News: New Vice Chairman at Corning $GLW

Corning Incorporated has announced Lawrence D. McRae elected vice chairman and corporate development officer effective immediately; R. Tony Tripeny has been elected senior vice president and chief financial officer effective Sept. 1, 2015; and Dr. Jeffrey W. Evenson has been elected senior vice president and chief strategy officer effective immediately.

Evenson, 49, joined Corning in 2011 as senior vice president and operations chief of staff. In his new role as chief strategy officer, he will oversee the corporate strategy and corporate communications functions and a new center of excellence for advanced analytics. Prior to joining Corning, Evenson was a senior vice president and senior analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein, and was a partner at McKinsey & Company where he led technology and market assessments for early-stage technologies.

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