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Executive Biography
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Mary K. W. Jones |
Corporate Secretary and
Associate General Counsel
Deere & Company |
Mary K. W. Jones is Corporate Secretary and Associate General Counsel of Deere & Company, a position she has held since March 2008. Jones is responsible for corporate governance matters, as well as legal and regulatory aspects of Deere's financial transactions, including its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Jones joined Deere & Company in 1997, serving as Attorney, Senior Attorney, Senior Counsel, and Assistant General Counsel. Most recently, she served as Associate General Counsel, Special Litigation and Compliance. Before joining the company, Jones was in private practice.
A native of Cordova, Illinois, Jones received her bachelor's degree from Truman State University. She received her juris doctor degree, with high distinction, from the University of Iowa College of Law, where she was a member of the editorial board of the Iowa Law Review.
Jones is a member of the Illinois and Iowa Bar Associations. She is a member and previously has served as Chair of the Corporate Law Departments Section Council of the Illinois State Bar Association. She also is a member of the Association of Corporate Counsel and the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals, and serves on the regional Board of Directors of the March of Dimes. She has previously been a member of the Board of Directors of the Learning Campus Foundation, Edgerton Women's Health Center, and the Family Museum, where she served as Chairman of the Board.
John Deere (Deere & Company - NYSE: DE) is the world's leading provider of advanced products and services for agriculture and forestry and a major provider of advanced products and services for 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.
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