Management

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G. Gary Yetman

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Mr. Yetman joined our predecessor company in 1986 and has served as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a director of the company since December 1999. Prior to his current role, Mr. Yetman held various senior management positions with our predecessor company and within the electrical industry.

Richard N. Burger

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer

Mr. Burger was named Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer in December 1999. Mr. Burger joined our predecessor company in July 1996 as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to that time, Mr. Burger served in senior level financial, administrative and manufacturing operations positions at Burns Aerospace Corporation, including as its President and Chief Executive Officer.

Richard Carr

Executive Vice President, Operations

Mr. Carr joined the Company as Chief Executive Officer of Copperfield in 2007. In January 2008 he was named Executive Vice President, Operations. Prior to that, Mr. Carr was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Copperfield since co-founding the company in 1990.

Mike Frigo

Executive Vice President, OEM Group

Mr. Frigo joined the Company as a Senior Vice President and President of Copperfield in April 2007, and was promoted to Executive Vice President, OEM Group in January 2008. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Frigo had been Chief Operating Officer of Copperfield since 2005. Prior to that time, Mr. Frigo served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer of Therm-O-Link, Inc. for eight years.

J. Kurt Hennelly

Executive Vice President, Operations

Mr. Hennelly was named Executive Vice President, Operations in January 2008. Previously Mr. Hennelly served in variety of senior level positions within both our Consumer Group and Global Sourcing Group since December of 2002, most recently serving as the Vice President of Supply Chain. Mr. Hennelly also previously held a variety of management positions in manufacturing, engineering, materials management and quality assurance since joining our predecessor company in 1987.

Kenneth A. McAllister

Executive Vice President, Distribution Group

Mr. McAllister was named Executive Vice President, Distribution Group in January 2008. Prior to that, he had served as Group Vice President, Specialty Group since January 2005 and Group Vice President of the Consumer Group since February 2007. He joined the Company in October 2002 as Vice President, Wire and Cable, and was also responsible for our OEM/Government sales channel. Prior to joining the company, Mr. McAllister had over 20 years experience in the wire and cable industry, including a variety of senior level sales and management positions at General Cable Corporation from 1994 to 2002.

Kathy Jo Van

Executive Vice President, Retail Group

Ms. Van was named Executive Vice President, Retail Group in January 2008. She had served as Group Vice President, Electrical Group since January 2005. Prior to that, Ms. Van had been Vice President, Electrical Distribution since January 2003. Ms. Van joined the Company in 2000 having worked in the electrical distribution industry for 13 years with distributors of various sizes, including WESCO Distribution, Englewood Electric and Midwest Electric.