Board of Directors

2019 Annual Report

The Travelers Companies, Inc.

Back row, from left: Otis, Shepard, Thomsen, Schnitzer, Beller and Schermerhorn. Front row, from left: Ruegger, Higgins, Kane and Dolan.

Philip T. Ruegger III

Retired Chairman

Simpson Thacher &

Bartlett LLP

Director since 2014

 

Todd C. Schermerhorn*

Retired Senior Vice President and CFO

C. R. Bard, Inc.

Director since 2016

Alan D. Schnitzer

Chairman and CEO

Travelers

Director since 2015

 

Donald J. Shepard

Retired Chairman of the

Executive Board and CEO

AEGON N.V.

Director since 2009

 

Laurie J. Thomsen

Retired Partner and

Co-Founder

Prism Venture Partners

Director since 2004

 

 

Alan L. Beller

Senior Counsel

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Director since 2007

 

Janet M. Dolan

President

Act 3 Enterprises, LLC

Retired President and CEO

Tennant Company

Director since 2001

 

 

Patricia L. Higgins

Retired President and CEO

Switch and Data Facilities, Inc.

Director since 2007

 

William J. Kane

Retired Audit Partner

Ernst & Young

Director since 2012

 

Clarence Otis Jr.

Retired Chairman and CEO

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

Director since 2017

 

 

 

*Independent Lead Director

Board Committees

Audit

Kane (Chair)

Beller

Higgins

Schermerhorn

Thomsen

Investment and

Capital Markets

Dolan (Chair)

Otis

Ruegger

Shepard

 

Compensation

Shepard (Chair)

Dolan

Otis

Ruegger

Nominating and

Governance

Ruegger (Chair)

Dolan

Otis

Shepard

 

 

 

Executive

Schnitzer (Chair)

Dolan

Kane

Ruegger

Schermerhorn

Shepard

Risk

Schermerhorn (Chair)

Beller

Higgins

Kane

Thomsen

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