Martha L. Rees

Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, DuPont Corp., Wilmington, DE

Martha L. Rees is vice president and assistant general counsel, DuPont Legal. Ms. Rees has functional responsibility for the commercial, environment/real estate, corporate/securities, mergers and acquisitions and regional legal practices for DuPont. She also serves as Chief Antitrust Counsel and Chief Environmental Counsel. She joined DuPont in 1973 as a research engineer at the Experimental Station in Wilmington, Del., and then transitioned to a career in DuPont Legal. Her experience in DuPont Legal includes assignments as a commercial attorney representing the pharmaceuticals and agricultural products businesses, as a corporate and securities lawyer, and as a federal lobbyist. She was named associate general counsel in 1998 and was appointed to her current position in October 2006. Ms. Rees is a graduate of Purdue University with a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering. She received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and is admitted to the District of Columbia Bar.