Our Leaders

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

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

Robert A. Michael

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

Audit Committee

Frederick Waddell, chair
Roxanne Austin
William Burnside
Melody Meyer
Edward Rapp
Glenn Tilton

Compensation Committee

Brett Hart, chair
Robert Alpern, M.D.
Roxanne Austin
Thomas Freyman
Glenn Tilton
Frederick Waddell

Nominations and Governance Committee

Thomas Freyman, chair
Roxanne Austin
Jennifer Davis
Brett Hart
Edward Rapp
Rebecca Roberts

Executive Committee

Richard Gonzalez, chair
Roxanne Austin
Thomas Freyman
Brett Hart
Melody Meyer
Robert Michael
Frederick Waddell

Public Policy and Sustainability Committee

Melody Meyer, chair
Robert Alpern, M.D.
Roxanne Austin
William Burnside
Susan Quaggin, M.D.
Rebecca Roberts