Joe T. Ford is a co-founder of Westrock and has served as Chairman of Westrock since 2009. Mr. Ford also co-founded Westrock Group, where he has served as Chairman since 2013, and Westrock Asset Management, LLC, a global alternative investment firm, where he has served as Chairman from 2009 to 2022. Previously, Mr. Ford served as President of Allied Telephone Company, a provider of wireless voice and data communications services, from 1977 to 1983, President and Chief Operating Officer of Alltel Corporation from 1983 to 1987, President and Chief Executive Officer of Alltel Corporation from 1987 to 1991, and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Alltel Corporation from 1991 to 2002. Previously, he has served on the board of directors of Dial Corporation, Duke Energy Company, Eltek Ltd., Beverly Enterprises Company, EnPro Industries, Inc. and Textron Inc. Mr. Ford holds a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Arkansas.
Scott T. Ford is a co-founder of Westrock and has served as Chief Executive Officer of Westrock since 2009. Mr. Ford also co-founded Westrock Group, an investment firm and holder of more than 5% of Westrock’s voting securities, where he has served as Chief Executive Officer since 2013, and Westrock Asset Management, LLC, a global alternative investment firm, where he served as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer from 2014 to 2022 and as Chairman since 2022. Mr. Ford also serves as Chief Executive Officer of various subsidiaries of Westrock. Previously, Mr. Ford served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Alltel Corporation, a provider of wireless voice and data communication services, from 2002 to 2009. Prior to that, Mr. Ford served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Alltel Corporation from 1998 to 2002. He has served on the board of directors Agaciro Development Fund, the sovereign wealth fund for the Republic of Rwanda, since 2014, Special Advisor to The Stephens Group, LLC, since 2017, and the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, since 2024. He previously served as a director of AT&T Inc., a telecommunications company and provider of mobile telephone services from 2012 to 2025, Bear State Financial, Inc., a bank holding company, from 2011 to 2018 and a director of Tyson Foods, a company that operates in the food industry, from 2005 to 2007. Mr. Ford holds a B.S.B.A in Finance from the University of Arkansas.
Current Board of Directorships: Director of AT&T Inc., and Chairman of the Agaciro Development Fund (Sovereign Wealth Fund of Rwanda).
Hugh McColl, III joined the board of directors of Westrock in 2022. Mr. McColl has served as Co-Managing Member of Collwick Capital LLC, a fund of funds, since 2010 and Managing Member of McColl Brothers Lockwood, a family investment office, since 2006. Mr. McColl has also served as a Senior Advisor of BBH Capital Partners, a holder of 5% or more of Westrock’s voting securities, since 2015. Mr. McColl served on the boards of directors of Heritage Brands Inc. from 2019 to 2025 and Telomir Pharmaceuticals from 2022 to 2024. Mr. McColl holds a B.S.B.A. in Finance from the University of North Carolina and an MBA from the Darden School of Business.
Current Board of Directorships: Heritage Brands Inc., Mira 1a therapeutics, and Foro Holdings Inc.
Jeffrey H. Fox has served as a director of Westrock since 2020. Mr. Fox founded Circumference Group LLC, an investment firm, in 2009 and currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Fox has also served on the board of directors and chairs the Compensation Committee of Resources Connection, Inc. since 2025. From 2017 to 2021, Mr. Fox served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc., a provider of cloud-based platform solutions, where he led the focused transformation of the Endurance multi-brand portfolio into a successful organic growth platform and the sale of the company to Clearlake Capital Group in 2021. Prior to joining Endurance, Mr. Fox served as Chief Executive Officer and then Chairman of the Board of Convergys Corporation, a customer management company, from 2010 through its acquisition by Synnex Corporation in 2018. Prior to Convergys, Mr. Fox held multiple positions at Alltel Corporation from 1996 to 2009, including Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Fox has served on the board of directors of PENN Entertainment, Inc. since February 2026. Previously, Mr. Fox served on the board of directors of Avis Budget Group, Inc., a global provider of mobility solutions, from July 2013 to May 2020 and Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc., a gift card and payments company, from April 2017 to October 2017. Mr. Fox holds a B.A. in Economics from Duke University. Mr. Fox qualifies as an audit committee financial expert under applicable SEC rules.
Leslie Starr joined the board of directors of Westrock in 2022. Ms. Starr served as an independent director of Riverview Acquisition Corp. Ms. Starr has 35 years of leadership experience in the consumer products industry. Ms. Starr is currently serving as an Operating Advisor for Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, having served as EVP Supply Strategy and Transformation for Advance Auto Parts from March 2017 until her retirement in December 2018. Prior to joining Advance, Ms. Starr was with PepsiCo for over 31 years and served as the SVP PepsiCo Supply Chain from 2008 until her retirement in 2017 with responsibility for Frito Lay’s North American Supply Chain. Previous to her role as SVP Supply Chain, Ms. Starr served as SVP of Commercialization and Supply Chain. Before joining PepsiCo Ms. Starr started her career with Procter and Gamble. Ms. Starr has advised boards in compliance, organizational effectiveness and governance, and she has served on the board of directors of SunOpta, Inc. since July 2019 (currently serving as chairman of the board and as a member of the Audit Committee and Corporate Governance Committee). She served on the board of directors of Chesapeake Energy Corporation from September 2017 to February 2021. Ms. Starr earned her bachelors in science in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech and her master’s in business administration from Georgia State University.
