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Volker Petersen Volker Petersen — President & CEO

Volker Petersen has been a part of the Brown family since 1988 when he joined the company at the RCPC Division in Riverside, CA. Since then, Volker has worked in various roles in almost every Brown and Gruner + Jahr printing facility throughout the United States and Germany.

As President and CEO of Brown, Volker works with customers and employees to continuously enhance Brown’s service portfolio to deliver first class and value-added solutions to our customers.

Larry Hawkey Larry Hawkey — Executive Vice President, Publications

Larry Hawkey has watched Brown grow and expand—both as a company and a family—since he started in 1989. When he joined Brown, Larry served as a sales representative and later as the Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. After years of building relationships with Brown’s customers and developing an expertise in the printing industry, Larry was named Executive Vice President of Publications. He is responsible for overseeing the customer experience for Brown’s publication clients.

Mike Amundson Mike Amundson — Executive Vice President, Catalogs

Mike Amundson came to Brown in 2005, bringing with him previous experience as a partner at Coopers & Lybrand and as CFO/COO/Interim President of The Hadley Companies. Mike served as Brown’s Chief Financial Officer for several years, managing the company in the areas of finance, central purchasing, paper purchasing, and logistics. Mike now serves as Executive Vice President of Catalogs, and is responsible for overseeing the customer experience for Brown’s catalog clients.

Rod Manor Rod Manor — Executive Vice President, Manufacturing & Distribution

Rod Manor has been a member of the Brown family since 2001, when he joined the company as the Production Director of the East Greenville facility. In 2004, Manor became East Greenville’s Vice President/General Manager, where he was responsible for overseeing the facility’s day-to-day operations. Rod now serves as Executive Vice President, Manufacturing & Distribution, overseeing the day-to-day operations of all facilities and ensuring Brown’s customers are consistently receiving a memorable experience.

Gregg Black Gregg Black — Executive Vice President, Human Resources

Gregg Black joined the Brown team in February of 2009 as Vice President of Human Resources. Gregg comes to Brown with extensive HR leadership experience in manufacturing organizations, like Gardner Denver and Weil McLain, a division of SPX Corporation. Gregg now serves as Executive Vice President, Human Resources with responsibilities that include Human Resource strategy and implementation, compensation, benefits, external communication, Human Resource policy development and administration, and talent acquisition.

 
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