Joseph J. Humke

Joseph J. Humke became Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary in July 2021. Before joining Graco, from 2001 to June 2021, he was an equity partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity practice groups at Ballard Spahr LLP and Lindquist & Vennum LLP (which combined in January 2018). Prior thereto, he worked as an associate in the Corporate & Securities practice group of Mayer Brown LLP in Chicago, and served as a law clerk to the Honorable John L. Coffey on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He joined the company in 2021.