The
Marcus Corporation (NYSE: MCS) today announced that Katherine Gehl,
president and CEO of Gehl Foods, Inc., has been elected a director of
the company.
Katherine Gehl (Photo: Business Wire)
“Katherine brings a wealth of experience in strategic growth and
business development to our board. Her expertise in planning,
technology, finance and consumer products will be especially valuable to
our board and management team,” said Stephen H. Marcus, chairman of The
Marcus Corporation.
Gehl, 48, is the fourth-generation president and CEO of her family-owned
company. She spent five years in senior management positions at the
company in the 1990s and returned to the company on a full-time basis in
2007. She has been a member of the Gehl Foods board of directors for 15
years. In between her positions at Gehl Foods, she worked in Chicago as
a vice president at Bernstein Investment Management and served as
special assistant to Mayor Richard M. Daley for technology and economic
development. Her career in Chicago also includes serving as director of
information technology services at Chicago Public Schools and director
of organizational development at Oracle Corporation. In 2010, Gehl was
nominated by President Barack Obama to serve on the board of directors
of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and was confirmed by the
U.S. Senate in October 2011.
Gehl is a member of The Economic Club of Chicago and also serves on the
CEO Fiscal Leadership Council – Campaign to Fix the Debt. She is a
former board member of The Joffrey Ballet, Public Allies and the Faye
Gehl Conservation Foundation. She has received numerous awards including
the Bravo Entrepreneur Award from BizTmes Milwaukee. Gehl
is a 2001 Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow, was named to Who’s Who in
Chicago Business and was honored by Crain’s Chicago Business with
its “40 under 40” designation.
She graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1988 and holds an MA
degree in education from the Catholic University of America and an MBA
from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management.
Founded in 1896, Gehl Foods is a food manufacturing company that
produces shelf-stable dairy products including cheese sauces, puddings,
smoothies, diet and health drinks. The company has approximately $250
million in sales and is based in Germantown, Wis.
With Gehl’s election, The Marcus Corporation board has 12 members. Gehl
will stand for re-election at the company’s 2015 annual meeting on
October 13, 2015.
About The Marcus Corporation
Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The
Marcus Corporation is a leader in the lodging and entertainment
industries, with significant company-owned real estate assets. The
Marcus Corporation’s theatre division, Marcus
Theatres®, currently owns or manages 685 screens at 55
locations in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North
Dakota and Ohio. The company’s lodging division, Marcus®
Hotels & Resorts, owns and/or manages 20 hotels, resorts and
other properties in 11 states. For more information, visit the company’s
web site at www.marcuscorp.com.
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