Ideal Industries (Sycamore, IL)
CEO Steve Henn (right) retired and Chris Baldwin (left) was appointed as the company’s next CEO. Baldwin is a member of Ideal’s board of directors and has leadership experience across multi-billion-dollar public corporations and family-owned, privately held businesses.
Before joining Ideal, Baldwin served as the COO and president of Knoll, then transitioned to become the group president of MillerKnoll after navigating the multi-billion-dollar merger of Knoll and Herman Miller. His prior experience includes overseeing thousands of employees during several enterprise-wide leadership roles including president, Kitchen & Bath Americas and president, Global Faucets at Kohler Company, as well as holding leadership positions at Siemens and Eaton.
IEC Supply (Tempe, AZ)
After more than 40 years of leadership, entrepreneurship and service to Arizona’s industrial automation community, Mike Zielinski, the company’s founder, announced his retirement. IEC Supply, which he and his wife Terri founded in 1985, will now be led by their son, Matt Zielinski, who is now president and owner.
The younger Zielinski has been part of the company for nearly a decade and has played a pivotal role in its growth and modernization. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in chemical engineering and began his career as a business manager at PolyOne, where he spent six years building expertise in materials and manufacturing industries. He joined IEC Supply as a sales engineer, later serving as VP of Sales for six years before being named president in 2024.
Southwire (Carrollton, GA)
The company recently appointed Nedra Hurley as senior VP of business development to lead a new dedicated business development team to meet the needs of the “exponential growth of critical vertical markets that continue to drive significant increases in power demand.”
Hurley will report directly to Rohan Kelkar, executive VP, Utility and Industrial Group. This new team will collaborate closely with the strategic verticals sales teams to ensure alignment and maximize impact. She recently concluded more than two decades of service at ABB, where she held a range of roles from proposal engineer to VP - Utility Sales, East Region, within ABB’s Electrification Business.
LEDVANCE (Wilmington, MA)
Scott Buckley is now the company’s head of Marketing for the U.S. and Canada, bringing more than two decades of marketing leadership experience. According to a company LinkedIn post, Buckley has a proven track record of driving growth, leading high-performing teams and keeping the customer at the center of every decision.
National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) (Rosslyn, VA)
NEMA elected its 2026 board officers and welcomed six new board members. The elections were made during NEMA’s 2025 Annual Meeting in Palm Beach, FL. NEMA elected the following officers and new board members:
Board officers. Beth Wozniak, CEO, nVEnt – chair of the NEMA Board and Executive Committee; Barry Powell, North American president/Regional CEO of Electrical Products, Siemens Industry — Vice Chair of the NEMA Board; Kevin Poyck, president, Genlyte, Color Kinetics and Entertainment Business Unit, Signify — NEMA Treasurer.
New board members. Billal Hammoud, president and CEO – Building Automation, Honeywell; Davis Mathews, president and CEO, Phoenix Contact; Deni Miller, Business Line Leader, Distribution Solutions – North America, ABB, Inc.; Michael Plaster, president and CEO, Power Grid Components; Robert Vary, president and CEO, Reinhausen Manufacturing; and Rick Wilmer, president and CEO, ChargePoint.
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