Company: GGG
Filing Date: 2025-03-12
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-052581
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Company: GRACO INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-12
Form: DEF 14A
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0, she served as a director of Solta Medical, Inc. f/k/a Thermage, Inc. Among other qualifications, Ms. Morfitt brings a wealth of global marketing and leadership skills to our Board. Her experience as CEO at River Rock Partners, Airborne and CNS, as well as her experience as a Vice President at Pillsbury Company, allow her to provide our Company with significant strategic and product marketing guidance. Ms. Morfitt’s long service on our Board and her considerable knowledge of our business make her well-suited to provide advice with respect to our strategic plans and marketing programs. Our Board recognizes Ms. Morfitt’s expertise, leadership and experience by her appointment as Chair of the Management Organization and Compensation Committee.

Mark W. Sheahan

Mr. Sheahan, 60, is President and Chief Executive Officer of Graco Inc., a position he has held since June 2021. He served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from June 2018 until June 2021. He was Vice President and General Manager, Applied Fluid Technologies Division from 2008 until June 2018. He served as Chief Administrative Officer from 2005 until 2008, and was Vice President and Treasurer from 1998 to 2005. Prior to becoming Treasurer in 1996, he was Manager, Treasury Services. Mr. Sheahan joined the Company in 1995, and has been a director since June 2021. Mr. Sheahan has over twenty-eight years of progressive experience in various manufacturing, finance and administration roles while at Graco. He has extensive operating experience and in-depth knowledge of financial and managerial accounting practices at Graco. Mr. Sheahan also serves on the board of directors of Tennant Company and on the board of managers of Fernweh Group, LLC, a private organization that makes investments in, and provides consulting services to, companies in the industrial and industrial-technology sectors.**

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Graco Inc. 2025 Proxy Statement</div>

**Kevin J. Wheeler

Mr. Wheeler, 65, is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of A. O. Smith Corporation, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of residential and commercial water heating equipment and boilers, as well as a manufacturer of water treatment and air purification products. Mr. Wheeler was elected President and Chief Executive Officer effective September 2018, and before that served as President and Chief Operating Officer of A. O. Smith from June 2017 to August 201