Whirlpool appoints Mary Ellen Adcock to board, effective August 18, 2025
Whirlpool's board appointed Mary Ellen Adcock, executive vice president and chief merchant and marketing officer at The Kroger Co., as a director effective August 18, 2025. She will sit on the Audit Committee and the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, and her non-employee director pay includes a $150,000 annual cash retainer and $160,000 in annual equity.
Key points
- Appointed to the board on August 18, 2025, effective immediately, and named to the Audit Committee and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee
- Annual cash retainer of $150,000, consistent with other non-employee directors
- Annual equity compensation of $160,000, paid in Whirlpool common stock on the date of the annual stockholders meeting
- Adcock joined Kroger in 1999 and was named executive vice president and chief merchant and marketing officer in November 2024
The filing
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