Our Board of Directors

Our culture of innovation and responsibility starts with our board of directors and extends out to every member of the company. Our board members work closely with AbbVie leaders to maintain our focus of putting patients first.

Richard A. Gonzalez

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
AbbVie Inc.
North Chicago, Illinois

Robert J. Alpern, M.D.

Ensign Professor of Medicine and Physiology,
Professor of Internal Medicine and Cellular
and Molecular Physiology, and Former Dean
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut

Roxanne S. Austin

President
Austin Investment Advisors
Newport Coast, California

William H.L. Burnside

Retired Senior Vice President and Director
The Boston Consulting Group
Los Angeles, California

Thomas C. Freyman

Retired Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration
Abbott Laboratories
Abbott Park, Illinois

Brett J. Hart

President
United Airlines Holdings, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois

Melody B. Meyer

President
Melody Meyer Energy, LLC
Houston, Texas

Edward J. Rapp

Retired Group President for Resource Industries
Caterpillar Inc.
Peoria, Illinois

Rebecca B. Roberts

Retired President
Chevron Pipe Line Company
Houston, Texas

Glenn F. Tilton

Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
UAL Corporation
Chicago, Illinois

Audit Committee

Thomas Freyman, chair
William Burnside
Melody Meyer
Edward Rapp
Glenn Tilton
Frederick Waddell

Compensation Committee

Roxanne Austin, chair
Thomas Freyman
Glenn Tilton
Frederick Waddell

Nominations and Governance Committee

Edward Rapp, chair
Robert Alpern
William Burnside
Brett Hart
Rebecca Roberts
Glenn Tilton

Executive Committee

Richard Gonzalez, chair
Roxanne Austin
Thomas Freyman
Brett Hart
Edward Rapp
Glenn Tilton

Public Policy and Sustainability Committee

Brett Hart, chair
Robert Alpern
Melody Meyer
Rebecca Roberts
Glenn Tilton