MEREDITH MENDES,age 64
Biography: Ms. Mendes is the Chief Executive Officer of Matthew Pritzker Company, a single-family office. Prior to joining Matthew Pritzker Company in 2022, Ms. Mendes served since 2020 as Chief Operating Officer and a Partner of Gresham Partners, LLC, an independent investment and wealth management firm. From 2005 to 2020, she served as Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of Jenner & Block, an international law firm, and beginning in 2015, also served as Compliance Officer for Finance and Administration of Jenner & Block London. From 1999 to 2005, Ms. Mendes was the Executive Vice President, Worldwide Chief Financial Officer of Edelman (now Daniel J. Edelman Holdings, Inc.), a global communications marketing firm. Prior to 1999, Ms. Mendes served as Chief Financial Officer of Hartford Computer Group, a value-added reseller, and Medline Industries, a global manufacturer and distributor of medical products. She was also an investment banker at First Chicago Capital Markets and began her career as a practicing lawyer in finance at Mintz, Levin, Cohen, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo in Boston, Massachusetts. Ms. Mendes is a licensed CPA and holds an MBA with a finance concentration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business (formerly the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business), a JD from Harvard Law School, and an AB (Magna Cum Laude) from Brown University. Ms. Mendes is NACD Directorship certified and is also certified in cybersecurity oversight by Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute.
Key Attributes, Experience, and Skills: Ms. Mendes is a seasoned executive leader with extensive knowledge in global finance, real estate, sales and marketing, technology and cybersecurity, law, and operations. Her breadth of experience across multiple industries has given her a deep understanding of finance and accounting, public company management, corporate governance issues, and international business.
Other Directorships Since 2017: Ms. Mendes has served since 2018 as an independent director and member of the Audit Committees of Kronos Worldwide, Inc., an NYSE-listed manufacturer of titanium dioxide pigments, and NL Industries, Inc., an NYSE-listed diversified holding company. Ms. Mendes also served from 2016 to 2018 as a director of Inland Residential Properties Trust, a public non-traded multifamily Real Estate Investment Trust (“REIT”); and from 2014 to 2016 as a director of Inland Real Estate Corporation, a publicly traded shopping center REIT.
CURTIS STEVENS,age 70
Biography: Mr. Stevens retired in July 2017 from the position of Chief Executive Officer and as a director of Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, an NYSE traded building materials manufacturer. Prior to becoming CEO in May 2012, Mr. Stevens served as Louisiana-Pacific’s Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President beginning in December 2011. Prior to assuming the role of Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Stevens served as Chief Financial Officer of Louisiana-Pacific since 1997, and as Executive Vice President, Administration, since 2002. Prior to joining Louisiana-Pacific, Mr. Stevens served for 14 years in various financial and operational positions at Planar Systems, Inc., a flat-panel display products manufacturer. Mr. Stevens holds a B.A. in Economics and an M.B.A with a concentration in Finance from the University of California at Los Angeles.
Key Attributes, Experience, and Skills: Through his various roles at Louisiana Pacific, Mr. Stevens acquired broad experience in the building products industry. He also possesses a strong background in accounting and finance, as well as extensive expertise in information technology and supply chain management, strategy development, and public company issues. Further, Louisiana-Pacific’s international operations provided Mr. Stevens with strong international business experience.
Other Directorships Since 2017: Mr. Stevens served on the board of Louisiana-Pacific from 2012 until his retirement in 2017, and has served since 2018 on the board of Interfor Corporation, a lumber producer whose stock is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
WILLIAM WALTZ,age 58
Biography: Mr. Waltz has served since 2018 as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Atkore Inc., a publicly traded global provider of electrical, safety, and infrastructure solutions. Prior to assuming