Mike Baur | Chair and Chief Executive Officer
Experience
Michael L. Baur is ScanSource’s Chair and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Baur has served as either President or CEO since the Company’s inception, as a director since December 1995, and as Chair of the Board since February 2019. Mr. Baur has been employed with the Company since its founding in December 1992.
Qualifications
Mr. Baur has served the Company since its inception and has developed a deep institutional knowledge and perspective regarding the Company’s strengths, challenges and opportunities. Mr. Baur has more than 40 years of experience in the IT industry, having served in various leadership and senior management roles in the technology and distribution industries before joining ScanSource. Mr. Baur brings strong leadership, entrepreneurial, business-building and development skills and experience to the Board.
Peter Browning | Board Member
Experience
Peter C. Browning has served as a director of the Company since June 2014 and as Lead Independent Director since February 2019. He has extensive experience in business, serving as an executive officer of numerous public companies, including Continental Can Company, National Gypsum Company and Sonoco Products Company. He also has served on more than 14 public-company boards, including Acuity Brands from 2001 to 2021, Wachovia from 2002 to 2008, Nucor Corporation from 1999 to 2015, Lowe’s Companies from 1997 to 2014, EnPro Industries, Inc. from 2001 to 2015, and The Phoenix Companies from 1988 to 1999 and from 2000 to 2009, and in a variety of board leadership roles, including serving as non-executive Chair, lead director and Chair of audit, compensation and governance/nominating committees. Mr. Browning currently serves on the board of GMS, Inc.
Qualifications
Mr. Browning is a well-known authority on board governance, and his knowledge and experience in that area are invaluable to the ScanSource Board. He was the Dean of the McColl Graduate School of Business at Queens University of Charlotte from 2002 to 2005 and has served as the Managing Partner of Peter Browning Partners, a board advisory consulting firm, since 2009. Mr. Browning was selected for the “2011 and 2012 NACD Director 100 List” (a list of the most influential people in corporate governance in the boardroom). He co-authored a book on governance guidance, titled The Directors Manual: A Framework for Board Governance, which offers practical advice on leading an organization’s board.
Frank Emory | Board Member
Experience
Frank Emory has served on the ScanSource Board of Directors since October 2020. He joined Novant Health, a leading healthcare provider, in December 2018 and currently serves as its Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer. From June 2001 to December 2018, he served as a partner with Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, an international law firm. Frank also recently joined the NCHA (North Carolina Healthcare Association) Board of Trustees and is currently serving as Chair.
Qualifications
As a former partner of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, a former Chair of the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina Inc., and an executive of Novant Health (including serving as its Chief Administrative Officer), as well as a member of numerous non-profit company and university boards, Frank brings considerable experience overseeing legal, government relations, risk management, corporate audit, compliance, human resources and diversity, inclusion and health equity teams to the Board.
Charlie Mathis | Board Member
Experience
Charlie Mathis has served on the ScanSource Board of Directors since August 2021. He served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Science Applications International Corporation (“SAIC”), a U.S. government IT services provider, from 2016 to 2021. Prior to joining SAIC, Charlie served as Chief Financial Officer at ScanSource from 2012 to 2016. He also served as Chief Financial Officer for Force Protection, Inc., a global defense company, and Fort Worth-based EFW, Inc., the U.S.-based subsidiary of the Israeli defense contractor, Elbit Systems. Charlie currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors for SRI, an independent nonprofit research institute. As a former executive at SAIC, a Fortune 500 company, Charlie has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, finance and accounting, financial controls, and U.S. government contracting and compliance. He also brings a deep understanding of ScanSource’s business to the Board, having previously served as Chief Financial Officer at ScanSource.
Qualifications
As a former executive at SAIC, a Fortune 500 company (including serving as its Chief Financial Officer), Mr. Mathis has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, finance and accounting, financial controls, and U.S. government contracting and compliance. Mr. Mathis also brings an understanding of ScanSource and its business, previously serving as Chief Financial Officer.
