Teresa Wynn Roseborough

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary The Home Depot

Last Reviewed: October 1, 2026

Executive Summary

Teresa Wynn Roseborough has been The Home Depot’s General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since 2011, responsible for its legal function, corporate governance, government relations and external communications. Her career spans government service and private practice: she clerked for Justice John Paul Stevens of the U.S. Supreme Court, served as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, was a partner at Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, and held senior legal roles at MetLife. She is a director of Hartford Insurance Group. The Home Depot ranked No. 25 on the 2026 Fortune 500.

Career Highlights

• Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of The Home Depot since November 2011.
• Legal roles at MetLife, including Deputy General Counsel, 2006 to 2011.
• Partner, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, 1996 to 2006.
• Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel, 1994 to 1996.
• Director of Hartford Insurance Group.

Professional Journey

Roseborough earned a bachelor of arts at the University of Virginia, a master’s degree in education at Boston University, and a juris doctor with high honors at the University of North Carolina School of Law, where she was editor-in-chief of the law review. She clerked for Judge James Dickson Phillips of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and for Justice John Paul Stevens of the U.S. Supreme Court, and earlier worked for the Department of Defense in West Germany.

From 1994 to 1996 she was a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice. She was then a partner at Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, now Eversheds Sutherland, until 2006, and from 2006 to 2011 held legal positions at MetLife, including Senior Chief Counsel for Compliance and Litigation and Deputy General Counsel.

She joined The Home Depot in November 2011 as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. She is a director of Hartford Insurance Group, a public member of the Administrative Conference of the United States, co-chair of the board of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, and a member of the board of Piedmont Healthcare.

Education

University of Virginia

Bachelor of Arts

Boston University

Master’s degree, Education

University of North Carolina School of Law

Juris Doctor