Cooper Standard announced the appointment of MaryAnn Peterson Kanary to senior vice president, chief legal officer and secretary effective August 7, 2023. Based at Cooper Standard’s headquarters in Northville, Michigan, 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.
“MaryAnn is an engaging chief legal officer with a demonstrated history of working in publicly traded, international and privately held manufacturing, automotive and construction organizations,” said Edwards. “We welcome MaryAnn back to the Cooper Standard team in her new, expanded position.”
From 2016 to 2017, Kanary served as associate general counsel and director of global legal compliance at Cooper Standard, where she oversaw all legal compliance matters.
Most recently, Kanary served as executive vice president and chief legal officer at Barton Malow Holdings LLC, 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, LLC through the development and construction of its first proof of concept in North America, according to Cooper Standard.
Kanary is a recognized industry leader, Cooper Standard says, most recently being honored by Crain’s Detroit Business as a Notable in Corporate Counsel (2022) and by Dbusiness in its Top Corporate Counsel recognition (2021). Active in her local community, Kanary currently serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for the Judson Center and as co-vice chair of the Board of Directors for the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit.
