Meet the 3 Tesla board members set to decide on Elon Musk's go-private plan

Linda Johnson Rice has served on Tesla's board of directors since July 2017. She currently serves as the chief executive of Ebony Media, a magazine and brand that celebrates Black culture, that was founded by her father in 1945.

Johnson came under fire from the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Writers Union when she was appointed to Tesla's board because Ebony allegedly failed to pay freelancers as much as $200,000 that they were owed.

Rice also sits on the board of Chicago-based GrubHub. According to Tesla she is a trustee at the Art Institute of Chicago and a council member of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.

Rice did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

Brad Buss was the former chief financial officer of Solar City before it was acquired by Tesla in 2016 for $2 billion. He joined Tesla’s board of directors shortly after retiring from the renewable energy unit, in February 2017. Buss owns roughly 13,000 shares of the electric-car maker, worth $4.75 million at Tuesday’s prices.

A native of Canada, Buss also serves on the board of Marvell Technology, a California-based computer storage and semiconductor chip maker.

Buss could not be reached for comment.