Item 3. Legal Proceedings
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
For a description of certain pending legal proceedings, see Note 14, "Contingencies and Off-Balance Sheet Commitments," in Part II, Item 8 of this 2023 Annual Report.
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
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The table below sets forth, as of February 7, 2024, the names, ages, number of years employed by the Company and positions of our executive officers.
Name Age Number of Years Employed Position
Stephen M. Scherr 59 1 Chief Executive Officer
Alexandra D. Brooks 53 3 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Colleen R. Batcheler 50 1 Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Justin R. Keppy 51 — Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Eric J. Leef 50 3 Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Kelly Galloway 39 9 Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
Mr. Scherr has served as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Company's Board since February 2022. Mr. Scherr was appointed Chairperson of the Board in January 2023. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Scherr spent nearly three decades at Goldman Sachs, leading a range of strategic and operational functions. He most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ("Goldman Sachs"), a global investment banking, securities and investment management firm, from 2018 through 2021, and CEO of Goldman Sachs Bank USA and Head of the Consumer & Commercial Bank Division from 2016 to 2018. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Mr. Scherr practiced law.
Ms. Brooks has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since July 2023. She previously served as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer of the Company from October 2020 to July 2023 and as Senior Vice President, Internal Audit from June 2020 to October 2020. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Brooks was the Vice President, Internal Audit at Aptiv PLC (“Aptiv”), a global technology company, beginning May 2015. Before joining Aptiv, Ms. Brooks was the Chief Financial Officer for Champion Windows and Home Exteriors, a home improvement company, from 2013 to 2015. Prior to that, Ms. Brooks was in a variety of leadership roles at the General Electric Company, a multinational conglomerate, including Global Controller for the Aviation segment, Executive Technical Advisor to the Corporate Audit Staff, and Global Controller for the Plastics division. Ms. Brooks also worked at the General Motors Company in a variety of finance and accounting roles. She began her career with PricewaterhouseCoopers, a professional services firm, and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Ms. Batcheler has served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company since May 2022. Ms. Batcheler has more than 15 years of experience as a general counsel and senior leader of publicly-traded companies, and more than 20 years of experience practicing law. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Batcheler served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Conagra Brands, Inc. ("Conagra"), one of North America's leading branded food companies, from September 2009 to April 2022. Prior to that, she served in other senior management roles at Conagra since June 2006. Prior to joining Conagra, Ms. Batcheler served as Vice President and Corporate Secretary at Albertson's, Inc., Associate Counsel with The Cleveland Clinic Foundation and as an Associate with the law firm of Jones Day. Ms. Batcheler also has been a member of the board of directors of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc., and its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee since May 2023.
Mr. Keppy has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company since November 2023. He previously served as President, North America Residential & Light Commercial HVAC, for Carrier Global Corporation ("Carrier"), a leader in sustainable healthy buildings, HVAC, commercial and transport refrigeration solutions, since March 2020. Prior to that, Mr. Keppy was Carrier’s Vice President & General Manager, Truck Trailer Americas, within its Refrigeration segment, since November 2019. Prior to joining Carrier, Mr. Keppy served as Vice President, North America JIT for Lear Corporation, a leader in automotive technology, from June 2019 to November 2019, and as Vice President at Collins Aerospace, a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry, created through a merger of UTC Aerospace and Rockwell Collins’ aerospace business, from December 2018 to June 2019. Before the merger, Mr. Keppy served in a variety of
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leadership roles within UTC Aerospace Systems since August 2012, including serving as President, Sensors & Integrated Systems from July 2014 to December 2018.
Mr. Leef has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of the Company since February 2021 and previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer beginning September 2020. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Leef served as Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer at Atria Senior Living, a provider of independent, assisted living and memory care options, from October 2019 to July 2020. Prior to that, Mr. Leef served as Executive Director, HR Client Support for GE and GE Appliances, a Haier Company that manufacturers appliances, from 2013 to September 2019 and held various other HR roles for GE Appliances since 2003.
Ms. Galloway has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company since July 2023. She previously served as Senior Vice President and Controller from August 2020 to July 2023, as Vice President and Controller from August 2019 to August 2020, as Assistant Corporate Controller from August 2018 to August 2019, and in other accounting-related roles from September 2014 to August 2018. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Galloway held roles at Kforce and PricewaterhouseCoopers, both professional services firms, and is a Certified Public Accountant.
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