Maggie Wilderotter
Maggie Wilderotter is a seasoned executive who, as CEO, has led both Fortune 500
companies and start-ups in her career. In addition, she has extensive Board leadership
serving on over 35 public company and 14 private company Boards of Directors.
Today, Maggie serves on the public boards of Costco Wholesale Corporation, Hewlett
Packard Enterprise, Lyft Ride Share, Sana Biotechnologies and is Board Chair at
DocuSign. She serves on the private boards of Tanium, Sonoma Biotherapeutics,
TripActions and Legends Hospitality. In addition, Maggie is also a Senior Advisor to a
number of companies including Accenture, Okta, the Blackstone Group, Atairos Private
Equity and Sixth Street Partners.
Maggie was Chief Executive Officer of Frontier Communications from November, 2004
to April, 2015, and 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 $1 billion to a national broadband, voice and video
provider with operations in 29 states and annualized revenues in excess of $10 billion.
Previously, her career included being the 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.
Maggie previously served on the President's National Security Telecommunications
Advisory Committee (NSTAC) as both Vice Chairman and Chairman during her 4-year
tenure ending in 2014. Mrs. Wilderotter also served until January, 2017 on the
President’s special Commission responsible for a recommendation report to the new
President of the United States on Enhancing National Cybersecurity.
Her educational credentials include a bachelor's degree in economics from the College
of the Holy Cross. 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.