Consero is honored to announce that Linda E. Newborn will be joining the Forum faculty for Consero's Corporate Compliance and Ethics Forum 2012.
Linda Newborn is Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of Deere & Company. She was appointed to this position in May 2005. Ms. Newborn is responsible for leading the company’s Office of Corporate Compliance, coordinating and sharing best practices to improve compliance efforts in all aspects of Deere’s processes, policies, and practices.
Ms. Newborn began her career at Deere & Company in 1972 as a summer intern, and joined the Internal Audit staff in 1973. After successfully completing a number of positions of increasing responsibility in Accounting at several John Deere units, she was named Personnel Supervisor, John Deere Harvester Works, and later Division Manager of Group Benefits for Deere & Company. Following her appointment as Personnel Manager for Harvester Works in 1994, Ms. Newborn was named Director, Diversity for Deere & Company in 1999. She was later appointed to the newly created position of Director, Staffing, Diversity, and Work/Life. Most recently she served as Director, Human Resources, for John Deere Power Systems prior to becoming Chief Compliance Officer in March 2004.
Ms. Newborn holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting and French from Augustana College, and she has done graduate work at the University of Iowa. She serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Trinity Regional Health Systems and is a member of the Board of Trustees for Augustana College. Ms. Newborn also serves on the board of directors for Iowa Health Systems and Two Rivers YMCA.
John Deere (Deere & Company — NYSE: DE) is a world leader in providing advanced products and services for agriculture, forestry, construction, lawn and turf care, landscaping, and irrigation. John Deere also provides financial services worldwide and manufactures and markets engines used in heavy equipment. Since it was founded in 1837, the company has extended its heritage of integrity, quality, commitment, and innovation around the globe.
