Vector Group Appoints Technology Veteran Wilson L. White to its Board of Directors
22 June 2021 - 10:00PM
Business Wire
Expands Board to 10 Directors with Addition of
Silicon Valley Executive
Vector Group Ltd. (NYSE: VGR) (the “Company”) today announced
that it has appointed technology industry veteran, Wilson L. White,
to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. White
currently serves as Senior Director of Government Affairs and
Public Policy at Google. With Mr. White’s appointment, Vector
Group’s Board expands to 10 directors.
“With many years of experience in the technology industry,
including government relations and legal expertise, Wilson brings
to the Board a unique skillset that will further strengthen Vector
Group’s commitment to staying at the forefront of our business’
rapidly-evolving digital environment,” said Howard M. Lorber,
President and Chief Executive Officer of Vector Group. “Wilson is a
results-oriented leader and collaborator, and we are thrilled to
welcome him to our Board of Directors.”
Mr. White commented, “I am honored to join Vector Group’s Board
of Directors and look forward to working with this talented team to
advance the Company’s goals for the benefit of all of its
stakeholders.”
In his current role at Google, Mr. White is responsible for
managing a global team focused on advising senior product
leadership on government affairs and public policy for the
company’s core business units, as well as developing and executing
external advocacy initiatives on artificial intelligence, privacy
and security, competition and other issue areas. Prior to assuming
this role in 2013, Mr. White served as a patent litigation attorney
on Google’s legal team and was previously a patent litigator for
the intellectual property practice of Kilpatrick Townsend &
Stockton LLP. This role was preceded by various positions in the
legal and engineering industries, including as a federal judicial
law clerk for the District of Maryland, a software developer for
IBM and a software engineer for I-Cubed.
Currently, Mr. White also serves as an adjunct faculty member at
the University of Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute, where
he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on the legal aspects
of entrepreneurship. Mr. White received a Bachelor of Science in
Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University and a
Juris Doctor from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Law.
Mr. White is engaged in numerous philanthropic and community
activities. He serves as Board Chair of the Black Bank Fund, which
aims to raise and invest $250 million into Black banks throughout
the United States by 2025. Mr. White also serves on the Boards of
the University of North Carolina School of Law Foundation and the
South Carolina Governor’s School for Science & Mathematics
Foundation.
About Vector Group
Vector Group is a holding company for Liggett Group LLC, Vector
Tobacco Inc., New Valley LLC and Douglas Elliman Realty, LLC.
Additional information concerning the company is available on the
Company's website, www.vectorgroupltd.com.
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