Ms. Boehne is the retired Chief Technology Officer of Andersen Corporation, a market leader in the window and door industry, where she previously served as Vice President, Research, Development & Innovation. During her 15 year career at Andersen Corporation, her responsibilities included driving new business models and innovations to transform the company’s competitive position, and creating and executing new product strategies. Previously, Ms. Boehne held various leadership positions at Ecolab, a global provider in water and hygiene technologies, including Vice President of Research and Development Engineering and Lean Sigma Deployment Leader. Ms. Boehne began her career at The Pillsbury Company, a food products manufacturer, as an Operations Brand Manager and R&D Program Leader. Ms. Boehne currently serves on the board of The Prometheus Group, Inc., the Science Museum of Minnesota, and on the external advisory board for the University of Minnesota, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science.
Ms. Boehne earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and has participated in executive education programs through Harvard, Stanford and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She was recognized as 2018 Business Woman of the Year in her local area.