Jeannie H. Diefenderfer

Jeannie H. Diefenderfer is a non-executive director of Colony Capital, Inc. Ms. Diefenderfer is founder and chief executive officer of courageNpurpose, LLC, a consulting firm providing advisory services to boards and CEOs in strategic initiatives to drive operational and business efficacy. She has nearly 30 years of technical and operational experience, with more than 10 years in executive leadership positions at Verizon Communications, including leading Verizon’s global customer care organization for its largest enterprise customers, serving as Chief Procurement Officer, and as Senior Vice President of Global Engineering & Planning. Ms. Diefenderfer is an independent member of the board of Windstream Holdings, Inc., and previously served as a director on the boards of public companies, MRV Communications, Inc. and Westell Technologies, Inc. Ms. Diefenderfer is also Chair of the Accenture Network Advisory Council, and Vice Chair and Trustee of Tufts University. She holds a bachelor of science in chemical engineering from Tufts University, and an MBA from Babson College.