Marie D. Dukes serves as Chief Global Employment and Data Privacy Counsel for FMC Corporation, a diversified chemical company operating in over 50 countries. She has global responsibilities on all matters involving workplace laws, including employment, labor, benefits, compensation, litigation, M&A, ethics and compliance, diversity and inclusion. She also leads global data privacy and the implementation of the European data protection program. Dukes is also an Executive Sponsor of FMC’s The Bridge Multicultural Affinity Group.
Dukes is a member of the Board and Executive Committee of the Philadelphia Diversity Law Group. She is also on the Advisory Council of the National Association of Woman and Minority Owned Law Firms. She is a member of the National Employment Law Council and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
Earlier in her career, Dukes was the General Counsel and Deputy Commissioner of the NYS Department of Civil Service, where she managed its legal department. She also held in-house counsel positions at Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation and Catalent Pharma Solutions.
Dukes earned her B.A. from the State University of New York, attended Brunel University in London, England and received a J.D. from Albany Law School of Union University.
