Victoria D. Harker served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA), formerly Gannett Co. Inc. (NYSE: GCI), a global $10B media and digital communications company until 2024.  Before joining Gannett in 2012, she served as CFO and President of Global Business Services of the AES Corp. (NYSE: AES), a multinational power company.  Prior to joining AES, she was CFO and Treasurer of MCI from 2002 to 2006 and served as CFO of the MCI Group from 1998 to 2002.  She also held several operating positions at MCI within the consumer and small business divisions in finance, information technology, and operations between 1990 and 1998.

Beyond her management experience, Ms. Harker holds leadership roles on several public company boards, including Huntington Ingalls (NYSE: HII), Xylem Inc. (NYSE: XYL) and PMI (NYSE: PMI). At HII, the Virginia-based $15B builder of ships and submarines for the U.S. government, she serves as Chair of the Compensation Committee and on the Finance Committee.  At Xylem, the $13B global water infrastructure company, she served as Audit Committee Chair since the company’s 2012 inception and a member of the Nominating and Governance Committee and Finance Committees.  She also previously served on the Board of Directors of Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI) from 2007-2014 and STRIDE (NYSE: LRN) from 2020–2022.
 
In the not-for-profit space, Ms. Harker also serves on several boards, primarily focused on education.  She was appointed to the UVA Board of Visitors (BoV) by Governor Abigail Spanberger in January 2026 where she serves as Vice Rector, Chair of the Finance Committee, and serves as member of the executive committee.  She was previously appointed to the UVA BoV by Governor Robert McDonnell in 2012, where she chaired the Finance Committee and was a member of the Executive Committee, the Academic Affairs Committee, the Health System Board, She continues to serve as a public member of the UVA Health System Board, Chair of the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy Board, and Treasurer of the Rare Book School Board. She is emeritus to the UVA Jefferson Trust and the Alumni Association Boards, which she chaired from 2010-2012 and currently also serves as a Trustee to the board of American University. 
 
In 2019, Ms. Harker was appointed by Governor Ralph Northam to the Board of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV), responsible for policy and financial oversight for Virginia’s higher education school system. She was subsequently renewed by Governor Glenn Youngkin, serving as Vice Chair of SCHEV until 2024.  

Victoria is also actively engaged in the Virginia Business Higher Education Council (VBHEC) Board, one of the nation’s leading public private partnerships, driving economic growth through the advancement of higher education.  She serves as a Trustee on the Board of the Virginia Historical Society, providing oversight for the $90M bi-partisan endowment and Richmond’s Virginia Museum of History & Culture.

Ms. Harker received her bachelor’s degree in English, with a concentration in economics, from the University of Virginia and a master’s degree in business administration, with a concentration in finance, from American University.  A two-time ironman triathlete, 28 time marathon runner, long-distance swimmer, biker, and golfer. She lives in McLean, Virginia, with her husband; they have three adult sons, all graduates of UVA.