PITTSBURGH, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United States Steel
Corporation (NYSE: X) announced today that Jill E. Ritchie, manager-state
governmental affairs, will now be responsible for overseeing U. S. Steel's
state and local governmental affairs matters in Indiana and Michigan. U. S.
Steel's Indiana locations include: Gary Works in Gary, which is the largest
integrated steelmaking facility in the United States; East Chicago Tin, a
tinning facility in East Chicago; and the Midwest Plant, a finishing
facility in Portage. The company's Michigan operations are: Great Lakes
Works, an integrated steelmaking facility in Ecorse and River Rouge; the
Automotive Center, a sales and research facility in Troy; ProCoil Company,
a processing and distribution subsidiary in Canton; and two finishing joint
ventures in Dearborn and Jackson. Ritchie will be located at Gary Works and
will report to Christopher J. Masciantonio, general manager-state
governmental affairs.
"Jill has been an effective contributor to U. S. Steel's Governmental
Affairs efforts since joining our department in 2006," said Masciantonio.
"She has spent a significant amount of time working with elected leaders,
community organizations and government agencies on issues that are
important to our Indiana and Michigan operations and the employees who work
there. Under Jill's newly expanded leadership role, we expect to increase
the effectiveness of our company's ability to achieve results when working
with state and local government agencies and elected officials on issues
important to steel manufacturing."
Ritchie joined U. S. Steel's Governmental Affairs Department after
spending five years as an attorney in the company's Law Department, where
she specialized in workers' compensation litigation in the Labor and
Employment section. Before arriving at U. S. Steel in 2001, Ritchie was a
labor and employment attorney at a major Pittsburgh-based law firm.
Ritchie earned her bachelor's degree in public and environmental
affairs with a specialization in government policy from Indiana University,
Bloomington and obtained a law degree from the University of Pittsburgh
School of Law. She and her family -- her husband, Francis Veltri, and their
daughter -- will be relocating to Northwest Indiana.
United States Steel Corporation is an integrated steel producer focused
on high value-added steel sheet and tubular products with complex
chemistries and attributes that are required by manufacturers in the
automotive, appliance, construction, container, and oil and gas industries.
U. S. Steel has major production operations in the United States, Canada
and Central Europe and has more than 49,000 employees worldwide, including
more than 8,800 in facilities in Indiana and Michigan.
For more information about U. S. Steel, visit http://www.ussteel.com.
SOURCE United States Steel Corporation
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