Corporate Governance

Biography

Director Since:  April 2025
Age: 63
End of Current Term:  2028

Ms. Kountze has been the chief information officer of Bose Corporation (“Bose”), a consumer retail company that develops sound solutions for entertainment, home audio, aviation, and automotive industries since April 2022. Prior to Bose, Ms. Kountze served as the executive vice president and chief information officer of DentaQuest, a provider of dental and vision benefits administration, from February 2021 until March 2022. Prior to DentaQuest, Ms. Kountze served as the senior vice president and chief information officer at Eversource Energy, a provider of electric and natural gas service to customers in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire from 2010 until January 2022. Prior to Eversource, Ms. Kountze served for nine years in various senior information technology roles at The United Illuminating Company, an electric utility company in Connecticut (now a subsidiary of Avangrid, Inc.), and served as vice president and chief information officer from 2008 until 2010. Ms. Kountze currently serves on the board of directors and audit committee of Bombardier Recreation Products, Inc., a global provider of snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, motorcycles, and personal watercraft, based in Quebec, Canada. Ms. Kountze formerly served on the board of The Children’s Place from 2021 until 2024.