Mr. Ronald J. Kramer has been our Chief Executive Officer since April 2008, a director since 1993, and Chairman of the Board since January 2018. Mr. Kramer was Vice Chairman of the Board from 2003 until January 2018. From 2002 through March 2008, he was President and a director of Wynn Resorts, Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN), a developer, owner and operator of destination casino resorts. From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Kramer was a Managing Director at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, an investment banking firm, and its predecessor, Wasserstein Perella & Co. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Entain plc (LSE: ENT), and is also a member of the board of directors of Franklin BSP Capital Corporation and Franklin BSP Private Credit Fund.
Robert F. Mehmel
President and Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Mehmel has been our President and Chief Operating Officer since December 2012, and was a Director from May 2018 to February 2022. From August 2008 to October 2012, he was President and Chief Operating Officer of DRS Technologies (formerly NYSE:DRS), a leading supplier of defense electronic products, systems and military support services. Mr. Mehmel was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of DRS from May 2006 to August 2008, and Executive Vice President, Business Operations and Strategy, at DRS from January 2001 to April 2006. Before joining DRS, he held various positions in corporate and divisional management at Jabil Circuit, L-3 Communications, Lockheed Martin, Loral and Lier Siegler.
Brian G. Harris
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Harris has been our Chief Financial Officer since August 2015. He was promoted to Executive Vice President in November 2024 after serving as Senior Vice President since August 2015. From November 2012 to July 2015, he was our Vice President and Controller, and from July 2009 to July 2015 he was Griffon’s Chief Accounting Officer. From May 2005 to June 2009, Mr. Harris was Assistant Controller of Dover Corporation, a diversified global manufacturer (NYSE: DOV). Prior to this time, Mr. Harris held a variety of accounting and auditing roles with Hearst Argyle Television (Formerly NYSE: HTV), John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (NYSE: WLY) and Arthur Andersen, LLP.
Seth L. Kaplan
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Mr. Kaplan has been the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Griffon Corporation since May 2010. From July 2008 to May 2010, he was the Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary at Hexcel Corporation (NYSE:HXL), a manufacturer of advanced composite materials for space and defense, commercial aerospace and wind energy applications. From 2000 to July 2008, Mr. Kaplan was the Senior Corporate Counsel and Assistant Secretary at Hexcel. From 1994 to 2000, he was an associate at the law firm Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts (now Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP).
Victor L. Weldon
President, Clopay Corporation
Mr. Weldon has been the President of Clopay Corporation since October 2021. From February 2019 through September 2021, Mr. Weldon was Chief Operating Officer for Clopay. Mr. Weldon joined Clopay in 2001, and served in diverse leadership roles including Vice President of Operations at Clopay from 2016 to 2019. Prior to joining Clopay, Mr. Weldon held positions in operations and supply chain management at Newell Brands (NASDAQ: NWL) and General Electric (NYSE:GE). Mr. Weldon is also a decorated ten-year veteran of the United States Air Force.
Michael A. Sarrica
President, Consumer and Professional Products Segment and Senior Vice President, Griffon
Mr. Michael A. Sarrica became President of the Consumer and Professional Products segment in November 2019. From the time he joined Griffon in January 2014 to November 2019, Mr. Sarrica held various leadership roles within Griffon, including President of The AMES Companies and, since January 2017, Senior Vice President of Griffon. Prior to joining Griffon, Mr. Sarrica held a variety of management and leadership roles at Leonardo DRS (NASDAQ: DRS) from 1994 to January 2014, the last of which was President of DRS Network and Imaging Systems. Leonardo DRS is a leading supplier of integrated products, services and support to military forces, intelligence agencies and prime contractors worldwide.
Ronald J. Kramer
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Ronald J. Kramer has been our Chief Executive Officer since April 2008, a director since 1993, and Chairman of the Board since January 2018. Mr. Kramer was Vice Chairman of the Board from 2003 until January 2018. From 2002 through March 2008, he was President and a director of Wynn Resorts, Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN), a developer, owner and operator of destination casino resorts. From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Kramer was a Managing Director at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, an investment banking firm, and its predecessor, Wasserstein Perella & Co. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Entain plc (LSE: ENT), and is also a member of the board of directors of Franklin BSP Capital Corporation and Franklin BSP Private Credit Fund.
Henry A. Alpert
Mr. Henry A. Alpert has been a director since 1995. Mr. Alpert has been President of Spartan Petroleum Corp., a real estate investment firm and a distributor of petroleum products, since 1985. Mr. Alpert is also a director of Boyar Value Fund, a mutual fund (NASDAQ: BOYAX).
