Board of Directors

Jack A. Hockema is Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Hockema served as Chief Executive Officer from October 2001 and as Chairman of the Board of Directors from July 2006 until he was named Executive Chairman in July 2020. Mr. Hockema also served as President from October 2001 to December 2015. Previously, Mr. Hockema served as Executive Vice President of Kaiser Aluminum and President of Kaiser Aluminum Fabricated Products. In this capacity, he was responsible for sales and manufacturing operations for the company’s Engineered Products business unit and the Flat-Rolled Products business unit. He had also previously served as Vice President and President of the Company’s Engineered Products business unit. Prior to joining Kaiser in 1995, he was the principal in a metals industry management consulting and investment advisory firm and had held senior executive positions with Bohn Extruded Products, a division of Gulf+Western, and American Brass Specialty Products. In addition, he had previously been employed by Kaiser (from 1977 to 1982) in production/operations management positions at several Company locations. He holds a Master of Science degree in Management and a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering, both from Purdue University.

Michael C. Arnold served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Ryerson Inc., a metal processor and distributor, until he retired in 2015. Prior to joining Ryerson Inc., Mr. Arnold held various senior management positions with The Timken Company from 1979 to 2010, including Executive Vice President; President, Bearings and Power Transmission Group; President, Industrial Group; Vice President, Bearings and Business Process Advancement; Director, Bearings and Business Process Advancement; and Director, Manufacturing and Technology, Europe, Africa and West Asia (Europe). Mr. Arnold serves on the board of directors of AGCO Corporation as its lead independent director. Mr. Arnold holds a Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a Master’s degree in sales and marketing from University of Akron.

David Foster is a Distinguished Associate of Energy Futures Initiative, a non-profit organization conducting objective, fact-based and rigorous technical, economic, financial and policy analyses supported by a multidisciplinary network of experts. Mr. Foster is also a Fellow with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, working on a three-year research project focused on energy technology and economic development. Mr. Foster previously served as Senior Advisor to the office of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy, a governmental department whose mission is to advance energy technology and promote related innovation in the United States. Mr. Foster also served as executive director of Blue Green Alliance, a strategic national partnership between labor unions and environmental organizations to expand the job-creating potential of the green economy and improve the rights of workers at home and around the world. Prior to joining Blue Green Alliance, he was a district director of the USW. Mr. Foster is an adjunct faculty member of the University of Minnesota and a member of the board of directors of Evraz North America. Mr. Foster holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Reed College.

Richard P. Grimley is a consultant and previously served as Senior Vice President of Global Operations of Ball Corporation from July 2016 to June 2021. Prior to joining Ball Corporation, Mr. Grimley held various senior management positions with Rexam and its subsidiaries, including Global Director of Operations of Rexam Group, President and Chief Executive Officer of North America of Rexam, Chief Operating Officer of North and South Americas of Rexam Beverage Cans, and Vice President of Manufacturing of Rexam. Mr. Grimley holds a Bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Iowa and a Master’s degree in business administration from Benedictine University.

Keith Harvey, is President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Harvey served as President and Chief Operating Officer from December 2015 until he was appointed to his to current position in July 2020. Mr. Harvey also served as Executive Vice President – Fabricated Products from June 2014 to December 2015. Mr. Harvey joined Kaiser in 1981 as an industrial engineer at the company’s rolling mill in West Virginia. He subsequently held increasingly responsible positions in engineering and sales at several Kaiser locations and was named a Vice President in 1994. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from West Virginia University.

Lauralee E. Martin, was Chief Executive Officer and President of HCP, Inc., a real estate investment trust focusing on properties serving the healthcare industry. Ms. Martin also served as a member of HCP, Inc.’s Board of Directors. Prior to joining HCP, Inc., Ms. Martin served as Chief Executive Officer of the Americas division of Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc., a financial and professional services firm specializing in real estate services and investment management, and served as a member of Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.’s Board of Directors. Ms. Martin also previously held positions with Heller Financial as its Chief Financial Officer, Senior Group President – Heller Financial Real Estate, Equipment Financing and Small Business Lending and served as President of its Real Estate group. Ms. Martin was also a member of the Heller Financial Board of Directors. She currently serves on the boards of Marcus & Millichap and QuadReal Property Group. She holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Connecticut and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Oregon State University.