Vernon Nagel | Board Member
Experience
Vernon J. Nagel has served as a director of the Company since August 2023. Mr. Nagel served as Executive Chair of the Board of Directors of Acuity Brands, Inc., an industrial technology company, from February 2020 until his retirement in December 2020. Mr. Nagel Served as Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Acuity Brands from September 2004 through January 2020 and as President of Acuity Brands from August 2005 to August 2019. Mr. Nagel previously served as Vice Chair and Chief Financial Officer of Acuity Brands from January 2004 through August 2004 and as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Acuity Brands from December 2001 to January 2004. Mr. Nagel currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of The AZEK Company, a provider of sustainable outdoor residential products, and Southwire, a leading provider of wire and cable and other electrical solutions.
Qualifications
Mr. Nagel has extensive management and leadership experience, having previously served as the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chair of the Board of Directors of a multinational public company. Over the course of his career, Mr. Nagel has enhanced shareholder value by introducing new technologies, expanding markets served through organic growth and acquisitions and driving company-wide productivity. Mr. Nagel’s background provides the Board with invaluable executive leadership, financial and accounting expertise.
Dede Ramoneda | Board Member
Experience
Dede Ramoneda has served as a director of the Company since November 2019. She served as Executive Vice President and/or Chief Information Officer of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company, a subsidiary of First Citizens BancShares, Inc., from July 2012 until May 2024. Prior to that, she served as Chief Information Officer of Progress Energy, Inc., a North Carolina utilities company, from 2002 to 2012 and as Vice President of Information Technology and Telecommunications of Progress Energy, Inc. from 2000 to 2002. Dede most recently joined the Chesapeake Financial Shares Board of Directors.
Qualifications
Dede has extensive leadership experience, having served as the Chief Information Officer of a Fortune 500 company and in multiple industries. She started her career at the accounting firm Arthur Andersen LLP doing system integration, business process outsourcing and practice management. Over Ramoneda’s career, she has provided leadership for the continued development of innovative, robust and secure information technology environments, giving her an understanding of the challenges and issues in our industry and the industries of many of our vendors and customers. Given her background as a Chief Information Officer in the financial services industry, she brings particular expertise to the Board’s oversight of our cybersecurity and other information technology risks, including strategies for mitigating these risks and addressing data breaches.
Jeff Rodek | Board Member
Experience
Jeffrey Rodek has served as a director of the Company since May 2020. Mr. Rodek has served as an Executive Network Advisor and Limited Partner of Tensility Venture Partners, a venture capital firm investing in early-stage AI startups, since October 2017, as well as Executive Advisor and member of the Leadership Council for Pathr.ai Inc. since September 2021. From July 2007 to May 2018, Mr. Rodek served as a Senior Lecturer at the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University. Prior to that, Mr. Rodek served as Senior Advisor and Executive Partner at Accretive, LLC from July 2007 to December 2009; as Executive Chair, Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Hyperion Solutions Corporation from October 1999 to April 2007; and as President and Chief Operating Officer of Ingram Micro Corporation from 1995 to 1999.
Qualifications
Mr. Rodek has over 40 years of business and leadership experience spanning across multiple industries. Over Mr. Rodek’s career, he has driven performance growth and improved corporate governance strategies in the logistics, enterprise software and technology solutions industries, giving him a keen understanding of the challenges and issues present in ScanSource’s industry.
Betty Temple | Board Member
Experience
Elizabeth O. Temple has served as a director of the Company since September 2017. Ms. Temple has served as the Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP since January 1, 2016. She has been a practicing corporate and securities attorney at the firm since 1989. Prior to serving as Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Temple served in a number of leadership roles at the firm over the past decade and has been a partner at the firm since 1997. Ms. Temple has also served on the Board of Directors of Messer Construction Co., a construction management and general contractor, since March 2023.
Qualifications
Ms. Temple has extensive leadership experience serving as the Chief Executive Officer of a global law firm. Over Ms. Temple’s legal career, she has counseled public and private companies on their highest strategic priorities, giving her an understanding of the challenges and issues in the Company’s industry and the industries of many of its vendors and customers. Her background as a legal advisor to public companies and boards provides the Board with additional expertise in the areas of risk management, corporate governance, acquisitions and securities regulation.