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Sara A. Greenstein

President and Chief Executive Officer, Axel Johnson Inc.

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Ms. Greenstein has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Axel Johnson Inc. (“Axel Johnson”), a privately held investment company that invests in global manufacturing and service businesses, since June 2022. Prior to Axel Johnson, Ms. Greenstein’s leadership and executive experience includes:
  • President, Chief Executive Officer, and Board Member of Lydall, Inc. (NYSE: LDL), a leading global manufacturer of value-added engineered materials and specialty filtration solutions serving the industrial, automotive, agribusiness, and medical markets, from November 2019 to October 2021
  • Senior Vice President of United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X), an integrated steel producer, where she managed the company’s $4 billion Consumer Solutions business unit from December 2014 to November 2019
  • President, Supply Chain and Sustainability of UL, LLC (formerly Underwriters Laboratories) from February 2012 to November 2014 and various other executive roles at UL since 2001

Ms. Greenstein has served on the board of Copeland, a global climate technologies company, since August 2023, and serves on its compensation committee. Previously, Ms. Greenstein served on the board of directors of Briggs & Stratton Corporation from August 2018 to January 2021, where she served on its finance committee and nominating and governance committee.

Ms. Greenstein holds a Bachelor of Science in business administration, with a concentration in industrial distribution management, from the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Ms. Greenstein earned an MBA from the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business.

Ms. Greenstein brings to the Board her executive leadership skills, including experience as a public company chief executive officer, as well as cybersecurity expertise and her knowledge of public company matters from her service on other public company boards.

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