Madeleine Kleiner
Former Executive Vice President and General Counsel,
Hilton Hotels Corporation
Madeleine Kleiner is a former executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for Hilton Hotels Corporation. In her role at Hilton, Ms. Kleiner was responsible for overseeing the company’s legal affairs and the ethics, privacy and government affairs functions, and was a member of the executive committee, with significant responsibility for Board of Director matters. She left Hilton in 2008 after completing her responsibilities in connection with the sale of the company.
Previously, she served as senior executive vice president, chief administrative officer and general counsel of H.F. Ahmanson & Company and its subsidiary, Home Savings of America. She was responsible for overseeing the legal department, as well as human resources, legislative and government affairs, and corporate communications.
Ms. Kleiner previously was a partner at the law firm of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, where she advised corporations and their boards primarily in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, securities transactions and compliance.
From 1999 through 2001, she served as a director of a number of Merrill Lynch mutual funds operating under the Hotchkiss and Wiley name.
Ms. Kleiner is vice chair of the UCLA Medical Center Board of Advisors and a member of the board of the New Village Charter School.
Ms. Kleiner earned her bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and her juris doctorate from Yale Law School. Upon graduation, she served as a law clerk to the Honorable William P. Gray, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
Ms. Kleiner was elected to the Northrop Grumman Board of Directors in 2008.
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