Jackie serves as president of the Board of Trustees of The Clorox Company Foundation, which has awarded cash grants of more than $77 million since 1980 and whose mission is to improve the quality of life in communities where Clorox employees live and work. Jackie is also a trustee of the Oakland Museum of California, (OMCA), which brings together collections of art, history and natural science under one roof to tell the extraordinary stories of California and its people. With more than 1.8 million objects, OMCA is a leading cultural institution of the Bay Area and a resource for the research and understanding of California’s dynamic cultural and environmental heritage.
Jacqueline P. "Jackie" Kane joined The Clorox Company in 2004. As senior vice president – Human Resources and Corporate Affairs, she serves as the company’s senior officer responsible for corporate-wide Human Resources, Government Affairs and Community Relations. Kane is a member of the company’s executive committee.
Prior to joining Clorox, Kane was with Hewlett-Packard for four years. There she was vice president Human Resources – Corporate Groups and Executive Leadership. She also led the strategic change organization for HP, which provided the change stewardship for the transformation to the new HP. Her experience included being one of the senior leaders in the merger process between HP and Compaq Computer and establishing the overall talent management architecture for the organization globally.
Prior to joining HP, Kane was with Bank of America and one of its acquisitions initially for 20 years as senior vice president of Human Resources for the Global Capital Raising and Global Capital Markets Group. In this role, she was responsible for leading all aspects of HR for the bank’s investment and corporate banking sector. Prior to that, she had a variety of experiences such as marketing, sales, government relations and corporate affairs.
Kane serves on the Comerica Incorporated board of directors. In addition, she is a trustee of the Oakland Museum of California. She has been named one of the Bay Area’s Most Influential Women in Business by the San Francisco Business Times. While in Chicago, she served as the fund-raising committee chair for The University of Chicago's Wyler Children’s Hospital, assisting the hospital to expand its facilities and services to children of all social and economic backgrounds.
A native of Tinley Park, Ill., Kane holds a Bachelor of Science degree in management from Chicago’s DePaul University.
Jackie Kane is senior vice president – Human Resources and Corporate Affairs, serving as the company’s senior officer responsible for corporate-wide Human Resources, Government Affairs and Community Relations.