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GE Board Director Rochelle B. Lazarus
Rochelle B. Lazarus
Independent Director

Chairman Emeritus and former Chief Executive Officer, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, global marketing communications company, New York, New York. Director since 2000.

Committees:
Chair, Nominating and Corporate Governance
Public Responsibilities

A graduate of Smith College, Ms. Lazarus also holds an MBA from Columbia University. She joined Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide in 1971, becoming president of its U.S. direct marketing business in 1989. She then became president of Ogilvy & Mather New York and president of Ogilvy & Mather North America before becoming president and chief operating officer of the worldwide agency in 1995, chief executive officer in 1996, which position she held to 2008, and chairman from 1997 through June 2012. Ms. Lazarus also serves as a director of Merck & Co., Inc., the American Museum of Natural History, the World Wildlife Fund and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, is a trustee of the New York Presbyterian Hospital, and is a member of the Board of Overseers of Columbia Business School.