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Ron Waters most recently served as Chief Operating Officer for the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, Chicago, Illinois, the world's leading chewing gum manufacturer, and was responsible for Wrigley's worldwide commercial operations, supply chain and strategy.
Waters, who retired from Wrigley in April, had been COO since December 2003 after being the company's Chief Financial Officer for four years. He began his business career with KPMG Peat Marwick and served as a partner for the last decade of his nineteen years with the firm. Waters also served at Gillette as Vice President and Corporate Controller.
He also serves on the Board of Directors of HNI Corporation, the Greater North Michigan Avenue Association, the Goodman Theatre, the Glenwood School and Trinity College. Waters has been an involved member of The Joffrey Ballet Board since 2002, and currently serves as co-chairman of the board.
Waters graduated from Trinity College with a degree in History and Economics and received his Masters in Accounting from New York University, Stern School of Business.
About Sabre Holdings Corporation
Sabre Holdings connects people with the world’s greatest travel possibilities by retailing travel products and providing distribution and technology solutions for the travel industry. Sabre Holdings supports travelers, travel agents, corporations, government agencies and travel suppliers through its companies: Travelocity, Sabre Travel Network and Sabre Airline Solutions. Headquartered in Southlake, Texas, the company has approximately 9,000 employees in 45 countries. More information is available at http://www.sabre-holdings.com. | 