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Wes Blumenshine
Group General Counsel and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, Caterpillar Inc., USA
Wes Blumenshine is a 1986 graduate of the Northern Illinois University School of Law. He serves as Group General Counsel and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer for Caterpillar Inc. in Peoria, IL
Patricia Eastwood is a Senior Corporate Counsel at Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation. She has been at Cat Financial for 16 years. She is a 1992 graduate of Emory University School of Law. Before joining Cat Financial, she practiced at Smith, Gambrell & Russell in the Commercial Transactions and Bankruptcy practice group.