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Schnitzer Steel CEO and Executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Tamara L. Lundgren is the Schnitzer Steel's CEO. Schnitzer Steel has 3,032 employees, of which 25 are in a leadership position.
Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:
  • The Schnitzer Steel executive team is 28% female and 72% male.
  • 75% of the management team is White.
  • 7% of Schnitzer Steel management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 11% of the management team is Black or African American.
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Tamara L. Lundgren

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

Tamara has been President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of Schnitzer’s Board of Directors since December 2008. She joined the Company in September 2005 as Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer and subsequently held roles of increasing responsibility, including Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Schnitzer, Ms. Lundgren was an investment banker and lawyer with 25 years of experience in the U.S. and Europe. She was a Managing Director in the Investment Banking Division of JPMorgan Chase, which she joined in 2001, and Deutsche Bank, which she joined in 1996. Earlier she was a partner in the Washington, DC law firm of Hogan Lovells (then Hogan & Hartson, LLP). Ms. Lundgren serves on the Boards of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Ryder System, Inc., and the US Chamber of Commerce. She is also a member of the President’s Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiation, the Canada-US Council for the Advancement of Women Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders, and the Business Roundtable. Ms. Lundgren earned a B.A. degree from Wellesley College and a J.D. degree from the Northwestern University School of Law.

Sam Industries

Founder

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Sam Schnitzer

Founder

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Erich Wilson

SVP, Chief HR Officer

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Erich is our Company's Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer & Chief of Corporate Operations. Erich joined Schnitzer in August 2015 as Director, Human Resource Operations. Erich has over 25 years of Human Resource experience in organizations spanning industries in Energy, Manufacturing and Healthcare. Before joining Schnitzer, Erich was the Director, Human Resources for PacifiCorp, a Berkshire Hathaway company with over 7,000 employees and providing utility services across multiple U.S states. Erich has his Bachelors in Economics from the University of California at San Diego.

Stefano Gaggini

Vice President, Deputy CFO and Chief Accounting Officer

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Stefano joined Schnitzer in July 2011 as Senior Manager of SEC Reporting and Technical Accounting and became Director of SEC Reporting and Technical Accounting in March 2012. He became Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer in December 2013. Prior to joining Schnitzer, Stefano was a senior manager at KPMG LLP, where he served in various auditing roles since 1998 in the Portland, Oregon and Zurich, Switzerland offices. He is licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Oregon.

Michael R. Henderson

Senior Vice President and President

Peter B. Saba

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Richard D. Peach

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer

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Steven Heiskell

Senior Vice President and President

David Leonard Jahnke

Board Member

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Schnitzer Steel Board Members

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Tamara L. Lundgren

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

Tamara has been President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of Schnitzer’s Board of Directors since December 2008. She joined the Company in September 2005 as Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer and subsequently held roles of increasing responsibility, including Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Schnitzer, Ms. Lundgren was an investment banker and lawyer with 25 years of experience in the U.S. and Europe. She was a Managing Director in the Investment Banking Division of JPMorgan Chase, which she joined in 2001, and Deutsche Bank, which she joined in 1996. Earlier she was a partner in the Washington, DC law firm of Hogan Lovells (then Hogan & Hartson, LLP). Ms. Lundgren serves on the Boards of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Ryder System, Inc., and the US Chamber of Commerce. She is also a member of the President’s Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiation, the Canada-US Council for the Advancement of Women Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders, and the Business Roundtable. Ms. Lundgren earned a B.A. degree from Wellesley College and a J.D. degree from the Northwestern University School of Law.

David Leonard Jahnke

Board Member

Judith Ann Johansen

Board Member

Michael W. Sutherlin

Board Member

Wayland R. Hicks

Board Member

William D. Larsson

Board Member

Leslie L. Shoemaker

Board Member

Rhonda D. Hunter

Board Member

John Carter

Board Member

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