Laurette Koellner
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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]
Career
McDonnell Douglas/Boeing
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]
ILFC
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]
Board positions
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 John's 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]