Current Board of Directorships: SunOpta, Inc., S&S Activewear
Mark A. Edmunds joined the board of directors of Westrock in 2022. Mr. Edmunds served as an independent director of Riverview Acquisition Corp. Mr. Edmunds retired from Deloitte in 2019 as Partner and Vice Chairman. Now based in Austin, he is a leadership coach for executives around the world. During his 38-year tenure at Deloitte, Mr. Edmunds held several leadership roles within the firm, including US leader of Energy/Utilities, West Region Managing Partner, and the US Board of Directors. He has also led the Americas and Asia Pacific Oil and Gas sectors from San Francisco and Singapore respectively. Mr. Edmunds served as lead and advisory partner for a number of Deloitte’s strategic clients. Mr. Edmunds’ primary industry focus was energy & utilities throughout his career, including a short sabbatical from the firm to serve the Independent Petroleum Association of America in Washington, D.C. Mr. Edmunds served on the Audit and Compensation Committees of Chesapeake Energy Corporation from August 2018 until February 2021. Mr. Edmunds has also served as an independent board member of B&P Littleford (a Waypoint Capital Partners portfolio company) since 2024. He participated in the Executive Committee of the California Chamber of Commerce and the Executive Committee of the Bay Area Council. Mr. Edmunds graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the AICPA and the Texas CPA Society. Mr. Edmunds qualifies as an audit committee financial expert under applicable SEC rules.
Oluwatoyin Umesiri joined the board of directors of Westrock in 2022. Ms. Umesiri founded and has served as Chief Executive Officer of Nazaru LLC, a business services company that advances trade with Africa, since 2017. In 2022, Ms. Umesiri was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to serve as a member on the Illinois District Export Council. Previously, Ms. Umesiri served in various portfolio management roles at Walmart Inc. from 2013 to 2017 and various senior analyst roles at Whirlpool Corporation from 2006 to 2012. Additionally, Ms. Umesiri served as Ambassador for Intra-African Trade Fair by appointment of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the African Union (AU). Ms. Umesiri holds a B.S. in Mathematical Sciences with a focus on Computer Science from the University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria and a M.S. in Information Systems from Central Michigan University. Since 2006, as a Certified SAP Expert and Technologist, Ms. Umesiri has led the implementation of Global Supply Chain solutions and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems in both Manufacturing and Retail Industries.
R. Patrick Kruczek has served as a director of Westrock since February 2020. Mr. Kruczek has served as Managing Director, Co-Manager and Principal of BBH Capital Partners since 2016, where he focuses on investment activities and providing post-investment oversight to portfolio companies, as well as day-to-day management. Prior to joining BBH in 2016, Mr. Kruczek spent 20 years at Morgan Keegan & Company, a full-service investment firm, where he served in various roles in investment banking and equity capital markets, as well as President and Chief Operating Officer and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He has also served on the board of directors of Tower Ventures, LLC since 2021, GIFTED Healthcare since 2021, Synex Holdings from 2022 to 2025 and Grote Corporation since 2025. Mr. Kruczek holds a B.B.A. in Accountancy from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from University of Tennessee Knoxville. Mr. Kruczek qualifies as an audit committee financial expert under applicable SEC rules.
Current Board of Directorships: of APP Holdco, LLC (dba American Physician Partners), Utility Pipeline, Ltd, Sunstar Insurance Group, LLC, Tower Ventures, LLC, GIFTED Healthcare, and Synnex Holdings.
Kenneth M. Parent joined the board of directors of Westrock in 2024. Mr. Parent served as special advisor to the chairman and chief executive officer of Pilot Flying J, the largest travel center operator in North America from January 2021 to February 2023. From 2014 to December 31, 2020, Mr. Parent served as president of Pilot Flying J. In this role, he oversaw all company functions, including human resources, technology, finance, real estate and construction. Mr. Parent also led strategic initiatives on behalf of Pilot Flying J. Prior to becoming president, he served as executive vice president, chief operating officer of Pilot Flying J from 2013 to 2014. Prior to that, Mr. Parent served as Pilot Flying J’s senior vice president of operations, marketing and human resources from 2001 to 2013 where he managed store and restaurant operations, marketing, sales, transportation and supply and distribution. Mr. Parent also serves on the board of BJ’s Wholesale Club, where he chairs its Compensation Committee, and Hollywood Feed. Mr. Parent holds a Master of Business Administration and a bachelor’s degree in marketing from San Diego State University.
A. Wellford Tabor has served as a director of Westrock since April 2026. Mr. Tabor currently serves as Head of Direct Investments and a Managing Director with HF Capital. From 2009 to 2021, Mr. Tabor was the Founder and Managing Partner of Keeneland Capital. Prior to founding Keeneland Capital in 2009, Mr. Tabor spent fifteen years in the private equity industry, with The Beacon Group and as a Partner with Wachovia Capital Partners. He began his business career in the investment banking division of Morgan Stanley & Co. Mr. Tabor is the Chairman of Richmond National Group Inc. and a Director of several privately held companies. Previously, Mr. Tabor served on the Boards of Concho Resources (NYSE: CXO); James River Specialty (NASDAQ: JRVR); and Vantage South Bank (NYSE: VSB). Mr. Tabor earned a BA in History from the University of Virginia and his MBA from Stanford University.