Category: Private Citizen — Corporate Director Role: Independent Director, ExxonMobil Corporation Board Tenure: 2009 – present Committee Memberships: Compensation Committee; Public Issues and Contributions Committee Profile Type: Board Member Accountability — Anchor B (Documented Organizational Leadership)

Basis for Inclusion: Kenneth C. Frazier holds a documented governance role at ExxonMobil Corporation, the largest U.S. oil and gas company by market capitalization, which made documented political donations to Trump-aligned entities. ExxonMobil’s business is significantly affected by federal energy policy, offshore drilling regulations, environmental permitting, carbon pricing, and U.S. trade policy on oil and gas exports — all areas where the Trump administration reversed Biden-era policies. 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.

What is NOT the basis for inclusion: Personal political opinions, party affiliation, or protected speech are NOT the basis for inclusion.

Biographical Overview

Kenneth C. Frazier served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Merck & Co., Inc. from 2011 to 2021, overseeing one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies. A graduate of Penn State University and Harvard Law School, Frazier began his career as a litigator before joining Merck as its General Counsel and rising to the top executive role. He is widely recognized for resigning from President Trump’s American Manufacturing Council in August 2017 in response to Trump’s statements following the Charlottesville violence — one of the first major business leaders to publicly distance from that advisory body. Despite this public break, Frazier has continued to serve as an independent director at ExxonMobil throughout both Trump terms. He has been on ExxonMobil’s board since 2009, making him one of its longest-serving independent directors.

Board Role and Governance Authority

• Company: ExxonMobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM)
• Board tenure: 2009 – present
• Committee assignments: Compensation Committee; Public Issues and Contributions Committee
• Governance note: Membership on the Public Issues and Contributions Committee places Frazier in a direct oversight role over ExxonMobil’s political donation and lobbying-related giving decisions.

Other Current Board Memberships

• Merck & Co., Inc. (Executive Chairman, 2021; retired CEO)
• Pfizer Inc. (board member)

Parent Corporate Donor Profile

This profile is a governance-accountability companion to the ExxonMobil corporate donor profile.

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Sources

• ExxonMobil Corporation DEF 14A Proxy Statement, 2025; SEC EDGAR
• Merck & Co. Annual Reports and proxy filings, 2011–2021