2019 Annual Meeting

Carol Meyrowitz is Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of The TJX Companies, Inc., the leading off-price retailer of apparel and home fashions in the U.S. and worldwide, with $39 billion in revenue and approximately 249,000 Associates worldwide at the end of 2018. As Executive Chairman, Ms. Meyrowitz is an integral part of TJX's executive management team and advises on strategy and long-term growth for the Company and its retail chains: T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods, Winners, T.K. Maxx, HomeSense and Sierra. TJX has one of the widest demographics in retail, and as of February 2019, operated over 4,300 stores in nine countries located on three continents, as well as three e-commerce sites.  She also provides guidance on the Company’s global store growth and online strategies as well as innovation initiatives. 

Ms. Meyrowitz assumed the role of TJX Executive Chairman of the Board in January 2016, having served as TJX Chairman of the Board since June 2015 and Chief Executive Officer of TJX since January 2007. During her tenure as CEO, Ms. Meyrowitz saw total sales grow by more than $13 billion, income from continuing operations increase more than three-fold to $2.7 billion in 2015, and the dividend increase every year. Further, market capitalization more than tripled to over $48 billion (as of January 2016.) Over the same period of time, TJX added more than 1,100 total stores and tens of thousands of Associates worldwide, as well as entered five new countries. 

Under Ms. Meyrowitz’s leadership, TJX has received ongoing recognition for its excellent performance. TJX’s Fortune 500 ranking improved to #85 in 2018 from #133 in 2007, and it ranked #2 among Specialty Retailers in Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies listing in 2018.  Ms. Meyrowitz has personally been recognized as #11 among Fortune’s Most Powerful Women listing in 2015, and in that same year, was featured among Barron’s “World’s Best CEOs” for the third consecutive year.  Institutional Investor also ranked Ms. Meyrowitz as the number one overall Best CEO in the Retailing/Department Stores and Specialty Softlines category.

Karen Kaplan joined Hill Holliday as a receptionist, hoping to save enough money for law school. Three decades later, she’s had just about every job there is to have at an agency, gaining valuable insight into how to approach each business challenge with a fresh perspective.

A key player in Hill Holliday’s significant growth as a national powerhouse, Karen is now Chairman & CEO overseeing the network of three agency brands: Hill Holliday, EP+Co, and Trilia Media. With an executive team composed of over half women, Karen is also one of the few female agency chairmen in the country.

Honored by both Business Insider and AdAge as one of the most influential women in advertising, she’s helped the agency develop a proven ability to help brands fight a daily share battle in the noisiest categories. The proof lies in the successes of such key clients as Bank of America, Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, Optum, and Party City.

She has been a contributor to and featured in numerous publications including Ad Age, AdWeek, Forbes, Fortune, Huffington Post, and Inc., and is a sought-after speaker appearing on stages, television, and radio outlets around the country.  She serves on the Boards of Directors for the Ad Council and several other civic and professional organizations, and is a Trustee of Fidelity Investments’ Strategic Advisers Funds and a Director of Michaels Stores.

Sandra Fenwick is the Chief Executive Officer of Boston Children’s Hospital. As the leader of the nation’s #1 pediatric hospital and the world’s leading center of pediatric medical and health research, Ms. Fenwick has been instrumental in developing strategies that have elevated the hospital’s standing in its field. As a tireless advocate for children’s health, she is committed to investing in and creating high quality pediatric care while reducing the costs of care. Prior to her arrival at Boston Children’s, Ms. Fenwick served as senior vice president of System Development for CareGroup, Inc. From 1976 to 1996, she served in a number of senior executive roles at the Beth Israel Hospital in operations, strategy and business development. In addition to her leadership at Boston Children’s, Ms. Fenwick serves on several Boards including CIRCO, LTD., Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically-inspired Engineering, the Children’s Hospital Association, and the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, to name just a few. 

