STURM RUGER INC (RGR)
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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Sector: Consumer Discretionary
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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Director information for RGR
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RGR | Director; Senior executive responsible for overall management of a complex enterprise; Chairman | 77 | ["significant executive experience", "board experience", "firearms industry experience", "knowledge of the Company\u2019s products", "Public Company", "Financial", "Manufacturing", "Sales and Marketing", "Risk Management", "Legal and Regulatory"] | ["Compensation Committee", "Audit Committee"] | 2025 |
Biography sourced from the proxy statement filing.
Age 77 Director since June, 2006 Mr. Whitaker served as the President and CEO of Hyco International from 2003 and as a member of its Board from 2001 until his retirement in 2011. In 2013, he joined the Board of Payne & Dolan (now Walbec Group), a family owned infrastructure construction business based in Wisconsin, and currently serves as a member of the Compensation Committee. Mr. Whitaker was a Board member of Global Brass and Copper Holdings, Inc. from 2011 -2019 , and served as the Lead Director, Chairman of its Compensation Committee and as a member of its Audit, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. He was the Chairman of the Indiana University Manufacturing Policy Initiative at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs from June 2017 to 2020. Mr. Whitaker was a Board member of Pangborn Corporation from 2006 to 2015 and served as the chair of its Compensation Committee. He was a member of the Board and Executive Committee of Strategic Distribution, Inc., and was its President and CEO from 2000 to 2003. Mr. Whitaker was the President and CEO of Johnson Outdoors from 1996 to 2000, and CEO, President and Chairman of the Board of Colt s Manufacturing Co., Inc. from 1992 to 1995. He is a former Board member of Firearms Training Systems, Group Decco, Michigan Seamless Tube, Precision Navigation, Inc.; Weirton Steel Corporation and Code Alarm, and a former Trustee of the College of Wooster. Mr. Whitaker was the Chairman of the Company s Board of Directors from 2019 -2024 and is currently a member of the Compensation and the Audit Committees. The Board believes that Mr. Whitaker s significant executive, board and firearms industry experience, and his knowledge of the Company s products qualify him to serve on the Board of Directors.