ExxonMobil Announces Retirement of Ken Cohen & Expected Election of Suzanne McCarron as Vice President of Public & Government...
November 13 2015 - 4:00PM
Business Wire
Ken Cohen, vice president, Public and Government Affairs, Exxon
Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), has announced his intention to retire
effective Jan. 1, 2016, after more than 38 years of service.
It is anticipated that the board of directors will elect Suzanne
McCarron as vice president, Public and Government Affairs, Exxon
Mobil Corporation. McCarron is currently general manager, Public
and Government Affairs, and president, ExxonMobil Foundation, the
primary philanthropic arm of the Exxon Mobil Corporation in the
United States. The ExxonMobil Foundation is focused on creating
economic opportunities for women, support for math and science
education and efforts to combat malaria.
A native of Peoria, Illinois, Cohen joined Exxon USA in June
1977 in the Law Department, where he held a variety of staff
assignments. In 1985, he became chief attorney, Refining,
Environment and Health and in 1989 was named assistant general
counsel at Exxon Company International. He became senior counsel
and coordinator, Exxon Corporation Law Department, in 1991 and in
1995 became general counsel, Exxon Chemical Company. He was named
to his current position in November 1999.
Cohen, who will reach the mandatory retirement age of 65 in
January, is a director of National Math And Science Initiative,
Inc., a member of numerous professional associations, serves on the
board of Directors of the Teagle Foundation and is a national
trustee of Boys and Girls Clubs of America.
He was an assistant professor of law at Indiana University
School of Law in Indianapolis. He earned his LL.M. from Yale Law
School, where he was a Sterling Fellow. Cohen did his undergraduate
study at Northwestern University and earned his J.D. degree from
Baylor Law School, where he was editor-in-chief of the Baylor Law
Review.
Originally from Canada, McCarron joined Mobil Canada as public
affairs manager in 1998. She held several management positions with
increasing responsibilities in Public and Government Affairs at
Exxon Mobil Corporation headquarters, including manager of
Communications and manager of Corporate Public Affairs, before
moving to her current position in 2008.
McCarron has a master's degree in journalism from University of
Western Ontario in London, Ontario, and a Bachelor of Public
Affairs from Mount St. Vincent University in Halifax, Nova
Scotia.
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