Mr. Knisely has served as a director since October 2015, and was appointed Chairman of the Beacon Board of Directors in February 2020. He became an operating partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (“CD&R”), a private equity firm, in 2019, and prior to that, had served as an advisor to CD&R since 2011. He currently serves as Chairman of both CD&R Hydra Holdings, Inc. (parent entity of SunSource Holdings, Inc.), a privately-held power distribution company, and White Cap, a $4 billion privately owned distributor of concrete accessories and complementary products, and is a former Chairman of Roofing Supply Group, LLC. He also serves on the board of Carestream Dental, a privately-held provider of dental imaging equipment and software. He previously served on the board of Atkore International Group Inc. Mr. Knisely spent a decade as Executive Vice President and Corporate Officer of Danaher Corporation, where he was responsible for businesses totaling more than $4 billion in sales. Prior to Danaher, Mr. Knisely co-founded Colfax Corporation, a designer, manufacturer, and distributer of fluid handling products, where he served as President and Chief Executive Officer. Previously, Mr. Knisely was President and Chief Executive Officer of AMF Industries, a privately-held diversified manufacturer, and spent ten years at Emerson Electric. He has previously served on the board of trustees of the Darden School Foundation at the University of Virginia, where he received his M.B.A. Mr. Knisely was also a GM Fellowship Scholar at General Motors Institute, where he earned a B.S. in industrial engineering.