Maggie Wilderotter (born Mary Agnes Sullivan; February 9, 1955) is an American businessperson who is the chairwoman of
DocuSign
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(as well as interim CEO from April to October 2022) and the former
chief executive officer
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of
Frontier Communications
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, from November 2004 to April 2015; then
executive chairman of the company until April 2016. During her tenure with Frontier, the company grew from a regional telephone company with customer revenues of less than $3 billion to a national broadband, voice and video provider with operations in 29 states and annualized revenues in excess of $10 billion.
Early life and family
Wilderotter was born in
Neptune Township, New Jersey
Neptune Township is a township in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the township's population was 28,061, an increase of 126 from the 2010 census enumeration of 27,935, in turn an increase of 245 ( ...
. She grew up in the
Elberon section of
Long Branch, New Jersey and graduated from
Long Branch High School
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in 1973. She earned her undergraduate degree in 1977 from
College of the Holy Cross in
Worcester
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,
Massachusetts
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, in economics and business administration. She served two terms as a member of the board of trustees for the college and is an active alumna. She has been awarded an Honorary Doctor of Engineering degree from the Stevens Institute of Technology and an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Rochester.
Wilderotter is the second-oldest of the four girls. One of her sisters is
Denise Morrison, former president and Chief Executive Officer of
Campbell Soup Company.
Career
Wilderotter was Senior Vice President of Global Business Strategy and ran the Worldwide Public Sector at Microsoft. Before this, she was president and CEO of Wink Communications Inc., Executive Vice President of National Operations for AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Chief Executive Officer of AT&T's Aviation Communications Division, and a Senior Vice President of McCaw Cellular Communications Inc.
Wilderotter serves on the boards of
Costco Wholesale Corporation
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,
DocuSign
DocuSign, Inc. is an American company headquartered in San Francisco, California, that allows organizations to manage electronic agreements. As part of the DocuSign Agreement Cloud, DocuSign offers eSignature, a way to sign electronically on diff ...
,
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
The Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE) is an American multinational information technology company based in Spring, Texas, United States.
HPE was founded on November 1, 2015, in Palo Alto, California, as part of the splitting of the ...
,
Juno Therapeutics, Inc., and
Lyft
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as well as a number of private and non-profit organizations.
Wilderotter previously served on the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC). From October 2010 to October 2012, she was Vice Chairman of NSTAC and from October 2012 to November 2014, she served as Chairman of NSTAC. Mrs. Wilderotter currently serves on the President's Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity.
Wilderotter is a member of the Board of Directors of
The Conference Board
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; a member of the Executive Committee of the Catalyst Board of Directors; a member of the Board of Women in America; and a member of the Business Council and the Committee of 200. In 2014, she chaired the Blue Ribbon Committee on Board Strategy for NACD and is a member of WomenCorporateDirectors (WCD).
On June 21, 2022, Wilderotter was appointed interim CEO of document management company
DocuSign
DocuSign, Inc. is an American company headquartered in San Francisco, California, that allows organizations to manage electronic agreements. As part of the DocuSign Agreement Cloud, DocuSign offers eSignature, a way to sign electronically on diff ...
, and will serve as interim CEO until former Google executive Allan Thygesen takes over on October 10, 2022. Wilderotter will continue to serve as chairwoman of the board.
References
External links
Leadership Profile: Maggie Wilderotter*
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1955 births
Living people
Long Branch High School alumni
People from Long Branch, New Jersey
People from Neptune Township, New Jersey
American women chief executives
American women business executives
American chairpersons of corporations
Frontier Communications
Procter & Gamble people
College of the Holy Cross alumni
20th-century American businesspeople
21st-century American businesspeople
20th-century American businesswomen
21st-century American businesswomen