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GRACO INC

NYSE: GGG. Canonical company identity and public leadership record.

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Alpha ID
alpha:company:a93a05a9-2662-4dc6-be39-4281746ac08e
SEC CIK
0000042888
Record version
vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Oct 17, 2026
Newest evidence
May 3, 2026
Monitoring
Not yet monitored Details
Integrity
Not yet signed Methodology
CEO
Mark W. SheahanSince Feb 17, 2026
Chair
Not published
Independent
Not published5 directors published
Published claims
224 distinct sources
Evidence records
150 pinned
Source conflicts
0None open

Built from 4 distinct sources and 15 evidence records. Every Claim links to where it appears. Where nothing was published, the record states the coverage gap.

CorroboratedSource reportedAlpha inferenceNot disclosed

Public record. Alpha publishes governance facts about this organization from regulatory filings and company statements. Private enterprise overlay data is never projected here. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. How this works

EXECUTIVE APPOINTED

Angela F. Wordell executive of GRACO INC, effective 2026-02-17.

EffectiveEffective Feb 17, 2026E3

Monitoring

Continuous

What the published record states about identity, evidence, evaluation, monitoring, authority, and freshness. Watched-source schedules are not published for this record.

  • Identityunclaimed
    Published
  • Evidencesource_reported
    Published
  • Evaluationnot_evaluated
    Published
  • MonitoringNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • AuthorityNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • Freshnesscurrent
    Published

Leadership

Evidence
RolePersonSinceStatusClaim
Executive Vice President and Chief Operations and Supply Chain OfficerAngela F. WordellFeb 2026currentSource reportedE3
Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting OfficerChristopher D. KnutsonFeb 2026currentSource reportedE4
President, Global Powder DivisionClaudio MerengoFeb 2026currentSource reportedE5
President, Global Contractor DivisionDavid J. ThompsonFeb 2026currentSource reportedE6
Chief Financial Officer and TreasurerDavid M. LoweFeb 2026currentSource reportedE7
Executive Vice President, Corporate DevelopmentInge GrasdalFeb 2026currentSource reportedE8
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate SecretaryJoseph J. HumkeFeb 2026currentSource reportedE9
Executive Vice President and Chief Information OfficerKathryn L. SchoenrockFeb 2026currentSource reportedE10
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing OfficerLaura L. EvansonFeb 2026currentSource reportedE11
President and Chief Executive OfficerMark W. SheahanFeb 2026currentSource reportedE12
President, Global Industrial DivisionPeter J. O'SheaFeb 2026currentSource reportedE13
Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources OfficerRonita BanerjeeFeb 2026currentSource reportedE14
President, Expansion Markets DivisionTimothy R. WhiteNot capturedunknownSource reportedE15

Board of directors

Evidence

5 directors published. Independence determinations are not published for every director.

DirectorStatusSinceCommitteesClaim
Archie C. BlackIndependence not published2016None publishedSource reportedE2
Eric P. EtchartIndependence not published2010None publishedSource reportedE2
Jody H. FeragenIndependence not published2015None publishedSource reportedE2
Kevin J. WheelerIndependence not published2017None publishedSource reportedE2
Martha A. MorfittIndependence not published1995None publishedSource reportedE2

Committees and risk ownership

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Control and voting power

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Authority to act

Evidence and agent registry

Who can act for the company, and on whose authority. This is what a counterparty's agent checks before it accepts an order, signs, or pays.

Principal executive officerMark W. Sheahan, President and Chief Executive Officer, from Feb 17, 2026
Source reportedE12
company:a93a05a9-2662-4dc6-be39-4281746ac08e:leadership_role:19
Who can authorize an agentNot assessedNo Alpha inference about signing authority or board-reserved matters is published for this record.
Not assessed
bind
AI agents registered by the companyNot registered in the public RegistryAgent Deployments, Agent Use Cases, Authority Grants, TrustChecks, Action Ledger entries and Governance Receipts live in the private enterprise overlay. They are never projected into the public Registry without explicit cross-plane authorization. Absence here is a plane boundary, not evidence that the enterprise operates no agents.
Agent registry
agents
Delegations publishedNot disclosedBoard and officer delegation resolutions are not public filings and are not published in this record.
Search scope
delegations

Financials and market context

Evidence
Security ListingGGG (NYSE)
Source reportedE1
company:a93a05a9-2662-4dc6-be39-4281746ac08e:security_listing:27
Index membershipsNo current membership is published in Alpha's tracked index universe.This is not evidence that the company is absent from every market index.
None publishedAs of Oct 18, 2026. Rights-filtered public evidence only; no redistribution or model training is granted. Only source-backed memberships with an explicit public redistribution basis are returned.

Governance and policies

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Risk, audit, and cyber

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

AI oversight and accountability

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Compensation

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Other published claims

Evidence

Published Claims that belong to no section above. Each keeps its permalink, evidence, and assertion state.

Legal NameGRACO INC
Source reportedE1
company:a93a05a9-2662-4dc6-be39-4281746ac08e:legal_name:1
Entity StatusPublic listing published
Source reportedE1
company:a93a05a9-2662-4dc6-be39-4281746ac08e:entity_status:3

Not yet in this record

Coverage

A gap is a coverage state, not a negative finding. These sections are expected for this entity class and are not yet published.

