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ALTRIA GROUP, INC.

Operating across the United States through its subsidiaries, Altria Group, Inc. is a prominent manufacturer and marketer of both combustible and oral tobacco items.

https://registry.alpha.ac/companies/altria-group-inc

Entity: Public listing published
Primary listing: NYSE: MO
Verification: Partially verified
Last reviewed: 2026-10-16T13:51:24.289996+00:00

Overview

Operating across the United States through its subsidiaries, Altria Group, Inc. is a prominent manufacturer and marketer of both combustible and oral tobacco items. Its portfolio features cigarettes, primarily under the iconic Marlboro brand, alongside cigars and pipe tobacco mainly offered as Black & Mild. The enterprise further provides an assortment of moist smokeless tobacco products, including Copenhagen, Skoal, Red Seal, and Husky, in addition to its on! brand of oral nicotine pouches.

Canonical AEGIS identity graph

Executive leadership

Current, confirmed roles are shown only when both the person Profile and supporting source record satisfy the public projection boundary. A missing role is not evidence that it does not exist.

Executive team

12 public records

Allison Bolyard

Senior Vice President & Consumer Experience Officer for Altria Client Services

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 86%
Evidence: Altria Group, Inc. key executivesMay 2, 2026

Charles N. Whitaker

Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer & Chief Compliance Officer

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 86%
Evidence: Altria Group, Inc. key executivesMay 2, 2026

Heather A. Newman

Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy & Growth Officer

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 86%
Evidence: Altria Group, Inc. key executivesMay 2, 2026

Jennifer Hunter

Senior Vice President of Corporate Citizenship & Chief Sustainability Officer - Altria Client Services LLC

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 86%
Evidence: Altria Group, Inc. key executivesMay 2, 2026

Jody L. Begley

Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 86%
Evidence: Altria Group, Inc. key executivesMay 2, 2026

Kimberlee Pepple

Vice President and Chief Inclusion, Diversity & Equity Officer - Altria Client Services

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 86%
Evidence: Altria Group, Inc. key executivesMay 2, 2026

Mac Livingston

Vice President of Investor Relations

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 86%
Evidence: Altria Group, Inc. key executivesMay 2, 2026

Paige Magness

Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs - Altria Client Services LLC

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 86%
Evidence: Altria Group, Inc. key executivesMay 2, 2026

Robert A. McCarter

Executive Vice President & General Counsel

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 86%
Evidence: Altria Group, Inc. key executivesMay 2, 2026

Salvatore Mancuso

Executive VP, CFO & Director

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 86%
Evidence: Altria Group, Inc. key executivesMay 2, 2026

Shannon Leistra

President & CEO of NJOY, LLC, Senior VP and Chief Innovation & Product Officer

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 86%
Evidence: Altria Group, Inc. key executivesMay 2, 2026

William F. Gifford Jr.

Chief Executive Officer & Director

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 86%
Evidence: Altria Group, Inc. key executivesMay 2, 2026

Governance leadership

Boards & Committees

Board and committee assignments appear only when the canonical public projection retains a current role and supporting source. Unpublished records are not interpreted as absence.

Record as of Oct 16, 2026. Chair, executive office, Lead Independent Director and committee appointments retain their separate source roles. A complete board composition denominator and committee charters are not established by a partial roster.

Board roles

12 public records

Kathryn B. McQuade

Chair

Board chairIndependence not statedCompensation and Talent DevelopmentExecutiveFinance

State: confirmed
Effective: From Jan 1, 2012
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: Altria Group, Inc. director board sourceJan 1, 2012

Debra J. Kelly-Ennis

Director

Independence not statedAuditNominating, Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility · ChairExecutiveInnovationTechnologyESG · Chair

State: confirmed
Effective: From Jan 1, 2013
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: Altria Group, Inc. director board sourceJan 1, 2013

Ellen R. Strahlman

Director

Independence not statedNominating, Corporate Governance and Social ResponsibilityExecutiveFinanceInnovationTechnology · ChairESG

State: confirmed
Effective: From Jan 1, 2020
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: Altria Group, Inc. director board sourceJan 1, 2020

George Muoz

Director

Independence not statedAuditCompensation and Talent Development · ChairExecutiveFinance

