Betty Ungerman is Vice President, Deputy General Counsel of Lennox International Inc. (NYSE LII), a global leader in the heating, air conditioning and refrigeration markets, with approximately 10,000 employees. In this role she provides advice and counsel to senior management, leads the Company’s Intellectual Property legal function that oversees IP activities Company-wide, and oversees the lawyers responsible for the HVAC businesses. Betty is also the Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer for LII. In this role, she has revamped the Ethics and Compliance website, implemented a number of awareness tools that are tailored for various populations, and oversees other programs and communications to keep the LII Code of Business Conduct front and center at LII locations around the world.

Betty joined LII in 2009, after serving two years as Assistant General Counsel at Hunt Oil Company. Prior to Hunt, Betty worked part-time as Counsel at Jones Day for seven years, working primarily in IP transactions, trademark portfolio management and limited patent litigation. Her background also includes eight years at Fina Oil and Chemical in various positions and two years as an associate at BakerBotts. She has been involved in a myriad of transactional work and litigation. Prior to law school, Betty was a petroleum reservoir engineer.

Betty earned a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering from the Missouri University of Science and Technology in 1980, an MBA from Oklahoma City University in 1986, and a law degree from the SMU Dedman School of Law in 1990. She is member of the State Bar of Texas, the Dallas Bar Association, past President of the General Counsel Forum (Dallas Chapter) and current chair of the Annual Conference of the General Counsel Forum, past chair of the State Bar of Texas International Law Section and a Master in The Honorable Barbara M.G. Lynn IP Inn of Court. She and her husband currently serve as presidents of the West Point Parents’ Club of North Texas.