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Roderick A. Palmore is executive vice president, general counsel and secretary of Sara Lee Corporation.
Palmore joined Sara Lee in 1996 as deputy general counsel and shortly thereafter was made a vice president of the corporation. In 1999, he was promoted to senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of Sara Lee Corporation. In April 2004, he was promoted to executive vice president. He is a member of the company�s Senior Management Team, and he chairs Sara Lee�s Global Business Practices Committee. He also has responsibility for the company�s Internal Audit, Special Investigations, Risk Management, Safety and Environmental Affairs functions.
Palmore previously was a partner with Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal in Chicago, which he joined in 1993. He was a partner with Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon from 1986 to 1993, having joined that firm as an associate in 1982. His prior experience includes work as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Northern District of Illinois.
Palmore is a director of Nuveen Investments, Inc. He also is a member of the board of directors of the Chicago Board Options Exchange. He is a member of the board of the United Way of Metropolitan Chicago and is a director of the Association of Corporate Counsel. He has served on the board of directors of the Chicago Bar Foundation, the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, the Public Interest Law Initiative, and Centers for New Horizons. He also has served on the Chicago Bar Association�s Board of Managers.
Palmore is a member of the board of trustees of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and is former chairman of the Public Arts Advisory Commission of Oak Park, Ill.
Palmore attended Yale University, where he received a bachelor of arts degree in economics. At Yale, he received the following honors: National Achievement Scholar, Kenneth MacLeish Scholar and Yale Alumni Association of Pittsburgh Scholar. Palmore received a juris doctorate degree from the University of Chicago Law School.
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