Maggie Wilderotter

Maggie Wilderotter is a seasoned executive who has led both Fortune 500 companies and startups in her career. In addition, she has extensive boardroom leadership experience, having served on the boards of more than 35 public companies and 14 private companies. 

Maggie currently serves on the public boards of Costco Wholesale, Lyft and Sana Biotechnologies, and she is chair of the board at DocuSign. She serves on the private boards of Tanium, Sonoma Biotherapeutics, TripActions and Legends Hospitality. She is also a senior advisor to a number of companies including Accenture, Okta, Blackstone, Atairos and Sixth Street Partners. 

She was chief executive officer of Frontier Communications from 2004 through 2015, and then executive chairman of the company until 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 running the worldwide public sector at Microsoft. Before this, she was president and CEO of Wink Communications, executive vice president of national operations for AT&T Wireless Service, CEO of AT&T’s aviation communications division, and a senior vice president of McCaw Cellular Communications. 

Maggie previously served on the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) as both vice chairman and chairman during her four-year tenure, which ended in 2014. She also served until 2017 on a special commission responsible for a recommendation report to the U.S. president on enhancing national cybersecurity. 

Her educational credentials include a bachelor’s degree in economics from the College of the Holy Cross. She was 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.