Category: Private Citizen — Corporate Director Role: Independent Director, Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN); Compensation Committee Chair Board Tenure: 2021 – present Committee Memberships: Leadership Development and Compensation Committee (Chair) Profile Type: Board Member Accountability — Anchor B (Documented Organizational Leadership)

Basis for Inclusion: Edith W. Cooper holds a documented governance role as Chair of the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee at Amazon.com Inc., which made documented political donations to Trump-aligned entities while the corporation faced antitrust scrutiny. As Compensation Committee Chair, Cooper holds primary board-level oversight responsibility for Amazon’s executive compensation — including the compensation structures that tie executive wealth to Amazon’s regulatory and policy outcomes. 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: Cooper’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

Edith W. Cooper is the co-founder of Medley Living, a membership-based community platform for personal and professional growth. She spent a distinguished career at Goldman Sachs, ultimately serving as Executive Vice President and Global Head of Human Capital Management from 2008 to 2017 — one of the most senior human resources leadership roles in global finance. She was also a trustee of MoMA and Mount Sinai Health System.

Cooper is one of the most senior Black women in corporate governance in the United States. Her background leading talent strategy at Goldman Sachs — one of the world’s most demanding talent environments — makes her well-qualified to chair Amazon’s compensation committee overseeing a workforce of over 1.5 million employees. She also serves on the PepsiCo board.

She holds a B.A. from Harvard-Radcliffe College.

Board Role and Governance Authority

• Company: Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)
• Board tenure: 2021 – present
• Committee assignments: Leadership Development and Compensation Committee (Chair)

Other Current Board Memberships

• PepsiCo Inc. (NASDAQ: PEP)

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)