Leadership & Board of Directors
Executive vice president & chief operating officer
Jeff Klingler
Worthington Steel Company
Jeff Klingler is
executive vice president & chief operating officer for Worthington Steel.
Prior to this role, Klingler served as president of Worthington Industries
Steel Processing Division for four years.
He began his tenure
at Worthington Industries on the production floor in 1992 before advancing to
the Sales team and taking on roles of increasing responsibility. After 15 years
with Worthington Industries, he left to join Banner Service Corporation as vice
president of sales, marketing and procurement. In 2014, he returned to
Worthington Industries to lead the creation of the Steel Processing division’s
supply chain solutions strategic business unit (SBU). He was named general
manager of Steel’s hot rolled value-add SBU in August 2016. His role expanded
in November 2018 to also include oversight of the cold rolled strip steel
business.
A native of Michigan City, Indiana, Klingler resides in New Albany, Ohio, with his wife and two children.