Key Experience and Qualifications
Ms. Ferguson brings to Mattel’s Board significant leadership, finance, human capital management, strategy, and consumer products experience. As a former Chief Financial Officer in several consumer products businesses, she brings valuable perspective on managing large organizations, complex accounting principles and judgments, internal controls and financial reporting requirements, and evaluating the financial results and financial reporting processes of complex companies. Ms. Ferguson also has extensive board experience with publicly-traded companies and nonprofit organizations.
Director Since: 2020
Mattel Committee Memberships
Audit Committee (Chair)
Executive Committee
Career Highlights
Scarlett Investments, LLC, a private investment and consulting firm
- Principal since August 2013)
Cleveland Avenue LLC, a privately held venture capital and consulting firm
- Chief Financial Officer (September 2015 – December 2020)
The Folgers Coffee Company, a division of Procter & Gamble
- Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (April 2008 – November 2008)
Merisant Worldwide, Inc., a maker of table-top sweeteners and sweetened food products
- Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2007 – 2008)
Sara Lee Corporation, a global consumer products company
- Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Sara Lee Foodservice (2006 – 2007)
- Senior Vice President Strategy and Corporate Development (2004 – 2006)
- Vice President and Treasurer (2001 – 2004)
Other Public Company Directorships
- Gartner, Inc. since 2021
- Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. since 2019
- Invacare Corporation (2018 – 2022)
- Frontier Communications Corporation (2014 – 2021)
Additional Leadership Experience and Service
- Director, Chicago Botanic Gardens since 2021
- Trustee, Groton School (2015 – 2024)