Jocelyn Carter-Miller
Director Since: 1999 (Principal Life) and 2001 (Principal Financial Group, Inc.)
Committees: Human Resources (Chair), Nominating and Governance and Executive
Career Highlights: Since 2005, Ms. Carter-Miller has been President of TechEd Ventures, a consulting and management firm that develops and markets high-performance educational and personal empowerment programming. From 2002 until 2004, she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Office Depot, Inc. and was responsible for the company’s marketing for its 846 superstores, contract, catalog, and e-commerce businesses in the United States and Canada and operations in 15 other countries.
Before joining Office Depot, Ms. Carter-Miller was Corporate Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Motorola, Inc. with overall responsibility for marketing across the company’s $30 billion revenue base and diverse businesses. She also had general management responsibility for Motorola’s network operations in Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Prior to joining Motorola, she was Vice President of Marketing and Product Development at Mattel, Inc.
Ms. Carter-Miller serves on the Board of Directors of nonprofit organizations, including The National Association of Corporate Directors. She was a former President of the League of Women Voters of Broward County.
Ms. Carter-Miller is an NACD Directorship 100 recipient and has been recognized as a Savoy Most Influential Black Corporate Directors and a Director & Boards Director to Watch.
Key Skills and Qualifications: Ms. Carter-Miller brings to the Board executive leadership experience, as well as experience in marketing, brand management, and international operations, including through her service as executive vice president of a publicly traded company that provides products, supplies, and technology solutions. She also brings to the Board executive-level experience in accounting and finance, executive compensation, human resources and talent management, leadership development and training, risk management, product development, strategic planning, sustainability/ESG, and technology.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Illinois and an M.B.A. in Finance and Marketing from the University of Chicago. She also has passed the certified public accountant examination.
Other Public Company Boards:
Current: Arlo Technologies, Inc. (Audit Committee, Chair of Compensation Committee); The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (Audit and Executive Committees, Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility Chair); Backblaze, Inc. (Compensation Committee Chair, Audit Committee member, and Nomination and Governance Committee member).
Within Last Five Years: Netgear, Inc. (Audit and Compensation Committees).