Overview

Gender

female

Ms. Bowles served as Chairman of Springs Industries, Inc., a manufacturer of window products for the home, from 1998 until June 2013 and had been a member of its board since 1978. From 1998 until 2006, she was also Chief Executive Officer of Springs Industries, Inc.Prior to 2006, Springs Industries included significant bed, bath and home furnishings business lines, which were spun off in July 2006 to become Springs Global Participacoes S.A through a merger with a Brazilian textile firm. Ms. Bowles was Co-Chairman and Co-CEO of Springs Global Participacoes S.A., from 2006 until her retirement in July 2007. Ms. Bowles is a director of Deere & Company (since 1999 and previously from 1990 to 1994).

She previously served as a director of Sara Lee Corporation (2008-2012), and of Wachovia Corporation and Duke Energy in the 1990s.Ms. Bowles graduated from Wellesley College in 1969 and earned an MBA from Columbia University in 1973. She is a trustee of the Brookings Institution and is on the governing boards of the Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins and The Wilderness Society.