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William R. Calfee was named executive vice president-commercial, North American Iron Ore, in July 2006. In addition to overseeing the unit's sales and marketing activities, he also heads a newly formed Marketing Committee with global commercial sales coordination for all Cliffs' operations.
Mr. Calfee joined Cleveland-Cliffs in 1972 as an ore sales representative. He assumed increasingly responsible positions in the commercial area before being named vice president-ore sales in 1983. In 1986, Mr. Calfee was named executive vice president and chief operating officer. Following the acquisition of Pickands Mather & Co. and further corporate restructuring, he became senior executive vice president in 1989. Before assuming his current position, he was executive vice president-commercial of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc since October 1995.
An officer in the U.S. Navy, Mr. Calfee received his Bachelor of Arts from Williams College, and completed the Advanced Management Program at the Graduate School of Business at Harvard University.
Mr. Calfee is a director of Ideastream (public television and public radio) in Cleveland, Ohio.
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