Cynthia A. Niekamp is on the board of Ball Corp., PACCAR, Inc. and Kettering University. In the past she was President & General Manager at General Motors Co., President & GM-TorqTransfer Systems at BorgWarner, Inc. and President, Vice President & General Manager at BorgWarner PDS (USA), Inc. (a subsidiary of BorgWarner, Inc.), Senior Vice President-Automotive OEM Coatings at PPG Industries, Inc., President & General Manager at Northrop Grumman Space & Mission Systems Corp. and Chief Financial Officer of MeadWestvaco Corp.

She received an MBA from Harvard University and an undergraduate degree from Purdue University.