CHICAGO (IL)
Blackbird PR News
Posted on: January 9, 2016
CHICAGO, Jan. 8, 2016 /satPRnews.com/ — The Archdiocese of Chicago today announced the appointment of Mary Ann Hynes as its general counsel. Ms. Hynes was the first female general counsel of a Fortune 500 company and has most recently been senior counsel at the Chicago office of Dentons, the world’s largest law firm by number of lawyers.
“Mary Ann brings enormous experience and a solid record of high performance that has won her the admiration of her colleagues and community leaders,” said Archbishop Blase J. Cupich. “We welcome her to our team and look forward to the contribution she will make to our mission.”
Ms. Hynes, who joined Dentons in 2013 is a governance and compliance expert with more than 20 years of service on the boards of Fortune 500 companies and nonprofit organizations. She is a seasoned strategist with extensive mergers and acquisitions and integration experience and a focus on mining, high tech aerospace and industrial products, commodity-based manufacturing and media /software companies. She worked for seven years at Ingredion, Inc., (formerly Corn Products International), as a senior vice president, general counsel and chief compliance officer. Ms. Hynes began her career and spent 25 years at CCH, a WoLTErs Kluwer business, rising to the rank of vice president and general counsel.
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