M. Michele Burns is on the board of Cisco Systems, Inc. and 6 other companies.

Ms. Burns previously was Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at Delta Air Lines, Inc., Chief Financial Officer at Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for Mercer, Inc. and Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for Mercer LLC (both are subsidiaries of Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.), Chief Financial & Restructuring Officer at GenOn Energy Holdings, Inc., Manager at GenOn Mid-Atlantic LLC, Senior Partner at Arthur Andersen LLP, Manager at GenOn Americas Generation LLC and Treasurer & Executive Director at Elton John AIDS Foundation, Inc.

M. Michele Burns received an undergraduate degree and a graduate degree from the University of Georgia.