Rutishauser, Lucy

Lucy Rutishauser is a CFO and qualified finance expert of a $3.5B in revenue diversified media company (prior Fortune 500 company) and is currently open to publicly-traded or privately-held board positions. She has almost 35 years of experience with companies at differing stages in their life cycle, including growth through mergers & acquisitions, downsizing, transformation, and diversification. She currently serves as EVP & Chief Financial Officer at Sinclair where she is involved in transformation across multiple disciplines such as employee experience, DE&I, sales, business development, risk management, data analysis, and finance where she drives forward-thinking innovation. She sits on multiple executive steering committees including ESG, employee experience, disclosure, communications, corporate development, and technology solutions, among others where she adds valuable perspectives and future-focused insights. Lucy has helped lead companies through complex financial and capital markets transactions, a cybersecurity incident, various economic cycles and the more recent pandemic. Prior to joining Sinclair, Lucy worked in multiple industries including publishing, healthcare, retail, and manufacturing; spanning publicly traded and privately held.

Lucy’s leadership has been recognized with multiple honors including 50/50 Women on Boards 2023 “50 Women to Watch for Boards,” The Daily Record 2022 “Power 30” and “Maryland’s Top 100 Women,” Cablefax 2022 and 2021 “Most Powerful Women,” Cynopsis 2020 “Top Women in Media,” the Baltimore Sun 2020 “Top 25 Women to Watch,” Radio & TV Business Report 2022 and 2019 “Best Finance Leaders,” and Variety Magazine 2019 and 2017 “Dealmaker Elite.”

She currently serves as a Board member of CAST.ERA (JV with SK Telecom) and First Fruits Farm, a Board and Finance Committee member for Learning Undefeated, a Trustee for Sinclair’s Diversity Scholarship Fund, and a member of Stevenson University President’s Advisory Council and the National Association of Corporate Directors. She has completed the Deloitte board readiness program.