Brent L. Yeagy

President and Chief Executive Officer
Director of the Board

Brent L. Yeagy is an industrial manufacturing leader with more than 20 years of experience in the automotive and commercial transportation industries. Since June 2018, Mr. Yeagy has been responsible for the strategic direction and operations of Wabash National in his role as President and Chief Executive Officer. 

Before his appointment as President and CEO, Mr. Yeagy was President and Chief Operating Officer from October 2016 to June 2018. Mr. Yeagy joined Wabash National in 2003 and held a number of positions with increasing responsibility, including Vice President of Manufacturing, Vice President and General Manager of Commercial Trailer Products, and Senior Vice President – Group President, Commercial Trailer Products.

Prior to Wabash National, from 1999 to 2003, Mr. Yeagy held various positions within human resources, environmental engineering and safety management for Delco Remy International. Mr. Yeagy served in various plant engineering roles at Rexnord Corporation from December 1995 through 1999. He also served in the United States Navy from 1991 to 1994. 

Mr. Yeagy holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering Science and a Master of Science in Safety Engineering from Purdue University, and an MBA in Business Management from Anderson University. He has also attended executive programs at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business as well as Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. Mr. Yeagy is a graduate of the U.S. Navy’s Naval Nuclear Power Program and participated in the Navy’s Officer Candidate Program.

Melanie D. Margolin

Senior Vice President and General Counsel  
Corporate Secretary

Melanie D. Margolin was appointed Senior Vice President – General Counsel and Corporate Secretary in May 2018. 

Prior to Wabash National, Ms. Margolin was Deputy General Counsel at Cummins Inc., leading the Global Litigation function and serving as lead lawyer for the Engine/Power Systems Business Units and Latin America operations. She joined Cummins, a $20 billion (2017) global company that designs, manufactures, and distributes power solutions, in 2013. Prior to Cummins, Ms. Margolin was an equity partner with Frost Brown Todd in Indianapolis, Indiana. Past experience also includes practicing law at Alholm, Monahan in Chicago, Illinois, and at the Chicago Housing Authority.

Among various awards and recognitions, Ms. Margolin was named a Woman of Influence by the Indianapolis Business Journal (2017); received a First Chair Award for Top General Counsel (2019) and First Chair Award for Outstanding Assistant General Counsel (2017); was honored with the Defense Research Institute’s Mary Massaron Award for the Advancement of Women in the Legal Profession (2016); and was named to The Best Lawyers in America (2013).

She earned a Juris Doctorate from DePaul University College of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communications from the University of Illinois. Ms. Margolin also completed the Finance for Executives program at Harvard Business School.

Mike Pettit

Senior Vice President and Group President, Final Mile Products

Mike Pettit was appointed to Senior Vice President and Group President, Final Mile Products on January 1, 2018. He previously served as Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations since 2014. He joined Wabash National in 2012 as Director of Finance for Commercial Trailer Products.

Prior to Wabash National, from 1998 to 2012, Mr. Pettit held various finance positions with increasing responsibility at Ford Motor Company. With nearly 20 years of experience in the transportation industry, he has a broad understanding of strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, pricing strategy, production planning, and lean manufacturing processes and principles.

Mr. Pettit has a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Management from Purdue University and an MBA from Indiana University.  

Jeffery L. Taylor

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Jeffery L. Taylor was appointed to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on January 1, 2014. He joined Wabash National in July 2012 as Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations. Prior to Wabash National, Mr. Taylor served as Vice President, Finance – Technical Operations for King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and worked for Eastman Chemical Company in several positions of increasing responsibility within finance and accounting, investor relations, and business management, including its Global Business Controller – Coatings, Adhesives, Specialty Polymers and Inks.

Mr. Taylor earned his Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Arizona State University and his Masters of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin.