Consero is honored to announce that Kerry Galvin has joined the faculty for Consero's Corporate Counsel Forum 2012.
Kerry A. Galvin is a Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Valerus Compression Services, a natural gas process and treating company, located in Houston, Texas. In this capacity, she is responsible for coordinating and providing legal, environmental, and facilities management services across all of Valerus’ businesses.
Ms. Galvin was Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Lyondell Chemical Company from May 2000 until January 2008. Lyondell was a publicly traded global chemical company with assets of approximately $18 Billion and revenues of more than $22 Billion.
Ms. Galvin joined Lyondell's Legal Department in 1990 and was responsible for legal services associated with a number of activities, including corporate finance and securities, corporate governance, and mergers and acquisitions. She also served, for a time, as Associate General Counsel, with responsibility for international legal affairs, and was based in Lyondell's European headquarters.
Ms. Galvin graduated cum laude from Georgetown University with a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service and cum laude from the University of Michigan with a Juris Doctor degree.
Ms. Galvin began her career in private practice in Houston, Texas, with the law firm of Mayor, Day, Caldwell and Keaton. She has been a director of the National Association of Manufacturers and a member of the conference Board of Chief Legal Advisors. Currently, she is a director of the American Corporate Counsel Association and a member of the American Bar Association and Texas Bar Association. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Alumni Association of the University of Michigan.
