Chuck Robbins

Chuck Robbins is the chairman and chief executive officer or Cisco Systems and a member of the Ford Foundation’s board of trustees.

  • Employees make respiratory masks in a medical equipment factory in north Miami, Fla. on February 15, 2021. – A Florida company that saw an opportunity in the N95 mask shortage when the coronavirus pandemic began last year now has 30 million unsold masks because it can’t find buyers in the United States. DemeTech, a Miami-based factory, blames lower prices from China, while a wholesale buyer thinks instead that the problem is that US buyers are wary of new manufacturers. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)Commentary

    To end the pandemic, every business leader must put worker health and equity first

    By Darren Walker and Chuck Robbins