Board of Directors

Kevin Crutchfield joined Compass Minerals as president and chief executive officer (CEO) in May 2019. He is also a member of the company’s board of directors and serves on the Environmental, Health, Safety and Sustainability (EHS&S) Committee.

Mr. Crutchfield has more than 30 years of mining experience. Prior to joining Compass Minerals in 2019, Mr. Crutchfield served as CEO and member of the board of directors of Contura Energy, Inc., a publicly traded, leading coal supplier, since the company’s inception in 2016. Previously, he served as chairman (from 2012 to 2016) and CEO (from 2009 to 2016) of Alpha Natural Resources, Inc., a coal producer. From 2003 to 2009, he held roles of increasing responsibility at Alpha Natural Resources. Prior to Alpha Natural Resources, Mr. Crutchfield spent over 15 years working at El Paso Corporation, a natural gas and energy provider, as well as other coal and gas producers. He also previously served on the board of directors of Couer Mining, Inc.

Mr. Crutchfield earned a Bachelor of Science in Mining and Minerals Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He also completed the Executive Program at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.

Jon Chisholm has been a member of the company’s board of directors since November 2022. Mr. Chisholm is the managing director for Koch Disruptive Technologies, a subsidiary of Koch Industries, Inc., where he leads the Energy Transformation investment vertical for the company. Prior to this position, which he has held since 2022, he was vice president of Koch Minerals and Trading, LLC, from 2014 to 2022. Mr. Chisholm started his career at Koch in 2005 and has held several roles of growing responsibility across various Koch subsidiaries, including Flint Hills Resources, Koch Fertilizer and Koch Carbon. He is currently a member of the board of directors of PQ Corporation.

Richard P. Dealy has been a director of the company since May 2022. Mr. Dealy is the president and chief operating officer of Pioneer Natural Resources, an oil and gas exploration and production company. Prior to assuming his current role in January 2021, he was Pioneer Natural Resources’ executive vice president and chief financial officer from 2004 through 2020, vice president and chief accounting officer from 1998 to 2004, and vice president and controller from 1997 to 1998. Mr. Dealy joined Parker & Parsley, a predecessor of Pioneer Natural Resources, in 1992 and was promoted to vice president and controller in 1996. He is a Certified Public Accountant and was employed by KPMG LLP before joining Parker & Parsley.

Mr. Dealy serves on the Audit Committee and the board of directors has determined that he is an audit committee financial expert. Mr. Dealy also serves on the Compensation Committee.

Edward C. Dowling, Jr. has been a director of the company since March 2022. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Dowling served as the president, CEO and director of Alacer Gold Corp. (now SSR Mining Inc.), a gold producer, from 2008 to 2012, and was chair from 2013 to 2020. Previously, he was president and CEO of Meridian Gold Inc., a gold and silver producer, from 2006 to 2007. He also was executive director for mining and exploration at De Beers S.A., a diamond producer, from 2004 to 2006, and executive vice president for operations at Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc., an iron and steel producer, from 1998 to 2004. He formerly served as chair of the board of PJSC Polyus and on the board of directors of SSR Mining Inc. Mr. Dowling currently serves as chair of the board of Copper Mountain Mining Corporation and on the board of directors of Teck Resources Ltd.

Mr. Dowling is chair of the Compensation Committee and serves on the Environmental, Health, Safety and Sustainability Committee.

Eric Ford has been a director of the company since August 2011. Prior to his retirement in 2014, Mr. Ford served as executive vice president, office of the chief executive officer of Peabody Energy Corporation, the world’s largest private sector coal company. In this position, Mr. Ford oversaw strategic aspects of the company’s Australia platform, including business direction, operational and commercial strategy and external stakeholder interaction. Mr. Ford served in various senior executive roles at Peabody since joining the company in 2007. Prior to joining Peabody, he served as chief executive officer of Anglo Coal Australia Pty Ltd.

Mr. Ford serves as the chair of the Environmental, Health, Safety and Sustainability (EHS&S) Committee and also serves on the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee.

Jill Gardiner has been a director of the company since May 2023. Ms. Gardiner retired as a financial consultant in 2015. Prior to this position, she held various investment banking leadership roles with both RBC Capital Markets and BMO Nesbitt Burns. Ms. Gardiner currently serves as board chair for Capital Power Corporation, a North American wholesale power producer, as well as a member of the board of Hochschild Mining PLC, a leading underground precious metals company. She previously held board positions for Trevali Mining Corporation, a global zinc producer, Capstone Mining Corporation (now Capstone Copper), and Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (now a wholly owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto), among a number of other corporate and not-for-profit board appointments.

