Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> May 25, 1998
RONALD C. WHITAKER has been President and CEO of Johnson Worldwide
Associates Inc. (JWA) since October 1996, and is also a Director of
Weirton Steel Corporation. From December 1995 to October 1996, Mr.
Whitaker served as President and CEO of EWI, Inc., a supplier to the
automotive industry. Prior to joining EWI, he was Chairman, President
and CEO of Colt's Manufacturing Company, Inc., President of Wheelabrator
Corporation, and also held executive management positions at FMC
Corporation. Mr. Whitaker received an M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School
of Business Administration, Dartmouth College, and a B.A. Economics,
College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio. Profile
sketch on the company, and then bring us up to date. Over the next two
to three years, what are the key challenges and the key
