{"id":17818,"date":"2025-10-15T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T13:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/?p=17818"},"modified":"2025-10-30T10:13:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T14:13:49","slug":"ceo-of-leading-transportation-manufacturer-wabash-to-headline-presidential-lecture-series-event-in-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2025\/Q4\/ceo-of-leading-transportation-manufacturer-wabash-to-headline-presidential-lecture-series-event-in-november","title":{"rendered":"CEO of leading transportation manufacturer Wabash to headline Presidential Lecture Series event in November"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. \u2014 The top executive at Lafayette-based transportation manufacturer Wabash will headline Purdue University\u2019s next Presidential Lecture Series<\/a> event for a conversation on how industry and higher education can collectively advance innovation in manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brent Yeagy, a Purdue alum who has been Wabash<\/a> CEO since 2018, will join Purdue President Mung Chiang for the PLS event at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, at the Convergence Center for Innovation and Collaboration, 101 Foundry Drive, in Discovery Park District at Purdue. The event, titled \u201cFrom Lab to Market: Unlocking Innovation Through Partnership,\u201d is free and open to the public but a ticket is required. For tickets and more information, go here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cA leader in creating the \u2018Smart Crossroads of America,\u2019 Brent Yeagy is a proven pioneer and Purdue alum who is taking Wabash to new levels in an extremely competitive global manufacturing landscape,\u201d Chiang said. \u201cWhat an honor it is to welcome him as our next PLS guest who represents a major Indiana company and a Purdue industry partner as we discuss ways that industry and higher education can deepen their collaborations to create jobs, workforce and innovation together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yeagy is a manufacturing leader with more than 30 years of experience in the automotive and commercial transportation industries. As president and CEO of Wabash, a publicly traded company and leading provider of transportation and logistics solutions, he is responsible for setting the company\u2019s strategic direction and overseeing its operations across North America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before his current appointment, Yeagy served as president and chief operating officer at Wabash \ufefffrom 2016-18. He joined Wabash in 2003 and has held a number of positions with increasing responsibility, including vice president of manufacturing, vice president and general manager of commercial trailer products, and senior vice president-group president of Wabash\u2019s commercial trailer products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to joining Wabash, Yeagy held human resources, environmental engineering and safety management positions at Delco Remy International from 1999-2003. He also held various plant engineering roles at Rexnord Corp. from 1995-99 and served in the U.S. Navy from 1991-94.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yeagy holds a bachelor\u2019s degree (1995) and master\u2019s degree (1999) from Purdue\u2019s College of Health and Human Sciences with an industry focus on environmental engineering science and safety engineering, and an MBA in business management from Anderson University. He has also attended executive programs at the University of Michigan\u2019s Ross School of Business and Stanford\u2019s Graduate School of Business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is a graduate of the U.S. Navy\u2019s Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program<\/a> and participated in the Navy\u2019s Officer Candidate School. Yeagy serves on the boards for the National Association of Manufacturers and the Transportation and Supply Chain Institute at the University of Denver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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