Larry Parsons

Larry currently holds the position of Chief Administrative Officer of McLane Company, Inc., a $48 billion company providing grocery, foodservice and alcoholic beverage supply chain solutions for thousands of convenience stores, mass merchants, drug stores and restaurants throughout the United States. Larry is responsible for all Legal, Corporate Governance, Compliance & Ethics, Marketing & Communications, Safety, Food Safety, Security, Aviation, Insurance, Claims, Workers Compensation and Sustainability matters for McLane. Headquartered in Temple, Texas McLane has over 23,000 employees and operates distribution centers in over 70 cities across the United States. Since 2003, McLane has operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Prior to joining McLane, Larry was the Vice President, Legal and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer for Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. Prior to its merger with NXP Semiconductor N.V. in 2015, Freescale was a public company headquartered in Austin, Texas with over 24,000 employees in 26 countries. Before joining Freescale, Larry was Senior Director, Labor and Employment Law for Motorola, Inc. Prior to his role at Motorola, Larry practiced labor and employment law in the Austin office of Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P. and in the Dallas office of Jones Day, L.L.P. Larry received his B.S. from Texas Christian University (cum laude, University Honors and Departmental Honors) and his J.D. from Vanderbilt University School of Law (Order of the Coif, Law Review). Following law school, he clerked for the Hon. Jerre S. Williams, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Larry is a member of the Association of Corporate Counsel (Past Chair, Council of Committees and Compliance and Ethics Committee), the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics, the Texas General Counsel Forum and is a Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional. He is a regular speaker on legal, compliance and ethics topics at events sponsored by ACC, SCCE, the Practising Law Institute and others. Larry currently serves on the Board of Visitors for the John V. Roach Honors College at TCU (Past Chair) and is a member of the Board of Directors of the YMCA of the Rockies (Vice Chairperson, Executive Committee, Governance Committee Chair, Finance Committee, Investment Subcommittee Chair). He has previously served on the Board of Directors for Marywood Child and Family Services, the Austin Theater Alliance, Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas, Chorus Austin, and the Austin Summer Musical for Children.