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Rick Olson was elected president and chief operating officer in September 2015 and to the board of directors of The Toro Company in January 2016. Previously he was elected group vice president, international business, micro irrigation business and distributor development in June 2014, and was named vice president, international business in March 2013. Olson joined Toro in 1986 as a manufacturing process engineer. He has held various positions in operations and engineering at five Toro locations—including manager of advanced manufacturing, commercial engineering program manager, director of Shakopee plant operations, and managing director of northern manufacturing operations. In 2010 he was named general manager of Exmark, and was appointed vice president, Exmark in 2012. Olson earned a Bachelor of Science in industrial technology from Iowa State University and an MBA from the University of Minnesota – Carlson School of Management. He is a member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and the Institute of Industrial Engineers, and serves on the board of The Toro Foundation.

Ron Kass is a Pres:Europe at KNOLL INC, Board Member at KNOLL INC, and Exec VP:Marketing at Hunter Douglas and is based in New York City, New York. He has worked as President/CEO at Robert Allen Group, President/COO at Hunter Douglas, and President:Knoll Europe at KNOLL INC. Ron studied at Harvard Business School between 1978 and 1980, Brown University in Providence in the State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantat, and Brown University between 1974 and 1978.

EVAN BERNS is a President and CEO at SEITZ LLC and is based in Torrington, Connecticut. He has worked as VP Engineering at Ryobi Die Casting, Inc.; Managing Director and Co-Founder at Northeast Growth Partners; and VP/GM at Danaher. EVAN studied at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute between 1985 and 1987 and University of Connecticut between 1979 and 1984.