Kathleen Wilson-Thompson

Kathleen Wilson-Thompson is currently serving as the Chairman of the University of Michigan Alumni Association.
She is also an Independent Director at McKesson Corp., Wolverine World Wide, Inc., and Tesla, Inc. Additionally, she holds positions as a Director at the Chicago Children's Choir, the Taylor Wilson Thompson Family Foundation, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
She is a Trustee for the NAACP Special Contributions Fund and the Naacp Foundation.
In her former roles, Ms. Wilson-Thompson served as a Director at Ashland LLC and Skills for Chicagolands Future.
She was an Independent Director at Vulcan Materials Co. from 2009 to 2018 and at Ashland, Inc. from 2017 to 2020.
She held the position of Senior Vice President-Global Human Resources at Kellanova from 2010 to 2014 and Chief Human Resources Officer & Senior VP at Walgreen Co. during the same period.
She also worked as Vice President & Staff Counsel at Michigan National Corp.
from 1986 to 1991 and as the Global Chief Human Resources Officer & EVP at Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. from 2014 to 2021.
Ms. Wilson-Thompson completed her graduate degree in 1982 and 1996 from Wayne State University (Michigan).
She also obtained her undergraduate degree in 1979 from the University of Michigan.