Biography
JoEllen Dillon has been a member of the Board of Directors of Viatris Inc. (NASDAQ:VTRS, “Viatris”) since November 16, 2020, when Mylan N.V. combined with Pfizer Inc.’s Upjohn division to form Viatris (the “Combination”). She is a member of the Viatris Board’s Executive, Audit, and Compensation Committees, and is Chair of the Governance and Nominating Committee, formerly also serving on the Compliance Committee. Ms. Dillon previously served as a Director of Mylan N.V (NASDAQ:MYL) from 2014 until the closing of the Combination, most recently serving as Chair of the Compensation and Governance and Nominating Committees, and serving as a member of the Audit, Compliance and Executive Committees.
Ms. Dillon also previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of the World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:WWE), an integrated media and entertainment company during 2022 and 2023, and served on the Shareholder Demand Committee of WWE. Ms. Dillon was an executive officer of The ExOne Company (“ExOne”) (NASDAQ: XONE, now merged into DesktopMetal (NYSE:DM)), an emerging growth company and global provider of three-dimensional printing machines and services, from March 2013 to August 2017. She was promoted as the Company’s only executive vice president in December 2014, adding to her original duties as chief legal officer and corporate secretary. In that capacity, she was responsible for, among other things, capital markets development, corporate strategic planning, human resources, global compliance, investor relations, as well as international business development within Europe and Asia. Prior to joining ExOne, she was a legal consultant on ExOne’s initial public offering and joined the company shortly after the public filing. Previously, Ms. Dillon had an approximately 25-year legal career in corporate mergers and acquisitions and securities, where she represented both public and private companies in a variety of complex matters. She was a partner with Reed Smith LLP, a law firm, from 2002 until 2011, and previously had been at the law firm of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC from 1988 until 2002, where she became a partner in 1997. Ms. Dillon served as a member of the board of trustees of the Allegheny District chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and served as Chair and Audit Committee Chair.
