About
Audrey Boone Tillman, executive vice president and general counsel of Aflac Incorporated, directs Aflac’s Legal division and functions related to Compliance, Government Relations, Federal Relations, State Government Relations, Corporate Communications, and the office of the Corporate Secretary, including oversight functions of the General Counsel and Compliance offices at Aflac Japan, where the company earns more than 75 percent of its revenues. Audrey joined Aflac in 1996 as a member of the Legal Department and was promoted to vice president in 2000. Her work as legal counsel to the Human Resources division led to her promotion to senior vice president of Human Resources in August 2001 and then to executive vice president of Corporate Services in 2008. She was promoted to General Counsel in May 2014. During her tenure, the company has received multiple honors, including Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies for the 20th time, Ethisphere’s World’s Most Ethical Companies for 15 consecutive years and Bloomberg’s Gender-Equality Index for the second consecutive year. Aflac has been recognized by Black Enterprise magazine as one of its 40 Best Companies for Diversity 11 times and has appeared 21 times on LATINA Style magazine’s annual list of The 50 Best Companies for Latinas to Work in the U.S. Audrey has received numerous awards and accolades during her career at Aflac. Most recently, she was named to Black Enterprise magazine’s Most Powerful Women in Business list for the third consecutive year and Women’s Inc.’s Top Corporate Counsel list in 2019. She also received the Meritorious Public Service Medal awarded by the Department of the United States Army in 2020. Before joining Aflac, Audrey served as an associate professor at North Carolina Central University School of Law. Prior to that, she worked in private practice and also served as a federal judicial law clerk with the U.S. District Court for North Carolina. Audrey received a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Juris Doctor from the University of Georgia School of Law. She is a member of the state bars of Georgia, North Carolina and the District of Columbia. Audrey serves on the board of directors for Equifax, Inc. and is involved in many local initiatives to improve the community in and around the Columbus, Ga. area. She is also a Diamond Life Member of the Columbus Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
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| Company | Committee | Role | Appointment Date | Resignation Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equifax | Board | Member | 01/01/2021 |