UTICA — ConMed Corporation (NASDAQ: CNMD), a Utica–based surgical-device maker, recently announced that LaVerne Council will join its board of directors, effective Dec. 1. Council is the national managing principal of enterprise technology strategy & innovation at Grant Thornton LLP, a large accounting and advisory firm based in Chicago. She previously served as the senior […]
UTICA — ConMed Corporation (NASDAQ: CNMD), a Utica–based surgical-device maker, recently announced that LaVerne Council will join its board of directors, effective Dec. 1.
Council is the national managing principal of enterprise technology strategy & innovation at Grant Thornton LLP, a large accounting and advisory firm based in Chicago. She previously served as the senior VP and general manager for MITRE Corporation from 2017 through 2018 and as the assistant secretary for information & technology and chief information officer for the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs from 2015 through 2017. Council was the CEO of Council Advisory Services, LLC from 2012 through 2015 and served as the corporate VP and global chief information officer at Johnson & Johnson from 2006 through 2011. Prior to that, she served in a number of roles of increasing responsibility at DELL, Inc., most recently as the global VP of information technology, global business solutions, and development services.