FedEx has announced the ten-member board of directors for FedEx Freight, ahead of its planned spin-off on June 1.
As previously announced, Brad Martin, current executive chairman of the FedEx Corp. board of directors, will be chairman of FedEx Freight. He is also chairman of RBM Venture Company, a private investment company and previously served as chairman and chief executive officer of Saks Incorporated and has roles at multiple public companies, including Chesapeake Energy Corporation
John Smith, the incoming president and chief executive officer of FedEx Freight, will also serve as a director. He is currently chief operating officer of US and Canada for FedEx and a member of the executive committee.
The eight other board members are: Jeffrey Davis, the chief financial officer of Dollar Tree, from October 2022 to March 2025 and the chief financial officer of Qurate Retail Group from October 2018 to September 2022; Donald Frieson who was executive vice president, supply chain of Lowe’s Companies from August 2018 to March 2024 and previously spent 19 years within the Walmart organization; Stephen Gorman previously chief executive officer of Air Methods Corporation; Robert King, corporate vice president, internal audit at FedEx Corp. from March 2011 to January 2025; Cindy Miller, president and chief executive officer of medical waste transportation company Stericycle, Inc., to November 2024; Amy Salcido served as president, US of Kyndryl Holdings, a Fortune 500 provider of enterprise technology services IBM in 2021; John Sauerland, vice president; and Samantha Smith, currently staff director of global public policy at FedEx.
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