April Miller Boise

April Miller Boise is executive vice president and chief legal officer of Eaton plc (NYSE: ETN), an intelligent power management company that provides sustainable solutions to help customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical power – more safely, efficiently, and reliably.

As a member of Eaton’s executive leadership team, she is actively engaged in all aspects of the company’s business, including developing and implementing strategic initiatives through investment in digital technologies, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and other adjacencies. April has global responsibility for legal, corporate governance and board matters, and ethics and compliance, and manages enterprise-wide risks.

April is an accomplished C-suite executive and corporate board member with 25 years’ experience working with companies in a variety of industries including aerospace, electrical products and services, financial services, climate innovation, commercial transportation, automotive, mining, and oil & gas. She has a deep understanding of conducting business across borders and building effective teams despite language and cultural differences. She has extensive experience structuring, leading and negotiating strategic investments around the globe for multinational companies and addressing international challenges.

April serves on the Board of Directors of Trane Technologies a global climate innovator that brings efficient and sustainable climate solutions to buildings, homes, and transportation. She is active in the community and serves as a Trustee of the Cleveland Clinic, and a member of the Board of the George W. Codrington Charitable Foundation, the City Club of Cleveland, and the Assembly for the Arts. Previous community involvement includes the Boards of Cleveland Museum of Art, University Hospital Systems, Cleveland Foodbank, Cleveland Zoological Society, and Team NEO.

Previously, April practiced on Wall Street and later led the largest office of an AmLaw 200 law firm as managing partner (Cleveland) and was a member of the firm’s executive committee.

She received a Bachelor’s of Business Administration from the University of Michigan Business School and a Juris Doctor from the University of Chicago Law School. She also completed an executive program in corporate strategy at the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago and was a German Marshall Fellow.

April is passionate about the role of women in society. She helped build a house on an all women crew with Habitat For Humanity and led an executive women’s tour group to the United Arab Emirates with stops in Dubai and Abu Dhabi to learn about the role of women in Islamic countries.