Kohler Co.

Chief Sustainable Living Officer, Member, Board of Directors Kohler Co. 

For more than thirty years, Laura E. Kohler has been a business leader at the forefront of driving purposeful change in the workplace and the world. As Chief Sustainable Living Officer, Laura brings her experience in marketing, communications, human resources and sustainability to lead Kohler’s efforts to help people live a sustainable lifestyle, adopt behaviors and make conscious choices to minimize their impact on the planet.  
 
Prior to this role, Laura was appointed as the company’s first Chief Sustainability and DEI officer where she expanded Kohler Company’s commitment to environmental sustainability, social impact and DE&I by implementing more aggressive initiatives to achieve their net zero 2035 goals, accelerating innovation to provide a broader range of products that help people reduce their impact on the environment, and increasing advocacy to address water conservation and improved access to safe water and sanitation. Laura also led the public reporting transition shift from social impact metrics to a GRI informed ESG report. 

Laura spent two decades as the head of human resources where she oversaw the growth and development of 40,000+ global associates and helped formalize and strengthen the culture to allow associates to align with work that was meaningful and allows them to achieve their full potential.  

Laura serves as the Chair for Kohler’s Trusts for Arts and Education, Preservation, and Clean Water. She is also on the boards of Kohler Company, Bank First Corporation, Duke University’s Trinity College of Visitors and the President’s Climate Task Force, the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, the Kohler Foundation, Inc., the African Wildlife Foundation, and the National Housing Endowment.