Paul Marcela JD

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Biography

Mr. Paul Marcela serves as President & Chief Executive Officer at Governance Partners Group. He served as Board Member at Vernal Partners. He has been Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary of North American Bus Industries, Inc., a manufacturer of transit buses, between 2011 and 2015. He also served as Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary of Blue Bird Corporation, a manufacturer of school buses, between 2009 and 2011. Previously, he was Associate General Counsel & Assistant Secretary of Dow Corning Corporation, a large global specialty chemical company. He joined Dow Corning in 1985. His primary legal practice areas are corporate governance, securities, mergers & acquisitions, corporate financial transactions and litigation management. He serves the Private Directors Association as Vice President & Corporate Secretary and as a member of the PDA Board of Directors. He has served the Society for Corporate Governance as Chair of the Society's Private Companies Committee between 2013 and 2016. He also served on the Society's National Board of Directors between 2009 and 2013 and has been a member of the Society's Southeast Chapter Advisory Council and President of the Society's Detroit Chapter. He has served the legal profession in various professional organization capacities. He served the Georgia Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel as Vice President for Programs and Sponsorships and Vice President for Special Programs. He previously served as President of the Michigan Chapter of organization. He has also served his profession as Chair of the In-house Counsel Committee of the State Bar of Michigan Business Law Section and President of the Midland County (MI) Bar Association.