Cummins To Promote Top Lawyer to Chief Administrative Officer

Cummins Inc.‘s general counsel and vice president, Sharon Barner, will be promoted to chief administrative officer in April following the retirement of the engine manufacturer’s current CAO Marya Rose.

Barner will oversee global teams including communications, government relations, compliance, marketing, and legal, according to a Feb. 2 company statement. Cummins did not name a new general counsel in the statement.

“Sharon’s execution orientation and steady hand and sage advice, combined with more than 30 years of legal experience in the private and public sector, make her well positioned for CAO,” Cummins Chairman and CEO Tom Linebarger said in the ...