New York, NY, Nov. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — JUST Capital, the leading independent nonprofit on corporate stakeholder performance, today announced the appointment of six new members to its board of directors: Mehdi Ansari (Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP), Jonathan Auerbach (Former EVP and Chief Strategy, Growth & Data Officer, PayPal Holdings Inc.), Laxman Narasimhan (Former CEO, Starbucks Corporation; Reckitt; PepsiCo LatAm, Europe, and SS Africa); Franz Paasche (EVP, Corporate Affairs, Verizon Communications Inc.), Stephanie Stahl (Senior Advisor & Executive Coach, Boston Consulting Group), and Charles C.Y. Wang (Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School).\u00a0<\/p>\n
The additions bring deep leadership experience and expertise across technology, research, communications, and corporate strategy and governance, positioning the organization to accelerate its transformation into an AI-powered corporate intelligence platform that helps business leaders optimize both business and stakeholder performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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