Expertise: Governance, Risk Management, M&A, Capital Markets (IPO), Compliance, Shareholder Activism, and Corporate Crisis

Directorship Experience: Kaiser Aluminum Corporation (Director, 2019–present; Mbr., Audit, Nominating & Governance, ESG), AES Corporation (Director, 2021–present; Chair of Governance; Mbr., Compensation, Innovation & Technology), Peckham Industries 
(Director, 2023–present; Mbr., Governance, Audit), Terminix Global Holdings (Director, 2021–2022; Mbr., Compensation, Nominating & Governance), Juul Labs Inc. (Director, 2020–2022; Chair of Audit; Mbr. Of Compensation), Edward Jones Bank (a proposed bank, Director, 2020–2022), Assemble Sound LLC (Advisory Director, 2018–present)

Executive Experience: President and CEO, The Dominion Asset Group (2015–present); Former SVP, Darden Restaurants Inc. (2010–2015); Former VP, Veyance Technologies Inc. (2008–2010); Former SVP, Information Resources Inc. (2007); Former Director & Asst. Corporate Secretary, DTE Energy Corporation (2001–2007) 

Industries: Restaurants, Energy, Manufacturing, Banking 

Ownership: Public, Private, Family-Owned

Designations: Licensed Attorney; NACD Directorship Certified^®, SEC Financial Expert

Teresa M. Sebastian is the founder, president, and CEO of The Dominion Asset Group, a firm primarily investing in real estate and commercial ventures. She has spent two decades in boardrooms driving strategy, participating in the creation of shareholder value, and implementing best practices. She serves on the boards of Kaiser Aluminum Corporation; AES Corporation, where she chairs the governance committee; and Peckham Industries. She an advisory board member at Assemble Sound LLC. Sebastian also serves on the board of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, where she serves as treasurer, and previously served on the United Negro College Fund board, where she chaired the audit committee. She also previously served on the boards of Terminix Global Holdings, Juul Labs Inc., and the proposed Edward Jones Bank. Her breadth of experience includes executive and leadership roles at diverse industries and at public and private companies.

She has been a part of high-performing executive management teams and brings a macroeconomic view of business. She worked on global expansion, shareholder activism, and mergers and acquisitions at Darden Restaurants and growth strategies and operating efficiencies as vice president at Veyance Technologies Inc. during its ownership by the Carlyle Group, among other transformational strategies. Sebastian also held leadership roles in senior management, engaging in capital-raising efforts and global expansion at two regulated companies: DTE Energy Company and CMS Energy Corporation. Across these companies, Sebastian was an executive leader in corporate acquisitions exceeding $600 million domestically and internationally, in capital-raising efforts in public and private markets averaging $2 billion, in the implementation of operating efficiencies for budgets exceeding $20 million, and in the divestiture of a $2.1 billion business. She is currently an adjunct faculty at the University of Michigan Law School and Vanderbilt University Law School, where she teaches accounting, risk management, and governance. She is also a member of the School of Literature Sciences & the Arts Dean's Advisory Council and cochairs the DE&I Leadership Council at the University of Michigan.

In addition to being a Certified Director by the National Association of Corporate Directors and a 2023 NACD Directorship 100™ honoree, Sebastian earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan, an MBA from the University of North Florida’s Coggin College of Business, a Juris Doctor degree from Michigan State University College of Law, and a Master of Laws degree in finance and securities from Wayne State University Law School.