State: confirmed
Effective: From Jan 1, 2004
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: Altria Group, Inc. director board sourceJan 1, 2004

Ian L.T. Clarke

Director

Independence not stated

State: confirmed
Effective: From Jan 1, 2022
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: Altria Group, Inc. director board sourceJan 1, 2022

M. Max Yzaguirre

Director

Independence not statedAuditCompensation and Talent DevelopmentFinanceInnovationTechnology

State: confirmed
Effective: From Jan 1, 2022
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: Altria Group, Inc. director board sourceJan 1, 2022

Marjorie M. Connelly

Director

Independence not statedAudit · ChairCompensation and Talent DevelopmentNominating, Corporate Governance and Social ResponsibilityExecutiveESG

State: confirmed
Effective: From Jan 1, 2021
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: Altria Group, Inc. director board sourceJan 1, 2021

R. Matt Davis

Director

Independence not statedCompensation and Talent DevelopmentNominating, Corporate Governance and Social ResponsibilityInnovationTechnologyESG

State: confirmed
Effective: From Jan 1, 2021
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: Altria Group, Inc. director board sourceJan 1, 2021

Richard S. Stoddart

Director

Independence not statedAuditNominating, Corporate Governance and Social ResponsibilityInnovationTechnologyESG

State: confirmed
Effective: From Jan 1, 2025
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: Altria Group, Inc. director board sourceJan 1, 2025

Salvatore Mancuso

Director

Independence not stated

State: confirmed
Effective: From Apr 2, 2026
Confidence: 92%
Evidence: MO DEF 14A director slateApr 2, 2026

Virginia E. Shanks

Director

Independence not statedCompensation and Talent DevelopmentExecutiveFinanceInnovationTechnology

State: confirmed
Effective: From Jan 1, 2017
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: Altria Group, Inc. director board sourceJan 1, 2017

William F. Gifford, Jr.

Director

Independence not statedExecutive

State: confirmed
Effective: From Jan 1, 2020
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: Altria Group, Inc. director board sourceApr 2, 2026

Committees

8 public records

Membership and chair roles are projected from current board seats. A chair is shown only when a stored chair flag says so.

Audit

Chair: Marjorie M. Connelly
Members: Marjorie M. Connelly (Chair); Debra J. Kelly-Ennis; George Muoz; M. Max Yzaguirre; Richard S. Stoddart

Compensation and Talent Development

Chair: George Muoz
Members: George Muoz (Chair); Kathryn B. McQuade; M. Max Yzaguirre; Marjorie M. Connelly; R. Matt Davis; Virginia E. Shanks

ESG

Chair: Debra J. Kelly-Ennis
Members: Debra J. Kelly-Ennis (Chair); Ellen R. Strahlman; Marjorie M. Connelly; R. Matt Davis; Richard S. Stoddart

Executive

Chair: Not stated
Members: Debra J. Kelly-Ennis; Ellen R. Strahlman; George Muoz; Kathryn B. McQuade; Marjorie M. Connelly; Virginia E. Shanks; William F. Gifford, Jr.

Finance

Chair: Not stated
Members: Ellen R. Strahlman; George Muoz; Kathryn B. McQuade; M. Max Yzaguirre; Virginia E. Shanks

Innovation

Chair: Not stated
Members: Debra J. Kelly-Ennis; Ellen R. Strahlman; M. Max Yzaguirre; R. Matt Davis; Richard S. Stoddart; Virginia E. Shanks

Nominating, Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility

Chair: Debra J. Kelly-Ennis
Members: Debra J. Kelly-Ennis (Chair); Ellen R. Strahlman; Marjorie M. Connelly; R. Matt Davis; Richard S. Stoddart

Technology

Chair: Ellen R. Strahlman
Members: Ellen R. Strahlman (Chair); Debra J. Kelly-Ennis; M. Max Yzaguirre; R. Matt Davis; Richard S. Stoddart; Virginia E. Shanks

Source record

Alpha canonical company public projection

Supports Company identity, Published leadership, Entity status boundary

Reviewed 2026-10-16T13:51:24.289996+00:00

ALTRIA GROUP, INC. Form 10-K (filed 2026-02-25)

Supports Official website

Reviewed 2026-08-29T22:22:03Z