Ms. Gardiner serves on the Audit Committee and the Environmental, Health, Safety and Sustainability Committee.

Gareth Joyce has been a director of the company since October 2021. Mr. Joyce is the chief executive officer and member of the board of directors of Proterra Inc, an electric vehicle technology company. He was promoted to his current position in September 2021 after previously serving as president of Proterra’s Powered and Energy business units since November 2020. Prior to joining Proterra, he served at Delta Air Lines, Inc. as chief sustainability officer in 2020; senior vice president, Airport Customer Service and president, Delta Cargo, from 2017 to 2020; and president, Delta Cargo, from 2016 to 2017. From 2004 to 2016, Mr. Joyce held roles of increasing responsibility at Daimler AG, including as vice president, Customer Service, Mercedes-Benz USA, and president and chief executive officer, Mercedes-Benz Canada.

Mr. Joyce serves on the Environmental, Health, Safety and Sustainability Committee and the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee.

Melissa M. Miller has been a director of the company since July 2022. Ms. Miller is the executive vice president and chief human resources officer of Arconic Corporation, a manufacturer of aluminum sheet, plate, extrusions and architectural products. Previous to this position, which she has held since the company’s launch in 2020, she was vice president of human resources for Arconic, Inc.’s global rolled products business from 2017 to 2020 and of its transportation and construction systems business from 2016 to 2017. From 2005 to 2016, Ms. Miller held multiple leadership roles at Alcoa with a broad spectrum of progressive human resources responsibilities. Arconic, Inc. and Alcoa are both predecessor companies of Arconic Corporation. Prior to joining Alcoa, Ms. Miller worked in corporate HR for more than seven years at Marconi, a technology company that creates and supports licensing platforms.

Ms. Miller serves on the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee and the Compensation Committee.

Joseph (“Joe”) E. Reece has been a director of the company since March 2019. In May 2021, he began serving as non-executive chair of the board. Mr. Reece has been the co-managing partner of SilverBox Capital, LLC and its predecessors since 2015. Mr. Reece also served as a consultant to BDT & Company from October 2019 to November 2021. He previously served as the executive vice chair of UBS Group and head of UBS Securities LLC’s Investment Bank for the Americas from 2017 to 2018. Prior to these roles, he was at Credit Suisse from 1997 to 2015, in roles of increasing responsibility, including serving as global head of Equity Capital Markets and co-head of Credit Risk. His prior experience includes serving as an attorney for 10 years, including at the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP and at the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr. Reece has previously served as a member of the board of directors of SilverBox Engaged Merger Corp. I, including as the executive chair, Atlas Technical Consultants, Inc. and its predecessor company, Boxwood Merger Corp., where he served as lead independent director, Del Frisco's Restaurant Group, Inc., RumbleOn, Inc., CST Brands, Inc., LSB Industries, Inc. and UBS Securities LLC. He is currently a member of the board of directors of NCR Corporation and Quotient Technology Inc.

Mr. Reece serves on the Audit Committee and the board of directors has determined that he is an Audit Committee financial expert. Mr. Reece also serves as chair of the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee.

Shane Wagnon has been a member of the company’s board of directors since November 2022. Mr. Wagnon is the vice president of Trading and Terminals for Koch Carbon, LLC, a subsidiary of Koch Industries, Inc. in this role, which he has held since 2019, he holds profit and loss (P&L) responsibility for the company’s low-sulfur petroleum coke division and manages its ocean freight chartering group, along with general business development and strategy. From 2012 to 2019, Mr. Wagnon was general manager of Koch’s Global Sulfur business. He joined Koch in 2004 via its INVISTA subsidiary. Prior to his commercial leadership roles, Mr. Wagnon served in various business development capacities including capital projects, M&A, corporate restructuring, private equity partnerships and tax-equity investments.

Lori A. Walker has been a director of the company since 2015. Ms. Walker served as chief financial officer and senior vice president of The Valspar Corporation, a global coatings manufacturer, from 2008 to 2013, where she led the Finance, IT and Communications teams. Before this position, Ms. Walker served as Valspar’s vice president, controller and treasurer from 2004 to 2008, and as vice president and controller from 2001 to 2004. Prior to joining Valspar, Ms. Walker worked at Honeywell, Inc., a global conglomerate of commercial and consumer products, for 20 years in progressively increasing roles of responsibility, including as director of global financial risk management. Ms. Walker currently serves on the board of directors of Southwire Company, LLC, a private company. She also currently serves on the boards of directors of Constellium SE and Hayward Holdings, Inc., which are each publicly traded.

Ms. Walker serves as chair of the Audit Committee and the board of directors has determined she is an audit committee financial expert. Ms. Walker also serves on the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee.