Cummins Inc. announced the appointment of Nicole Y. Lamb-Hale as Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary, effective June 1, 2025. She will succeed Sharon Barner, who is retiring on May 31, 2025.
Nicole Y. Lamb-Hale joined Cummins in 2021 as Vice President and Chief Legal Officer and expanded her role to include Corporate Secretary in 2023. During her tenure, she has provided legal counsel to Cummins’ global leaders and managed a diverse legal team across 11 countries. Lamb-Hale has played a pivotal role in handling complex trade and regulatory matters, including leading the acquisition of Meritor—the largest in Cummins’ history—the spin-off of Cummins’ Filtration Business, and the formation of its battery cell joint venture, Amplify Cell Technologies.
“Nicole has spent her career mastering the complex fields of corporate and international law, regulatory compliance and trade policy,” said Jennifer Rumsey, Chair and CEO, Cummins Inc. “She is a visionary and strategic thinker, and as our Vice President and Chief Legal Officer has leveraged her extensive legal expertise, strategic advisory skills and experience in corporate governance to advise, protect and grow our company.”
“A values-based and team-centered leader, Nicole’s skillset and experience make her uniquely qualified to step into the role of Chief Administrative Officer and lead this critical organization during an important time in Cummins’ history,” Rumsey added. “I am excited for her continued, positive impact on our company and our people.”
In this position, Lamb-Hale will oversee a global organization responsible for essential functions such as risk management, ethics and compliance, product compliance and regulatory affairs, government relations, communications, and corporate responsibility. She will also continue serving as Corporate Secretary, ensuring compliance with corporate governance standards and advising the Board of Directors.
Before joining Cummins, Lamb-Hale held leadership roles at Kroll LLC, a global risk advisory firm, and Albright Stonebridge Group, a strategic advisory and commercial diplomacy firm. She also served in prominent government positions under President Obama, including Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing and Services in the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (ITA). In this role, she acted as the chief liaison between U.S. industries and the federal government to promote international market access and competitiveness for U.S. exports. Additionally, she served as Deputy General Counsel for the Department of Commerce and was an equity partner at two global law firms specializing in business restructuring within the manufacturing sector.
Lamb-Hale is an independent director on the corporate boards of Federal Realty Investment Trust and of Kroll, LLC. In addition, she is a board director for the Cummins Foundation and a number of other non-profit boards, such as the Centre for International Private Enterprise and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation. Lamb-Hale is also an emeritus member of the Dean’s Advisory Council of Indiana University’s (Bloomington, IN) Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, as well as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She has degrees from Harvard Law School and the University of Michigan.
About Cummins Inc.
Cummins Inc., a global power solutions leader, comprises five business segments – Engine, Components, Distribution, Power Systems and Accelera by Cummins – supported by its global manufacturing and extensive service and support network, skilled workforce and vast technological expertise. Cummins is committed to its Destination Zero strategy, which is grounded in the company’s commitment to sustainability and helping its customers successfully navigate the energy transition with its broad portfolio of products. The products range from advanced diesel, natural gas, electric and hybrid powertrains and powertrain-related components including aftertreatment, turbochargers, fuel systems, valvetrain technologies, controls systems, air handling systems, automated transmissions, axles, drivelines, brakes, suspension systems, electric power generation systems, electrified power systems with innovative components and subsystems, including battery, fuel cell and electric power technologies and hydrogen production technologies. Headquartered in Columbus, Indiana (U.S.), since its founding in 1919, Cummins employs approximately 69,600 people committed to powering a more prosperous world through three global corporate responsibility priorities critical to healthy communities: education, environment and equality of opportunity. Cummins serves its customers online, through a network of company-owned and independent distributor locations, and through thousands of dealer locations worldwide and earned about $3.9 billion on sales of $34.1 billion in 2024.
