Maria Eitel

Maria Eitel has a distinguished career in leadership and corporate responsibility, serving at Nike since 1998 as the Founder, President & CEO, and Chair of the NIKE Foundation Board of Directors. Eitel also founded the Girl Effect and holds positions as Chair Emeritus and Chair of the Board of Trustees. Additional board roles include membership at Cloudflare, Inc. and the World Surf League, and advisory roles at MIT Media Lab. Eitel's past experience includes managerial positions at Microsoft and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, as well as serving as Special Assistant to President George H.W. Bush. Eitel's education includes degrees from McGill University and Georgetown University, an executive program at Stanford University, an honorary degree from Babson College, and a fellowship at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford.