Category: Private Citizen — Corporate Director Role: Independent Director, Altria Group Inc. Board Tenure: 2025 (February 3) – present Committee Memberships: Audit Committee; Innovation Committee; Nominating, Corporate Governance & Social Responsibility (NCGSR) Committee Profile Type: Board Member Accountability — Anchor B (Documented Organizational Leadership)

Basis for Inclusion: Richard S. Stoddart holds a documented governance role at Altria Group Inc. Altria Group Inc. is the parent company of Philip Morris USA, the maker of Marlboro cigarettes, and has made significant documented political donations to Trump-aligned entities. Altria’s business is substantially affected by FDA tobacco regulation, federal excise tax policy, and the regulatory framework governing menthol cigarettes, oral nicotine, and e-cigarettes. 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

Richard S. Stoddart is a marketing services, advertising, and consumer products executive with a career spanning creative agency leadership and brand management. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Leo Burnett Worldwide, the iconic Chicago-based advertising agency within the Publicis Groupe network, and subsequently as CEO of InnerWorkings, a publicly traded global marketing execution firm providing print and promotional materials to major corporations. He currently serves as Chair of the board of Hasbro Inc., the global toy and entertainment company. Stoddart joined the Altria board on February 3, 2025, making him the most recently appointed independent director as of the 2025 proxy. His advertising and brand-management background is relevant to Altria’s consumer marketing and innovation strategy in the evolving tobacco and nicotine product landscape.

Board Role and Governance Authority

• Company: Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO)
• Board tenure: February 3, 2025 – present (most recently appointed director)
• Committee assignments: Audit Committee; Innovation Committee; Nominating, Corporate Governance & Social Responsibility (NCGSR) Committee

Other Current Board Memberships (if applicable)

• Chair, Hasbro Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS)

Parent Corporate Donor Profile

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

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Sources

• Altria Group Inc. DEF 14A Proxy Statement, filed April 3, 2025; SEC EDGAR (CIK 764180)
• SEC EDGAR filing: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764180/000155837025004359/tmb-20250515xdef14a.htm