Biography

Michael E. Zacharia has served as a member of the Board since December 2020. Mr. Zacharia has been an executive coach and consultant to Fortune 150 companies, privately held companies, non-profit organizations, and higher education institutions since 2008 and has served on the advisory board for the Center for Advanced Coaching since 2009. In addition, he has taught Cross-Cultural Negotiations and Dispute Resolution as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at the Pepperdine University School of Law since 2009 and was the Co-Director of the Pacis Project on Faith Based Diplomacy, a joint venture between Pepperdine University and the International Center for Religion and Diplomacy in Washington D.C., from 2008 to 2012. Previously, Mr. Zacharia served on the board of directors of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc., a diversified media and merchandising company, during 2013 and served as the Executive Vice President for Business Development, the General Counsel and the Secretary of DFS Group Limited, a travel retail company, from 1996 to 2007. Prior to joining DFS Group Limited, Mr. Zacharia was a partner at the law firm of Wiley Rein LLP from 1989 to 1995. He also previously served as the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Trade Controls, and Special Counsel to the Undersecretary for International Trade in the Commerce Department. In addition, Mr. Zacharia was previously selected as a White House Fellow and served as Special Assistant in the office of the U.S. Secretary of State.