Category: Private Citizen — Corporate Director Role: Independent Director, Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) Board Tenure: 2023 – present Committee Memberships: Audit Committee (Financial Expert) Profile Type: Board Member Accountability — Anchor B (Documented Organizational Leadership)

Basis for Inclusion: Brad D. Smith holds a documented governance role as an independent director and Audit Committee financial expert at Amazon.com Inc., which made documented political donations to Trump-aligned entities while the corporation faced antitrust scrutiny. 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: Smith’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

Brad D. Smith has been President of Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia since 2022. Before entering higher education leadership, he was CEO of Intuit, the financial software company behind TurboTax, QuickBooks, and Mint, from 2008 to 2018, and Executive Chairman from 2019 to 2022. Under his CEO tenure, Intuit’s revenue grew from approximately $3 billion to $6 billion. He co-founded the Wing 2 Wing Foundation in 2019, focused on education and economic opportunity in Appalachia.

Smith’s extensive background in financial software and small business technology makes him a valuable financial expert on the Amazon board. He also serves on the JPMorgan Chase board, giving him cross-sector governance experience spanning technology, finance, and retail.

He holds a B.B.A. in Business Administration from Marshall University and an M.B.A. from Aquinas College.

Board Role and Governance Authority

• Company: Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)
• Board tenure: 2023 – present
• Committee assignments: Audit Committee (designated financial expert)

Other Current Board Memberships

• JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM)

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)