Jerome L. Coben
Mr. Jerome L. Coben has been a director since July 2020. For almost four decades, Mr. Coben was a corporate lawyer focusing on mergers and acquisitions, securities and finance matters and other business transactions. Mr. Coben co-founded the Los Angeles office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP in 1983 and remained a partner at Skadden until his retirement from the practice of law in 2008, having served on various national firm management committees. From 2009 to 2011, Mr. Coben was a partner at the Zeughauser Group, a firm that provides management consulting services to law firms. Mr. Coben has served as a director of both public and private corporations and has occupied leadership roles with a variety of non-profit and community organizations, and continues to serve in some of such roles today.
H. C. Charles Diao
Mr. H. C. Charles Diao has been a director since February 2022. Mr. Diao currently serves as Senior Vice President, Finance and Corporate Treasurer at Bally’s Corporation (NYSE: BALY), an international gaming and interactive entertainment company, with responsibility for and management of corporate finance, global treasury operations, tax, risk management/insurance, and capital markets. From 2012 until 2021, Mr. Diao was Senior Vice President of Finance and Corporate Development and Corporate Treasurer at DXC Technology Company (NYSE: DXC) and Vice President and Corporate Treasurer of its predecessor, Computer Sciences Corporation. From 2008 to 2012, and from 2021 to 2023, Mr. Diao provided strategic and M&A advisory services to corporate clients, and from 2008 to 2012 Mr. Diao was CIO of an investment management firm that managed alternative investments on behalf of institutional family offices. Mr. Diao was formerly a Senior Managing Director at Bear Stearns & Co. where he was Group Head of Special Situations Credit, a partner within the firm’s TMT investment banking practice and a member of the firm’s Investment Banking Committee and IPO Committee. Prior to that, Mr. Diao was Group Head of the Telecom & Media Group at Prudential Securities Inc. where he began his career in mergers & acquisitions and in the Merchant Banking group. Mr. Diao has served on the board of directors of Turning Point Brands, Inc. (NYSE: TPB), a manufacturer, marketer and distributor of branded consumer products, since 2012, where he is currently Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nominating and ESG Committee.
Louis J. Grabowsky
Mr. Louis J. Grabowsky Has been a Director since 2015. He is a founder and principal of Juniper Capital Management, a financial sponsor that provides capital to high growth potential but under-resourced U.S. entrepreneurial companies. Prior to founding Juniper Capital, Mr. Grabowsky was a partner at Grant Thornton LLP from 2002 to 2014, serving as Chief Operating Officer from 2009 to 2013 and Senior Advisor, Operations from 2013 until his retirement in July 2014. Mr. Grabowsky currently serves on the boards of various portfolio companies in which Juniper Capital is an investor.
Lacy M. Johnson
Mr. Lacy M. Johnson has been a director since November 2019. In February 2021 Mr. Johnson joined the law firm Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, where he is a partner in the Public Affairs Strategies Group and partner-in-charge of the firm’s Washington D.C. office. From 1993 to February 2021, Mr. Johnson was a partner with the law firm of Ice Miller LLP, where his primary practice areas focused on public affairs services and he served as co-chair of the firm’s Public Affairs and Gaming Group. Before joining Ice Miller, Mr. Johnson served as Attorney, Government Relations Services, Sagamore-Bainbridge, Inc., Director of Security for the Indiana State Lottery, liaison with the Indiana General Assembly, and Lt. Colonel and deputy superintendent for Support Services for the Indiana State Police. He is a Democratic National Committeeman and former Lt. Commander of the United States Naval Intelligence Reserves. Mr. Johnson serves on the Board of Directors of Kemper Corporation (NYSE: KMPR).
General Victor E. Renuart (USAF Ret.)
General Victor Eugene Renuart (USAF Ret.) has been a director since January 2014. He was an officer in the United States Air Force for over thirty-nine years prior to his retirement in 2010. General Renuart’s military service culminated with his service as Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command from 2007-2010. During his tenure in the U.S. Air Force, General Renuart served as Senior Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Secretaries Donald Rumsfeld and Robert Gates; Director of Strategic Plans and Policy, The Joint Staff; Vice Commander, Pacific Air Forces; and Director of Operations, United States Central Command. From 2010 to 2012, General Renuart served as Vice President, National Security and Senior Military Advisor to the CEO for BAE Systems, Inc. Since 2012, General Renuart has been President of The Renuart Group, LLC, a defense, homeland security, energy, and leadership consulting firm. General Renuart is also Chairman of the Indiana Innovation Institute, a non-profit, applied research organization supporting the Department of Defense and major research universities in Indiana, and serves on the boards of various private companies in the defense industry.
