Battle Creek, Mich., USA - February 26, 2014, Battle Creek, Mich., USA - Kellogg Company announced the election of Stephanie Burns, retired chairman and CEO of Dow Corning Corporation, and La June Montgomery Tabron, president and CEO of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, to the Kellogg Company board of directors.
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Dr. Burns has significant business insight and experience in global innovation as a result of her long-standing career in scientific research and management. She was instrumental in spearheading Dow Corning's investments in emerging markets, including China, India, Russia, Turkey, and Vietnam.
Dr. Burns served as Dow Corning's first director of women's health and is the former chairman of the American Chemical Council. She served on President Obama's President's Export Council, and has been on the Forbes magazine 100 Most Powerful Women list for several years.
As President and Chief Executive Officer of the W.K Kellogg Foundation, Ms. Montgomery Tabron oversees the Foundation's work ensuring optimal child development by focusing on educated and healthy kids, and secure families, as well as its commitments to community and civic engagements, and racial equality.
During her 26-year career with the Foundation, Ms. Montgomery Tabron has been involved in all aspects of its operations, most recently as Executive Vice President for Operations and Chief Financial Officer.
She is also a leading civic advocate, serving as president of the board of the Western Michigan University Foundation, and as a board member of many community organizations, including Southwest Michigan First, Battle Creek Community Health Partners, Bronson Methodist Hospital and the Mississippi Center for Education Innovation. She is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Management Accountant.
Sterling Speirn, the former president and chief executive officer of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, is stepping down from the Kellogg Company Board of Directors.
Mr. Speirn has served as a member of Kellogg Company's Board of Directors since March 2007. As a member of Kellogg Company's Board of Directors, Mr. Speirn serves on the Consumer Marketing Committee, Manufacturing Committee and the Social Responsibility Committee. He is president and chief executive officer of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. He is a member of the board of trustees of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and a trustee of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Trust.
Prior to joining the Kellogg Foundation, Mr. Speirn led the Peninsula Community Foundation in Silicon Valley as well as the Center for Venture Philanthropy. He has a broad and deep commitment to education through his current work partnering with, among others, the Buffett Early Childhood Fund to establish Educare schools across the country. Early in his career, he practiced law, led the national computer grants initiative for Apple Computer and was a teacher of 7th and 8th grade students. ■