DXC Technology announced that Pinkie Dent Mayfield has been elected to the Board of Directors. Ms. Mayfield will serve on the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee of the Board.
“We are pleased to announce Pinkie’s election to the DXC Board,” said Mike Salvino, DXC chairman, president and CEO. “She is a seasoned leader with broad experience across numerous executive roles. The Board and the management team are looking forward to working with her and benefitting from her expertise and insights as the Company continues to evolve.”
“Since August of 2020, we have appointed eight new Board members to DXC, adding depth to the Board’s skills in areas such as finance, IT and talent management while bringing new skills to the Board in ESG, policy and communications,” said Raul Fernandez, chair of the Board’s Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee. “We have also improved the diversity of DXC’s Board in a myriad of ways. With 64% of the Board identifying as diverse, the Company will continue to benefit from the broad and fresh perspectives along with the deep and abiding experience these individuals bring as Directors.”
Ms. Mayfield is the Chief Communications Officer and Vice President of Corporate Affairs at Graham Holdings Company (formerly The Washington Post Company), a diversified conglomerate whose principal operations include education and media. In her current role since 2015, Ms. Mayfield is responsible for corporate affairs, public relations, communications and strategic initiatives. Since joining Graham Holdings in 1998, she has held several executive leadership positions. Prior to joining Graham Holdings, Ms. Mayfield was a Vice President and Trust Officer at NationsBank (now Bank of America) in the Investment Services Division. A director of Founders Bank, a Washington D.C.-based community bank, she has chaired the audit committee since joining the board in 2020. Ms. Mayfield also currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Ready Capital Corporation and as the treasurer of the board of directors of the District of Columbia College Access Program and a trustee of the Philip L. Graham Fund. Ms. Mayfield graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in business administration from Trinity Washington University and earned an M.B.A. from the University of Maryland University College.
