Dorothy L. Stephenson
Vice President, Human Resources
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
A native of Carlisle, Ky., Ms. Stephenson received her undergraduate degree from the University of Kentucky and her juris doctor degree from the University of Louisville. From 1974 to 1976, she served as a trial attorney in Region 5 of the National Labor Relations Board in Baltimore, Md.
She joined Bethlehem Steel as a labor attorney in 1976. She was promoted to senior attorney in 1987, to labor counsel in 1989, and to general manager, union relations, in 1990. In 1994, Ms. Stephenson was appointed manager of human resources at Bethlehem Structural Products. That same year she completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Universitys Graduate School of Business Administration. She was elected vice president, human resources, for Bethlehem Steel in May, 1996.
Ms. Stephenson is admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania and is a member of the American Bar Association and its Labor Law Section, the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Northampton County Bar Association. She currently serves on the Board of the Kemerer Museum.
In 1991, she was accepted into the YWCAs Academy of Women Achievers, a national organization honoring women of exceptional achievement.