Stephen K. Krull
Executive Vice President, General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary, Con-way Inc.
Stephen K. Krull is executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of Con-way Inc. (NYSE:CNW), a $5.3 billion freight transportation and logistics services company headquartered in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Con-way delivers industry-leading services through its primary operating companies of Con-way Freight, Menlo Worldwide Logistics and Con-way Truckload. These operating units provide high-performance, day-definite, less-than-truckload (LTL) and full truckload and intermodal freight transportation, as well as logistics, warehousing and supply chain management services, and trailer manufacturing. Con-way Inc. and its subsidiaries operate from 500 locations across North America and in 20 countries and five continents.
As Con-way's chief attorney, Mr. Krull is responsible for management of the company's legal staff, external legal resources, securities law compliance, corporate governance, ethics and compliance matters, financial transactions and general corporate legal matters. He also serves as the company's Chief Privacy Officer and is a member of the executive management team.
Mr. Krull joined Con-way in April 2011 from Toledo, Ohio-based Owens Corning (NYSE: OC), where he served as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary for this $5 billion global producer of residential and commercial building materials, glass-fiber reinforcements and engineered materials.
He served as a senior vice president and Owens Corning's chief legal counsel since 2003. Over a 15-year career with Owens Corning Mr. Krull advanced through a series of increasingly responsible positions including division counsel, general counsel, North American Building Materials; vice president and general counsel of operations; and vice president, corporate communications.
Prior to Owens Corning, Mr. Krull was corporate counsel for A. B. Dick Company, Chicago, and an associate attorney with Sidley & Austin, a Chicago law firm where he specialized in commercial transactions.
Mr. Krull received his law degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law where he graduated with high honors and was an editor of the Kent Law Review. He earned his bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Eastern Illinois University. Among his philanthropic activities, Mr. Krull previously served as overall campaign chairman for the United Way of Greater Toledo in 2008, the board of Habitat for Humanity of Ohio and currently serves on the board of St. John's Jesuit High School and Academy in Toledo, Ohio.
He is based at Con-way’s corporate headquarters in Ann Arbor, Mich.