Donald K. Schwanz

Director at PNM Resources

Mr. Schwanz, age 76, is a resident of Scottsdale, Arizona, and retired in 2007 as Chairman and CEO of CTS Corporation (“CTS”), a NYSE-listed global designer and manufacturer of sensors, actuators and electronic components. He joined CTS in 2001, serving as Chief Operating Officer and then President before serving as CEO. Prior to joining CTS, Mr. Schwanz held various management and senior executive roles at Honeywell for over twenty years, where he last served as President of the Industrial Controls Business, a $2.8 billion global business specializing in process control systems. Prior to that, he was President of Honeywell’s Space and Aviation Controls business, the leading global supplier of avionics for commercial and business aircraft. Mr. Schwanz began his business career with Sperry Univac, Inc., where he held positions in program management, project engineering, sales and sales support.

Mr. Schwanz served as a director of Multi-Fineline Electronix, Inc., a producer of flexible printed circuits and flexible circuit assemblies and a public company traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market until it was acquired by Suzhou Dongshan Precision Manufacturing Co., Ltd. in 2016. Mr. Schwanz served on its audit, compensation, and nominating and governance committees. Mr. Schwanz is a 1966 graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he received his B.S. in mechanical engineering. He received an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School in 1968.

Mr. Schwanz’s qualifications to serve as a director include his years of leadership at CTS as well as his extensive executive service at Honeywell. This leadership experience provides Mr. Schwanz with strategic and operational experience, financial expertise and knowledge of finance and capital allocation. His engineering, operations, manufacturing and business experience have provided him with expertise relevant to the operation of the Company's businesses.

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