Edward Rust, Jr.
A native of Illinois, Edward Rust, Jr. is Chairman of the Board and CEO of State Farm Mutual and its principal affiliates. He joined State Farm in 1975 at the company’s Dallas, Texas, regional office. He became president and chief executive in 1985 and was elected chairman of the board two years later. Rust is nationally recognized as a leader of the business community’s efforts to improve the quality of education in the United States. He is vice-chair of the Business Roundtable and co-chairman of the Business Coalition for Student Achievement. He serves on the boards of America’s Promise Alliance, and Achieve, Inc. He is a trustee of The Conference Board, the Committee for Economic Development, and Illinois Wesleyan University. Rust also serves as a member of the boards of directors of Caterpillar, Inc., Helmerich and Payne, Inc., and McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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