Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, TEGNA
Victoria D. Harker is the former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of TEGNA, Inc., a broadcast and digital media company created in 2015 when Gannett Co. split into two publicly traded companies.
Harker previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of Gannett (2012-2015), the AES Corp. (2006-2012), MCI, Inc. (2002-2006), and the MCI Group, a unit of Worldcom, Inc. (1998-2002). Harker currently serves on the Board of Directors of Philip Morris International, Inc., where she is a member of the Audit and Risk Committee, and Xylem, Inc. (formerly ITT), a global water infrastructure company, where she serves as chair of its Audit Committee and a member of its Nominating and Governance Committee. She previously served on the Board of Directors of Darden Restaurants, Inc. Harker is a member of the University of Virginia Board of Visitors, a member of the University of Virginia Health System Board, and a member of American University’s Board of Trustees. She earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia and a master’s of business administration from American University.