Stuart L. Levenick is a recently retired group president of Caterpillar Inc. in Peoria, Illinois. During his ten years as a member of Caterpillar’s Executive Office, Levenick managed global businesses spanning marketing, manufacturing operations, engineering, supply chain, procurement and human resources. Levenick has a strong background in marketing and general management as well as broad global experience gained from assignments based in the United States, Canada, Russia, Asia Pacific and Japan.
Levenick graduated from the University of Illinois with a Bachelor of Science degree in forestry and is a Sloan Fellow with a Master of Science degree in management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He is a member of the Board of Directors, Lead Director and Corporate Governance Committee Chair of Entergy Corporation, New Orleans, Louisiana; a member of the Board of Directors, Lead Director and Board Affairs and Nominating Committee Chair of W. W. Grainger, Inc., Lake Forest, Illinois; a member of the Board of Directors and Audit Committee Chair of Finning International Inc., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; a member of the Board of Directors and Engagement Committee Chair of the University of Illinois Foundation; and a member of the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics Campaign Planning Committee, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. His past experience includes Executive Board Member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Director of the U.S. China Business Council; Director of the U.S. Russia Business Council; and Executive Director and Chairman of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, Washington, D.C.
While attending the University of Illinois, Levenick was a walk-on football player who was named team captain, Offensive MVP, earned All-Big Ten honors, and was selected in the 1976 NFL draft. He was inducted into the Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame in 2009 and was awarded the University of Illinois Varsity “I” Lifetime Achievement award in 2014. He was a recipient of the College of ACES Career Achievement Award in 2018.