New CBS board of directors

CBS Corp. installed six new independent board members Sunday. The board makeover, which coincides with the departure of Chief Executive Leslie Moonves, doubles the number of female directors to six.

CANDACE BEINECKE

Beinecke is one of the first women to chair a major New York law firm and now is a senior partner at law firm Hughes Hubbard & Reed. Her specialty is corporate governance and mergers.

BARBARA BYRNE

A former vice chair of Barclays investment bank, Byrne has more than 37 years of experience in the financial sector. Before Barclays, she worked at Lehman Bros., where she was the first woman to serve as vice chairman.

BRIAN GOLDNER

As chairman and CEO of Hasbro, Goldner has been trying to turn the toy company into an entertainment brand. Before stepping into the CEO role, Goldner was the company’s chief operating officer.

RICHARD PARSONS

The former chairman and CEO of Time Warner Inc. helped that media company recover from its disastrous union with internet pioneer AOL. He is co-founder and partner of Imagination Capital, a venture capital firm launched in November. He also was interim CEO of the Los Angeles Clippers basketball team for a few months in 2014.

SUSAN SCHUMAN

The longtime consultant serves as CEO of SYPartners, which works with corporations undergoing change. Schuman has advised executives at such organizations as AARP, Coach, Kohl’s, IBM, EBay, Facebook, General Electric, Target, Viacom and Starbucks.

STRAUSS ZELNICK

The founder of Zelnick Media Capital also serves as CEO of Take-Two Interactive Software, the company behind video games such as “Grand Theft Auto” and “NBA2K.” Zelnick is a former chief of BMG Entertainment as well as a former executive at the 20th Century Fox film studio and Columbia Pictures.