Alfred E. Osborne, Jr., Ph.D. serves as Lead Director for the company. He serves as Professor Emeritus at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Anderson School of Management and previously served as Senior Associate Dean and the Interim Dean. Dr. Osborne has also served as Professor of Global Economics and Management from July 2008 to June 2022. He was previously an Associate Professor of Global Economics and Management and held several leadership positions at UCLA, including Director of the Harold & Pauline Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies. Dr. Osborne’s tenure at UCLA includes various administrative posts, including terms as Chairman of the Business Economics faculty and Director of the MBA program. In addition, he serves on the boards of Waverley Capital Acquisition Corp. 1 and First Pacific Advisor’s Capital Fund, Crescent Fund, International Value Fund, New Income Funds, Paramount Fund, Perennial Fund, and Source Capital, Inc. He holds a Doctorate in Business Economics, a Master’s degree in Business Administration, a Master’s degree in Economics, and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, all from Stanford University.

Teresa M. Sebastian, is President and Chief Executive Officer of The Dominion Asset Group, an angel investment and venture capital firm, an adjunct professor for accounting and enterprise risk management at Vanderbilt Law School, and an adjunct professor for governance and compliance at the University of Michigan Law School. Ms. Sebastian was previously the Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Internal Audit executive leader, of Darden Restaurants, Inc, a publicly held multi-brand restaurant operator. Before joining Darden Restaurants, Ms. Sebastian served as Vice President at Veyance Technologies, Inc., a manufacturer and marketer of engineered rubber products, Senior Vice President at Information Resources, Inc., a provider of information, analytics and insights, and held leadership roles in senior management in two regulated companies, DTE Energy Company, and CMS Energy Corporation. She also held positions in financial analysis at Michigan Consolidated Gas Co., Morgan Stanley, and Bank of America. She currently serves on the board of the AES Corporation.

Donald J. Stebbins, served as President and Chief Executive Officer, and also as a director, of Superior Industries International, Inc. (“Superior”), a manufacturer of aluminum wheels for the automotive industry, until he retired in December 2018. Prior to joining Superior, Mr. Stebbins provided consulting services to various private equity firms. Mr. Stebbins previously served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Visteon Corporation, an automotive components manufacturer, after having served as Visteon’s President and Chief Operating Officer. Before joining Visteon, Mr. Stebbins held various positions with increasing responsibility at Lear Corporation, a supplier of automotive seating and electrical distribution systems, including President and Chief Operating Officer–Europe, Asia and Africa, President and Chief Operating Officer–Americas, and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Stebbins holds a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from Miami University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Michigan.

Brett Wilcox, is Chief Executive Officer of Cv̄ictus, a Canadian company developing a single cell protein and related production process to substitute for soybean meal and fishmeal in animal feed. He previously was President and CEO of Summit Power Alternative Resources, Chief Executive Officer of Golden Northwest Aluminum, Inc., and Manager of Northwest Energy Development, LLC. He also served as Executive Director of Direct Service Industries, Inc., a trade association of large aluminum and other energy-intensive companies, and as an attorney with Preston, Ellis and Gates in Seattle, Washington. He was Vice Chairman of the Oregon Progress Board and a member of the Governors’ Comprehensive Review of the Northwest Regional Power System. He has also served on the Oregon Governor’s task forces on the structure and efficiency of state government, employee benefits and compensation, and government performance and accountability. Mr. Wilcox received a Juris Doctorate from Stanford Law School and a Bachelor’s degree from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.

Kevin W. Williams, is President and Chief Executive Officer of GAA Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management, a third party logistics and supply chain management company and one of the country’s largest African American owned businesses. Prior to joining GAA Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management, Mr. Williams served as President and Managing Director of General Motors of Canada Limited and Vice President and General Manager, Global Service and Parts Operations of General Motors Company. Mr. Williams also held several other senior global roles at GM including chairman, president and managing director of GM de Mexico, Central America and the Cayman Islands; and global executive director of supplier quality and development for GM Worldwide and GM Europe among other assignments. Mr. Williams holds a Bachelor’s degree in business administration and management, general from Tennessee State University and a Master of Science degree in business administration and management, general from Central Michigan University.