Board of Directors

John P. McConnell is Executive Chairman of Worthington Industries.

McConnell began his career at Worthington in 1975 as a general laborer in the Louisville, Kentucky steel plant. He also worked as a sales representative for two of Worthington's divisions. McConnell served as corporate personnel director and has been instrumental in administering the company's highly recognized employee-based policies. He was appointed vice president and general manager of the company's largest steel facility in Columbus, Ohio in 1985.

A member of Worthington's board of directors since 1990, McConnell became vice chairman in 1992 and was named chief executive officer in March of 1993. In September of 1996 he was named chairman of the board. In September of 2020, he was named executive chairman.

McConnell is active in numerous community organizations and currently serves on the board of directors for OhioHealth. He has served on the boards of the Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce, Children's Hospital, the YMCA and the Columbus Zoological Association. He is majority owner of the Columbus Blue Jackets National Hockey League franchise and chairman emeritus of the Columbus Blue Jackets Foundation. The foundation uses the unique resources of its professional athletes, coaches and staff to improve the quality of life throughout central Ohio.

Kerrii B. Anderson, is the former chief executive officer and president of Wendy’s International. Prior to joining Wendy’s in 2000 as the chief financial officer, she was senior vice president and chief financial officer for 14 years for M/I Schottenstein Homes, Inc., a NYSE company that is one of the nation’s leading builders of single-family homes.

Anderson’s financial career includes positions in accounting and investment firms, as well as public companies, including KPMG and RJR Nabisco.

Today, Anderson current holds Board positions with the following public corporations, Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LH) and Worthington Industries, Inc. (WOR). She was previously the Chairman of the Board of Chiquita Brands International until the acquisition in January 2015 to take the company private by the Cutrale/Safra Group. She served on the Chiquita Board from 2009-2015 in various roles. Previously, she was a member of the board of the P.F. Chang’s China Bistro from October 2009 through June 2012, when it was purchased by a private equity firm. Anderson also serves on the following non-profit entities: Columbus Foundation Finance Committee, Ohio Health Board of Trustees and Finance Committee member, and Elon University Chairman of Board of Trustees and Audit Committee member.

She is a certified public accountant and earned her Masters in Business Administration from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. Anderson graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration and a minor in accounting and economics from Elon University in North Carolina.

David P. Blom is retired president and chief executive officer of OhioHealth, a not-for-profit, healthcare system in Columbus, Ohio. With 29,000 physicians, associates and volunteers and more than $4 billion in net revenue.

Blom holds a bachelor's degree from The Ohio State University and received his master's degree in Healthcare Administration from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He joined the OhioHealth family of hospitals and health services in 1983 and since then has held progressive management positions and was instrumental in the development and growth of the OhioHealth system. In March 2002, he was named president and CEO of the system. Prior to that, Blom served as president of OhioHealth's central Ohio hospitals – Riverside Methodist Hospital, Grant Medical Center and Doctors Hospital – while also serving as executive vice president and chief operating officer of OhioHealth.

Blom maintains many professional and community affiliations, is a board member of for-profit and non-profit organizations, and has led numerous civic development activities. He currently is serving on the boards of SOC Telemed, Healthy Roster, Vizient, Kimball Midwest, the Columbus Partnership, Columbus Downtown Development Commission, Columbus Foundation and was appointed to serve as a member of the Veterans Affairs Commission on Care.

John B. Blystone is retired chairman, president and chief executive officer of SPX Corporation, a global provider of technical products and systems, industrial products and services, flow technology and service solutions. Mr. Blystone joined SPX Corporation in December of 1995.

Following graduation from the University of Pittsburgh with degrees in mathematics and economics, Mr. Blystone joined General Electric (GE). In 1988, he joined the J.I. Case division of Tenneco, Inc. as senior vice president of the components division. Mr. Blystone returned to GE in 1991 as vice president and general manager of GE Superabrasives, a producer and marketer of industrial abrasive products. In 1994, he was named president and CEO of Nuovo Pignone, headquartered in Florence, Italy, when GE acquired the business. In early 1995, he was named to the additional assignment of president and CEO of the Europe Plus Pole of GE Power Systems.sity, Durham, North Carolina.

