Laurel M. Hurd

Hurd is a results-driven leader who offers 30 years of sales management, product development, and brand stewardship experience in both the consumer-packaged goods and the consumer durables sectors. As Segment President of Learning and Development at Newell Brands, Hurd oversaw the company's largest segment representing more than $3 billion in revenue in 2021, or more than a quarter of Newell's overall revenue, and approximately $600 million of operating profit. She has a proven track record of driving profitable growth through innovation and global expansion, and has been lauded by her teams and colleagues as a passionate and inspirational leader.

Hurd has spent the majority of her career at Newell Brands. In her most recent role as head of the Learning and Development segment, she led double-digit growth of the segment and was responsible for market share expansion for the Writing category in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Australia. She oversaw a global supply chain including eight manufacturing plants in seven countries. Hurd also was recently appointed as an independent director of the board of directors of THOR Industries, Inc. (NYSE: THO), where she serves on the audit and compensation committees.