Dr. Gretchen Winter

Biography

Gretchen Winter is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Law, serving as the Executive Director of the Center for Professional Responsibility at the College of Business. She has extensive expertise in professional responsibility, ethics, corporate social responsibility, and legal issues affecting both university audiences and various organizations. Winter is an active speaker and member of the Steering Committee for the National Science Foundation’s National On-Line Ethics Center project. She has previously held positions with the Ethical Compliance Officer Association and has served on various boards, including as chair of the Ethics Committee for the Conference Board and the American Bar Association. With 18 years of experience at Baxter International Inc., she shaped the company’s global ethics program, earning multiple accolades including the Business Ethics Award from DePaul University's Institute for Business and Professional Ethics. Winter's early career included roles in Seyfarth Shaw and as a legislative analyst in Illinois. She received her JD from the University of Chicago and her bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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