Laurette Koellner

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Laurette T. Koellner
CitizenshipUnited States
EducationMBA
Alma mater University of Central Florida, Stetson University
SpouseVictor Koellner [1]
ChildrenStacy-Anne [2]

Laurette T. Koellner is an American business executive, the former president of Boeing International. [3] [4]

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Early life and education

Koellner was raised in Brooklyn, and attended college at the University of Central Florida (UCF). [2] She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from UCF in 1977, and an MBA from Stetson University in 1980. [5] [6]

Career

McDonnell Douglas/Boeing

After earning her bachelor's degree in 1977, Koellner began work at McDonnell Douglas as a contract analyst. [7] She spent 19 years at McDonnell Douglas, with an end position of vice president of Internal Audit. [8] After the Boeing-McDonnell Douglas merger in 1997, she remained with Boeing, first as vice president and general auditor, before being named vice president and corporate controller in 1999. [9] [10] [11] [12] In 2000, she was named the senior vice president of the Shared Services group. [13] From 2002-2004, she served as a member of the office of the chairman, as well as the company's chief administration and human resources officer (a position she held until 2004). [14] [15] [16] In 2004, Koellner was named the president of Connexion by Boeing, a position she held until 2006, when she was named the president of Boeing International. [17] [18] She remained in this position until her retirement from Boeing in 2008. [19]

ILFC

In 2012, she was named executive chairman at the International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), a subsidiary of AIG. [20] The newly created position made her the company's most senior executive, overseeing ILFC CEO Henri Courpron, following revelations that Courpron had been involved in a personal relationship with an employee. [21] As head of ILFC reporting to AIG CEO Robert Benmosche, she stepped down from AIG’s board of directors. [22] In 2012, she announced that she would step down once AIG’s planned sale of the unit was approved. [23] The sale to AerCap was completed in May 2014. [24]

Board positions

In 2003, she was elected to the board of directors of Sara Lee Corporation as the chairman of the audit committee. [25] [26] [27] When Sara Lee split into Hillshire Brands and Douwe Egberts, she maintained her board position until Hillshire merged with Tyson Foods. [28] [29]

In 2009, she was elected the chairman of the audit committee on the board of directors at Celestica, Inc. [30] [31] In 2009, she was also named an independent director of American International Group (AIG). [32] [33] She remained in this position through AIG's repayment of its $182.5 billion in government loans. [34] In 2014 she was elected member of the Board of Directors for Papa Johns pizza, and in 2015 as a member of the Goodyear board. [35] [36] In September 2015, she joined the board of directors of the steel company Nucor. [37]

Advisory positions

Koellner serves on the Dean's Advisory Board of the UCF College of Business Administration, and has also served on the Board of Regents for the University of Portland. [38] [39] She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. [40]

Recognition

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