Board Retirement
Philip B. Pool, Jr.
Philip B. Pool, Jr. retired from the Board of Directors after 19 years of dedicated service (2005-2023). Mr. Pool’s career in investment banking has included leadership roles at Willis Stein & Partners, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Merrill Lynch and Kidder, Peabody. He is a founder and former Chairman of iCapital Network and has served on the Boards of Cowen & Co., the Alumni Association of the University of Virginia, the Jefferson Scholars Foundation, and the Jefferson Trust. Mr. Pool received an M.B.A. degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Business and a B.S. degree from the McIntire School of Commerce of the University of Virginia.
Board Retirement
Kate Shae
Kate Shae retired from the Board of Directors after 6 years of dedicated service (2018-2023). She most recently served as Vice President, Corporate Financial Services at ExxonMobil. Ms. Shae’s previous responsibilities include Assistant Treasurer of Exxon Mobil Corporation, Business Services Manager and Treasurer for ExxonMobil Australia, Chief Financial Officer of Aera Energy LLC, and Financial Reporting Manager for ExxonMobil’s global Gas and Power Marketing organization. Ms. Shae earned her B.Sc. (Hons.) degree from the University of Melbourne, Australia, and a Master of Business Administration degree from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
New Board Member
Sheryl Hilliard Tucker
Sheryl Hilliard Tucker is executive director of The Board Challenge and Chief External Affairs officer of AFS Intercultural Programs. Tucker has been Chief Editor of three national publications—Black Enterprise, Essence, and Your Company—and was on the senior executive team that managed Time Warner’s portfolio of more than 100 magazines and digital brands worldwide. Ms. Tucker is a Trustee Emerita of Cornell University and serves as a Trustee of Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan New Jersey. Ms. Tucker received a B.A. from Cornell University, an M.S. from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and attended New York University’s Heyman School of Philanthropy.
New Board Member
Mary Dana Hinton
Mary Dana Hinton, Ph.D., is the president of Hollins University and president emerita of the College of Saint Benedict. In addition to the Teagle Foundation, she is a member of the Board of Directors for the American Association of Colleges and Universities, Interfaith Youth Core, Saint Mary’s School, and the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. She chairs the AAC&U Presidents’ Trust. Hinton’s scholarship focuses on leadership and inclusion in higher education. She is the author of The Commercial Church: Black Churches and the New Religious Marketplace in America and is a frequent op-ed contributor across higher education publications.
Hinton earned a Ph.D. in religion and religious education with high honors from Fordham University, a Master of Arts degree in clinical child psychology from the University of Kansas, Lawrence, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Williams College. She also holds honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees from Misericordia University and the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Hinton is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, was the recipient of the Bicentennial Medal from Williams College, and was recognized with Credo’s eighth annual Courageous Leadership Award.