WEST CHESTER, Ohio,
March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/
-- AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) said today that Stephanie S. Bisselberg has been named Vice
President, Human Resources, effective April
1, 2013. She succeeds Lawrence
F. Zizzo, who is retiring on March
31, 2013 following a 35 year career in the steel industry,
including serving the last nine years as AK Steel's Vice President,
Human Resources.
"Stephanie brings outstanding talent, background and experience
to this important senior management position," said James L. Wainscott, Chairman, President and CEO
of AK Steel. "She will provide excellent leadership for AK
Steel's Human Resources function going forward."
Ms. Bisselberg joined AK Steel in 2004 as Assistant Labor
Counsel, and advanced to Labor Counsel in 2005. In 2010, she
was named Assistant General Counsel, Labor.
Prior to joining the company, she was an attorney in the Labor
and Employment department of the Cincinnati law firm Taft, Stettinius and
Hollister LLP.
Ms. Bisselberg holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political
Science from Miami University
(Ohio) and a Juris Doctorate from
Indiana University. In April
2013, she will complete the Master of Business
Administration program at Xavier University. She is also a
member of the Cincinnati Bar Association.
She has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the
Hyde Park (Ohio) Center for Older Adults and as a member
of the Friends of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.
AK Steel
AK Steel produces flat-rolled carbon,
stainless and electrical steels, primarily for automotive,
infrastructure and manufacturing, construction and electrical power
generation and distribution markets. The company employs
about 6,100 men and women in Middletown, Mansfield, Coshocton and Zanesville, Ohio; Butler, Pennsylvania; Ashland, Kentucky; Rockport, Indiana; and its corporate
headquarters in West Chester,
Ohio. Additional information about AK Steel is available on
the company's web site at www.aksteel.com.
AK Tube LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AK Steel, employs
about 300 men and women in plants in Walbridge, Ohio and Columbus, Indiana.
AK Tube produces carbon and stainless electric resistance welded
(ERW) tubular steel products for truck, automotive and other
markets. Additional information about AK Tube LLC is
available on its web site at www.aktube.com.
AK Coal Resources, Inc., another wholly-owned subsidiary of AK
Steel, controls and is developing metallurgical coal reserves in
Somerset County,
Pennsylvania. AK Steel also owns 49.9% of Magnetation LLC, a
joint venture headquartered in Grand
Rapids, Minnesota, which produces iron ore concentrate from
previously mined ore reserves.
SOURCE AK Steel