Cheryl Mills
iHeartMedia today announced that it has named Cheryl Mills, Founder/Chief Executive Officer of the BlackIvy Group LLC, to its Board of Directors. Her appointment expands the iHeartMedia Board to eight directors.
Mills founded BlackIvy as a values-driven company that builds and grows commercial enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa to meet the needs of an expanding consumer population and growing business sector. BlackIvy’s platform of businesses across East and West Africa include housing, healthcare, food, warehousing and logistics. As CEO, Mills oversees all facets of the company from strategy to capital-raising.
“We are extremely pleased that Cheryl Mills is joining the iHeart board,” said Bob Pittman, Chairman/CEO of iHeartMedia. “Her depth and breadth of experience, her leadership in policy, business and entrepreneurship, education and media, and her deep commitment to public service, will provide strong and unique value to our board and our company, and we are looking forward to her contributions.”
Prior to BlackIvy, Mills served as Chief of Staff to Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton and Counselor to the U.S. Department of State. She directly supervised specific policy areas, including the Obama Administration’s $3.5 billion global hunger and food security initiative spanning 19 countries, including 12 in Africa. From 2002-2009, Mills served as Senior Vice President for Administration and Operations and as General Counsel at New York University. She previously served as Senior Vice President for Corporate Policy and Public Programming at Oxygen Media and as Deputy Counsel to the President at the White House.
In addition to the iHeart Board, Mills currently serves on the board of BlackRock, Inc., the Clinton Foundation and the See Forever Foundation / Maya Angelou Public Charter School.
