Sara Ann Greenstein

President and CEO

Axel Johnson Inc.

Boards:

Copeland
BorgWarner
Axel Johnson Inc.

Industry:

Manufacturing

Member since:

2016

Membership Type:

Full

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, she was the 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. Prior to joining Lydall, Inc., Ms. Greenstein served as 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 2014 to November 2019. Prior to United States Steel Corporation, Ms. Greenstein served as President, Supply Chain and Sustainability of UL, LLC (formerly Underwriters Laboratories) from 2012 to 2014 and various other executive roles at UL since 2001.

Ms. Greenstein currently serves on the board of Copeland, a global climate technologies company, where she also serves on the Compensation Committee. She also currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of BorgWarner (NYSE:BWA), where she is a member of the Audit Committee and 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 and Nominating and Governance Committees.

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.

Key Attributes, Skills, and Experience 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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