Profile
Katherine Pryor Burgeson worked as Deputy General Counsel at MeadWestvaco Corp.
from 2000 to 2015.
Prior to that, she was a Partner at Cummings & Lockwood from 1986 to 2000 and an Associate at Shearman & Sterling LLP from 1983 to 1986.
From 2015 to 2020, she served as Secretary, General Counsel & Executive VP at Ingevity Corp.
She also held the position of Associate General Counsel at WestRock Co. Ms. Burgeson graduated from Fordham University School of Law with a graduate degree and from Trinity College with an undergraduate degree.
Former positions of Kathy Burgeson
Companies | Position | End |
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INGEVITY CORPORATION | General Counsel | 2020-07-12 |
MEADWESTVACO CORP. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2015-09-30 |
Cummings & Lockwood
Cummings & Lockwood Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Cummings & Lockwood provides legal services to its clients. Its areas of practice include creditor's rights, criminal defense, health law, wealth management and estate planning, labor and employment law, and tax. The company was founded by by Homer Cummings and Charles Lockwood in 1909 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 1999-12-31 |
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Shearman & Sterling LLP provides legal services. It specializes in appellate litigations, capital markets, corporate governance, environmental, finance, international arbitration, investment funds, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, privatization, real estate, and tax. The company was founded by Thomas Shearman in 1873 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 1985-12-31 |
WESTROCK COMPANY | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Training of Kathy Burgeson
Trinity College | Undergraduate Degree |
Fordham University School of Law | Graduate Degree |
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Listed companies | 1 |
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INGEVITY CORPORATION | Process Industries |
Private companies | 4 |
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MeadWestvaco Corp.
MeadWestvaco Corp. Containers/PackagingProcess Industries MeadWestvaco Corp. provided packaging solutions to healthcare, beauty and personal care, food, beverage, tobacco and home and garden industries. It was also produces specialty chemicals for the automotive, energy and infrastructure industries. The company was operates through five business segments: Food & Beverage, Home, Health & Beauty, Industrial, Specialty Chemicals, and Community Development and Land Management. The Food & Beverage segment produces packaging materials, and designs and produces packaging solutions primarily for the global food, food service, beverage, dairy and tobacco end markets, as well as paperboard for commercial printing. The Home, Health & Beauty segment designs and produces packaging solutions for the global personal care, fragrance, home care, lawn and garden, prescription drug and healthcare end markets. The Industrial segment designs and produces corrugated packaging solutions, primarily for produce, meat, consumer products and bulk goods primarily in Brazil. This segment also includes operations in India, which develop corrugated packaging materials as well as corrugated packaging solutions for the domestic fresh produce growers. The Specialty Chemicals segment manufactures markets and distributes specialty chemicals derived from sawdust and other byproducts of the papermaking process in North America, Europe, South America and Asia. Its products include performance chemicals derived from pine chemicals used in printing inks, asphalt paving and adhesives as well as the agricultural, paper and petroleum industries. This segment also includes products based on activated carbon used in gas vapor emission control systems for automobiles and trucks and applications for air, water and food purification. The Community Development and Land Management segment include the operations of Real Estate Development, Forestry and Leasing Activities. MeadWestvaco was founded in 2001 and was headquartered in Richmond, VA. | Process Industries |
Cummings & Lockwood
Cummings & Lockwood Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Cummings & Lockwood provides legal services to its clients. Its areas of practice include creditor's rights, criminal defense, health law, wealth management and estate planning, labor and employment law, and tax. The company was founded by by Homer Cummings and Charles Lockwood in 1909 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT. | Commercial Services |
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Shearman & Sterling LLP Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Shearman & Sterling LLP provides legal services. It specializes in appellate litigations, capital markets, corporate governance, environmental, finance, international arbitration, investment funds, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, privatization, real estate, and tax. The company was founded by Thomas Shearman in 1873 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Commercial Services |
WestRock Co.
WestRock Co. Containers/PackagingProcess Industries WestRock Co. engages in the provision of fiber-based paper and packaging solutions. It operates through the following segments: Corrugated Packaging, Consumer Packaging, Global Paper, and Distribution. The Corrugated Packaging segment consists of the sale of containers and other products including displays. The Consumer Packaging segment involves the packaging products such as folding cartons, interior partitions, inserts, and labels. The Global Paper segment focuses on commercial paper operations and generates its revenues primarily from the sale of containerboard, paperboard, and specialty grades to external customers. The Distribution segment distributes packaging materials and other specialty packaging products, including stretch film, void fill, carton sealing tape, and other specialty tapes. The company was founded on March 6, 2015 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA. | Process Industries |
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