Fort Smith, Ar., USA - August 4, 2015, Fort Smith, Ar., USA - ArcBest Corporation, a freight transportation and logistics company, adds two new members to the board of directors, Kathy D. McElligott and Stephen E. Gorman, effective July 28, 2015.
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Ms. McElligott is Executive Vice President and Chief Information and Technology Officer of
McKesson Corp., a healthcare services and information technology company based in
San Francisco and the largest pharmaceutical distributor in North America.
She joined McKesson on July 20, 2015, after serving as the Chief Information Officer and Vice President, Information Technology at Emerson Electric Co. since 2010.
Prior to joining Emerson, she spent 22 years with General Electric Company in multiple information systems leadership roles, including CIO of supply chain at GE Aircraft
Engines.
Ms. McElligott holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Kent State University and a MBA from Xavier University. She is former board president of Connections to Success, a St. Louis-based nonprofit organization.
Mr. Gorman is CEO of privately held Borden Dairy Co., a fresh milk and value-added dairy based in Dallas, where he has served since July 2014.
Prior to that, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Delta Air Lines Inc. from 2008 until 2014. Mr. Gorman also served as the CEO and President of Greyhound Lines Inc./Laidlaw Industries from 2003 to 2007 and held leadership positions at Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. and Northwest Airlines, among others.
He serves currently on the board of Aeromexico and in the past has served on the boards of Greyhound Lines, Rohn Industries, Timco Aviation and as chairman of the board at Pinnacle Airlines from 2003 to 2007. ■
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