Dow Corning Chairman of Board Anderson Retires; President and CEO Burns Elected Chair
The Dow Corning Board of Directors elected Stephanie A. Burns, president and chief executive officer, to the position of chairman at its quarterly meeting. Burns will replace Gary E. Anderson, who announced his retirement after serving as board chairman since 2001. Both changes are effective January 1, 2006.
Burns will continue to serve as Dow Corning CEO, a post she assumed after Anderson's retirement from active service with the company in July 2004.
Burns joined Dow Corning in 1983 as a researcher. Four years later, she became product development manager for the Electronics Industry, where she led advances in ultraviolet curable coatings and materials for device protection and electronics adhesives. She became director of Women's Health in 1994. In 1997, Burns was named Science and Technology director for Europe. In 1999, she became industry director for Life Sciences in Europe, and later became European Electronics industry director. In December 2000, Burns was named executive vice president and elected to Dow Corning's Board of Directors. In February 2003 she was named president and chief operating officer. In January of 2004 she was named CEO.
Burns holds a Ph.D. in organic chemistry, with an organosilicon specialty, from Iowa State University. She has completed post-doctoral studies at the University of Languedoc-Rousillon in France.
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