Wilma Wallace

Wilma Wallace is a board member and strategic advisor with over 25 years of broad base experience in retail, consumer products, services, and wellness. 
Most recently, Wilma was the Chief Legal Officer and Chief Diversity & Social Impact Officer for REI.  Wilma  was the founding Board chair of the REI Cooperative Action Fund, a 501© (3) organization. Her leadership at REI contributed to the company being recognized as the top brand for social impact by Forbes in 2023.
Prior to her time at REI, Wilma served as the Chief Legal Counsel for Enveritas, an international start-up venture focused on sustainable environmental practices in the coffee industry.

Wilma began her corporate career at Gap Inc., last served as Vice President, Sustainability and Deputy General Counsel.  Wilma serves on the Board of Premera, a healthcare provider, where she is the Chair of the Compensation Committee and is a member of the Audit & Finance and Nominations & Governance Committee. She also serves as Vice-Chair on the Board of Landesa, an organization dedicated to poverty elimination and climate justice through land rights. In addition to serving on the Audit & Finance Committee at Landesa, Wilma chairs the Board's DEI task force.

Wilma earned her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law and holds an undergraduate degree from Brown University. She began her career as a commercial litigator at Orrick Harrington and Sutcliffe, and Folger, Levin & Kahn in San Francisco, California. Wilma and her family are proud residents of Oakland, California.