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Norris P. Sneed is Senior Vice President Human Resources and Communications and Public Affairs for Eastman Chemical Company. He was appointed to this position on June 1 2003. Prior to being named to his current position Sneed was Vice President Organization Effectiveness for Eastman.
A native of Lancaster SC Sneed received a B.S. degree in chemical engineering and a M.S. degree in engineering from the University of South Carolina. In 1999 he received a M.S. degree in management from MIT.
Sneed joined Eastman in 1979 as a chemical engineer in the company’s Carolina Operations located in Columbia SC. In 1989 he was assigned to Eastman’s Arkansas Operations in Batesville AR where he was superintendent for different manufacturing and new business and development departments. In 1997 he transferred to the company’s headquarters in Kingsport TN to serve as assistant to the CEO. Following a year spent at the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Sloan Fellow Sneed was named Managing Director for Eastman’s Argentina operations. In 2001 he returned to the company’s headquarters to serve as Vice President of Organization Effectiveness in the Human Resources Communications and Public Affairs organization.
Sneed is a member of the board of directors of the National Association of Manufacturers and the Paramount Theatre in Bristol TN. He is also a member of the East Tennessee State University Foundation the Kiwanis Club and is a 2003 graduate of Leadership Kingsport. Sneed is a 1986 graduate of Leadership Columbia (SC). | 