Education
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1953, she studied accounting at Penn State University, graduating in 1974.
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Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1953, she studied accounting at Penn State University, graduating in 1974.
She has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Archer Daniels Midland since 2007. Formerly, she was Executive Vice President of the Chevron Corporation, where she spent 29 years and served as its Executive Vice President of Global Downstream. As of 2014, she is listed as the 85th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes.
She first worked for Ernst & Young in Pittsburgh, then moved to Gulf Oil, an Ernst & Young client.
She was briefly in Vancouver, British Columbia, to become President of Chevron International and ultimately Executive Vice President of Chevron"s global downstream operations. At ADM, she is expected to focus on ethanol and biofuels.
As Chief Executive Officer of Archer Daniels Midland, in 2010, she was ranked the 3rd most powerful woman by Fortune magazine. In 2009, with a rank of 93, Woertz was the top-ranking woman on the Fortune 500"s list of top Chief executive officers.
Also in 2009, Forbes ranked Woertz as the 26th most powerful woman in the world.
Formerly an Executive Vice President at Chevron Corporation, Woertz left to pursue Chief Executive Officer opportunities. 2014 has been ADM"s best year in the history of the company. Thus as of 2014, Woertz is listed as the 85th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes.
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Woertz currently resides in Chicago, Illinois.
She is also a member of the Executive Committee of The Business Council for 2011 and 2012.