35. Carole Black

Social responsibility is a core value of Carole Black. Her lifetime application of the value and her steady influence have made a global impact that will outlive her. As a board member and leading advocate for V-Day—the worldwide activist group combating violence against women and girls, just one of several charitable concerns with which she is involved—Black draws on the experiences of a varied career to help make the world a better place. Although she earned recognition for her leadership at Disney and the Lifetime Network, Black traces the principles on which she operates back to her first job on graduating from college, with Procter & Gamble (P&G).

Black hails from the company’s Cincinnati home ground, having graduated from ...

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