Patricia “Pat” Russo is the Chairman of the Board for Hewlett Packard Enterprise and also serves on the boards of GM, Merck and KKR. She served as Chief Executive Officer of Alcatel-Lucent from 2006 to 2008 after completing that cross border integration.

Pat also served as Chairman of Lucent from 2003 to 2006 and as CEO of Lucent from 2002 to 2006. Prior to rejoining Lucent in 2002, Pat was President and Chief Operating Officer of Kodak from March 2001 to December 2001. She has spent her career in technology-based businesses, including: IBM, AT&T and Lucent Technologies.

Pat graduated from Georgetown University with a bachelor’s degree in political science and history, and obtained an Advanced Management Degree from the Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.