Cooper-Standard appoints MaryAnn Kanary as Chief Legal Officer

Cooper Standard announced the appointment of MaryAnn Peterson Kanary to senior vice president, Chief Legal Officer and secretary effective August 7. Based at Cooper Standard’s headquarters in Northville, Mich., Kanary will lead the legal and compliance functions for the Company and report directly to Jeffrey Edwards, chairman and CEO, Cooper Standard. She replaces Joanna Totsky who recently left the Company. Most recently, Kanary served as executive vice president and chief legal officer at Barton Malow Holdings, corporate secretary for Barton Malow Enterprises, Inc. and trustee for The Barton Malow Foundation. She also served as managing director of Barton Malow’s LIFTbuild, through the development and construction of its first proof of concept in North America. From 2016 to 2017, she served as associate general counsel and director of global legal compliance at Cooper Standard, where she oversaw all legal compliance matters.