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Electronics, Offi ce Equipment, Software (A)


Insurance (B)


Energy, Gas, Petroleum Refi ning, Pipelines, Etc. (C)


Food & Drug Stores (D)


General Merchandisers, Speciality Retailers, Wholesalers: Diversifi ed, etc. (E)


Financial Services: Diversifi ed Financials, Securities, Banks (F)


Transportation & Logistics (G) Telecommunications (H)


Pharmaceuticals, Medical Products & Equipment, Healthcare (I)


Food Services, Consumer Food Products (J)


Motor Vehicles (K)


Industrial & Farm Equipment (L) Airlines (M)


Forest & Paper Products (P) Publishing, Printing (Q)


Mail, Packaging, Freight (T) Other (Z) Total


1.9%


Asian American/ Pacifi c Islander


9.5% African American


% # 4.8 5


7.6 8 13.4 14


0.9 1 19.1 20


3.8 4


3.8 4 1.9 2 11.5 12


11.5 12


1.9 2 5.7 6 00


Real Estate, Hotels & Casinos (N) 1.9 2 Chemicals (O)


0.9 1 0.9 1 0.9 1


Scientifi c, Photo Control Equipment (R) 4.8 5 Railroads (S)


1.9 2 1.9 2 0.9 1


100 105 5.7% Hispanic


AS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE CLOROX COMPANY, Laura Stein is an integral cog in the $5.6 billion global company’s legal and strategic business decision- making. But despite the enormity of the responsibilities surrounding her posi- tion for this 100-year-old corporation, there is an intimate aspect to what she does. “With consumer packaged goods like ours, you’re dealing with leading household products that people around the world use on a daily basis, so you get a lot of feedback.” Stein cites a woman from her book club who won- dered if it might be possible to recycle the fi lters inside the Brita®


water fi ltra-


tion systems (a Clorox brand). Stein took the query back to work with her and found it was something Clorox was thinking about — and today her friend’s wish is a reality. Prior to rejoining Clorox in her


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current position in early 2005, Stein spent fi ve years in Pittsburgh as senior vice president and general counsel of the H.J. Heinz Company, and a member of the Heinz senior manage- ment committee. Before joining Heinz, Stein was assistant general counsel at Oakland-based Clorox, and before that was a corporate lawyer with Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco and Hong Kong after graduating from Harvard Law School. She describes her time at Heinz as


82.9% Caucasian


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a wonderful experience with a global company that shares many values with Clorox. Both companies make diversity a priority and strive to do the right thing, she added, and that it’s important for them to make a positive impact in


Laura Stein


SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL


THE CLOROX COMPANY OAKLAND, CALIF.


the communities where they do busi- ness. When the opportunity came for Stein to return to Clorox and the Bay Area in general, she took it. Throughout her career, Stein has


purposefully promoted and fostered the careers of minority and women colleagues. “I was fortunate that my professional introduction to the legal fi eld was at a fi rm [Morrison] where they really cared about women and minorities. And the corporations where I’ve worked do the same.” Stein chairs the Clorox women’s employee resource group, and co-sponsors the company’s social responsibility and enterprise risk management programs. Unlike a lot of other b ig fi rm attor-


neys, Stein’s decision to move in-house was not fraught with misgivings and sleepless nights. While still a business lawyer with Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco where she was involved in mergers and acquisitions; securities, general corporate and nonprofi t corpo- rate law; and fi nancial and international transactions, Stein was loaned to Clorox. And while technically outside counsel, she was essentially part of the legal department, so when she joined Clorox as assistant general counsel of regulatory affairs in 1992, she says she already felt at home. Even as a little girl in Minneapolis,


Stein remembers, she wanted to be a lawyer. “My father was an attorney and a law school dean. Today, my two sisters and I are all lawyers though we practice in different areas. And while I can’t say my father pushed us into the profession, I think he was pretty happy about our career decisions.”


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