OREANDA-NEWS. June 06, 2016. Power management company Eaton today announced that Crain’s Cleveland Business honored Carolyn Cheverine, Eaton senior vice president and chief counsel, Industrial Sector, as one of Crain’s 2016 Women of Note. Each year the magazine salutes a group of inspiring female leaders for their career accomplishments, philanthropic involvement and efforts towards advancing women.

“It’s an honor to be recognized alongside a distinguished group of women who work tirelessly to advocate for inclusion and diversity at their organizations,” said Cheverine. “At Eaton, we recognize that diversity of all kinds can help a company improve its business. In fact, Eaton recently earned a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index, which assesses LGBT inclusion in the corporate world.”

Crain’s Women of Note program recognizes women who not only are leaders at their companies and organizations, but who also have risen above adversity. Winners were highlighted in a recent issue of Crain’s Cleveland Business Magazine and were celebrated and honored at a luncheon on May 25.

“Carolyn Cheverine has used her influence to champion for Eaton’s inclusion and diversity initiatives since joining Eaton and continues to quietly lead change within the company and in the community,” said Mark McGuire, executive vice president and general counsel, Eaton. “Carolyn’s commitment to inclusion has encompassed years of service to community organizations allowing all of Northeast Ohio to benefit from her dedication.”

Cheverine joined Eaton in 2014 from Cliffs Natural Resources, an iron ore and coal mining company, where she served as vice president, general counsel and secretary. Prior to that she held a variety of legal positions of increasing responsibility with The Lubrizol Corporation, Noveon and Key Corp. Cheverine holds a law degree from the University of Virginia and a bachelor’s degree in economics from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Eaton is a power management company with 2015 sales of \\$20.9 billion. Eaton provides energy-efficient solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power more efficiently, safely and sustainably. Eaton has approximately 97,000 employees and sells products to customers in more than 175 countries.