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Jamie S. Gorelick — Board Member Accountability Profile

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Category: Private Citizen — Corporate Director Role: Lead Independent Director, Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) Board Tenure: 2012 – present Committee Memberships: Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee; Lead Independent Director Profile Type: Board Member Accountability — Anchor B (Documented Organizational Leadership)

> Basis for Inclusion: Jamie S. Gorelick holds a documented governance role as Lead Independent Director of Amazon.com Inc., which made documented political donations to Trump-aligned entities while the corporation faced antitrust scrutiny and maintained significant government contract relationships. As Lead Independent Director, Gorelick holds the highest governance oversight role among Amazon’s independent directors. This profile documents the factual governance relationship, not the subject’s personal political views.

> Subject Classification: Private Citizen / Corporate Director. Board membership is a matter of public record (SEC filings, proxy statements). This profile documents only the governance role and its connection to documented corporate political activity.

> What is NOT the basis for inclusion: Gorelick’s personal political opinions, party affiliation, public statements, or any protected speech are NOT the basis for inclusion. The basis is solely the documented directorial role and its fiduciary connection to corporate political spending documented in the parent corporate donor profile.

Biographical Overview

Jamie S. Gorelick is Senior Counsel at WilmerHale, where she was a partner from 2003 to January 2026. She is one of the most distinguished lawyers in Washington, D.C., having served as U.S. Deputy Attorney General (the #2 position in the Justice Department) from 1994 to 1997 and as General Counsel of the Department of Defense. She was also a member of the 9/11 Commission.

Gorelick’s deep background in law enforcement, national security, and government oversight gives her distinctive credentials for overseeing a company of Amazon’s scale and government exposure. Her concurrent lead director role at VeriSign — where she chairs the Nominating and Governance Committee — adds to her cross-sector governance portfolio.

She holds an A.B. from Radcliffe College/Harvard University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Board Role and Governance Authority

  • Company: Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)
  • Board tenure: 2012 – present
  • Role: Lead Independent Director
  • Committee assignments: Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Other Current Board Memberships

  • VeriSign Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) — Lead Independent Director, chairs Nominating and Governance Committee

Parent Corporate Donor Profile

This profile is a governance-accountability companion to the Amazon corporate donor profile, which documents the corporation’s political spending, pending government business, and favorable outcomes under the Trump administration.

Sources

  • Amazon.com Inc. DEF 14A Proxy Statement, filed April 2025
  • Amazon.com Inc. DEF 14A Proxy Statement, 2026
  • SEC EDGAR filing: Amazon.com Inc. (CIK 1018724)
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