John Donofrio is Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Johnson Controls.

Previously, he was Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of Mars, Inc. He also held the general counsel and secretary role at the Shaw Group, Inc. and Visteon Inc.

Earlier, John was a partner and trial attorney at Kirkland & Ellis and went in-house to become Honeywell’s Vice President, Intellectual Property and Deputy General Counsel. He later became Vice President and General Counsel of Honeywell’s Aerospace division.

John holds a Juris Doctor and his Master of Laws in trade regulation from George Washington University Law Center and has a degree in chemical engineering from Rutgers College of Engineering. He serves on the Medical College of Wisconsin Board of Trustees and is on the board of directors of FARO Technologies.