Mark Davis is a private investor and Co-Chair of Lank Acquisition Corp, which invests in minority and majority positions in public and private companies. Prior to forming Lank, Mr. Davis spent 20 years in a variety of senior investment banking positions. From 1996 to 2003 Mr. Davis was a senior executive at JPMorgan Chase where he began as Head of the Merger and Acquisition Group. He became Head of General Industry Investment Banking in 2000 and also Co-Head of Investment Banking Coverage which comprised all of JP Morgan's corporate clients, and was named Vice Chairman of Investment Banking in 2002.

Previously, Mr. Davis served in various positions with Salomon Brothers, including Co-Head of Mergers & Acquisitions, Managing Director in Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Finance, and Head of the Leveraged Buyout Group. Prior to that time he was Vice President in Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Finance at Kidder, Peabody & Co. Mr. Davis has served on the Board of Directors of Scott Paper Company and Valassis Industries, Inc. He is currently serving on the Board of Trustees of Manhattanville College, where he is Chairman of the Finance Committee and Vice Chairman of the Board. Mr. Davis holds a Masters in Business Administration from the Tuck School of Business and a Bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College.

Michael J. Endres is a partner of Stonehenge Financial Holdings, Inc., a private equity investment firm that he co-founded in August 1999.

Prior to joining Stonehenge, Mr. Endres was vice chairman of Banc One Capital Holdings Corporation and chairman of Banc One Capital Partners. Prior to his tenure at Bank One, he was a principal engaged in investment and merchant banking with Meuse, Rinker, Chapman, Endres & Brooks and a senior vice president and director of Rotan Mosle, Inc. He began his investment-banking career in 1971 at The Ohio Company.

In addition to Worthington Industries, Mr. Endres serves as a director of Huntington Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: HBAN) and ProCentury Corporation (NASDAQ: PROS). He holds a B.S. degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

Ozey K. Horton, Jr. is an Independent Advisor and also serves as Director Emeritus of McKinsey & Company, a management consulting firm, from which he retired in February 2011.

Prior to that time, Mr. Horton served as a Director in the Atlanta office of McKinsey & Company from 1981 through February 2011. Over the years, Mr. Horton has led numerous corporate growth, strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and performance improvement initiatives at global clients across a range of industries – especially in the basic industrials space (such as metals and mining; pulp, paper and packaging; chemicals; energy). He has also led several practices within McKinsey & Company: as founder of the global pulp, paper, and packaging practice; co-leader of the global basic materials practice; and most recently as leader of the global operations practice within the energy and materials sector. Prior to McKinsey, Mr. Horton had early career stints in manufacturing, corporate development, and project engineering.

Mr. Horton also serves as director of Metso Corporation and serves as a member of the board of Spoleto Festival USA and the Gaillard Performance Hall Foundation.

Mr. Horton has extensive experience working in Europe, South America, India, and Asia. Mr. Horton has a BSE in civil and environmental engineering from Duke University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Peter Karmanos, Jr. is chairman, CEO and co-founder of Compuware Corporation. Compuware is one of the world's largest independent software vendors and professional services organizations. In more than 30 years under Mr. Karmanos' leadership, the company has become one of Michigan's largest exporters, offering more than 130 software products from offices located in 60 countries.

Mr. Karmanos is co-owner of three hockey teams: the Carolina Hurricanes (National Hockey League), the Plymouth Whalers (Ontario Hockey League) and the Florida Everblades (East Coast Hockey League). In addition to Worthington Industries, he is a director of the North American Hockey League, USA Hockey, Taubman Centers, Inc., Automation Alley, Detroit Renaissance, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and the National Hockey League Board of Governors.

