Cornerstone Building Brands Inc. has appointed Marcia Avedon, Ph.D., as a member of its board of directors effective April 1. Avedon will serve on the board’s Compensation Committee.
Avedon's experience
Avedon is the CEO of Avedon Advisory LLC, which she founded in 2022. From 2020 to 2022, she served as executive vice president and chief human resources, marketing and communications officer for Trane Technologies plc, where she was responsible for all global human resource and reputation management strategies and functions. From 2007 to 2020, she held senior leadership positions at Ingersoll-Rand plc, including serving as executive vice president, human resources, communications and corporate affairs. Earlier in her career, Marcia held executive positions in human resources at Merck & Company, Honeywell International and Anheuser-Busch Companies.
Since 2022, Avedon has served on the board of directors at Acuity Brands, including as a member of its compensation and management development committee. She has also served as a board member of Generac Holdings since 2019, including as chair of the human capital and compensation committee. Avedon previously served on the board of directors of GCP Applied Technologies and Lincoln National Corp.
What the company says
“Marcia’s depth and breadth of both corporate leadership and board experience in leadership development, talent and succession management, executive compensation, organizational development, corporate governance, brand building, operations, and sustainability make her a particularly strong addition to our Cornerstone Building Brands board of directors,” says Rose Lee, president and CEO, Cornerstone Building Brands. “Marcia brings strategic business experience in the industrial space as well as other diverse sectors that will help accelerate our growth and our journey to premiership.”
