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Corporate
Governance

Board of Directors

STEPHEN C. VAN ARSDELL

Stephen C. Van Arsdell was appointed Non-Executive Chair in February 2024. He has been a member of our board of directors since July 2019. Mr. Van Arsdell is a former senior partner of Deloitte LLP, where he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte & Touche LLP from 2010-2012 and as Deputy Chief Executive Officer from 2009-2010. He also served as a member of Deloitte’s board of directors from 2003-2009, during which time he held the position of Vice-Chair. Mr. Van Arsdell has served as a member of the board of directors of Old National Bancorp since February 2022 and has been a member of the audit committee of Brown Brothers Harriman since 2015. Mr. Van Arsdell previously served as a director of First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. from 2017 to February 2022. Mr. Van Arsdell earned both a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting as a James Scholar and a Masters of Accounting Science degree from the University of Illinois. He is a certified public accountant.

ChairNon-Executive Chair of the Board of Directors

MemberMember of the Executive Committee

Marietta Edmunds Zakas

Chief Executive Officer

Martie Zakas has served as the Company’s CEO and President since August 2023. She previously served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Mueller Water Products since 2018 and has extensive leadership experience in finance, strategy, M&A and implementing proven strategies to deliver value. She has directed Mueller’s strategic planning, corporate development, investor relations and corporate communications activities since joining the Company in 2006. Prior to joining Mueller, Ms. Zakas spent five years with Russell Corporation, an athletic apparel, footwear and equipment company, where she held a variety of positions culminating in her role as Corporate Vice President, Chief of Staff, Business Development and Treasurer, until its 2006 acquisition by Berkshire Hathaway. From 1993 to 2000, Ms. Zakas served as Corporate Vice President, Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Secretary for Equifax, Inc., a global data, analytics and technology company. Ms. Zakas began her career as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley. Ms. Zakas earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College (now known as Randolph College), a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business and a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law. Ms. Zakas is a Director of Mueller Water Products and BlueLinx Holdings, Inc., and is a former Director of Atlantic Capital Bancshares, Inc. She serves on the Board of Trustees of the University of Virginia Darden School Foundation.

ChairChair of the Capital Allocation and Operations Committee

ChairChair of the Executive Committee

CHRISTIAN A. GARCIA

Christian A. Garcia has been a member of the Company’s Board of Directors since August 2024 and was a Board observer commencing in March 2024. Mr. Garcia formerly served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2020 to 2023 at BrandSafway, a provider of industrial services solutions to commercial, industrial, and infrastructure markets. From January 2020 to August 2020, Mr. Garcia served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Weatherford International, a publicly listed oil services company. From 2016 to 2019, Mr. Garcia served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Visteon Corporation, a publicly listed provider of automotive cockpit electronics. Previously, Mr. Garcia served as acting Chief Financial Officer of Halliburton Company, where he progressed through a variety of leadership positions including Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer and Senior Vice President of Investor Relations. Mr. Garcia currently serves as a Director at Tetra Technologies, Inc. and Bausch Health Companies. Mr. Garcia received his Bachelor of Science from the University of the Philippines and his master’s degree in business from Purdue University.

MemberMember of the Audit Committee

MemberMember of the Environment, Health and Safety Committee

Thomas J. Hansen

Thomas J. Hansen has been a member of our board of directors since October 2011. Until 2012, Mr. Hansen served as Vice Chairman of Illinois Tool Works Inc. (“ITW”), a manufacturer of fasteners and components, consumable systems and a variety of specialty products and equipment. He joined ITW in 1980 as a sales and marketing manager of the Shakeproof Industrial Products businesses. From 1998 to 2006, Mr. Hansen served as Executive Vice President of ITW, and from 2014 to 2018, he also served as a director of Gill Industries Inc., a privately held corporation. Mr. Hansen earned a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from Northern Illinois University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Governors State University.

