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Alessandro Perucchetti was named President of U.S. Operations and appointed to Whirlpool Corporation’s Executive Committee in March 2023.

Perucchetti joined Whirlpool in 2002 as part of the company’s trade marketing team for Whirlpool Italy. Since then, he has gained sales, marketing, category management, merchandising and operations experience across various leadership roles in the North American and EMEA regions. His most recent role was serving as vice president overseeing market operations, product marketing and brands, and consumer services in Europe.

Perucchetti holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Bocconi University in Italy and an executive MBA from The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.



Alessandro Perucchetti

Gerri Elliott is currently a board member at [Whirlpool](/org/whirlpool). Gerri has also previously held high-level positions at [Cisco](/org/cisco), [Whirlpool](/org/whirlpool) Corporation, and [Juniper Networks](/org/juniper-networks).

Elliott began their career at Microsoft, where they quickly rose through the ranks to become Corporate Vice President, WW Public Sector. In this role, they oversaw a team of more than 2,000 sales and marketing professionals serving government, education, and healthcare customers in more than 100 countries. Under their leadership, the business grew from $4.7B to $8.0B over three years.

After leaving Microsoft, Elliott took on the role of Executive Vice President, Strategic Advisor at [Juniper Networks](/org/juniper-networks). In this role, they reported directly to the CEO and assisted with their on-boarding and strategic projects for the company.

Elliott is now a board member at [Whirlpool](/org/whirlpool) Corporation. In this role, they provide insights and recommendations to help [Whirlpool](/org/whirlpool) Corporation drive long-term shareholder value.

Gerri Elliott

Carey Martin is the current Chief Human Resources Officer at [Whirlpool](/org/whirlpool). Prior to this, they were with Eaton Corporation from January 2000 to July 2013, where they served as Vice President of Human Resources for the Hydraulics Group. In this role, they led the global HR function for a $3.5B business group of a diversified industrial with 14,000 employees across 70 sites in 35 countries.

Carey Martin attended [Michigan State University](/org/michigan-state-university), where they received their Masters of Labor and Industrial Relations. Carey also has a degree from the Eli Broad College of Business at [Michigan State University](/org/michigan-state-university).

Carey Martin reports to Marc Bitzer, CEO & Chairman. They are on a team with Joseph T. Liotine - President and COO, Elizabeth Door - Executive Committee, and Samuel Wu - President, [Whirlpool](/org/whirlpool) Asia.

Carey Martin

LaClair is the Chief Financial Officer of Ally Financial and a member of the firm's executive council. As CFO, her responsibilities include oversight of Ally's finance, accounting, capital markets, treasury, investor relations, modeling and analytics and supply chain. 

Prior to joining Ally Financial in December 2017, LaClair spent ten years at PNC Financial Services. Most recently, she served as the head of business banking where she was charged with setting strategy, driving performance and managing risk. Prior to this role she held a number of senior positions at the company and served as the chief financial officer across all of PNC's business lines. Previously she was a consultant at McKinsey and Company, focused on strategy and operations.

Jennifer LaClair

Patricia K. Poppe was appointed a director of Whirlpool Corporation in December 2019.

Poppe is the president and chief executive officer of CMS Energy and its principal subsidiary, [Consumers Energy](/org/consumers-energy), a position she has held since 2016. She also became a member of the board of directors of CMS Energy and [Consumers Energy](/org/consumers-energy) in 2016. Poppe served as Senior Vice President of Distribution Operations, Engineering and Transmission from 2015 to 2016. She was responsible for engineering, maintenance and operations of the electric and natural gas delivery systems.

Prior to that, Poppe served as Vice President of Customer Experience, Rates and Regulation from 2013 to 2015. She joined [Consumers Energy](/org/consumers-energy) in January 2011 as Vice President of Customer Operations.

Prior to joining CMS Energy, Ms. Poppe held various positions of increasing responsibility at [DTE Energy](/org/dte-energy) from 2005 to 2011 and General Motors Company from 1990 to 2005.

Poppe serves on executive boards for the Edison Electric Institute, Business Leaders for Michigan, and the [American Gas Association](/org/aga). She holds a master’s degree in management from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and received a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in industrial engineering from [Purdue University](/org/purdue-university).

Patricia K. Poppe

Caterina Scarabello

Lashonda Rahming

Ava Harter joined Whirlpool Corporation in December of 2020 as the Chief Legal Officer. As the chief legal officer, Ava leads the company’s legal, ethics and compliance, EHS, sustainability, and security teams.

Ava joined Whirlpool Corporation from [Owens Corning](/org/owens-corning), where she served as senior vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary since 2015. In this role, Harter led global legal operations, government affairs, and corporate affairs. Prior to her role at [Owens Corning](/org/owens-corning), she acted as general counsel and chief compliance officer for Taleris America, LLC. Harter also previously held roles of increasing responsibility with [General Electric](/org/general-electric), The Dow Chemical Company, [Jones Day](/org/jones-day), and [Thompson Hine LLP](/org/thompson-hine-llp).

Harter holds a Juris Doctor degree from [Northwestern University](/org/northwestern-university) School of Law, a Masters in Sociology from the University of Nebraska, and a BA in Political Science from [Northwestern University](/org/northwestern-university), and was an adjunct professor at the Case Western Reserve University Law School.

Ava Harter

Pamela Klyn was named Senior Vice President, Communications, Public Affairs and Sustainability, on January 1, 2022. 