Deborah Jackson is the fourth president of Cambridge College. Since she joined the institution in 2011, the college has been named one of “America’s Top 100 Graduate Degree Producers” by Higher Education magazine and the School of Management ranked third in awarding master’s in business/commerce degrees to African-American students, higher than any other private, non-profit college in the nation. Prior to joining Cambridge College, President Jackson served for nearly a decade as CEO of the American Red Cross of Eastern Massachusetts, and, before that, as vice president of the Boston Foundation. She has also held the position of Senior Vice President at Boston Children’s Hospital and CEO of Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries, Inc. She is currently the Lead Director of the Board of Directors of Eastern Bank and serves on the boards of the Eastern Bank Foundation and the Massachusetts Women’s Forum. She is the former Chair of the Board of Directors of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Massachusetts. 

Sheila Lirio Marcelo founded Care.com in 2006 after her firsthand experience as a working mother seeking care for her two small children and ailing parents. Today, her company is now the world’s largest online destination for finding and managing family care, serving more than 26 million people across 20 countries. Prior to founding Care.com, Ms. Lirio Marcelo was an Entrepreneur in Residence at Matrix Partners and held executive positions at Upromise, helping families save for college and at executive search engine TheLadders.com. She sits on the Boards of Northwestern Mutual, Boston Children’s Hospital Board of Trustees, the U.S. Library of Congress Trust Fund, and the Philippine Development Foundation.

Linda Dorcena Forry is Vice President of Diversity, Inclusion and Community at Suffolk. She

leads the design and implementation of Suffolk’s national strategy to strengthen diversity,
inclusion and employee engagement.

Prior to joining Suffolk, Linda worked for over two decades in the public sector and served for 13
years as a member of the Massachusetts State Senate and House of Representatives. A native
Bostonian and first-generation American of Haitian descent, Senator Forry made history by
becoming the first women and person of color elected to the Senate’s First Suffolk district.
Linda has been a leading voice on numerous public policy issues focused on economic equality,
affordable housing and business development. She played a key leadership role in drafting and
advocating for legislation to increase access and opportunity for small businesses owned by
underrepresented groups.

Linda serves on numerous boards and civic organizations in the greater Boston area, including
Boston Public Library Trustee, Eversource Energy Trustee, Greater Boston Chamber of
Commerce, Edward M. Kennedy Institute Trustee, and Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester. She
holds a master’s degree in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School of Government;
and a Bachelor of Science from Boston College Carroll School of Management. Linda and her
husband, Bill, are proud parents of four children and live in Dorchester.

Marianne Harrison is President and Chief Executive Officer of John Hancock, the U.S. division of Toronto-based Manulife Financial Corporation. She also is a member of Manulife’s Executive Leadership Team.

Ms. Harrison, who is based in Boston, directs all aspects of John Hancock’s operations. One of the largest life insurers and fastest growing asset managers in the United States, John Hancock supports approximately 10 million Americans with a broad range of financial products, including life insurance, annuities, investments, 401(k) plans, and college savings plans. The company also offers advice through both digital platforms and a network of independent financial advisors, Signator Investors Inc. As of December 31, 2017, John Hancock’s assets under management and administration were $480.1 billion.

Before taking on her current role in 2017, Ms. Harrison served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Manulife Canada, Manulife’s Canadian Division. Prior to assuming this role in 2013, she held several leadership positions across the company, including President and General Manager for John Hancock Long-Term Care Insurance, and Executive Vice President and Controller for Manulife. Before joining Manulife, Marianne had been Chief Financial Officer of Wealth Management at TD Bank Group after holding various positions there; before that she worked for PwC.

Ms. Harrison serves as President and Chairman of the boards for John Hancock’s insurance companies, including John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.) and John Hancock Life Insurance Company of New York.

She is also a member of the Massachusetts Competitive Partnership, a public policy group comprised of chief executive officers of some of the commonwealth’s largest businesses. The Partnership’s goals are to promote job growth and competitiveness throughout the Commonwealth. She also serves on the boards of directors for the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) and for Communitech, an industry-led innovation center that fosters technology companies in Canada. 

Ms. Harrison graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a B.A. in English and earned a Diploma in Accounting from Wilfrid Laurier University. She is a Chartered Accountant and in 2016 was elected a Fellow of the Profession, the highest designation for professional achievement conferred by the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario.