Board of Trustees

United Way of America's Board of Trustees meets four times a year and takes responsibility for governing the United Way System, particularly focusing on strategic leadership, resource and relationship development, stewardship of UWA and system assets, performance measurement and management, reputation building, and public policy and advocacy.

Governance
Mr. William G. Parrett,
Chair, United Way of America

Bill Parrett is the Retired Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte Touche. In a career that spans more than 35 years, he has served many of the firm’s leading clients. He co-founded Deloitte’s Global Financial Services Industry practice and served as its first Chairman. A long-time advocate of community service, Bill serves on the Board of Trustees of Carnegie Hall and the National Advisory Board of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. He is a member of the Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy (CECP) and of the G100 CEO Forum. Bill serves on the boards of the Japan Society and the U.S. - Japan Business Council. In addition, he is a member of the Transatlantic Business Dialogue (TABD), and serves as Chairman for the United States Council for International Business (USCIB) and as an International Councillor for the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS). He also serves as a trustee to St. Francis College and to the Catholic University of America.

In recent years, he has led Deloitte’s participation at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, including leading high-level discussions on corporate governance, doing business in China, and on key issues impacting the financial services industry. Bill is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

A graduate of St. Francis College in New York, Bill joined a predecessor firm of Deloitte & Touche in 1967. He became a partner in 1977. He and his wife, Diane, have six children and four grandchildren.

Chair:
William G. Parrett
Retired Chief Executive Officer
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLP
New York, NY

Immediate Past Chair:
Rodney E. Slater
Partner
Patton Boggs LLP
Washington, DC

Secretary:
Arlene Holt Baker
Executive Vice President
AFL-CIO
Washington, DC

Treasurer and Chair, Finance Committee:
Phillip N. Baldwin
President and CEO
Southern Bancorp, Inc.
Arkadelphia, Arkansas

Chair, Membership Accountability Committee
Karol DeWulf Nickell
Des Moines, IA

Chair, Executive Compensation Committee:
Ann Stallard
Executive Vice President
Graphic Communications
Lawrenceville, GA

Chair, Audit Compliance Committee:
David Barnes
Senior Vice President
UPS
Atlanta, GA

At-Large Board Members:
Arthur P. Bellis
Property Developer
Bellis Enterprises
New York, NY

David J. Bronczek
President & CEO
FedEx Express
Memphis, TN

Joe Browne
Executive Vice President, Comm. & Public Affairs
National Football League
New York, NY

George Clooney
Actor/Director/Producer
Studio City, CA

Johnnetta B. Cole
Chair
The Johnnetta B. Cole Diversity & Inclusion Institute
Greensboro, NC

Peggy Conlon
President and CEO
The Advertising Council, Inc.
New York, NY

Antonia Cortese
Secretary-Treasurer
American Federation of Teachers
Washington, DC

John J. Dooner, Jr.
Chairman and CEO
McCann Worldwide
New York, NY

Sally Fernandez
President
Fernandez Group
Tucson, AZ

J. Barry Griswell
Chairman
Principal Financial Group
Des Moines, IA

Rev. Carol J. Gallagher
Lyndhurst, NJ

Manuel Mirabal
President, Policy and Communications
Tonio Burgos & Associates, Inc.
Washington, DC

Mr. Bill Matassoni
Partner
Baldwin Bell Green LLC
New York, NY

Mr. Jeff Rechenbach
Secretary-Treasurer
Communications Workers of America
Washington, DC

Roberto E. Santa Maria
Office Managing Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
Hato Rey, Puerto Rico

Joe Solmonese
President
Human Rights Campaign
Washington, DC

Carolyn J. Williams
Director
Human Services Department of IBEW, AFL-CIO
Washington, DC

Raul Yzaguirre
Professor of Practice in Community Development and Civil Rights
Arizona State University, College of Public Programs
Phoenix, AZ

Trustee Emeritus Members:
William H. Gates, Sr.
Co-Chair
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Seattle, Washington