Rubel School of Business Spring 2016 Speaker Series
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Spring 2016 Speaker Series April 21, 2016, 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Centro Room 081 Views from the Community’s Leading Investor: Drawing on her experience in the corporate world, Phoebe Wood has helped grow some of the most successful start-ups in the region. She is also one of the leading local investors. Phoebe Wood is a member of the Board of Directors of Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc., Invesco, Ltd., Pioneer Natural Resources Company, and Leggett & Platt, Inc. Previously she served on the Board of Directors of OshKosh B’Gosh, Inc. Ms. Wood retired as Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Brown-Forman Corporation where she was responsible for the financial operations of the company, including corporate development, controller, treasury, investor relations, tax, information technology, and internal audit. She implemented Sarbanes Oxley during her tenure, and was active in Lenox and Hartmann Luggage prior to their divestitures. Before joining Brown-Forman, Ms. Wood was the CFO at Motorola’s telecom subsidiary, Propel, Inc., and before that spent 23 years at Atlantic Richfield Company (now BP), in financial management, including assignments as Divisional CFO in England and Alaska. She was the CFO of ARCO Alaska when it was sold to Conoco Phillips for $7 billion in 2000. Ms. Wood is a Trustee of the Gheens Foundation and The American Printing House for the Blind. She is a trustee emerita of Smith College, her alma mater. She has an MBA from UCLA and was named one of 100 Inspirational Alumni of the Anderson School of Management. Ms. Wood is a Principal of CompaniesWood, a consulting firm that specializes in advising and investing in early stage companies. She is active in economic development issues in Kentucky. She has two daughters and lives in Louisville. Directory: images -> editor documents images -> New embedded S images -> Creating Buy-In – Building Relationships images -> Deadline: Saturday, March 12th, 2016 images -> News items from Raising Our Voices images -> Last year four of the best Afrikaans Christian singers joined forces to tour Down Under with the production ‘Manne wat Glo’ images -> World-renowned vocal ensemble sweet honey in the rock images -> Peoples Voice Café History editor documents -> Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam saint francis xavier editor documents -> Heart award Chapters, Societies and the Student Alumni Association/Board are invited to nominate an individual for the Morris Fair Heart Award. Purpose editor documents -> Lsu’s Planned Giving Professional Advisory Council Members Baton Rouge Chapter Download 5.07 Kb. Share with your friends:
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