Kathleen D. McElligott

Kathleen D. McElligott has been a Director of ArcBest Corporation since July 2015. In February 2020, Ms. McElligott retired as Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer of McKesson Corp., a healthcare services and information technology company based in San Francisco and the largest pharmaceutical distributor in North America. She joined the company in July 2015, after serving as the Chief Information Officer and Vice President, Information Technology at Emerson Electric Co. since February 2010.

Prior to joining Emerson, Ms. McElligott spent 22 years with General Electric Company in multiple information systems leadership roles, including CIO of supply chain at GE Aircraft Engines.

Ms. McElligott serves as the Chairman on the Compensation Committee and is a member of the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee.

She previously served on the board of Forescout Technologies Inc. and is former board president of Connections to Success, a St. Louis-based nonprofit organization. She holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Kent State University and a master's degree from Xavier University.