Cornett L. Lewers, Sr. is an attorney in the Law Office of Cornett L. Lewers. Mr. Lewers also serves as Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Responsibility & Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer for Xylem, Inc. In this position, Mr. Lewers is responsible for the development and deployment of all aspects of enterprise-wide global ethics & compliance programs including management of trade compliance, environmental, safety,heath & sustainability, ethics and security. 

Mr. Lewers has also served as Xylem’s Vice President & Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer. Prior to that, Mr. Lewers served as the Vice President for Corporate Responsibility for the ITT Fluid & Motion Control division of ITT Corporation as well as Senior Counsel & Director of Corporate Ethics and Compliance for that same company.

Mr. Lewers is a 1982 graduate of Howard University School of Law.