Krista Ebbens

About Krista Ebbens

Krista Ebbens is a business executive with multifaceted experience representing a broad range of companies including manufacturing, professional firms, and construction. She works collaboratively with fellow executives and boards of directors and has supported fast-paced growth, including one company’s path of expansion through rapid acquisition. She has overseen and coordinated cross-functional legal, human resources, risk management, compliance functions and budgeting in various roles including the general counsel. Krista\'s experience spans general corporate matters, risk management, legal department management, regulatory matters, compliance, data privacy, corporate matters, M&A, corporate financing, board governance, human resources (HR), commercial contracts and licensing, marketing and advertising legal matters, international expansion and litigation management. Krista also has extensive experience in building and managing legal functions having green fielded three departments during her career by building the in-house function from scratch. She has extensive experience building support for legal functions as well as working with executive teams and boards to define the scope and support of the in-house legal function.

Experience

1. General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and EVP Human Resources

   Ahern

   Jun 2014 — Present · Fond du Lac, WI, US

Education

• University of Iowa

  BA, Anthropology

  1996 — 2002

Skills

• Compliance
• Corporate Law
• Corporate Governance
• Litigation
• Business Strategy
• Governance
• Sales
• Personnel Management
• Mergers
• Contract Negotiation
• Management
• Intellectual Property
• Employment Law
• Due Diligence
• Commercial Litigation
• Acquisition Integration
• Acquisitions
• Change Management
• Corporate Finance
• Dispute Resolution
• Executive Management
• Finance
• Internal Investigations
• Joint Ventures
• Legal Compliance
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• Mergers
• Privacy Law
• Mergers & Acquisitions