A.H. ("Chip") McElroy II, P.E., was elected a director of AAON in 2007, chairs the Governance Committee, serves on the Compensation Committee, and was elected Independent Chairman of the Board at the 2022 Annual Meeting. Since 1997 he has served as President, CEO and Chairman of McElroy Manufacturing, Inc., a privately held Tulsa-based manufacturing company, and since 2002 as Chairman of Southern Specialties Co., a privately held specialty sheet metal manufacturer. He has served on the board of Pryer Aerospace since 2016 and holds a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Tulsa.