Kimberly A. Nelson currently serves on the board of directors of the Colgate-Palmolive Company, Cummins Inc., The Wallace Foundation, and Tate and Lyle, PLC. She retired from General Mills in 2018 as the Senior Vice President of External Relations after nearly 30 years.
In this C-suite, global role, Kim served on the company’s executive leadership team and had accountability for the corporate brand, consumer relations, issue and crisis management, communications, sustainability, philanthropy, and government industry relations.
Kim was a founding member of the company’s Black Champions Network, co-founder of its Women-In-Marketing Network, and leader of its Women’s Officer Group.
Kim received her MBA from Columbia Business School in 1988 and a B.S. in International Relations from Georgetown University in 1984. She lives in Minnesota where she is an active community member and married with two adult daughters.
