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Reliance taps Stotlar to be new board chair

Written by Michael Cowden

October 3, 2024

Reliance Inc., the largest service center chain in North America, has picked Douglas Stotlar as the next chairman of its board.

The move will be effective Jan. 1, 2025. Mark Kaminski, the current chair, will step down from that role but remain on the board.

The change is part of a long-term succession plan, the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based company said on Wednesday.

Stotlar has been on Reliance’s board of directors since 2016, according to the company’s website. He previously served as CEO and director of Con-way Inc., a freight and logistics company.

Kaminski has been chairman of Reliance’s board since July 2016. Before that, he was president and CEO of Commonwealth Industries Inc., a producer of aluminum rolled products.

Reliance also said it had named James Kamsickas to serve as an independent director of its board. That appointment was effective Oct. 1. Kamsickas is chairman and CEO of automotive parts supplier Dana Inc.

“We look forward to benefitting from his vast experience and expertise in industrial manufacturing, with a strong emphasis on safety,” Reliance CEO Karla Lewis said in a statement.

Michael Cowden

Michael Cowden is managing editor for Steel Market Update. Cowden has covered the steel industry since 2007. He specializes in flat-rolled steel but has also reported on steel long products, steel pipe and tube, and aluminum. Before joining SMU, Cowden held reporting jobs at Fastmarkets AMM in Chicago, the Associated Press in Pittsburgh, and the Cambodia Daily in Phnom Penh. He has also worked as a copy editor and in marketing at the University of Chicago Press. Cowden has a BA in English from the University of Chicago and an MSJ journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. Contact him at michael@steelmarketupdate.com or 724-759-7872.

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