  • Corporate structureNot reviewed. Parent, subsidiary and predecessor structure explains who is governed.
  • CommitteesNot reviewed. Committee mandates show where oversight is delegated.
  • OwnershipNot reviewed. Ownership and voting power determine who can influence the board.
  • FinancialsNot reviewed. Governance-relevant financial context frames capital and audit decisions.
  • CompensationNot reviewed. Pay design shows how incentives are governed.
  • GovernanceNot reviewed. Governing documents and provisions set the rules of the enterprise.
  • Shareholder governanceNot reviewed. Meeting and vote records show shareholder dissent and support.
  • AuditNot reviewed. Auditor, controls and restatements show assurance over reporting.
  • LegalNot reviewed. Material legal and regulatory matters show enforcement exposure.
  • RiskNot reviewed. Risk ownership links the board, committees, executives and controls.
  • CyberNot reviewed. Cyber and data governance is a disclosed oversight domain.
  • AI governanceNot reviewed. AI oversight is a differentiated Alpha governance domain.
  • Markets externalNot reviewed. Auditors, advisors, investors and regulators form the external ecosystem.
  • Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.
  • Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.
  • Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.
  • Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.
  • This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.

Subject and corrections

Public-role doctrine

This record exists because the company is in the published Registry. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. Corrections are versioned and the original stays in history.

Basis
Published company record built from public sources
Sources
15 evidence records cited. 0 with redistribution rights.
Never published
Private enterprise overlay data: deployments, authority grants, TrustChecks, receipts, telemetry
Record claimed
No
Open disputes
0
Identity ownership
unclaimed
Claiming not yet available

If the company claims the record, its statements appear as their own assertion state and never overwrite the cited evidence.

Evidence

Authority and rights
  1. E1
    Alpha canonical company public projection
    Alpha canonical company public projection. canonical identity. Retrieved Oct 17, 2026. Cited by 4 Claims.
    Open web
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  2. E2
    DEF 14A d93954ddef14a.htm
    sec proxy. Published Mar 11, 2026. Retrieved Sep 2, 2026. Cited by 5 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  3. E3
    GGG 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published Feb 17, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  4. E4
    GGG 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published Feb 17, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  5. E5
    GGG 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published Feb 17, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  6. E6
    GGG 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published Feb 17, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  7. E7
    GGG 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published Feb 17, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  8. E8
    GGG 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published Feb 17, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  9. E9
    GGG 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published Feb 17, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  10. E10
    GGG 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published Feb 17, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  11. E11
    GGG 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published Feb 17, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  12. E12
    GGG 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published Feb 17, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  13. E13
    GGG 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published Feb 17, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  14. E14
    GGG 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published Feb 17, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  15. E15
    GGG executive roster source
    sec filing. Published May 3, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authority not assessed
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned

What changed in version public-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce

vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Oct 17, 2026
  • Angela F. Wordell executive of GRACO INC, effective 2026-02-17.
  • Christopher D. Knutson executive of GRACO INC, effective 2026-02-17.
  • Claudio Merengo executive of GRACO INC, effective 2026-02-17.
  • David J. Thompson executive of GRACO INC, effective 2026-02-17.
  • David M. Lowe executive of GRACO INC, effective 2026-02-17.
  • Inge Grasdal executive of GRACO INC, effective 2026-02-17.
  • Joseph J. Humke executive of GRACO INC, effective 2026-02-17.
  • Kathryn L. Schoenrock executive of GRACO INC, effective 2026-02-17.
  • Laura L. Evanson executive of GRACO INC, effective 2026-02-17.
  • Mark W. Sheahan executive of GRACO INC, effective 2026-02-17.
  • Peter J. O'Shea executive of GRACO INC, effective 2026-02-17.
  • Ronita Banerjee executive of GRACO INC, effective 2026-02-17.
  • Kevin J. Wheeler seat on GRACO INC, effective 2017-01-01.
  • Archie C. Black seat on GRACO INC, effective 2016-01-01.
  • Jody H. Feragen seat on GRACO INC, effective 2015-01-01.
  • Eric P. Etchart seat on GRACO INC, effective 2010-01-01.
  • Martha A. Morfitt seat on GRACO INC, effective 1995-01-01.
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  1. Overview
  2. Monitoring4
  3. Leadership13
  4. Board5
  5. Committees0
  6. Control and voting0
  7. Authority to act4
  8. Financials1
  9. Governance0
  10. Risk0
  11. AI oversight0
  12. Legal0
  13. Compensation0
  14. Other published claims3
  15. Coverage gaps18
  16. Linked people18
  17. Subject and corrections6
  18. Evidence15
  19. Version historyvpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce

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  • Angela F. WordellPerson
  • Christopher D. KnutsonPerson
  • Claudio MerengoPerson
  • David J. ThompsonPerson
  • David M. LowePerson
  • Inge GrasdalPerson
  • Joseph J. HumkePerson
  • Kathryn L. SchoenrockPerson
  • Laura L. EvansonPerson
  • Mark W. SheahanPerson
  • Peter J. O'SheaPerson
  • Ronita BanerjeePerson
  • Timothy R. WhitePerson
  • Archie C. BlackPerson
  • Eric P. EtchartPerson
  • Jody H. FeragenPerson
  • Kevin J. WheelerPerson
  • Martha A. MorfittPerson
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