Corporate Champion

The Women's Forum of NY

Pfizer was recognized as Corporate Champion by the Women's Forum of New York at the Breakfast of Champions on November 2, 2011 at the New York Stock Exchange for having 20% women members comprise its Board of Directors.

"Company boards should reflect the people they serve. A diversity of perspective and experiences at all levels is simply good business sense" says Ian C. Read, President & CEO, Pfizer.

Pfizer's Women Board Members

Frances D. Fergusson, Ph.D.

President Emeritus of Vassar College since 2006 and President from 1986 to 2006. Served on the Mayo Clinic Board for 14 years, the last four years as its Chairman, and as President of the Board of Overseers of Harvard University from 2007 through 2008. Director of HSBC Bank USA from 1990 through 2008 and Director of Wyeth from 2005 until 2009. Currently Director of Mattel, Inc. Our Director since 2009. Chair of our Regulatory and Compliance Committee and a member of our Compensation Committee and our Science and Technology Committee.

Constance J. Horner

Guest Scholar from 1993 until 2005 at The Brookings Institution, an organization devoted to nonpartisan research, education and publication in economics, government, foreign policy and the social sciences. Commissioner of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights from 1993 to 1998. Served at the White House as Assistant to President George H. W. Bush and as Director of Presidential Personnel from 1991 to 1993. Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, from 1989 to 1991. Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management from 1985 to 1989. Director of Ingersoll-Rand plc and Prudential Financial, Inc.; Fellow, National Academy of Public Administration; and Member of the Board of Trustees of the Prudential Foundation. Our Director since 1993 and Lead Independent Director from 2007 until December 2010. Member of our Corporate Governance Committee, our Regulatory and Compliance Committee and our Executive Committee.

Suzanne Nora Johnson

Retired Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., since 2007. During her 21-year tenure with Goldman Sachs, she served in various leadership roles, including Chair of the Global Markets Institute, Head of Global Research, and Head of Global Health Care. Director of American International Group, Inc., Intuit Inc. and VISA Inc. Board member of the American Red Cross, The Brookings Institution, the Carnegie Institution of Washington and the University of Southern California. Our Director since 2007. Member of our Audit Committee, our Compensation Committee and our Science and Technology Committee.

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