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Amy J. George, MBA '84

Amy J. George, MBA '84

Amy George is Vice President of Talent Development, Diversity and Inclusion at Terex Corporation and joined the company in February 2007. In her role, she is responsible for company-wide talent management initiatives and the global diversity and inclusion agenda. Some of her areas of focus include performance management, succession planning, learning and development, creating an inclusive culture, developing cultural competence and community relations.

Prior to joining Terex, Amy was Vice President, Global Diversity and Inclusion at PepsiCo, where she co-chaired the Diversity and Inclusion Governance Council, led inclusion training efforts and served on the Advisory Team for the Catalyst-award winning Women of Color initiative. During her 9+ years at PepsiCo, she also was Director of Executive Development, PepsiCo and Director, Organizational and Management Development at Pepsi-Cola North America.

Before joining Pepsi-Cola Co., she was at Fort James Corporation (now Georgia Pacific) for 10+ years, where she held various positions within Sales, Marketing, Customer Administration and HR. She began her career at Chesebrough-Ponds, where she had a number of different assignments within HR.

Amy has her undergraduate degree from Brown University and her MBA from Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management.

Amy, her husband Andy, and three children – Kevin, Erin and Brendan -- reside in Stamford, CT. Outside of work, she is on the Advisory Council of Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management and on the Board of SoundWaters, an organization dedicated to educating children and adults about the beauties of the Long Island Sound.

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