James W. Sight
Mr. James W. Sight has been a Director since July 2019. He is currently on the Board of Fiduciary Benchmarks Insights, LLC, an independent, private company that provides consulting services to the retirement plan industry. Mr. Sight has been a private investor for over twenty-five years, serving on the boards of numerous public companies, including most recently ImageWare Systems, Inc. (OTCQB: IWSY) from May 2021 to September 2021 and Photomedex, Inc. (formerly NASDAQ: PHMD) from 2010 through 2015. Mr. Sight has over two decades of experience in corporate restructurings and financings, having advised both public companies and creditors in these areas serving as a board member, consultant and on creditors’ committees. From 2007 through 2012, Mr. Sight was a significant shareholder of Feldman Mall Properties, Inc., a real estate investment trust (formerly NYSE: FLMP), and served in the office of the REIT’s President; and from 1998 to 2006, he served as a consultant to LSB Industries (NYSE: LXU).
Samanta Hegedus Stewart
Ms. Samanta Hegedus Stewart has been a Director since September 2018. Ms. Stewart most recently worked at Egon Zehnder, a preeminent global leadership advisory firm, from March 2022 to October 2024. She was Senior Vice President and Head of Investor Relations at Endeavor, a global leader in sports, entertainment and fashion with a portfolio of companies including WME, IMG and UFC, from February 2019 to January 2021. From 2013 to 2018, she was Head of Investor Relations for Manchester United, an English Premier League football team; Director of Investor Relations at Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP), leading the investor relations efforts behind its initial public offering; and Chief Investment Officer of Soho House, a global private membership club and lifestyle brand that features hotels, food and beverage venues, gyms and retail outlets. Prior to such time, Ms. Stewart was Vice President of Investor Relations for Wynn Resorts, Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN), a developer, owner and operator of destination casino resorts, for ten years. Mrs. Stewart began her career in investment banking at Morgan Stanley.
Kevin F. Sullivan
Mr. Kevin F. Sullivan has been a Director since 2013. Mr. Sullivan was a Managing Director at MidOcean Credit Partners, a private investment firm that specializes in U.S. hedge fund investments, from 2013 until his retirement in December 2021. Prior to joining MidOcean in 2013, Mr. Sullivan was a Managing Director with Deutsche Bank, and a predecessor bank, Bankers Trust, from 1980 until November 2012. Mr. Sullivan held positions of increasing responsibility over his 32 years at Deutsche Bank and Bankers Trust, including Global Head for Loan Sales, Trading and Capital Markets; Head of Leveraged Finance—Asia; and last serving as Group Head for Asset Based Lending. He was also a member of the Capital Commitments Committee from 2002 to 2012 and a member of the Equity Investments Committee from 2008 to 2012. Mr. Sullivan serves on the Board of Directors of Studio City International Holdings Limited (NYSE:MSC).
Michelle L. Taylor
Ms. Michelle L. Taylor has been a director since February 2022. Since August 2024, Ms. Taylor has served as Vice President, Supply Chain, of NiSource (NYSE: NI), one of the largest fully-regulated utility companies in the United States serving approximately 3.3 million natural gas customers and 500,000 electric customers across six states. From March 2021 to August 2024, she served as Director, New Product Quality, at Trane Technologies (NYSE: TT), responsible for leading the North America Commercial HVAC New Product Quality Team. Prior to joining Trane, Ms. Taylor spent ten years at Cummins, Inc. (NYSE: CMI), a global power leader, where she held several roles including Executive Director, Global Supplier Quality; Director, North America Defense and Government Sales; and Global Diversity Procurement Director. Prior to joining Cummins, Ms. Taylor held positions at the Allison Transmission Division of General Motors, Ford Motor Company and Delco Remy International, as well as with IC Leadership Training Group, a provider of professional and business development services for small businesses.
Cheryl L. Turnbull
Ms. Cheryl L. Turnbull has been a director since May 2018. She is the Senior Director of the Keenan Center for Entrepreneurship at The Ohio State University. Ms. Turnbull has been with Ohio State in a number of different capacities since 2013. From 2009 to 2012, Ms. Turnbull was a founding partner at Capital Transactions, LLC, a corporate advisory firm that partners with senior management teams and corporate boards at privately held companies to consult regarding business strategy, operating and financial plans, and funding. Prior to 2012, Ms. Turnbull served in a variety of private equity, venture capital, and other investment management roles and served as a managing director at a merchant bank. Ms. Turnbull currently serves on the boards of directors of a number of non-profit and community organizations.
William H. Waldorf
Director Emeritus
Mr. Waldorf has been Director Emeritus since February 2022. He was a Director from 1963 to February 2022. He has been President of Landmark Capital, LLC, an investment firm, for more than the past five years.
