Investors Meet The U. S. Steel
Leadership Team

David B. Burritt was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of United States Steel Corporation in May 2017. At that time, Mr. Burritt was also named to the company’s Board of Directors. He had been elected President and Chief Operating Officer in February 2017 with executive responsibility for all aspects of the company’s day-to-day business in the United States and Central Europe.

Mr. Burritt joined U. S. Steel in September 2013 to serve as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer with responsibility for all aspects of the company’s strategic and financial matters.

Prior to joining U. S. Steel, Mr. Burritt, served as Chief Financial Officer at Caterpillar Inc.

Mr. Burritt was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting in 1977 from Bradley University in Peoria. Mr. Burritt received a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Illinois in Champaign in 1990.

Mr. Burritt serves on the board of directors for Lockheed Martin, the National Safety Council and serves on the Executive Committee of worldsteel. He is also a member of The Business Council and a member of the G100.

Dan Brown was named Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of Big River Steel (“BRS”) in July 2021 and advanced to Senior Vice President of Advanced Technology Steelmaking in February 2022. In addition to Big River Steel operations, Dan has responsibility over the new mill and facilities planned in Osceola, AR. He has been serving as the BRS Chief Integration Officer since January 2021 and a member of the BRS Operations Integration team since August 2020.

Dan has 25 years of service with U. S. Steel, joining the Company in 1994 as a Management Associate for the Cold Rolling Division at the Irvin Plant, Mon Valley Works. In 1996, he was transferred to Edgar Thomson (Primary Operations), Mon Valley Works and advanced through several increasingly responsible positions in steelmaking and secondary metallurgy. In 2003, Dan relocated to U. S. Steel Serbia as Plant Manager – Primary Operations for two years and then Plant Manager – Finishing and Tin Operations for two years. Dan returned to the U.S. in 2006 as Plant Manager – Finishing Operations at Fairfield Works. In 2007, he became Plant Manager – Primary Operations at Fairfield Works. In 2008, Dan was named Division Manager – Ironmaking at Gary Works, Indiana and then later as Division Manager of Steelmaking and Casting at Gary Works. He was promoted to Plant Manager – Primary Operations at Gary Works in 2018. In April 2019, Dan was named General Manager - Automotive Operations (Great Lakes Works/Midwest Sheet) with responsibilities for the Great Lakes Plant, Desco Coating, and the Midwest Sheet facilities.

Dan earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Logistics from Pennsylvania State University. He also earned his Master of Business Administration (Finance) from Duquesne University.

James E. Bruno joined United States Steel Corporation in December 2014 as Senior Vice President – Automotive Solutions. Under Mr. Bruno’s leadership, Automotive Solutions collaborated with automotive customers to develop solutions to address challenges facing the industry, including increased fuel economy standards and enhanced safety requirements.

In January 2016, Mr. Bruno assumed accountability for plant operations at the following facilities, which serviced the majority of Automotive Solutions' customers: Great Lakes Works, including the EGL at Dearborn, Midwest Plant and PRO-TEC Coating Company, a joint venture with Japan’s Kobe Steel. Mr. Bruno also assumed oversight of U. S. Steel’s technology and innovation organization.

Mr. Bruno was appointed to his current role in October 2018 and has executive responsibility for the company’s operations in Slovakia. He assumed responsibility for the enterprise Information Technology function in 2022.

Before joining U. S. Steel, Mr. Bruno spent 20 years with TRW Automotive, a global leader in automotive safety and one of the world’s largest automotive suppliers. During his time at TRW, he advanced through a series of increasingly responsible positions, most recently serving as Vice President – North American Braking Operations and Global Slip Control Portfolio. While at TRW, Mr. Bruno developed a proven track record of success in leading new products to market – from concept through design and implementation – for the competitive original equipment manufacturer (OEM) market. He also led a series of transformations to identify improvements in the value capture and material planning processes. Prior to joining TRW, Mr. Bruno managed various engineering and engineering technology programs for Eaton Corporation, Robert Bosch Corporation and General Dynamics.

Mr. Bruno is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers. He earned a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering technology at Purdue University and has a Master of Business Administration from Wayne State University.

Scott D. Buckiso was named Senior Vice President & Chief Manufacturing Officer – North American Flat-Rolled (NAFR) segment, effective January 1, 2020. In this role, Mr. Buckiso has executive responsibility for all North American Flat-Rolled production facility activities.

Mr. Buckiso joined U. S. Steel in 1990 as a management associate at Mon Valley Works' Irvin Plant. From 1990 to 2004, he advanced through increasingly responsible positions in finishing operations at the Irvin Plant, casting at Mon Valley Works’ Edgar Thomson Plant and finishing operations at Great Lakes Works.

