MARKETS SERVICES ABOUT US CAREERS CONTACT SEARCH Home / About Us / Board of Managers Board of Managers Shawn Williams Chairman of the Board & Acting Chief Executive Officer Mr. Williams serves as Chairman of the Board and Acting Chief Executive Officer of Covia. Previously, Mr. Williams served as the CEO of Nexeo Plastics, a portfolio company of One Rock, from 2019 to 2020. Prior to his role as CEO, he was Executive Vice President – Plastics for Nexeo Solutions from 2012 to 2019 where he led a global team managing $2 billion of revenue as a plastics value-added distributor. Prior to Nexeo, Mr. Williams served as President – Momentive Global Sealants for Momentive Performance Materials. Prior to Momentive, he had a 22-year career with GE serving in a variety of business unit and commercial leadership roles. In addition to his role at Covia, Mr. Williams serves as an Independent Director for Tetra Technologies, Inc. Mr. Williams earned his M.B.A. in 1992 from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley and his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University in 1985. Paul Gordon Board Member & Chair - Compensation Committee Paul Gordon is a Managing Director of Anchorage Capital Group, L.L.C. and has been with the firm since 2011. Mr. Gordon is the head of the firm’s Portfolio Group, which is responsible for driving operational, financial and strategy improvement in companies where Anchorage has a significant ownership stake. In addition, he is a member of the firm’s CLO Investment Committee. Mr. Gordon is currently serving on the boards of Asterix, Inc., Carraun Telecom Holdings Limited, Chantier Davie Canada Inc., Chemical Transportation Group, Inc., CHG Holdings LLC, Federal Fleet Services, Inc., Ideal Standard International NV, LS Retail ehf., Product Tankers Holdco LLC, and Vantage Drilling International. Prior to joining Anchorage, Mr. Gordon was a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at S.A.C. Capital Advisors and began his investing career at Cerberus Capital Management. Mr. Gordon spent the first part of his professional career in investment banking and leveraged finance. Mr. Gordon received an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. from Cornell University where he graduated magna cum laude. Dan Hecht Board Member Dan Hecht is a Principal of Golden Gate Capital. Mr. Hecht focuses on investments in the Industrials sector, including the engineered materials and healthcare sub-sectors. He sits on the boards of Antylia Scientific and Active Minerals. Prior to joining Golden Gate Capital, Mr. Hecht worked as a consultant with Bain & Company in San Francisco. Mr. Hecht has a B.A. in Government & Foreign Affairs and Economics from the University of Virginia where he graduated with High Honors, and a M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar. Donald Sheets Board Member & Chair - Audit Committee Don Sheets is a board member of American Zinc Recycling and Chairman of their Audit Committee, joining in 2017 upon their emergence from Chapter 11. For 34 years, he was employed by Dow Corning, a global provider of materials to a variety of industrial and technology customers. He served as CFO of Dow Corning for 13 years, after successfully leading the creation and establishment of XIAMETER™, a web-based business application allowing for the efficient selling ad servicing of global clients with commodity products. Don previously served on the board of Wolverine Bancorp from 2007 to 2017, chairing their Audit Committee. Don earned his M.B.A with distinction from the University of Michigan-Flint in 1987 and his B.A. in Management, Economics and Accounting from Albion College in 1982 from which he graduated magna cum laude. Dave Thomas Board Member Dave Thomas is a Managing Director of Golden Gate Capital. Mr. Thomas focuses on investments in the Industrials sector, including the chemicals, engineered materials, building products and energy sub-sectors. He sits on the boards of Active Minerals, ANGUS Chemical Company, Canada Fluorspar, Stonehill LLC and Tronair. He previously served on the boards of EP Minerals, Springs Holdings, ArrMaz Chemicals and Hillstone Environmental. Prior to joining Golden Gate Capital, Mr. Thomas worked as a consultant with Bain & Company. Mr. Thomas has a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Notre Dame where he graduated summa cum laude. COVIA 3 Summit Park Drive, Suite 700, Independence, OH 44131 Industrial Customer Service 1-800-243-9004 Customer.Service@CoviaCorp.com Energy Customer Service 1-888-286-4646 EnergyCS@CoviaCorp.com Privacy Policy Terms of Use Locations Contact Careers © Copyright 2021 Covia Holdings LLC. All Rights Reserved. COVIA is a trademark of Covia Holdings LLC. Get Acrobat Reader