Graybar appoints new controller

Nov. 6, 2013
Distributor names 20-year veteran Dale Sheff as controller.

Graybar announced that Dale R. Sheff has been appointed the company's controller, effective November 1, 2013. He replaces Martin J. Beagen, who retired on January 1, 2013 after more than 32 years with the company.

Sheff is a 20-year Graybar veteran who brings extensive accounting experience to his new assignment. Since joining the distributor in 1993, he advanced through field accounting roles in Cincinnati, Boston and Dallas. Sheff served for two years as a business systems specialist in Graybar’s IT department, then was promoted to the role of senior accountant at the company's corporate headquarters. He became Graybar's director of field accounting operations in 2005 and took on his previous position as assistant controller in 2008.

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Sheff is a Certified Public Accountant who earned his Bachelor’s degree in accounting from Bob Jones University and a Master’s in Business Administration from Washington University in St. Louis.

“We thank Marty for his many contributions to Graybar,” comments Graybar’s senior vice president and chief financial officer, Randall R. Harwood. “We also congratulate Dale Sheff for his appointment to this position. Dale has the leadership qualities and the experience to succeed in this role, and I look forward to working with him in this new assignment.”

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