Katherine M. Hudson

Katherine M. "Kathy" Hudson (born January 17, 1947) is an American executive who was the first woman to be appointed to the previously all-male Apple Board of Directors.Apple appoints woman to all-male board by Pete Carey, San Jose Mercury News. 2008-01-09.Who were the original Members of the Apple Board of Directors? by Garrick Saito, Elevation Partners, Quora. 2016-03-24.
==Early life and education==
Hudson was raised in and competed in basketball, field hockey, soccer and volleyball. She attended in from 1964 to 1966 and transferred to where she received her B.S. in business management in 1968. Hudson continued her studies in the Ph.D. program in economics at , but soon left because of disruptions from student demonstrations.Profile; An Unusual Climb At Kodak Wins Her A Place at the Top by Joshua Shapiro, The New York Times. 1994-01-30. Archived 2015-05-26.Katherine M Hudson, Bloomberg. Accessed 2020-09-05.
==Career==
Hudson joined in Rochester, where her father also worked. She spent 24 years and rose to become the vice-president and general manager of its professional, printing and publishing imaging division.Hudson was pioneering CEO at Brady by Rich Rovito, BixJournal. 2008-04-28.
In 1993, Hudson joined and became its first female President and CEO in January 1994. The company was renamed the in August 1998 and Hudson became its chairperson on April 1, 2003. She retired from Brady the following November. Hudson was also the managing director of investment banking firm Broadview Associates.Brady Corporation Announces the Election of Frank M. Jaehnert as President and Chief Executive Officer, and Katherine M. Hudson as Chairman of the Board, Effective April 1, 2003. by Brady Corporation, BusinessWire. 2003-02-20.
===Apple Computer===
Hudson joined the board of directors of Apple Computer in 1994. However, she resigned in 1997 following the return of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. The next woman to join the board was Andrea Jung in January 2008.Struggling Apple Gets Boost From Microsoft by Rajiv Chandrasekaran and Victoria Shannon, The Washington Post. 1997-08-07.
===After Apple Computer===
Hudson presently serves as a board member of , a trustee of , and the chairperson of the .
==Personal life==
Brady was married to Robert O. Hudson, who passed away in 2016. Their only child is also named Robert.
==References==
==External links==
*Katherine M. Hudson at Indiana University Honors & Awards
*Kathy Hudson at LinkedIn
*Katherine M. Hudson at MarketScreener
===Articles===
*CIO Hall of Fame: Katherine M. Hudson by Richard Pastore at CIO (1997-09-15)
*So Where Are the Corporate Husbands?; For Women at the Top, Something Is Missing: Social, Wifely Support by Mary Williams Walsh at The New York Times (2001-06-24, archived 2010-11-10)
*Brady's Hudson: Nine years and a cloud of dust by Rich Rovito at BizJournal (2003-03-09)
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