Leanne Cunningham has served since July 2021 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Brown-Forman Corporation, the fifth largest global spirits company, where she is responsible for global financial planning and analysis, shareholder relations and all accounting and finance functions; she plans to retire from Brown-Forman on May 1, 2026. From 1995 through June 2021 she held a variety of roles at Brown-Forman, including SVP, Shareholder Relations (2019-2021), SVP, General Manager (2015-2019) overseeing production operations in over 13 countries, and VP, Finance Global Production (2013-2015). She was selected to serve on the Board because of her multi-faceted background, financial expertise and operational experience in the consumer products industry.