Dr Stephanie Burns - Independent Non-Executive Director

Stephanie was formerly Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Dow Corning Corporation, until her retirement on 31 December 2011. Stephanie was appointed a Non-Executive Director of Corning Inc. on 31 January 2012. She sits on the US President’s Export Council, is a former Chairman of the American Chemistry Council, and an officer of the Society of Chemical Industry, America Section. She has also served on the boards of the Michigan Molecular Institute and the Society for Women’s Health Research.

Stephanie joined Dow Corning in 1983 as a researcher working on water based and high temperature elastomers. She became director of Women's Health in 1994 and subsequently moved into corporate management becoming Science and Technology Director for Europe in 1997. She was first elected to Dow Corning's Board of Directors in December 2000, she was President and Chief Executive Officer from February 2003 until 2011, Chief Operating Officer from January 2004 until 2011 and was Chairman from January 2006 to December 2011.

Stephanie holds a Ph.D. in organic chemistry, with an organosilicon specialty, from Iowa State University. She completed her post-doctoral studies at the Universite Montpellier, Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, France.