Mr. Ferguson is the Steven A. Tananbaum Distinguished Fellow for International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is also a partner and the Chief Investment Officer of Red Cell Partners, an incubation and venture capital enterprise focused on the health care and defense sectors. He is the past President and Chief Executive Officer of TIAA, a position he held from April 2008 until April 2021. He is also the former Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System. Prior to joining TIAA in April 2008, Mr. Ferguson was head of financial services for Swiss Re and Chairman of Swiss Re America Holding Corporation. From 1984 to 1997, he was an Associate and Partner at McKinsey & Company. He began his career as an attorney at the New York City office of Davis Polk & Wardwell.
Mr. Ferguson has been a national leader in banking and financial services for over 20 years as the former President and Chief Executive Officer of a Fortune 100 company and Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve; he brings extensive banking, financial and executive leadership expertise to Corning’s Board.
Mr. Ferguson is a member of the Smithsonian Institution’s Board of Regents and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. He also serves on the boards of the Institute for Advanced Study and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He is a fellow of the American Philosophical Society and a member of the Economic Club of New York, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Group of Thirty, and the National Association for Business Economics.
Experience, Skills and Qualifications of Particular Relevance to Corning:
Mr. Ferguson’s extensive background in economics and complex regulatory matters, and distinguished career as a financial services executive, enable him to provide invaluable insight to the Board in an evolving economic, regulatory and asset management industry landscape. In addition, his extensive experience as a public company director has afforded him the ability to gain a well-informed understanding of key corporate governance and executive compensation matters.
Mr. Ferguson has been a director since 2021. He currently serves on the Boards of Alphabet, Inc. and Klarna Group plc.