Klyn was most recently a Vice President in Whirlpool Corporation’s Global Product Organization. During her time with the company, Klyn has held advancing roles in engineering, product development, global innovation, and marketing. From 2013 to 2015, she lived in Italy and served as the Vice President of Products & Brands for Whirlpool EMEA. 

Klyn was hired into the company’s Technical Excellence Program in 1993 after graduating from Michigan Technological University with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. She earned a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan in 1995 and has an Executive MBA from Bowling Green State University.

Klyn is currently a Board member for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Benton Harbor and a Trustee for the Whirlpool Foundation. She serves on the Michigan Technological University External Advisory Board for the Dean of Engineering and on the Board of Directors for Patrick Industries.

Pamela Klyn

Prior to joining [Whirlpool](/org/whirlpool), Gilles gained over 25 years experience in the consumer goods industry, mostly at Mars Inc. leading sales, operations, marketing, manufacturing, research and development and procurement. He covered several regional leadership roles, including President for the European & Eurasian region for Mars Chocolate. Most recently, Gilles was CEO Northern and Central Europe at Savencia Fromage & Dairy, overseeing 14 markets including Germany, Central Europe, Benelux and Nordics.

Gilles Morel

Having joined [Whirlpool](/org/whirlpool) in 2010 as Operations Manager at its Naples industrial site, where he was in charge of production, maintenance and logistics, Luigi rapidly rose through positions of increasing responsibility. In 2011 he was made Naples Site Leader and subsequently site leader at Poprad, Slovakia. In 2015 he was appointed General Manager Dishwashing for the EMEA market and in 2016 General Manager Laundry EMEA.

Luigi will have the important task of managing industrial operations and logistics across 14 industrial sites in 7 countries in the EMEA region, which employ around 21,000 people with commercial operations in more than 30 countries.

Luigi, 43, is married and has 2 children. His overriding passion is triathlon, in which he has held international records.

Luigi La Morgia

Michael D. White

João Carlos Brega is the current President of [Whirlpool](/org/whirlpool) Latin America. João has been with the company since 2007 and in their current role since January 2009. Prior to that, they served as the Operations President for [Whirlpool](/org/whirlpool) Mexico and Canada. Brega began their career in 1992 as the Financial Director for Sharp Electronics Corporation USA.

João Carlos Brega has a post-graduate degree in finance from FGV - Fundação Getulio Vargas and a undergraduate degree in business administration from the same school.

Their manager is Marc Bitzer, CEO & Chairman. João Carlos Brega works with Elizabeth Door - Executive Committee, Carey Martin - CHRO, and Gilles Morel - EVP & President of [Whirlpool](/org/whirlpool) EMEA.

João Carlos Brega

James Peters

Elizabeth Door

Gary T. Dicamillo

Samuel Wu

Larry Spencer

Greg Creed

Samuel R. Allen

John D. Liu is a Board Member at [Whirlpool](/org/whirlpool). John was previously employed at Richmond Hill, Essex Equity Management, and [Greenhill & Co.](/org/greenhill-co) where they served as the Chief Financial Officer and Co-Head of Mergers and Acquisitions.

John D. Liu received their MBA in Accounting and Finance from The Wharton School and their AB in Economics from [Harvard University](/org/harvard).

John D. Liu

James M. Loree

Harish Manwani

Diane M. Dietz

Poppe, 50, is President and Chief Executive Officer of CMS Energy Corporation and its principal subsidiary, [Consumers Energy](/org/consumers-energy) Company. She previously served as senior vice president of distribution operations, engineering and transmission, responsible for engineering, maintenance, and operations of the company's electric and natural gas delivery systems. Prior to that, Poppe served as vice president of customer experience, rates and regulation. She joined [Consumers Energy](/org/consumers-energy) in January 2011 as vice president of customer operations. Previously, Poppe served as a Power Plant Director at [DTE Energy](/org/dte-energy). Prior to joining [DTE Energy](/org/dte-energy), Poppe held a variety of plant management positions in the automotive industry.

Patti Poppe

Marc Bitzer was named chief executive officer effective October 2017 and was elected Chairman of the Board effective January 1, 2019.

Bitzer joined Whirlpool Europe in 1999 as vice president, Bauknecht brand group. He became senior vice president, marketing sales and services, Whirlpool Europe, in 2000 and was named president of Whirlpool Europe in January 2006. Between 2009-2013, he went on to serve as president of Whirlpool North America and President of U.S. operations and later was named vice chairman which included overall leadership of North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Before joining Whirlpool Europe, Bitzer worked for eight years at the Boston Consulting Group in Munich and Toronto, and was named vice president in 1999.

Bitzer earned both his MBA and doctorate from the St. Gallen Graduate School of Business, Economics and Law in Switzerland.

Marc Bitzer

Holger Gottstein was named Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development January 1, 2020.

Holger joined Whirlpool Corporation from Boston Consulting Group, where he was Managing Director & Senior Partner and has held various leadership roles across Europe, Asia, and North America in the Consumer and Retail Practice. He brings deep expertise in Digital and direct-to-consumer strategies, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, and performance improvement. Prior to his time at BCG, Holger held several line positions with a major European bank.

Holger holds an MBA from [Northwestern University](/org/northwestern-university)’s Kellogg School of Management and a Master’s degree in international business and cultural studies from the University of Passau.

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