Company: HEI-A
Filing Date: 2025-01-31
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-002543
Chunk: 26

Company: HEICO CORP
Filing Date: 2025-01-31
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 26
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 2008 and the Company’s Vice President from 1996 to 2001. In addition, Mr. Mendelson was the Chief Operating Officer of the Company’s former MediTek Health Corporation subsidiary from 1995 until its profitable sale in 1996. Mr. Mendelson is a co-founder, and, since 1987, has been President of Mendelson International Corporation, a private investment company, which is a shareholder of HEICO. Mr. Mendelson is a Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, a Trustee of St. Thomas University in Miami Gardens, Florida, a Director of Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade and is a Director and Past President of the Board of Directors of the Florida Grand Opera. Victor Mendelson is the son of Laurans Mendelson and the brother of Eric Mendelson. Victor Mendelson is considered an “inside” director under NYSE rules. |
|                                                                                                             | Mr. Mendelson’s experience and expertise, garnered by serving the Company in a variety of roles over the past 35 years, make him uniquely qualified to serve on the Board because he understands the Company’s operations and strategy very well. As the founder of the Company’s Electronic Technologies Group, he has extensive knowledge and experience, particularly in the electronic technologies, defense and space segments, which have experienced significant growth under his stewardship. Further, as the Company’s former General Counsel for 15 years, he is familiar with the Company’s matters, including contractual relationships, the Company’s numerous acquisitions and legal strategies, all of which he remains involved in. Victor Mendelson and his family are significant Company shareholders, which aligns their interests with other shareholders and reflects their commitment to the Company. |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |

| Julie Neitzel 
 Director      |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |     | Julie Neitzel is a Partner with WE Family Offices, an independent, financial advisory and wealth management firm. Through her diverse background and experience, Ms. Neitzel advises entrepreneurs in areas including acquisition and financing of closely-held businesses, real estate portfolio acquisition and management, finance capital management and estate planning, in addition to other aspects of multi- generational planning. Prior to joining WE Family Offices in January 2013, she served as President of the Miami-based operation of GenSpring Family Offices, a leading wealth management firm for over ten years. Her previous professional roles include Director of Trivest Partners, a private equity firm where she