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James (Jim) M. Jenness has been chairman of the board of Kellogg Company since February 2005 and chairs the Executive Committee. Mr. Jenness has served as a member of Kellogg Company's Board of Directors since July 2000. He is also a member of the company's global leadership team.
Mr. Jenness joined the company in February 2005 as chairman of the board and chief executive officer and served as chief executive officer until December 31, 2006.
Before this role, Mr. Jenness served as chief executive officer of Integrated Merchandising Systems, LLC, a market leader in outsource management for retail promotion and branded merchandising.
Prior to joining Integrated Merchandising Systems, LLC, Mr. Jenness served as vice chairman and chief operating officer of Leo Burnett Company, Kellogg's major advertising agency partner. He also served as a member of its board of directors and executive committee. Over his 22-year career with Leo Burnett, Mr. Jenness held nearly every account management position in the firm, working on all of Kellogg's brands and traveling extensively worldwide supporting Kellogg's business units.
Mr. Jenness also has domestic and international business experience that covers a wide range of highly competitive industries, including health and
beauty aids, ready-to-eat cereals, fast/convenience foods, financial services, telecommunications, dairy and beef, hardware and home/life/health insurance.
His 30-year business career includes manufacturing, brand management, extensive work in the marketing and communications agency fields, as well as strong operational and financial management expertise.
Mr. Jenness earned a bachelor's degree in marketing and a master's degree in business administration from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. An active alumnus, Mr. Jenness maintains close ties to DePaul through his dedicated service on the College of Commerce Advisory Council and as a member and vice chairman of DePaul's Board of Trustees. Mr. Jenness has also been featured as a guest lecturer in the College of Commerce's undergraduate and graduate classes. In 1995, he received the College of Commerce's Alumni Award of Merit, and in 2006, he was awarded a doctor of humane letters degree.
Mr. Jenness is co-trustee of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation Trust. He is a member of the board of directors of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Children's Memorial Hospital (senior director) and the Mercy Home for Boys and Girls.
Mr. Jenness was born in Chicago on May 15, 1946. He and his wife, Sharon, reside in Chicago, Illinois. They have three children. | 