Michele Mayes

Michele Coleman Mayes currently serves as Independent Director at Gogo, Inc. since 2016, Independent Director at Brookfield Wealth Solutions Ltd. since 2023, Director at Legal Momentum, Director at Business Council of Southwestern Connecticut, Trustee at The American College of Governance Counsel, Director at Worldwide Litigation Services, and Staff Vice President & Associate General Counsel at Worldwide Litigation Services.
Former positions include Chairman of the American Bar Association from 2014 to 2017, Director at American Arbitration Association, Inc., Director at Assurant, Inc. from 2004 to 2007, Director at The RAND Corp., Director at Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, Inc., Vice President-Legal & Assistant Secretary at Colgate-Palmolive Co. from 1992 to 2003, Senior Vice President & General Counsel at Pitney Bowes, Inc. from 2003 to 2007, Associate General Counsel at Unisys Corp., Executive Vice President & General Counsel at The Allstate Corp.
from 2011 to 2012, Managing Attorney at Burroughs Corp., Chief-Civil Division at US Department of Justice in 1982, Secretary, Vice President & General Counsel at The New York Public Library Astor Lenox & Tilden Foundations from 2012 to 2024, and Executive Vice President & General Counsel at Allstate Insurance Co. from 2012 to 2024.
Education includes undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan and graduate studies at The University of Michigan Law School.