10 Graco executives
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer and division President are among the current titles held by these Graco executives. A reader can learn how executives lead Graco from people who have held the role.
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Angie Wordell
LinkedInExperience: EVP and Chief Operations and Supply Chain Office · Graco
Angie Wordell has held the Graco role listed as EVP and Chief Operations and Supply Chain Office since 2025 and has been Executive Vice President, Operations there since 2019, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Angie Wordell was President, Oil & Natural Gas Division at Graco from April 2020 to December 2021.
Christian Rothe
LinkedInExperience: Former President, Industrial Division · Graco
Christian Rothe is a former President, Industrial Division at Graco, a role held from 2022 to 2024, and was President, Applied Fluid Technologies Division there from 2018 to 2022 and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from 2015 to 2018. Christian Rothe has been Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer at Rockwell Automation since 2024.
Jeff Johnson
LinkedInExperience: Former President: Electric Motor Division, EMEA and AP Regional Leadership · Graco
Jeff Johnson is a former President: Electric Motor Division, EMEA and AP Regional Leadership at Graco, a role the profile dates from June 1986 to December 2023, based in Sedona, Arizona. Both the profile headline and its About section read Retired President of Graco, Inc.
Karen Gallivan
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary · Graco Inc.
Karen Gallivan has been Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary at Graco Inc. since June 2018, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the profile also lists a Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary row at Graco from September 2005 with no end date. Karen Gallivan was Vice President, Human Resources at Graco from 2003 to September 2005.
Kathryn Schoenrock
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer · Graco
Kathryn Schoenrock has been Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Graco since May 2023, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Kathryn Schoenrock was Executive Vice President, Corporate Controller and Information Systems at Graco from 2022 to May 2023 and Executive Vice President, Corporate Controller there from August 2020 to 2022.
Laura Evanson, MBA
LinkedInExperience: Chief Marketing Officer; EVP of Corporate Marketing · Graco
Laura Evanson has been Chief Marketing Officer; EVP of Corporate Marketing at Graco since 2025, based in the Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul area. Laura Evanson was Executive Vice President Worldwide Marketing at Graco from 2023 to 2025 and Vice President Worldwide LED Marketing | South Central America there from September 2021 to 2023.
Mark Sheahan
LinkedInExperience: Chief Executive Officer · Graco
Mark Sheahan has been Chief Executive Officer at Graco since June 2021, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mark Sheahan was Chief Financial Officer at Graco from June 2018 to June 2021, Vice President and General Manager there from 2008 to June 2021 and Chief Administrative Officer from 2006 to 2008.
Peter O'Shea
LinkedInExperience: President Industrial Division · Graco
Peter O'Shea has been President Industrial Division at Graco since 2025, based in the Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul area. Peter O'Shea was President, Worldwide Lubrication Equipment Division at Graco from June 2018 to November 2025 and VIce President & General Manager, Lubrication Equipment Division from 2016 to June 2018.
Sanjiv Gupta
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer · Graco
Sanjiv Gupta has been Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer at Graco since April 2026. Sanjiv Gupta was Vice President & CFO - GM International at General Motors from May 2023 to March 2026 and Executive Director - Head of Global Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis there from September 2019 to April 2023.
Tim White
LinkedInExperience: President, Expansion Markets Division · Graco
Tim White has been President, Expansion Markets Division at Graco since 2025, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Tim White was President, Process Division at Graco from June 2021 to 2025, President, White Knight and QED Environmental Systems from August 2020 to June 2021 and President, Graco Europe from 2019 to August 2020.
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- 02How do you decide which issues need your own attention and which your leadership group should own?
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