Our Leaders

Our mission to improve lives starts at the top.

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
 

Jennifer L. Davis

Chief Executive Officer, Health Care
Procter & Gamble
Cincinnati, Ohio


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
 

Susan E. Quaggin, M.D.

Irving S. Cutter Professor and Chair of Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois


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


Frederick H. Waddell

Former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Northern Trust Corporation and The Northern Trust Company
Chicago, Illinois


Committee Assignments of the Board of Directors

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
Jennifer Davis
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
Susan Quaggin, M.D.
Rebecca Roberts
Glenn Tilton