LaVerne H. Council has been the Chief Executive Officer of Emerald One, LLC, a consulting company focused on helping business and technology organizations transform through digital change, since November 2019. Prior to that, she was Managing Principal for Grant Thornton LLP from December 2017 to October 2019. She served as a Senior Vice President for the MITRE Corporation from April 2017 to December 2017 and as the Assistant Secretary for Information & Technology and Chief Information Officer for the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs from July 2015 to January 2017. Ms. Council has also served as the Corporate Vice President and Global Chief Information Officer for Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) from 2006 to 2011 and in several roles of increasing responsibility at DELL, Inc. (NYSE: DELL) from 2000 to 2006, most recently as the Global Vice President, Information Technology, Global Business Solutions, and Development Services. Ms. Council has served on the board of directors of ConMed Corporation (NYSE: CNMD) since 2019 and as the Independent Chair since May 2025. Ms. Council has also served on the board of directors of Thomson Reuters Corporation (TSX/NYSE: TRI) since 2022. Ms. Council holds a Master of Business Administration from Illinois State University and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Western Illinois University.