Roderick A. Palmore is an American lawyer and businessperson.Forbes /ref>Bloomberg BusinessWeek /ref>General Mills biography /ref> /ref>The Wall Street Journal /ref>
Biography
Early life
He graduated from
Yale University
Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...
and received a J.D. from the
University of Chicago Law School
The University of Chicago Law School is the law school of the University of Chicago, a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. It is consistently ranked among the best and most prestigious law schools in the world, and has many dist ...
.
Career
He started his career as assistant United States attorney in the Northern District of Illinois. From 1986 to 1993, he was a partner at the law firm Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon. In 1993, he joined
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP (informally Sonnenschein) was an international law firm with nearly 800 lawyers and other professionals in the United States and Europe, serving businesses, non-profits and individuals.
From 1996 to 2008, he worked at the
Sara Lee Corporation
The Sara Lee Corporation was an American consumer-goods company based in Downers Grove, Illinois. It had operations in more than 40 countries and sold its products in over 180 countries. Its international operations were headquartered in Utrecht ...
, including as executive vice president and general counsel from 2004 to 2008. In 2008, he joined
General Mills
General Mills, Inc., is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of branded processed consumer foods sold through retail stores. Founded on the banks of the Mississippi River at Saint Anthony Falls in Minneapolis, the company orig ...
, where he serves as executive vice president, general counsel, chief compliance and risk management officer and secretary. He serves on the board of directors of the
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is an American multinational tire manufacturing company founded in 1898 by Frank Seiberling and based in Akron, Ohio. Goodyear manufactures tires for automobiles, commercial trucks, light trucks, motorcycles, S ...
and the
Chicago Board Options Exchange
The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), located at 433 West Van Buren Street in Chicago, is the largest U.S. options exchange with an annual trading volume of around 1.27 billion at the end of 2014. CBOE offers options on over 2,200 companies ...
. He served on the boards of
Nuveen Investments
Nuveen is an American asset manager and wholly owned subsidiary of financial planning firm TIAA, itself known for its legacy focus on managing money for not-for-profit institutions such as universities and their employees. As a consequence of int ...
and
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago The United Way of Metropolitan Chicago is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and a branch of the United Way of America. The United Way of Metropolitan Chicago serves the city of Chicago and its surrounding suburbs, allocating funding to other chari ...
.
He sits on the executive committee of the Association of General Counsel. He is the chair of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity. He is also a member of the
American Arbitration Association
The American Arbitration Association (AAA) is a not-for-profit organization in the field of alternative dispute resolution, providing services to individuals and organizations who wish to resolve conflicts out of court, and one of several arbitr ...
.
Bibliography
*''A Call to Action, Diversity in the Legal Profession'' (2004)