{{short description|American lawyer and businessperson}} '''Roderick A. Palmore''' is an American lawyer and businessperson.<ref name="forbes">[https://archive.today/20130216022939/http://www.forbes.com/profile/roderick-palmore/ Forbes]</ref><ref name="businessweek">[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=187322&ticker=GIS&previousCapId=274715&previousTitle=GENERAL%20MILLS%20INC Bloomberg BusinessWeek]</ref><ref name="generalmills">[http://www.generalmills.com/en/Company/Leadership/Roderick_Rick_A_Palmore.aspx General Mills biography]</ref><ref name="leadership">[http://www.lcldnet.org/about_us_leadership_roderick_a_palmore.html Leadership Council on Legal Diversity biography]</ref><ref name="wsj">[http://quotes.wsj.com/CBOE/company-people/executive-profile/16072914?mod=WSJ_qtpeople_allexec#less The Wall Street Journal]</ref>
==Biography== ===Early life=== He graduated from Yale University and received a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.<ref name="businessweek"/><ref name="wsj"/>
===Career=== He started his career as assistant United States attorney in the Northern District of Illinois.<ref name="businessweek"/><ref name="generalmills"/><ref name="leadership"/> From 1986 to 1993, he was a partner at the law firm Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon.<ref name="businessweek"/><ref name="generalmills"/><ref name="leadership"/> In 1993, he joined Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal.<ref name="businessweek"/><ref name="generalmills"/><ref name="leadership"/>
From 1996 to 2008, he worked at the Sara Lee Corporation, including as executive vice president and general counsel from 2004 to 2008.<ref name="forbes"/><ref name="businessweek"/><ref name="leadership"/> In 2008, he joined General Mills, where he serves as executive vice president, general counsel, chief compliance and risk management officer and secretary.<ref name="forbes"/><ref name="businessweek"/><ref name="leadership"/> He serves on the board of directors of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and the Chicago Board Options Exchange.<ref name="forbes"/><ref name="businessweek"/><ref name="leadership"/><ref name="wsj"/> He served on the boards of Nuveen Investments and United Way of Metropolitan Chicago.<ref name="businessweek"/><ref name="wsj"/>
He sits on the executive committee of the Association of General Counsel.<ref name="generalmills"/><ref name="leadership"/> He is the chair of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity.<ref name="generalmills"/><ref name="leadership"/> He is also a member of the American Arbitration Association.<ref name="wsj"/>
==Bibliography== *''A Call to Action, Diversity in the Legal Profession'' (2004)
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