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2008 Sustainability Award
The 2008 Heartland Sustainability Award Winner
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Mr. Douglas R. Oberhelman |
The award honors exceptional individuals for extraordinary leadership and original work in developing, employing, and supporting the principles of sustainability. The award winner would have created mechanisms to embrace green practices and to instill a culture of sustainable developments within an organization and/or community. The Heartland Sustainability Award is presented annually in April at the Innovation Conference on Asphalt and Transportation.
Mr. Oberhelman has responsibility for the company’s human services and sustainable development functions, as well as Caterpillar’s growing remanufacturing business. He also oversees machinery marketing operations in North America and worldwide manufacturing, marketing and support of industrial and large power systems.
Oberhelman was elected a vice president in 1995, serving as Caterpillar’s Chief Financial Officer with administrative responsibility for the corporation’s accounting, information services, tax, treasury, investor relations and marketing support services areas from 1995 to November 1998. In 1998, he became vice president with responsibility for the Engine Products Division, including the market development, strategic planning, supplier management, electric power generation and worldwide marketing and administration for Caterpillar’s engine business. He was elected a group president and member of Caterpillar’s executive office in 2002.
Oberhelman joined Caterpillar in 1975 and has held a variety of positions, including senior finance representative based in South America for Caterpillar Americas Co; region finance manager and district manager for the company’s North American Commercial Division; and managing director and vice general manager for strategic planning at Shin Caterpillar Mitsubishi, Caterpillar’s affiliated company in Tokyo, Japan.
He has a bachelor’s degree from Millikin University. He has served as chairman of the board of trustees for Millikin University and chairman of the board of directors for Easter Seals, and he is a former director for the boards of South Side Bank, Millikin University and Easter Seals. He is a director for the boards of The Nature Conservancy - Illinois Chapter and Ameren Corporation, serving as chairman of the Ameren Corporation Audit Committee. He is a member of the board of directors of the National Association of Manufacturers, the Manufacturing Institute and the Wetlands America Trust.