Laurette T. Koellner | |
|---|---|
| Citizenship | United States |
| Education | MBA |
| Alma mater | University of Central Florida, Stetson University |
| Spouse | Victor Koellner [1] |
| Children | Stacy-Anne [2] |
Laurette T. Koellner is an American business executive. She serves on several corporate boards. From 2006 to 2008, she was president of Boeing International; before that, she was senior vice president and a member of the office of the chairman at the company.
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. [3] [4]
After earning her bachelor's degree in 1977, Koellner began work at McDonnell Douglas as a contract analyst. [5] She spent 19 years at McDonnell Douglas, with an end position of vice president of Internal Audit. [6] 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. [7] [8] [9] [10] In 2000, she was named the senior vice president of the Shared Services group. [11] 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). [12] [13] [14] 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. [15] [16] She remained in this position until her retirement from Boeing in 2008. [17]
In 2012, she was named executive chairman at the International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), a subsidiary of AIG. [18] The newly created position made her the company's most senior executive, overseeing ILFC CEO Henri Courpron. [19] She stepped down from AIG’s board of directors to take on the role, [20] and in December 2012 announced she would depart once AIG's planned sale of the unit was approved. [21] The sale to AerCap was completed in May 2014. [22]
In 2003, she was elected to the board of directors of Sara Lee Corporation as the chairman of the audit committee. [23] [24] [25] When Sara Lee split into Hillshire Brands and Douwe Egberts, she maintained her board position until Hillshire merged with Tyson Foods. [26] [27]
In 2009, she joined the board of directors at Celestica, Inc. [28] and was chair of the audit committee until she retired in 2025. [29] In 2009, she was also named an independent director of American International Group (AIG). [30] [31] She remained in this position through AIG's repayment of its $182.5 billion in government loans. [32] In 2014 she was elected to the Papa Johns board of directors, [33] and in 2015 she joined the Goodyear board. [34] She was named lead director for Goodyear in 2019 and non-executive chairman in 2024. [35] In September 2015, she joined the board of directors of the steel company Nucor. [36]
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. [37] [38] She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations [39] and a board member for the University of Central Florida Foundation. [40]
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