Chair Chair of the Audit Committee

MemberMember of the Capital Allocation and Operations Committee

MemberMember of the Compensation and Human Resources Committee

MemberMember of the Executive Committee

Brian C. Healy

Brian Healy has been a member of the Company’s Board of Directors since February 2024 and was a Board observer commencing in November 2023. Mr. Healy is a lecturer of finance at the University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce. He previously served as Managing Director and Co-Head of Mergers and Acquisitions in the Americas at Morgan Stanley and was a member of the Investment Banking Management Committee from 2019 to 2023. Mr. Healy also held various leadership roles at Morgan Stanley, including Global Chief Operating Officer of Investment Banking and Head of Firm Strategy and Execution. He serves as a Board Member of Children’s Aid and Family Services of New Jersey. Mr. Healy earned his Bachelor of Science in Commerce from the University of Virginia and an MBA with a concentration in finance from the University of Chicago.

ChairChair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Member Member of the Compensation and Human Resources Committee

Member Member of the Executive Committee

Dr. Christine Ortiz

Dr. Christine Ortiz has been a member of our board of directors since January 2019. Dr. Ortiz is the Morris Cohen Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The author of more than 200 scholarly publications, she has supervised research projects across multiple academic disciplines, received 30 national and international honors, including the Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering awarded to her by President George W. Bush, and served as the Dean for Graduate Education at MIT from 2010 to 2016. She is also the founder of an innovative, nonprofit, post-secondary educational institution, Station1. Dr. Ortiz has served as a director of Enovis Corporation since 2022. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master of Science degree and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Cornell University, each in the field of materials science and engineering.

Member Chair of the Environment, Health and Safety Committee

Member Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Jeffery S. Sharritts

Jeffery S. Sharritts has been a member of the Company’s Board of Directors since March 2021. Mr. Sharritts served as Executive Vice President and Chief Customer and Partner Officer at Cisco from May 2022 to July 2024. During his nearly 24-year tenure at Cisco, Mr. Sharritts held several executive sales roles, including Senior Vice President of the Americas from 2018 to 2022 and Senior Vice President, U.S. Commercial Sales from 2014 to 2018. He holds Advisory Board Member positions with the Georgia Chamber of Commerce and Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Sharritts earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from The Ohio State University.

ChairChair of the Compensation and Human Resources Committee

Member Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Member Member of the Executive Committee

Leland G. Weaver

Leland Weaver has been a member of the Company’s Board of Directors since February 2025 and was a Board Observer commencing in December 2024. He currently serves as the President of DuPont Water & Protection, a segment of DuPont de Nemours, Inc., a global leader in science and technology. Mr. Weaver began his career with DuPont in 2003, progressing through roles of increasing responsibility. He served as Vice President of Investor Relations from 2019 to 2021 and Vice President of Americas Commercial, Mobility & Materials from 2016 to 2019. Mr. Weaver holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Alabama and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Pennsylvania.

MemberMember of the Audit Committee

MemberMember of the Capital Allocation and Operations Committee

Bentina Chisolm Terry

Bentina Chisolm Terry has been a member of the Company’s Board of Directors since February 2025 and was a Board Observer commencing in December 2024. Since 2024, Ms. Terry has served as the President and CEO of Southern Linc and Southern Telecom, subsidiaries of Southern Company, providing mission-critical LTE wireless and dark fiber networks and services to Southern Company electric utilities and external customers. Ms. Terry began her career in the Southern Company system in 2001, holding a number of senior leadership roles in many areas of the business, including Senior Vice President of Customer Strategy and Solutions from 2021 to 2024 and Senior Vice President, Regional External Affairs & Community Engagement from 2017 to 2021 at Southern Company subsidiary Georgia Power Company. Ms. Terry received her Bachelor of Arts from North Carolina State University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan.

Member Member of the Compensation and Human Resources Committee

MemberMember of the Environment, Health and Safety Committee

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