Larry McRae served as vice chairman and corporate development officer at Corning Incorporated until his retirement on January 1, 2024. In this role, McRae implemented strategies related to Corning’s business portfolio, partner agreements, and mergers and acquisitions. He was also responsible for managing global Government Affairs. Previously, he served as executive vice president, Strategy and Corporate Development. In this position, he was responsible for developing strategic approaches for activities across Corning’s business units, from partner agreements to business-portfolio decisions. McRae joined Corning in 1985 and held a broad range of leadership positions in finance, sales, marketing, and general management across various Corning businesses. In 1990, he was named manager, International Sales, Corning Life Sciences. In 1993, he became business director for Revere Ware Corporation, a unit of Corning Consumer Products Company. He was appointed vice president of Corning Consumer Products Company and president of Revere Ware Corporation in April 1995. He then moved to Telecommunications Products, where he served as division vice president, Global Development, from October 1996 to January 2000. McRae led Corporate Development since 2000 and has served on Corning’s Senior Leadership Team (formerly its Management Committee) since 2007. He was named vice chairman in 2015. Previously, McRae was a senior accountant with Price Waterhouse. McRae holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Morgan State University and a master’s degree from Harvard University. He has served on the board of directors for Hemlock Semiconductor Group, Dow Corning Corporation, Samsung Corning Advanced Glass, LLC, and Instant Brands (formerly Corelle Brands). He currently serves on the board of Anchor Hocking.