Willard McCloud III is Vice-President of Zimmer Biomet and is responsible for developing and executing the company’s global, enterprise-wide strategies for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG).
Willard is a member of the Executive Leadership Council and sits on the Business Advisory Council for the Human Rights Campaign, America’s largest civil rights organization working to achieve LGBTQ equality.
Willard holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, and was an Oprah Winfrey and Merrill Scholar. Willard also received his Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Virginia’s Darden School as a Consortium Fellow. Willard is a former Luce Scholar who has lived in Asia, Europe, and worked in six of seven continents.