Chad McDaniel — Chief Administrative Officer, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Lydall

Mr. Chad A. McDaniel serves as Chief Administrative Officer, Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Lydall Inc. since May 13, 2015. Mr. McDaniel served as Vice President and Secretary at Lydall Inc. since May 10, 2013. He served as an Associate General Counsel of Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a division of United Technologies Corporation (UTC). During his tenure with UTC, Mr. McDaniel served as Director; Executive Assistant to the President at UTC's Fire and Security division from 2010 to 2012 and Assistant Counsel at UTC's Pratt & Whitney division from 2007 to 2010. He began his legal career in private practice, spending five years as a corporate associate focused on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, corporate governance and private equity financing/fund formation. He has been admitted to practice in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Florida. He has been a Director of Chase Corporation since February 2, 2016. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force where he served as a Nuclear Weapons Specialist and was also a member of the Connecticut Air National Guard. He holds a Juris Doctor, with honors, from the University of Connecticut School of Law and earned a B.S. in Political Science from Southern Connecticut State University.