Consuelo madere: director, potash corp.

Consuelo Madere is a board director for Potash Corp. and serves on the audit committee and the safety, health and environment committee. Potash Corp. is the world's largest fertilizer company by capacity and, with operations and business interests in seven countries, it is an international enterprise and a key player in the growing challenge to feed the world.

In addition, Madere is president of Proven Leader Advisory LLC, a management consulting and executive coaching firm she founded in 2014. She also serves on the Dean's Advisory Council of the Louisiana State University Honors College as well as the strategic planning committee of the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility.

Madere is a former executive officer of Monsanto Co., a leading global provider of innovative, sustainable agricultural solutions. She has over 30 years of domestic and global experience, spanning manufacturing, strategy, technology, business development, profit and loss responsibility and general management. With Monsanto she served in a number of key leadership positions with significant P&L responsibility across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. She retired from Monsanto in 2013 as vice president of the company's Global Vegetables and Asia commercial businesses and was a member of the CEO's executive leadership team.

Her awards include the YWCA Leaders of Distinction, the St. Louis Business Journal's "Most Influential People in Business," Diversity Journal's "Women Worth Watching," and the...