Winnebago Industries, Inc. Appoints Jacqueline Woods and Kevin Bryant to Board of Directors
March 18, 2021 at 12:35 pm
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Winnebago Industries, Inc. announced the appointment of Jacqueline Woods and Kevin Bryant to its Board of Directors, effective March 17, 2021. Woods is the Chief Marketing & Communications Officer of NielsenIQ. Woods will serve on the Nominating and Governance as well as Human Resources Committees of the Winnebago Industries board. Prior to joining NielsenIQ, she was the Chief Marketing Officer, IBM Global Business Partners at IBM and held senior executive roles at Oracle Corporation, General Electric Company, Ameritech Corporation and GTE Corporation. Bryant brings financial, operational, business development and energy platform expertise to the Winnebago Industries board. He currently serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Evergy Inc. He was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Great Plains Energy when the company merged with Westar Energy, creating Evergy, a more than $20 billion enterprise value entity in the S&P 500. In his current role, he has responsibility for Generation, Transmission & Distribution, Operations Planning and Safety. Bryant will serve on the Audit and Finance Committees of the Winnebago Industries board. Mr. Bryant will be a Class II director and will serve on the Audit and Finance Committees. Ms. Woods will be a Class I director and will serve on the Nominating and Governance and Human Resources Committees.
Winnebago Industries, Inc. manufactures recreation vehicles (RVs) and marine products with a diversified portfolio used primarily in leisure travel and outdoor recreational activities. It also designs and manufactures advanced battery solutions that deliver house power, supporting internal electrical features and appliances for a range of outdoor products including RVs, boats, specialty and other low-speed vehicles, as well as other industrial applications. It produces its towable RV units in Indiana; its motorhome RV units in Iowa and Indiana; its marine units in Indiana and Florida, and its battery solutions in Florida. Its products are offered under the Winnebago, Grand Design, Chris-Craft, Newmar and Barletta brands, which are used primarily in leisure travel and outdoor recreation activities. Its segments include Grand Design towables, Winnebago towables, Winnebago motorhomes, Newmar motorhomes, Chris-Craft marine, Barletta marine, Winnebago specialty vehicles and Lithionics.