Intel Board of Directors (2026): Current Members, Chair and What Changed

Intel's board has turned over almost completely since 2023. Here is the current 11-person board, who chairs it, who left, and the SEC filings that prove each change.

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Oct 27, 2026

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Intel’s board of directors, in one paragraph

As of October 2026, Intel Corporation has 11 directors. The independent board chair is Dr. Craig H. Barratt, who took over on May 13, 2026, and the CEO is Lip-Bu Tan, the only non-independent director. Frank D. Yeary, who chaired the board from January 2023, retired at the 2026 annual meeting. Stockholders elected all 11 nominees that day, each with at least 2.9 billion votes in favor (Intel Form 8-K, May 15, 2026).

Intel’s board has turned over more than most public company boards in the last three years. Four of the 11 directors on Intel's March 2023 board are gone. Lip-Bu Tan left in 2024 and came back as CEO. This page lists who is on it now, who left and when, and links every change to the primary SEC filing.

Current Intel board members (October 2026)

Source: the 2026 proxy statement (Intel DEF 14A, filed March 23, 2026) and the May 2026 vote results. Roles are as Intel describes them in the proxy.

Craig H. Barratt (independent chair since May 13, 2026; director since November 2025). Former CEO of Atheros Communications, former president of Qualcomm Atheros, former CEO of access and energy at Alphabet (Google Fiber), and former CEO of Barefoot Networks.
Lip-Bu Tan (CEO of Intel since March 18, 2025; director). Former CEO of Cadence Design Systems. He first served on Intel’s board from September 2022 to August 2024.
James J. Goetz (director since 2019). Partner at Sequoia Capital.
Andrea J. Goldsmith (director since 2021). President and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Stony Brook University. Older sources list her as an engineering dean at Princeton.
Alyssa H. Henry (director since 2020). Former Square CEO at Block. She was Lead Independent Director while Intel had an interim executive chair in 2024-2025.
Eric Meurice (director since December 2024). Former president and CEO of ASML.
Barbara G. Novick (director since 2022). Co-founder, former vice chairman and senior advisor at BlackRock.
Steve Sanghi (director since December 2024). CEO and president of Microchip Technology.
Gregory D. Smith (director since 2017). Former CFO and EVP of Enterprise Operations at Boeing.
Stacy J. Smith (director since 2024). Executive chair of Kioxia and former Intel CFO and group president of manufacturing, operations and sales.
Dion J. Weisler (director since 2020). Former president and CEO of HP Inc.

The proxy reports an average nominee age of 63, average tenure of 4 years, and 4 new independent directors since 2024.

Who chairs Intel’s board?

Craig Barratt has been Intel’s independent board chair since May 13, 2026. Intel announced on March 3, 2026 that Yeary would retire and that the board had elected Barratt to succeed him once the annual meeting ended (Intel press release). Barratt joined the board on November 10, 2025 (Intel Form 8-K, November 12, 2025).

Intel’s governance guidelines say the chair and CEO roles should be separate, and the company has had an independent chair for more than a decade. The one exception was December 2024 to March 2025, when Yeary served as interim executive chair after the previous CEO left and before Tan started.

What changed on Intel’s board since 2023: timeline

January 2023: Frank Yeary becomes board chair.
August 19, 2024: Lip-Bu Tan resigns from the board, citing demands on his time (Form 8-K).
December 2024: After the CEO departure, Yeary becomes interim executive chair and Alyssa Henry becomes Lead Independent Director (2026 proxy).
December 4, 2024: Eric Meurice (ex-ASML CEO) and Steve Sanghi (Microchip CEO) join the board (Form 8-K).
March 18, 2025: Tan returns as CEO and as a director (Form 8-K).
May 6, 2025: Annual meeting. Omar Ishrak, Risa Lavizzo-Mourey and Tsu-Jae King Liu are not on the slate of 11 and leave the board (Form 8-K vote results).
November 10, 2025: Craig Barratt is appointed as an independent director (Form 8-K).
February-March 2026: Yeary announces he will retire; Intel names Barratt chair-elect (press release).
May 13, 2026: Annual meeting. All 11 nominees are elected, Yeary retires and Barratt becomes chair. The board shrinks from 12 to 11 seats (Form 8-K).

Former Intel directors (left since 2023)

Frank D. Yeary: director from 2009, chair from January 2023, retired May 13, 2026.
Omar Ishrak: former Medtronic chairman and CEO; left at the May 2025 annual meeting.
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey: former Robert Wood Johnson Foundation CEO; left at the May 2025 annual meeting.
Tsu-Jae King Liu: UC Berkeley engineering professor; left at the May 2025 annual meeting.

Common errors in older Intel board lists

Many older lists of Intel’s board still show the March 2023 lineup. If you are working from one, check for these errors:

Frank Yeary listed as chair. He retired on May 13, 2026. The chair is Craig Barratt.
Lip-Bu Tan listed as a Cadence executive. He has been Intel’s CEO since March 2025.
Omar Ishrak, Risa Lavizzo-Mourey and Tsu-Jae King Liu listed as directors. All three left in May 2025.
Craig Barratt, Eric Meurice, Steve Sanghi and Stacy Smith missing. All four joined in 2024 or 2025.
Gregory Smith listed as Boeing’s CFO and Andrea Goldsmith as a Princeton dean. Both titles are out of date.

What Intel’s new board tells B2B sellers

A board turnover this large is a trigger event. Five of the 11 directors have run or held senior roles at semiconductor companies (Barratt, Tan, Meurice, Sanghi and Stacy Smith), and the chair is a former networking-chip CEO. New directors and a new chair tend to come with new priorities, new committees and new vendors.

For sellers into large companies, board and C-suite changes are among the most reliable B2B buying signals because they are public, dated and verifiable in SEC filings. The catch is that most databases and reference sites update slowly. The Intel example shows the lag can run more than three years. Pull leadership data from 8-Ks and proxy statements, not from secondhand pages.

FAQ

Who is the chairman of Intel’s board?

Craig H. Barratt, an independent director, has chaired Intel’s board since May 13, 2026. He succeeded Frank D. Yeary, who retired at the 2026 annual meeting.

Who is Intel’s CEO?

Lip-Bu Tan has been Intel’s CEO since March 18, 2025. He also sits on the board.

How many directors are on Intel’s board?

Eleven. The board went from 12 to 11 seats at the May 13, 2026 annual meeting, and stockholders elected all 11 nominees.

Is Frank Yeary still on Intel’s board?

No. Yeary announced in February 2026 that he would retire, did not stand for re-election, and left the board when the May 13, 2026 annual meeting ended.

Who joined Intel’s board most recently?

Craig Barratt, appointed November 10, 2025. Before him, Eric Meurice and Steve Sanghi joined on December 4, 2024.

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Andrew Elsakr, co-founder of IntentSignal

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