Category: Private Citizen — Corporate Director Role: Independent Director, Comcast Corporation (CMCSA) Board Tenure: 2016 – present Committee Memberships: Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee Profile Type: Board Member Accountability — Anchor B (Documented Organizational Leadership)

Basis for Inclusion: Madeline S. Bell holds a documented governance role as an independent director and governance committee member at Comcast Corporation, which made documented political donations to Trump-aligned entities. 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.

Biographical Overview

Madeline S. Bell is President and CEO of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), one of the nation’s oldest and most respected pediatric hospital systems, a position she has held since 2015. She joined CHOP in 1983 and rose through nursing and hospital administration leadership. Under her leadership, CHOP has expanded its network significantly and was recognized as one of the best children’s hospitals in the country by U.S. News & World Report for multiple consecutive years.

Bell’s governance role at Comcast provides the board with healthcare administration and nonprofit management perspective — complementary to the commercially focused backgrounds of other directors. Her long CHOP tenure and Philadelphia roots also reflect her community standing in Comcast’s headquarters city. She is a trustee of various Philadelphia civic institutions.

Board Role and Governance Authority

• Company: Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA)
• Board tenure: 2016 – present
• Committee assignments: Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee
• Day job: President & CEO, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)

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Sources

• Comcast Corporation DEF 14A Proxy Statement, filed April 2025; SEC EDGAR (CIK 1166691)