Corning Life Sciences CEO and leadership

Wendell P. Weeks (born 1959/60) is an American businessman, the chairman, CEO, and president of Corning Inc.

As Chief Strategy Officer for Corning Incorporated, Jeff Evenson is instrumental in setting the company’s priorities, identifying growth opportunities, and capturing synergies with other innovators. Jeff also serves as the Chairman for the Corning Museum of Glass. Jeff is an enthusiastic ambassador for glass as a transformative material because of its unique combination of technical and aesthetic properties. In his personal time, he is a creative cook, a voracious reader, and an above-average tennis player, who enjoys getting trounced by his daughter as much as he enjoys winning.

Lewis Steverson is executive vice president and chief legal and administrative officer. Steverson manages all legal issues for Corning and advises the CEO, the Board of Directors, and the Senior Leadership Team on all legal issues; advises the Board of Directors on corporate governance structure and legal issues; and manages all Law Department function mandates. In addition, Steverson manages the Office of the CEO and the Corporate Functions Review. Steverson also manages Aircraft Operations and has oversight of Global Security, Data Privacy, and the Department of Archives and Records Management.

Behm Gabriele is an Office Manager & Chief of Staff Corning International EMEA at Corning.

Brittany Salgado is a Sr. Communications Manager, Chief of Staff, Glass Technologies at Corning. She has worked as Business Analyst, Display Technologies at Corning; Associate Account Manager at Interbrand; and Manager, Executive & Marketing Communications, Glass Technologies at Corning. Brittany attended Umeå University until 2005 and LIBERTY UNIVERSITY until 2007.

Charlie McKinley are a Chief Radiation Safety Officer / Security Manager at Corning and are based in Durham, North Carolina. They have worked as Nuclear Repair Leading Chief Petty Officer at NRMD-New London, MLPO at US Navy, and Nuclear Regional Maintenance Dept. Training Officer at NRMD-New London. Charlie studied at Hampton University between 1997 and 1998, brandon senior high school between 1976 and 1978, and Thomas Edison State University between 1997 and 2000.

David has more than four decades of R&D experience in glass science, ceramic science, and optical physics. As Chief Technology Officer for Corning, he is responsible for managing the company’s innovation pipeline and creating new growth drivers.David is a firm believer in the value of industrial R&D; a strong advocate for building bridges between corporations, government, and academia; and a passionate champion for the next generation of glass and glass-ceramics researchers.

Experienced Engineering Fellow with a demonstrated history of working in the areas of designed experiments, quality and statistical engineering applied to manufacturing process problems. Particular expertise in acceptance sampling and process quality control where he has authored books on these subjects. Well connected to several universities and companies through professional societies. Has more recently built expertise in working on large scale problems through machine learning and other methods. Developed and have taught a short course entitled “Introduction to Data Mining for Process Understanding” using the Rattle R package offering a free software solution to anyone having R installed on their computer. Coined a data analytics strategy at Corning Incorporated called SSEMPaC which has been successfully applied to projects in multiple divisions over the past several years. Have degrees in Statistics from Iowa State University and Rochester Institute of Technology.

Debbi Behrens is a Chief of Staff, Global Manufacturing at Corning and is based in Kennebunk, Maine. She has worked as Plant Manager at Corning and Operations Manager at Corning. Debbi attended Duke University between 1982 and 1986.

Giovanni Cortazzo is a CFO - Corning Optical Communications Sector at Corning and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He has worked as Business Unit Accounting Manager at Eaton; Vice President, Finance - Circuit Protection Division at Eaton; and Controller at Eaton. Giovanni studied at Pittsburgh Central Catholic between 1989 and 1993, Duquesne University between 1993 and 1997, and Duquesne University between 2002 and 2005.