Award for Business Leadership - Franklin Institute
★Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame inductee
★Women's Hall of Fame inductee (2011)
Notable Facts
→Former Chairman and CEO of Xerox Corporation (2001-2009)
→Led one of the most successful corporate turnarounds in history, saving Xerox from near bankruptcy
→First woman CEO to receive Chief Executive Magazine's CEO of the Year award
→Made history as first Fortune 500 female CEO to hand over position to another woman (Ursula Burns)
→Currently serves on boards of Johnson & Johnson, Graham Holdings, LPL Financial
→Chair of Connecticut Chapter of The Nature Conservancy
→Former U.S. Board Chair of Save the Children (2010-2017)
→30-year veteran of Xerox, started as field sales representative in 1976
→Cut Xerox debt from $19 billion to under $10 billion during tenure