WEST CHESTER, Ohio,
April 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- AK
Steel (NYSE: AKS) said today that David C.
Horn, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and
Administrative Officer, and Secretary has elected to retire from
the company effective May 31, 2015.
James L. Wainscott, Chairman,
President and CEO of AK Steel commented, "As a valued member of our
executive management team for more than a decade, Dave has provided
outstanding leadership and guidance to the company. Dave is
an exceptional attorney and businessman who, over the years, has
helped immensely in the development and execution of our company's
strategy and succession plans. AK Steel has greatly
benefitted from his many talents in leading in the company's legal,
environmental, labor relations, human resources, communications,
and public and governmental relations functions. In addition,
Dave has done a marvelous job in service to our Board of
Directors. On behalf of AK Steel's Board of Directors,
Executive Officers and all of us at the company, we thank Dave for
his dedicated service to AK Steel and wish him the very best in his
retirement."
Mr. Horn joined AK Steel in 2000 as Assistant General
Counsel. He was named Vice President and General Counsel in
2001 and elected Corporate Secretary in 2003. He was named
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary in 2005, and
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary in
2010. He was named Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and
Administrative Officer, and Secretary in 2014, with responsibility
for the company's legal, environmental, labor relations, human
resources, communications, public relations and governmental
affairs activities. Prior to joining AK Steel, he was a
partner in the law firm of Frost Brown Todd LLC and a member of the
firm's Executive Committee.
Mr. Horn serves as a member of the Board of Directors and the
Executive Committee of the Board of the Mercy Health Foundation and
the Pro Bono Partnership of Greater
Cincinnati, and he is a member of the Board and Co-Chair of
the Greater Cincinnati Minority Counsel Program. He
previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of the
Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber of
Commerce, Volunteer Lawyers for the Poor Foundation, Cincinnati
Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati
Opera Association, Forest Hills Foundation for Education, and the
University of Cincinnati Center for
Information Technology and Law. He also previously served as
an Adjunct Professor at the University of
Cincinnati's College of Law. Mr. Horn is a member of
the American, Ohio and Cincinnati
Bar associations. He holds a Bachelor's degree from
Yale University and a Juris Doctorate
from the Vanderbilt University School
of Law, from which he graduated Order of the Coif.
AK Steel said that, following his retirement, Mr. Horn's
responsibilities will be assumed by the following executive
officers who will report directly to Mr. Wainscott:
- Joseph C. Alter, Vice President,
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer will continue in his
current role with responsibility for all legal matters at the
company, excluding labor and litigation. He will also
continue to serve as counsel to the CEO and Board of Directors,
have responsibility for environmental affairs, and serve as the
company's Chief Compliance Officer. He will add
responsibility as Corporate Secretary.
- Renee S. Filiatraut, Vice
President, Litigation, Labor and External Affairs will continue in
her current role with responsibility for managing the company's
litigation, as well as labor, corporate communications, public
relations and government affairs activities, oversight of the AK
Steel Foundation, and oversight of the company's discontinued
insurance businesses.
- Stephanie S. Bisselberg, Vice
President, Human Resources, will continue in her current role with
responsibility for human resources and employee benefits.
AK Steel
AK Steel is a world leader in the production of flat-rolled carbon,
stainless and electrical steel products, primarily for automotive,
infrastructure and manufacturing, construction and electrical power
generation and distribution markets. Headquartered in
West Chester, Ohio (Greater Cincinnati), the company employs
approximately 8,000 men and women at eight steel plants, two coke
plants and two tube manufacturing plants across six states:
Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
Additional information about AK Steel is available at
www.aksteel.com.
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