Neal Joins Levi's Board

San Francisco–based Levi Strauss & Co. named Stephen C. Neal chairman of the board. Neal has been a Levi’s director since 2007 and is the chairman of the Cooley LLP law firm. He previously served as chief executive officer of Cooley and as a partner at Kirkland & Ellis. He succeeds Richard Kauffman, who has been appointed as a senior adviser to U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu.