Age 54 Director since 2020 Lura E. McBride is the President & CEO at Van Meter Inc. ( Van Meter ), a one-hundred percent employee-owned electrical and automation distributor, a position she has held since 2016. She previously served as Chief Operating Officer at Van Meter from 2010 to 2016. In her role as President and CEO, she has responsibility for the overall vision, direction, and growth strategy of Van Meter, a 100 percent employee-owned electrical and automation distributor that employs over 800 employee-owners in 25 locations across Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Georgia, Mississippi, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. She has experience building strong leadership and a high performance culture to create lasting value for customers, supplier partners, communities, and employee-owners. in the industry, she serves on the Van Meter Board of Directors and The Industrial & Electrical division of Affiliated Distributors. Prior to joining Van Meter in 2008, she worked for almost 15 years at Accenture, a global management consulting company based out of Chicago, Illinois. Her work experience was in the areas of Systems Integration, Change Management, Human Performance, Knowledge Management, Business Process Design and Program Management. Ms. McBride graduated from the University of Iowa with degrees in Finance and Marketing. In the community, Ms. McBride serves on various boards and committees including The Tippie School of Business Advisory Board and The Hall-Perrine Foundation.