Stephanie A. Burns — Board Member Accountability Profile
Category: Private Citizen — Corporate Director Role: Independent Director, HP Inc. Board Tenure: 2015 – present Committee Memberships: Finance, Investment & Technology, Human Resources & Compensation (Chair) Profile Type: Board Member Accountability — Anchor B (Documented Organizational Leadership)
Basis for Inclusion: Stephanie A. Burns holds a documented governance role at HP Inc. HP Inc. is a major personal computer and printer manufacturer and made documented political donations to Trump-aligned entities. HP Inc. is significantly affected by federal IT procurement contracts, tariff policy on consumer electronics manufactured in Asia, and export control regulations. 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
Stephanie A. Burns served as President and CEO of Dow Corning Corporation, a global leader in silicone materials and specialty chemicals used across electronics, healthcare, and industrial applications. She joined Dow Corning as a research chemist and rose through R&D, marketing, and business leadership to the top executive role. Burns brings scientific and industrial manufacturing expertise to the HP Inc. board, which she joined in 2015. She chairs the Human Resources & Compensation Committee and serves on the Finance, Investment & Technology Committee.
Board Role and Governance Authority
- Company: HP Inc. (NYSE: HPQ)
- Board tenure: 2015 – present
- Committee assignments: Finance, Investment & Technology Committee, Human Resources & Compensation Committee (Chair)
Other Current Board Memberships (if applicable)
Not publicly reported in proxy.
Parent Corporate Donor Profile
This profile is a governance-accountability companion to the HP Inc. corporate donor profile.
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Investigative trail pointers (public records)
Education only — verify independently. Absence of hits is not proof.
| Channel | Starting points |
|---|---|
| Federal courts | CourtListener / PACER party and attorney searches (spelling variants) |
| Campaign finance | FEC + OpenSecrets for committees and donors tied to documented roles |
| Corporate / LLC | State secretary of state; OpenCorporates for cross-border shells from reporting |
| Sanctions / PEP | OpenSanctions when international business context is already sourced |
| Contracts / grants | USAspending.gov for named entities from investigations |
Use public-records-research-specialist, corporate-intelligence-investigator, and public-corruption-ombudsman evidence tiers.
Sources
- HP Inc. 2026 Proxy Statement (for fiscal year 2025 annual meeting); SEC EDGAR