Anne-Lee Verville
Anne-Lee Verville worked at IBM for 30 years, retiring in 1997. She managed professionals in marketing, finance and development. She served as IBM United States Marketing Group Chief Financial Officer, IBM Chief Information Officer, President of two software development divisions, and led IBM's effort to support the education industry worldwide from 1994 until her retirement. Ms. Verville has spoken frequently and has written articles on the needs of our educational system and has co-authored a book, What Business Wants from Higher Education, published in 1998.
Ms. Verville serves on the Board of Trustees of the Columbia Atlantic Mutual Funds and on the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth-Hitchcock. She was a member of the Board of Directors of Enesco Group Inc. from 1991 until 2006 and served as Chairman of the Board from 2001 until her retirement.
She is a member of the Committee of 200 and serves on the C200 Finance Committee.
She was appointed to the National Skill Standards Board in 1995 by President Clinton. Previously, she served on the Board of Directors of the National Alliance of Business and the Board of Advisors at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, the Board of Trustees of Western Governors' University, and the Board of Advisors at Wake Forest University.
Ms. Verville has a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics from Smith College and received an honorary Doctor of Commercial Sciences from Bloomsberg University.