In 2004, Mr. Buckiso was named Division Manager of Rolling at Great Lakes Works and added oversight of the plant’s finishing operations to his area of responsibility in 2005. In 2006, he relocated to the Republic of Serbia to serve as General Manager of Finishing at the former U. S. Steel Serbia.

Mr. Buckiso returned to North America in 2007 when he was named Plant Manager of the former U. S. Steel Canada’s Lake Erie Works. He was appointed Plant Manager – Finishing at Gary Works in 2009. Two years, later, he was named General Manager – Mon Valley Works, with responsibility for four facilities: Edgar Thomson Plant (primary operations); Irvin Plant (finishing); Clairton Plant (coking and coal chemical operation); and Fairless Plant (galvanizing).

Tara Carraro serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer for U. S. Steel where she is responsible for reputation management and communications strategies designed to help deliver on our Best for All® strategy. She joined U. S. Steel in March 2022 and is a member of the senior leadership team reporting to President and CEO David B. Burritt.

Tara has a wealth of experience at blue-chip corporations encompassing a broad range of communications disciplines, with a specialty in reputation and issues management.

Tara most recently served as Executive Vice President & Chief Corporate Affairs Officer for Nestlé Waters North America (NWNA) where she guided the company's strategy and planning, executive communications and thought leadership, media relations, crisis and issues management, community relations, corporate branding, and employee communications and advocacy.

Prior to joining NWNA, Tara was Senior Vice President, Communications for WWE® – an integrated media organization and recognized leader in global entertainment. Before her time at WWE, Tara held a variety of Corporate Affairs and Communications roles at Heineken USA, the Altria family of companies and Pepsi-Cola International.

Tara serves on the Board of Trustees for the United States Steel Foundation.

Richard L. Fruehauf was named Vice President – Strategic Planning and Corporate Development in April 2018 and advanced to Senior Vice President in March 2019. In January 2020, he was appointed Chief Strategy and Development Officer and in April 2021 was named Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer. In this role, he is responsible for creating and driving U. S. Steel’s strategy and sustainability priorities to achieve profitable growth. Mr. Fruehauf has executive responsibility for: Strategic Planning and Business Development, Government Affairs and Sustainability. He is Chair of the U. S. Steel Foundation.

Mr. Fruehauf joined U. S. Steel in September 2014 as Assistant General Counsel – Commercial, with management responsibility for a team of attorneys that provided M&A, real estate and commercial legal advice to the company. In July 2015, he was promoted to Associate General Counsel – Corporate, adding management responsibility for intellectual property and other transactional legal matters, before being named Deputy General Counsel – Corporate in January 2017. Mr. Fruehauf was appointed Interim General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer in December 2017, during which time he assumed the day-to-day responsibility for all of the company’s legal, environmental and compliance matters.

Prior to joining U. S. Steel, Mr. Fruehauf served as Assistant General Counsel – Americas for Westinghouse Electric Company, a global nuclear technology supplier, with responsibility for commercial legal matters for customers in the western United States, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina, as well as legal support to the corporate supply chain, real estate, government affairs, government contracts and information technology functions. He previously served as Assistant General Counsel – Compliance, overseeing compliance programs for export control, customs, antitrust, anti-bribery and cyber security across Westinghouse’s global operations in the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

Mr. Fruehauf has also practiced law with Alcoa, Inc., Cohen & Grigsby, P.C. in Pittsburgh and Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C. Earlier in his career, he served in national security positions with the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Arms Control & Disarmament Agency, and the Department of the Navy.

A native of Pittsburgh, Mr. Fruehauf earned a Bachelor of Science degree in foreign service from Georgetown University, and a Master of Public Policy degree from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. He received his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law.

He is a member of the American Bar Association, the bars of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia and is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Mr. Fruehauf serves on the board of directors of the American Red Cross of Southwestern Pennsylvania Chapter.

Christian Gianni joined U. S. Steel in December 2022 to serve as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO). In this role, he leads efforts to drive innovation and product development, as well as enhance the Company’s manufacturing capability. He and his team drive innovation with, and for our customers, to bring new, winning products and processes to market.

Prior to joining the company, Mr. Gianni worked at Deka Research & Development Corporation, where he served as the Executive Leader for Product Development and Manufacturing. Previously, Mr. Gianni spent 11 years at Whirlpool Corporation, where he held roles across engineering, product development, and technology. In 2017, he was promoted to Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Product Development and led a global team that developed new breakthrough technologies and delivered many award-winning products to the market.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Gianni spent 22 years at Fisher & Paykel Appliances, where he advanced through positions of increasing responsibility before being promoted to Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Engineering.

He holds 11 patents in the fields of motor design, motor control, insulation materials, washing and refrigeration structures.

Mr. Gianni earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering from The University of Auckland, New Zealand.

John Gordon joined U. S. Steel in December 2022 to serve as Senior Vice President, Raw Materials and Sustainable Resources. In this role, John will oversee the Company’s raw material supply chains to leverage our iron ore assets as a unique competitive advantage capable of generating real value. This includes increasing our ability to become vertically integrated with our Mini Mill segment, optimizing our metallics mix and expanding commercial opportunities within the metallics space.

