Biography

Ms. Rushing has served as a member of our Board since January 2022. Since February 2020, Ms. Rushing has served as Managing Director and Executive Mentor for The ExCo Group, LLC (formerly Merryck & Co.), a global executive coaching and mentoring firm. Ms. Rushing has also served as the President of CR Consulting Alliance, LLC, her own human resource consulting firm, from November 2019 to the present. From May 2006 to January 2020, Ms. Rushing served as Corporate Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of Equifax Inc, a publicly traded consumer credit reporting agency. From June 1996 to December 2005, she was Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer of The Coca-Cola Company, a publicly traded multinational beverage corporation. Ms. Rushing served as a board member of Benefitfocus.com, Inc., a publicly traded cloud-based benefits platform software company, from March 2021, until January 2023, when Voya Financial, Inc. acquired it. Ms. Rushing has served as a board member of 2U, Inc., a publicly traded educational technology company, since April 2016. She also serves as an external board member for Spencer Stuart, a global search firm and professional services firm, and advisor to private company boards. Ms. Rushing is a requested speaker at various conferences focused on leadership, human capital, diversity, equity, and inclusion. Ms. Rushing previously served on the board, including most recently as Chair and then Chair Emeritus, of The Society for Human Resource Management. Ms. Rushing holds a Master of Education in Human Resources and Counseling from The George Washington University and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Psychology from East Carolina University.