Dean Foods Brings Marc Kesselman on as EVP
Marc L. Kesselman will join Dean Foods Company as Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Government Affairs. Kesselman joins Dean Foods from PepsiCo, Inc., where he served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Frito-Lay North America and PepsiCo's food businesses in North and South America.
The new EVP brings a unique combination of corporate law and high-level government experience. At PepsiCo, he oversaw a variety of commercial, transactional, litigation, regulatory, and government affairs issues relating to PepsiCo's food business in North and South America. Prior to joining PepsiCo, Kesselman served as General Counsel of the United States Department of Agriculture. After being nominated to this position by the President and unanimously confirmed by the Senate, he advised the Secretary of Agriculture and directed all legal activity for the Department.
Kesselman will begin at Dean Foods on January 26 and will report to Gregg A. Tanner, Chief Executive Officer. "Marc brings a wealth of global legal and business experience, and has been a trusted advisor to senior executives focused on business growth. He also is a well-respected and proven leader who will be a great complement to our outstanding legal team," says Tanner. "I believe he already embodies the Company's Guiding Principles, making him an ideal fit for Dean Foods. I'm thrilled to welcome him to our organization."
Prior to his roles at PepsiCo and USDA, Kesselman served as Deputy General Counsel in the White House Office of Management and Budget, where he handled a wide range of regulatory, budgetary and legal policy matters, mediated interagency disputes, and formulated Presidential Executive Orders.
Kesselman has also worked at the United States Department of Justice as Senior Counsel in the Office of Legal Policy, and as a Trial Attorney in the Civil Division. The Attorney General presented Kesselman with the John Marshall Award, the Department of Justice's highest award for trial of litigation.
Previously, Kesselman worked as an attorney in the Washington, DC office of Ropes & Gray. He began his legal career as a Law Clerk for the Honorable Julia S. Gibbons, then the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. Kesselman graduated with high honors from Cornell University, and with honors from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
The new EVP brings a unique combination of corporate law and high-level government experience. At PepsiCo, he oversaw a variety of commercial, transactional, litigation, regulatory, and government affairs issues relating to PepsiCo's food business in North and South America. Prior to joining PepsiCo, Kesselman served as General Counsel of the United States Department of Agriculture. After being nominated to this position by the President and unanimously confirmed by the Senate, he advised the Secretary of Agriculture and directed all legal activity for the Department.
Kesselman will begin at Dean Foods on January 26 and will report to Gregg A. Tanner, Chief Executive Officer. "Marc brings a wealth of global legal and business experience, and has been a trusted advisor to senior executives focused on business growth. He also is a well-respected and proven leader who will be a great complement to our outstanding legal team," says Tanner. "I believe he already embodies the Company's Guiding Principles, making him an ideal fit for Dean Foods. I'm thrilled to welcome him to our organization."
Prior to his roles at PepsiCo and USDA, Kesselman served as Deputy General Counsel in the White House Office of Management and Budget, where he handled a wide range of regulatory, budgetary and legal policy matters, mediated interagency disputes, and formulated Presidential Executive Orders.
Kesselman has also worked at the United States Department of Justice as Senior Counsel in the Office of Legal Policy, and as a Trial Attorney in the Civil Division. The Attorney General presented Kesselman with the John Marshall Award, the Department of Justice's highest award for trial of litigation.
Previously, Kesselman worked as an attorney in the Washington, DC office of Ropes & Gray. He began his legal career as a Law Clerk for the Honorable Julia S. Gibbons, then the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. Kesselman graduated with high honors from Cornell University, and with honors from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.