Kathy Leo

Kathy Leo is the former Chief Legal Officer of Chobani Global Holdings, LLC where was responsible for all legal affairs of the company as well as the company’s ESG, external and internal communications, public policy and community affairs functions. Prior to joining Chobani, Kathy was the Chief Legal and People Officer of Gilt Groupe, an e-commerce company, where she led the legal and people functions and was instrumental in the sale of the business to Hudson Bay Company. Prior to joining Gilt Groupe, Kathy built the legal and human resource functions at United Media and after six years, successfully sold the business to Iconix Brand Group. Earlier in her career, Kathy was a business and transactional lawyer for Primedia, Inc. (a NYSE integrated media company majority owned by KKR), Warner-Lambert Company and for multiple companies as a corporate transactional attorney at Dewey Ballantine.

Kathy served on the Board of Thinx Inc. from 2017 until its successful sale to Kimberly Clark in 2022, serving as the Chair of the Special Committee of the Board. Kathy also served on the Board of the New York Business Council for Access to Justice from 2020 to 2022.

Kathy holds a B.A. from Tulane University and attended New York University School of Law and Albany Law School where she received her J.D., with honors.