Rich Lewis is Donaldson Company Senior Vice President, Global Operations, having assumed the role in 2018. His responsibilities span operations in 25 countries and include global supply chain, logistics, EHS, sustainability, manufacturing, quality and operational excellence. Rich joined Donaldson in 2002 as Operations Manager in Frankfort, Indiana, and later served as Plant Manager for Frankfort and Nicholasville, Kentucky. He then moved to the role of Director, Operations, before becoming General Manager, first of Liquid Filtration and later of Operations before assuming the VP, Global Operations position in 2015. Prior to Donaldson, Rich held management roles at Seleco Inc. and Ventra Corporation. He has a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from the University of Louisville and an MBA from Indiana University.