Paula A. Price is an independent board director and strategic advisor who combines her extensive business and financial expertise with a strong commitment to coaching and mentoring emerging leaders. She currently serves on the boards of four publicly traded companies, including Accenture (NYSE: ACN), Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY), Mondelez (NASDAQ: MDLZ), and Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ: WBD). Price previously served on the boards of four other publicly traded companies, including Reddit (NYSE: RDDT) as its IPO Readiness Committee chair. Price is currently a member of the board of trustees for the Alvin Ailey Dance Company and the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health and was previously board chair of Big Bros. Big Sisters of Massachusetts.

Price was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Macy’s Inc. (NYSE: M) until 2020. As CFO, she was a principal architect of Macy’s transformation journey and, during the COVID-19 pandemic, led its financial restructuring including raising $4.5 billion to recapitalize and sustain the company. Since July 2018, Price continued to contribute to academia as a Visiting Executive at Harvard Business School (HBS), following her role as a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration from 2014 to 2018.

Before her time at Macy’s and HBS, Price served as EVP and Chief Financial Officer of Ahold USA, where she led Finance, Accounting, Strategy, Real Estate, and Information Technology. She also played a key role in the $26 billion CVS/Caremark merger as Senior Vice President, Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer at CVS Health (NYSE: CVS), and she held senior finance roles at JPMorgan Chase. Price began her career as an intern at Arthur Andersen & Co., later joining full-time to advise clients in the financial services, consumer packaged goods, and healthcare sectors.

With a career spanning finance, general management, and strategy roles across industries and geographies, including New York, Boston, London, and Chicago, Price brings a wealth of experience to her board and advisory work.

Price earned an MBA in Finance and Strategy from the University of Chicago, and a BSc in Accountancy from DePaul University. She is a certified public accountant.

Price resides in Manhattan and Martha’s Vineyard with her family, where she enjoys painting and outdoor
activities.