CDW Announces Appointment of Anthony Foxx to Board of Directors
December 22 2020 - 5:00PM
Business Wire
CDW Corporation (Nasdaq: CDW), a leading multi-brand technology
solutions provider to business, government, education, and
healthcare customers, today announced the appointment of Anthony
Foxx to its board of directors, effective January 1, 2021.
Foxx brings an impressive range of experiences to CDW’s board
and has held a variety of positions in the public and private
sectors. He currently serves as the chief policy officer and senior
advisor to the president and chief executive officer of Lyft, a
position he has held since October 2018. Prior to joining Lyft,
Foxx served as the seventeenth United States Secretary of
Transportation from 2013 to 2017 where he led an agency with more
than 55,000 employees and a $70 billion budget, whose primary goal
was to ensure America maintains the world’s safest, most efficient
transportation system. Under Foxx’s leadership, the Department of
Transportation (DOT) established a first-ever policy framework for
the safe integration of self-driving vehicles and leveraged public
and private funding to demonstrate how smart technology can change
cities and local communities.
Previously, Foxx served as the mayor of Charlotte, North
Carolina, from 2009 to 2013. First elected to the Charlotte City
Council in 2005, upon his 2009 mayoral victory he became the
youngest mayor in Charlotte’s history and its second
African-American mayor.
“The intersection of policy and emerging technology is dynamic
and complex, and Anthony’s experiences equip him to provide
important insight and guidance as we continue to innovate for our
customers,” said Christine A. Leahy, president and chief executive
officer, CDW. “We look forward to benefitting from his unique set
of leadership experiences, innovation-oriented mindset and ability
to create simplicity from complexity.”
“We’re thrilled to have a leader with Anthony’s track record of
innovation and impact join the board,” said Chairman of the Board,
David W. Nelms. “Anthony’s vast expertise and experiences in both
the public and private sectors will be a great asset to CDW.”
Foxx serves on the board of directors of Martin Marietta
Materials, Inc. He holds a Doctor of Law (J.D.) from New York
University School of Law, and a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), History,
from Davidson College.
For more information about CDW’s board of directors, please
visit the About Us section of the company’s website.
About CDW
CDW Corporation (Nasdaq:CDW) is a leading multi-brand technology
solutions provider to business, government, education and
healthcare customers in the United States, the United Kingdom and
Canada. A Fortune 500 company and member of the S&P 500 Index,
CDW was founded in 1984 and employs approximately 10,000 coworkers.
For the trailing twelve months ended September 30, 2020, CDW
generated Net sales over $18 billion. For more information about
CDW, please visit www.CDW.com.
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