John H. McConnell II was named vice president, Global Business Development, Worthington Industries Sustainable Energy Solutions in June 2021. In this role, McConnell leads the global sales strategy for the Company’s Sustainable Energy Solutions business unit.

McConnell joined Worthington Industries in 2000 and has served in several capacities across the company, including Corporate Communications, Transformation, and Commercial roles. As a transformation analyst, he helped drive continuous improvement efforts across Worthington’s Steel Processing business. McConnell left Worthington in 2012 to join the Columbus Blue Jackets (NHL), where he focused on marketing outreach and partnership activation. There, he also co-chaired the NHL All-Star Events Committee and was an amateur and professional talent scout. McConnell also worked for U.S. Congresswoman Deborah Pryce as the constituent office coordinator and for Ohio State Senator Kevin Coughlin, including Coughlin’s re-election campaign as a campaign field coordinator.

McConnell returned to Worthington in 2014 as product manager of life support technology with commercial responsibility for Worthington’s SCBA (self-contained breathing apparatus) cylinders used in military and aerospace applications, as well as firefighters and first responders. In 2019, he was promoted to business director of North American High Pressure Vessels, that included Type III cylinders for the automotive and aerospace markets.

McConnell is the grandson of the late John H. McConnell, founder of Worthington Industries and the Columbus Blue Jackets. He has a strong interest in supporting veteran issues and community development, serving on the National Veterans Memorial and Museum, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and Cohesion Foundation boards. He has a bachelor’s degree and Master of Business Administration from The Ohio State University and resides in Columbus, Ohio with his wife, and their two children.

Carl A. Nelson, Jr. is an independent business consultant and works with companies on strategic issues, acquisitions and financial matters. He is a lecturer at The Ohio State University and teaches in the MBA and executive education programs. He also serves on the board of directors of Dominion Homes, MarketSphere Consulting, Shearer's Foods, Inc., Star Leasing and Stonehenge Partners, Inc.

Nelson is a retired partner of Arthur Andersen, having served as leader of consulting services for the products industry in the United States and as managing partner of the Columbus office.Nelson was associated with the firm for 31 years.

Nelson received his Bachelor's degree from The Ohio State University and his Master of Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin. He is a CPA and member of The Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants and The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Sidney A. Ribeau is a Professor of Communications at Howard University in Maryland. He served as president of the university for eight years. Prior to his time at Howard, Ribeau served as president and chief executive officer of Bowling Green State University for 13 years. He received his bachelor's degree in English and Speech Education from Wayne State University in 1971 and his master's and doctorate degrees in Interpersonal and Group Communications from the University of Illinois.

In 1976, Dr. Ribeau accepted a position as professor of communication studies at California State University, Los Angeles. In 1987, he joined California State University, San Bernardino as dean of undergraduate studies. He was named dean of the College of Liberal Arts at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in 1990. In 1992, he became vice president for academic affairs at California Polytechnic State, Pomona where he served prior to accepting the presidency of Bowling Green State University.

In addition to Worthington Industries, Dr. Ribeau serves on the boards of The Andersons, Convergy's, Inc., TIAA-CREF, Toledo Symphony, Greater Toledo Urban League, the Third Frontier Board of Trustees, the American Council on Education's National Diversity Group and is a member of the board of trustees of the Regional Growth Partnerships.

Mary F. Schiavo is a member in the national law firm of Motley Rice, headquartered in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina since 2003. From 1997-2002, Schiavo was previously in private practice in Los Angeles, CA, Columbus, Ohio and Washington, D.C. and a professor of Public Policy and Aviation at The Ohio State University.

From 1990 to 1996, she was the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Transportation where she handled investigations, audits and oversight of federal transportation issues.From 1989 to 1990 she was an assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor.

Schiavo was also a former assistant U.S. attorney, an organized crime prosecutor for the U.S. Department of Justice and author of the New York Times bestseller, Flying Blind, Flying Safe.