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Michael H. McGarry is chairman and chief executive officer of PPG. He became chairman of the board September 1, 2016, after transitioning into the CEO role in September 2015. McGarry joined PPG in 1981 as an engineer at the company’s Lake Charles, Louisiana, chemicals complex. He then progressed through management assignments such as market development manager, silica products; operations manager, silicas, Thailand; business manager, TESLIN® sheet; and product manager in the derivatives, chlorine, liquid and dry caustic soda businesses. In 2000, McGarry became general manager, fine chemicals, and in 2004, he was named vice president, chlor-alkali and derivatives. He relocated to PPG’s European headquarters in Rolle, Switzerland, as vice president, coatings, Europe, and managing director, PPG Europe, in 2006. McGarry returned to the U.S. as senior vice president of the Commodity Chemicals reporting segment in 2008, and he was elected executive vice president in 2012 and chief operating officer in 2014. He became president and chief operating officer in March 2015, and he joined the company’s board of directors in July 2015 while serving in that role. McGarry currently serves on the Board of Directors of United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X). He is a former member of the board of Axiall Corporation (NYSE: AXLL). A native of New Orleans, McGarry is a mechanical engineering graduate of the University of Texas and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.

Ron serves as the Chair of the Audit Committee and as a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and Executive Committee. Before retiring in 2010, Ron was President and Chief Executive Officer of LoJack Corporation. He also served as a director of LoJack Corporation. Ron served as Chief Operating Officer for the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company from December 2003 through May 2006. He joined the company in 1999 as Chief Financial Officer and served as CFO until his promotion to Chief Operating Officer in 2003. Prior to joining the Wm. Wrigley Company, Ronald held several senior executive positions of increasing responsibility with The Gillette Company and was a Partner and Practice Leader with KPMG International. Ron is a Director of HNI Corporation and Paylocity Holding Corp. Ron earned a BA in history and economics from Trinity College and an MS in accounting from New York University-Leonard N. Stern School of Business. He is a Certified Public Accountant.

James B Roecker is a Vice Chairman/CEO at TOR MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC and President at Roecker Consulting LLC and is based in Spring, Texas. He has worked as General Manager - Manufacturing at Equistar Chemical; Chief Executive Officer at Georgia Biomass, LLC; and Vice President Manufacturing at LyondellBasell. James studied at Georgia Tech between 1975 and 1979.