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Defense Metals Appoints Suzanne Rich Folsom to the Board of Directors
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Defense Metals Appoints Suzanne Rich Folsom to the Board of Directors\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n \n VANCOUVER, BC\n \n \n ,\n \n \n May 31, 2024\n \n \n /CNW/ -\n \n Defense Metals Corp.\n \n (\"\n \n Defense Metals\n \n \" or the \"\n \n Company\n \n \"; (TSXV: DEFN) (OTCQB: DFMTF) (FSE:35D) is pleased to announce the appointment of\n \n Suzanne Rich Folsom\n \n to the Board of Directors of the Company.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Suzanne Rich Folsom\n \n is an experienced independent director, C-Suite executive, and influential business leader. Most recently she served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel, at Philip Morris International where she was a key leader in the company's transformation. Previously she was General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and SVP-Government Affairs, at United States Steel Corporation where she also played a pivotal leadership role in that company's transformation as well as helping reinvigorate U.S. Steel's business growth. Throughout her career, Ms. Folsom has been a change agent and catalyst for organizational growth at multiple companies and organizations.\n \n \n Her career includes senior corporate executive roles at ACADEMI, as the EVP, General Counsel, and Chief Compliance Officer, at AIG, as the Deputy GC and Chief Regulatory & Compliance Officer, and at the World Bank where she was the Counselor to the President and Director of the Department of Institutional Integrity. In addition, Ms. Folsom has held distinctive public administration roles including serving as: the Private Secretary to H.M.\n \n Queen Noor\n \n of\n \n Jordan\n \n ; First Family Liaison to the Presidential Inaugural Committee; Special Assistant to\n \n Barbara Bush\n \n ; Advisor to the US Delegation to the U.N. World Women's Conference in\n \n Kenya\n \n ; Chief of Staff to the Co-Chair of a U.S. national political party; and she practiced law with three global law firms.  She is a frequent thought leadership contributor and speaker and has been recogniz...