ST. PAUL, MN: 3M has hired Sarah Williams as CCO, effective January 1, 2014.
Reporting to SVP for corporate communications and enterprise services Ian Hardgrove, Williams will lead 3M's global communications team in designing and executing communication strategies.
Most recently, Williams was director of executive communications at Walmart. Prior, she served as speechwriter for the chancellor of the University of California at Davis and senior speechwriter for former governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger.