Kellye Walker is Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Worldwide Public Affairs for Deere & Company.
In this role, Walker is responsible for the global law and patent departments, as well as oversight of the company’s public affairs and environmental, health, and safety functions.
Walker has over 25 years of senior executive experience. As the Vice President & Chief Legal Officer at Eastman Chemical Company, she held overall leadership responsibility for Eastman’s legal organization, including oversight of corporate governance, compliance, intellectual property, litigation, government affairs, product stewardship and regulatory affairs, global business conduct, as well as the company’s global health, safety, and environment organizations.
Previously, she was Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer for Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc., a global engineering and defense technology provider and America’s largest military shipbuilder. She also served as Chief Administrative Officer at American Water Works Co., Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Diageo North America.
Walker holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration – Marketing from Louisiana Tech University and a J.D. from Emory University School of Law.
