Steel Products
Executive Changes at U.S. Steel
Written by Sandy Williams
April 17, 2018
U.S. Steel announced two changes to its executive team on Tuesday. Duane Holloway will join the company as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary.
Richard L. Fruehauf, who has been serving as Interim General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, will become Vice President of Strategic Planning and Corporate Development. Holloway and Fruehauf will report to President and CEO David Burritt.
Holloway will have executive responsibility for all legal and compliance matters at the company and serve as Corporate Secretary. Before joining U.S. Steel, Holloway served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Ascena Retail Group, where he integrated multiple legal teams into one group and led the company’s litigation management process and integrated transformation program. Holloway also served as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for CoreLogic, Inc., and Senior Vice President and Chief Counsel, Operations and Litigation, for Caesars Entertainment Corp. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from the University of Virginia. He is also a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Law.
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Fruehauf will be responsible for the following functions that are important to the next phase of the company’s transformation: Strategic Planning and Business Development, Innovation, Governmental Affairs, Environmental Affairs and Sustainability, and Corporate Communications. Before arriving at U.S. Steel in 2014, Fruehauf held increasingly responsible roles at Westinghouse Electric Co. and Alcoa. He also practiced law with Cohen & Grigsby, P.C. in Pittsburgh and Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C. Earlier in his career, he served in a number of national security positions with the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Arms Control & Disarmament Agency, and the Department of the Navy. Fruehauf holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Georgetown University, a Master of Public Policy degree from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, and received his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law.
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