A. Verona Dorch is Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Government Affairs and Corporate Secretary for Peabody. She provides comprehensive legal counsel for Peabody’s business activities and leads the global legal, government affairs and compliance functions.
Previously, Dorch served as Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary for Harsco Corporation. She also has experience in corporate and securities law from top-tier law fi rms and with Sumitomo Chemical Co. following a multiyear secondment in Tokyo, Japan.
Dorch serves on the Board of Directors of Girls Inc. in St. Louis and the United Way of Greater St. Louis. She is an American Bar Foundation Fellow and has served on the Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Public School Foundation and YMCA boards.
Dorch’s honors include: Black Enterprise magazine’s 2018 300 Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America and 2017 Most Powerful Women in Business lists; and Savoy magazine’s 2016 Most Influential Women in Corporate America. She was shortlisted by the Financial Times in 2016 for Most Innovative Legal Team and Most Innovative General Counsel. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Dartmouth College and Juris Doctor Degree from Harvard Law School.