Before joining U. S. Steel, Mr. Gordon spent four years at Johnson Matthey, a global leader in sustainable technologies, culminating in his position as Managing Director of the Platinum Group Metals Services division as well as President, Johnson Matthey (USA). Prior to joining Johnson Matthey, Mr. Gordon was Global Head of Mining for Clariant Mining Solutions, a leading provider of flotation chemicals and emulsifiers for explosives to the mining industry.

Previously, Mr. Gordon worked at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., where he held various corporate and operational roles focused on major capital projects, cost and process optimization, and overseeing supply chain, plant maintenance and engineering at a major South American copper mine. His career began at Baker Hughes Co., where he worked in progressing operations and commercial positions.

Mr. Gordon holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Duke University and completed his Master of Business Administration at London Business School.

Jessica T. Graziano joined U. S. Steel in August 2022 and serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In this role, Jessica leads all aspects of finance, including financial planning and analysis, corporate accounting, tax, treasury, pension investments, investor relations, as well as labor relations, real estate and sales & operations planning functions.

Before joining U. S. Steel, Jessica spent eight years with United Rentals, Inc., the world’s largest equipment rental provider, culminating in her position as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2018 through July 2022. In this role, she was responsible for all finance functions and participated in making key operational, acquisition and global expansion decisions.

Previously, Jessica spent five years at Revlon, Inc. where she advanced through positions of increasing responsibility before being named Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller. Prior to Revlon, she served in a variety of senior leadership roles in the areas of internal audit, financial reporting, and financial planning and analysis.

Manpreet S. Grewal joined U. S. Steel in 2020 as Vice President, Controller & Chief Accounting officer for U. S. Steel, responsible for all controllership matters and the tax organization.

Prior to joining U. S. Steel, Mr. Grewal served as Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at Covanta Holding Corporation, an energy-from-waste company, since February 2017. Prior to Covanta, he spent fourteen years at Tyco / Johnson Controls Inc. in roles of increasing responsibility in the areas of internal audit, accounting, controllership and financial planning and analysis.

Mr. Grewal earned a bachelor’s degree in commerce from Punjabi University Patiala, India. He is also a certified public accountant, certified management accountant and certified fraud examiner.

Duane D. Holloway joined U. S. Steel in April 2018 and serves as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer. At U.S. Steel, Mr. Holloway holds executive responsibility for all legal, ethics and compliance matters across the corporation. He is also responsible for environmental affairs, corporate governance and managing relations with the corporation’s Board of Directors.

Before joining U. S. Steel, Mr. Holloway served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel at Ascena Retail Group Inc., then the largest women’s specialty retail and fashion company in the U.S. Mr. Holloway served as the global chief of all legal, compliance and sustainability matters. Mr. Holloway also oversaw the development of Ascena’s first-ever enterprise diversity function and strategy.

Previously, Mr. Holloway served in senior leadership roles at CoreLogic Inc., the leading global residential property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, and Caesars Entertainment Corp., the world’s largest gaming company at the time. Mr. Holloway also practiced law at the firm now known as Hogan Lovells in Washington, D.C.

The Burton Awards named Mr. Holloway a 2023 “Legends in Law” award winner. Mr. Holloway was named “Chief Compliance Officer of the Year” in 2020 by Compliance Week.

Mr. Holloway also practiced law at the firm now known as Hogan Lovells in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Holloway serves on the board of directors of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA), the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission and the Allegheny County Parks Foundation. He also serves on the executive leadership team of the March of Dimes’ March for Babies (Western and Central PA).

Mr. Holloway, a native of Baltimore, Maryland, earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Virginia and received his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Kenneth E. Jaycox joined United States Steel in September 2020 to serve as Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer. In his current role, Mr. Jaycox leads U. S. Steel’s commercial functions and is responsible for customer value creation in the areas of sales, commercial support and marketing.

Prior to joining U. S. Steel, Mr. Jaycox led numerous customer, sales, supply chain and digital transformation initiatives as Vice President,Transformation for Sysco Corporation, a global leader in food distribution based in Houston, Texas. As a member of Sysco’s senior leadership team, he played a critical leadership role in the development and leadership of Sysco’s business strategy and led the company’s transformation initiatives.

Mr. Jaycox joined Sysco in 2013 as Vice President, Revenue Management and led sales strategy and operations from 2015-2018. Prior to joining Sysco, he was Chief Operating Officer with International Traders Inc./First American Carriers and served in a variety of commercial, customer and procurement leadership roles at Compass Group North America and The Coca-Cola Company.

Mr. Jaycox is a native of St. Louis, Missouri, and holds a bachelor's degree from Saint Louis University in St. Louis.