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'''Laurette T. Koellner''' is an American business executive who currently serves on the boards of directors for Celestica, Inc. and Hillshire Brands (formerly Sara Lee), as well as the executive chairman for the International Lease Finance Corporation. Previously, she has held executive positions at Boeing (with her last position as president of Boeing International).

Early life and education
Koellner was raised in Brooklyn, New York until her senior year of high school when her father, a retired New York City firefighter, moved his family to Merritt Island, FL, where she finished high school and attended college at the University of Central Florida (UCF). She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from UCF in 1977, and an MBA from Stetson University in 1980.< She also holds a Certified Professional Contracts Manager designation from the National Contracts Management Association.

McDonnell Douglas/Boeing
After earning her bachelor’s degree in 1977, Koellner began work at McDonnell Douglas as a contract analyst. She spent 19 years at McDonnell Douglas, working progressively in contract management, financial management, human resources, and as the vice president of Internal Audit. After the Boeing-McDonnell Douglas merger in 1997, she remained with Boeing, first as vice president and general auditor, before being named vice president and corporate controller in 1999. In 2000, she was named the senior vice president of the Shared Services group. From 2002-2004, she served as a member of the office of the chairman, as well as as the company's chief administration and human resources officer (a position she held until 2004). In 2004, Koellner was named the president of Connexion by Boeing, a position she held until 2006, when she was named the president of Boeing International. She remained in this position until her retirement from Boeing in 2008. Leading up to her retirement, it had been reported that she should be "considered one of the contenders" for the position of CEO of Boeing.

Board Positions
In 2003, she was elected to the board of directors of Sara Lee Corporation as the chairman of the audit committee, a position she continues to hold following the company's conversion to Hillshire Brands Company in 2012. In 2009, she was elected the chairman of the audit committee on the board of directors at Celestica, Inc. In 2009, she was also named an independent director of American International Group (AIG), after the company reconfigured its board to include independent directors when they came under scrutiny following the company's admission that it had paid out millions in bonuses after having received $182.5 billion in support from the government. She remained in this position through AIG's repayment of the government loans.

ILFC
In 2012, she was named executive chairman at the International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), a subsidiary of AIG. The newly created position made her the company's most senior executive, overseeing ILFC CEO Henri Courpron, following revelations that Courpron had been involved in a personal relationship with an employee. As head of ILFC reporting to AIG CEO Robert Benmosche, she stepped down from AIG’s board of directors as she no longer met the panel’s requirement for independence. In 2012, she announced that she would step down once AIG’s planned sale of the unit to a Chinese consortium was approved, but in May 2013, New China Trust Co. and China Aviation Industrial Fund pulled out of the group to buy ILFC, and AIG is currently exploring a plan to unload a majority stake through a public offering and possible private stock sales.

Advisory positions
She serves on the Dean's Advisory Board of the UCF College of Business Administration, and has also served on the Board of Regents for the University of Portland. She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She was also a member of the board of Exostar, served on the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce board of directors, a member of the Economic Club of Chicago and a trustee at Intiman Theatre in Seattle.

Awards
Koellner was inducted into the UCF College of Business Administration Hall of Fame in 2003. In 2005, she received a Distinguished Alumnus Award from UCF. In 2011, she received a Distinguished Alumni Award from Stetson University. She has also been designated a "audit committee financial expert" by the New York Stock Exchange.