Sharon L. Allen
Ms. Allen has been a member of our Board since 2015. Ms. Allen served in various leadership roles at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited during her 40 years of service, including as U.S. Chairman of Deloitte from 2003 until her retirement in May 2011. Ms. Allen also served as a member of the Global Board of Directors, Chair of the Global Risk Committee and U.S. Representative of the Global Governance Committee of Deloitte during this time. Among her other leadership roles at Deloitte, Ms. Allen was partner and regional managing partner responsible for audit and consulting services for several Fortune 500 and large privately held companies.
Ms. Allen currently serves on the board of Bank of America Corporation and served as a director of First Solar, Inc., a manufacturer of solar panels and a provider of utility-scale PV power plants and supporting services from 2013 to 2022. She also works as a Principal at Harvard University.
Ms. Allen is a Certified Public Accountant (Retired), and her extensive accounting and audit experience broadens the scope of our Board’s oversight of our financial performance and reporting. Her leadership and corporate governance experience with large public companies is valuable to our Board’s governance strategic planning, and risk management oversight.