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United States Steel appoints Ms Dennis and Mr Stevens as its Board of Directors [Kuwait News Agency](Kuwait News Agency Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) United States Steel Corporation announced that Ms Patricia Diaz Dennis and Mr Robert J. Stevens have been elected to the company's board of directors effective January 1st 2015 to serve as directors until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which is expected to be held on April 28th 2015. Ms Dennis, retired as senior vice president and assistant general counsel of AT&T in November 2008, was responsible for AT&T corporate litigation, procurement, corporate real estate, environmental, corporate compliance, IT, trademarks and copyright legal matters. She currently serves on the boards of directors of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Entravision Communications Corporation and National Public Radio. She is also a trustee of the NHP Foundation. In addition to practicing law for Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue as well as Sullivan & Cromwell, Ms Dennis has held three presidential appointments. Under President Ronald Reagan, she was named a member of the National Labor Relations Board and later served as a commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission. She returned to public service under President George H.W. Bush as assistant secretary of state for human rights and humanitarian affairs. Also, Gov. George W. Bush named Ms Dennis to a six year term on the Texas State University System Board of Regents in 1999. Mr Stevens retired as executive chairman of Lockheed Martin Corporation, the world's largest defense contractor, in December 2013 after serving as chairman, president and chief executive officer. Prior to being elected CEO in 2004, Mr Stevens held a number of increasingly responsible executive positions with Mr Lockheed Martin, including chief operating officer, chief financial officer and head of strategic planning. His extensive career includes experience in program management, finance, manufacturing and operations. Currently Mr Stevens serves as lead director of the Monsanto Company, and is a member of the board of directors of the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation, the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation, and the Atlantic Council. He is a Fellow of the American Astronautical Society, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the International Academy of Astronautics, the Royal Aeronautical Society, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. In 2012 he was appointed by President Barack Obama to the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations. All KUNA right are reserved (c) 2014 Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (Syndigate.info). |