Vice President – Treasurer
Drew Bender joined the Company in 2006 after holding positions with EDS (Chicago) and Honeywell (China) to become our Manager of International Treasury. After serving in positions of increasing responsibility, he was appointed Vice President – Treasurer in 2020.
Vice President – Chief Information Officer
Michael Blinzler began working for the Company in 1986. After taking on increasingly more responsible positions over the years, he was named Vice President of Information Technology in June 2004. Michael is also a Certified Public Accountant in Missouri.
Vice President – Chief Tax Officer
Chuck Hutchins joined the Company in 2006 as Staff VP - Domestic Taxes and was named Vice President - Tax in 2018. Chuck holds his BS in Accountancy from the University of Missouri, is a CPA, and worked for over 20 years for PricewaterhouseCoopers in California before joining the Company.
Vice President – Corporate Secretary
Scott Luton joined the Company as an attorney in the Legal Department in 1997 and has held positions of increasing responsibility including Assistant General Counsel, Senior Securities Counsel and Associate General Counsel. Scott was promoted to Vice President – Deputy Secretary in 2023 and was named Vice President – Corporate Secretary in 2024.
Vice President – Internal Audit/Due Diligence
Lindsey Odaffer has served the Company in various internal audit positions since 2005 and was named Vice President – Internal Audit & Due Diligence in 2017. She is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Internal Auditor.
Vice President – Chief Credit Officer
Darrel Wild joined the Company in 2010 as Managing Director of Global Credit and was appointed Vice President – Chief Credit Officer in 2019. Prior to joining the Company, he held several positions of increasing responsibility with Textron Financial Corporation, including serving as Senior Vice President – Portfolio Management & Development.