George W. Hawk, Jr. Email & Phone Number

Massilion, Ohio

Shearer’s Foods, LLC is a leading contract manufacturer and private label supplier for the snack industries in North America, Australia, Asia, Central and South America. Headquartered in Massillon, Ohio, Shearer's has eleven Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) compliant state-of-the-art, geographically diverse production facilities operating in Ohio, Texas, Arkansas, Oregon, Virginia, Iowa, Minnesota, Arizona, Pennsylvania and Ontario, Canada including one of the industry's first platinum LEED® certified food manufacturing facilities in Massillon, Ohio.Shearer’s is known for producing the highest quality conventional, organic, gluten free, non-GMO and kosher salty snacks in assorted flavors and sizes, including kettle cooked potato chips, traditional potato chips, tortilla chips, rice crisps, whole & multi grain chips, pretzels, popcorn, popped chips, baked chips, cheese curls, a variety of pellet based and extruded snacks, as well as a full line of premium, national brand equivalent and value cookies, crackers and wafers.

Cleveland, Ohio

Marco Q. Rossi & Assoicati is an international boutique law firm headquatered in New York with offices in the European Union ( Milan and Genoa, Italy) and the United States, including the newly opened Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Office. The firm provides U.S. and Italian international legal services and tax advice to global companies and international individual citizens in Italy and the United States. Serving technology based companies across the globe with respect to critical cross border strategic transactions, corporate governance and compliance, commercial transactions and litigation management.

Cliffs is a $3.0 B international mining and natural resources exploration company supplying iron ore pellets, metallurgical coal, direct-ship lump and iron ore fines. The company has 6,000 employees in 12 mines throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, Brazil, and China.As General Counsel, Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer was responsible for providing advice and counsel to senior management on all strategic and tactical legal matters. Key areas of responsibility included Board of Directors Management, Public Company Compliance and Reporting, Advising the Board and Board Committees, Mergers & Acquisitions, International Law, Litigation Management, Environmental Compliance, and Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) regulatory matters. Reported to the CEO and managed a staff of twelve legal professionals. Significant professional accomplishments in the areas of:- Strategic Acquisitions - Public Company Corporate Governance - Compliance and Ethics- Corporate Debt and Equity Financings- Activist Shareholders Strategies, Control Share Acquisition Vote - Customer Bankruptcies and Workouts

Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: LECO) is the parent company of the Lincoln Electric companies, and is the world’s largest manufacturer of welding equipment and supplies with $2 billion in sales and 9000 employees. Served as Deputy General Counsel and was responsible for providing legal advice at the corporate level on SEC Reporting, Debt and Equity Financing as well as domestic and international M&A activities. Additional duties included management of all legal services provided to business units throughout 5 operating regions which included North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East.

Elsag Bailey Process Automation N.V. (NYSE: EBY) was a world leading supplier of distributed process control systems, instrumentation products, and analyzers that operated through 40 subsidiaries around the world. The $2.5 B company was acquired by ABB in 1987. Served as Legal Counsel, Americas and Asia-Pacific Region from 1993 to 1995 and again in 1998. In this role was responsible for all legal matters arising out of the company’s Americas and Asia-Pacific Regions. Additional duties included all filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Other activities included:- Strategic Acquisitions- Divestitures of Non-Core Assets and Business Operations- Corporate Debt and Equity Financing- Joint Venture NegotiationsServed as Legal Counsel, Europe, Africa & Middle East Region from 1996 to 1997, based in Italy on an ex-patriot assignment. Was responsible for all legal matters throughout Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Primary duties involved restructuring EBPA’s European operations post Hartmann and Braun acquisition.Served as Associate Counsel, Bailey Controls from 1990 to 1993. Was responsible for all legal matters for Elsag Bailey’s largest operating subsidiary.

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. is one of the leading global law firms with 900+ lawyers working at 32 offices in 18 countries worldwide. Responsible for representing corporate clients on a variety of corporate matters including Securities Law, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Bankruptcy, Commercial Contracts, Employee Stock Ownership Plans, 401(k) Plans, and other employee benefits issues.

Ernst & Young is a $21B global leader in audit, tax, and transactional services delivered through 144,000 people in 125 countries around the world. As an Audit Supervisor was responsible for the management and performance of full-scope audit engagements and preparation of audited financial statements and management letters.

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M.B.A., Accounting

B.S., Physics