Judy Deforest
Chief Tax Officer,
operations and planning
Ferro Corporation
United States of America
Biography
Ms. Judy DeForest has been Chief Tax Officer of Ferro Corporation since November 29, 2007. Ms. DeForest has senior management responsibility for Ferro's tax operations and planning. Ms. DeForest served with Pittsfield, Massachusetts-based specialty toy retailer KB Toys, Inc., where she served as director of tax. In her six years at KB Toys, she was responsible for tax planning and strategy, as well as supervision of its transactional and income tax departments. Previous to her corporate experience, Ms. DeForest spent 16 years in positions of increasing responsibility at three major public accounting firms. Ms. DeForest served as Tax Managing Director and Senior Tax Manager at KPMG in Atlanta before moving to KB Toys. In her roles at KPMG, she provided tax planning and compliance services for multi-national clients in the manufacturing, retail and distribution sectors. Ms. DeForest received her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, with an accounting concentration, from Western New England College. She is based at Ferro's worldwide headquarters in Cleveland.
Research Interest
management responsibility and tax operations and planning.
