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Kevin Wheeler was named to lead the company’s water heating operations in the U. S., Canada, Mexico, Europe, and India in September 2011. He has profit and loss responsibility for the 11 brands that make up this business unit. The unit’s operations include 13 facilities and more than 3,800 employees. Kevin was named Senior Vice President and General Manager of A. O. Smith’s U. S. Retail Water Heaters in May 2007, responsible for the company’s retail Strategic Business Unit including the Whirlpool, Kenmore, U.S. Craftmaster, and Reliance brands. He joined A. O. Smith as a regional sales manager for its Water Products Company division in 1994. He also served as Managing Director of the Company’s Veldhoven, the Netherlands, operation, and as Vice President-International, responsible for the company’s residential and commercial water heating business outside the United States and Canada. Prior to joining A. O. Smith, Wheeler held sales management positions with American Water Heater Company of Johnson City, Tenn., and Bradford-White Corporation, a water heater manufacturer headquartered in Ambler, Pa. Kevin is a graduate of the University of Nevada-Reno with a Bachelor’s degree in finance.

D. James Umpleby III is an American businessman. He became the CEO of Caterpillar Inc. as of January 2017, and chairman of the Caterpillar board of directors in December 2018.

Gene Lowe was named president and chief executive officer of the new SPX Corporation in 2015. In this leadership role, he is responsible for driving the company’s overall growth and profitability as a diversified, global supplier of infrastructure equipment focused on three key segments: HVAC, detection and measurement, and power. Gene joined SPX in 2008, holding multiple strategic leadership positions, most recently as the president of SPX’s Thermal Equipment and Services segment. His tenure at SPX also includes roles leading the Evaporative Cooling business and the marketing, strategy, and business development functions within the Thermal segment where he focused on driving differentiation through technology innovation and operational initiatives. Prior to joining SPX, Gene held positions with Milliken, Bain & Company and Lazard Technology Partners. Gene earned his MBA with distinguished honors from Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business and his B.S. in management science from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

John L. Garrison, Jr. was appointed to the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of Terex Corporation on November 2, 2015. Mr. Garrison is also a member of the Terex Board of Directors. An accomplished and versatile corporate and industrial leader, Mr. Garrison was President and Chief Executive Officer of Fort Worth, Texas-based Bell Helicopter, a major unit of Textron, Inc., from 2009-November 2015. During his tenure at Bell, Mr. Garrison championed the revitalization of Bell’s commercial product line, improved execution of their military programs and modernized the company’s systems, processes and facilities. Before his time at Bell, Mr. Garrison served as President of Textron’s industrial segment, which comprises four businesses: E-Z-GO golf carts, Greenlee, Jacobsen and Kautex. Prior to that he was President of E-Z-GO, where he initiated and led a highly successful turnaround. Mr. Garrison joined Textron in 2002 from Azurix Corporation, a global water company, where he was President, Chairman and CEO. He was previously Vice President and General Manager of Case Corporation’s North American Agricultural Group, and Vice President and General Manager of the Case Agricultural Systems Group. Mr. Garrison is a 1982 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he received a bachelor’s degree in engineering, later earning an MBA degree with distinction from the Harvard Business School. He spent a decade in the U.S. Army as an Airborne Ranger qualified artillery officer and taught in the Department of Social Services at West Point. Mr. Garrison served as the past President and Chairman of American Helicopter Society’s International and Chairman of Vertical Flight Foundation, a board member for the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), and as a Cabinet member of the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation’s American Patriots Campaign.

James Roberts is a Board Member at Apex Tool Group and Chief Executive Officer at Apex Tool Group. He has worked as Exec Group President at Newell Rubbermaid Inc, Chief Executive Officer at Chamberlain Group Inc, and Pres:Levolor Hardware Group at Newell Rubbermaid Inc. James studied at University of Delaware.

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Mr. Arnold has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Eaton Corporation, a power management company, since June 1, 2016. From September 2015 to May 2016, Mr. Arnold served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Eaton Corporation. Prior to that, Mr. Arnold served as the Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer, Industrial Sector, of Eaton Corporation. From 2000 to 2008 he served as Senior Vice President of Eaton Corporation and Group Executive of the Fluid Power Group of Eaton. Prior to joining Eaton, Mr. Arnold was employed in a series of progressively more responsible positions at General Electric Company from 1983 to 2000. Mr. Arnold was appointed to the Board of Directors of Eaton Corporation in 2015. Mr. Arnold is a former Director of Covidien plc.

William Kozyra is a Trustee at Notre Dame Preparatory School, Board Member at American Axle & Mfg Holdings, and Board Member at TI Fluid Systems. He has worked as VP & Gen Mgr:Bosch Braking System at ITT Automotive Europe GmbH, President/CEO:North American at Continental AG, and Div President:North America at Continental Teves AG & Co. William works or has worked as MEMBER at Univ of Detroit Alumni Council, Board Member at Aeg AG, and BOARD MEMBER at Original Equipment Suppliers Assn. He attended Detroit Mercy and Michigan State University.

Peter Anthony is a seasoned, multifaceted general manager with a proven record of enhancing shareholder value through corporate growth. As president and chief executive officer of UGN, Inc., Peter’s successful leadership of a company turnaround in a challenging economy demonstrates his ability to implement multiple strategies as part of a comprehensive business plan. Upon taking the helm of UGN in 2002, Peter reinvented the company by expanding it from a niche supplier to a broad-based corporation with a diversified product line. Peter implemented a strategic and aggressive growth by skillfully directing UGN successful entry into novel sectors. Under his leadership, sales have grown 57% and profits climbed 96% making way for expansion opportunities. Peter’s vision for continued growth at UGN resulted in the addition of two manufacturing plants in the southwestern United States contributing to the economic vitality of the region. Peter has embraced the Toyota Production System as the foundation of the UGN business model - resulting in maximum productivity and efficiency throughout his manufacturing and business management structure. Through cross-training and adherence to a flexible business model, Peter has positioned the company to respond to business fluctuations. His assertive implementation of cost-cutting measures has ensured UGN will remain a highly profitable enterprise, and an industry leader in the delivery of innovative, state-of-the-art automotive products. Peter was a past board member for Make-A-Wish Foundation of America. He is a past-chairman of the board for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois, a member and past-president of the Bluegrass Automotive Manufacturers Association (a Toyota Production System independent forum), a member of the Economic Club of Chicago, and of Vistage International.Specialties: Increasing shareholder value, corporate growth, leadership, turnaround, Toyota Production System, TPS, LEAN manufacturing, culture of continuous improvement and standardization, initiate business expansion, diversification and the implementation of new technologies