Karla Lewis

Karla Lewis started her career as a public accountant with Ernst & Young (Ernst & Whinney). In 1992, Ms. Lewis left EY to join Reliance as the company’s first Controller. When Reliance became a public company in 1994, Ms. Lewis designed and implemented the financial controls and reporting to meet SEC and other requirements. She was promoted to Vice President in 1995, to Chief Financial Officer in 1999, to Executive Vice President in 2002, and to Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer in 2015. In 2017, Ms. Lewis further undertook operational responsibility of a number of Reliance subsidiaries and in January 2021, she was promoted to President and appointed a member of the Reliance Board of Directors. Ms. Lewis was named CEO & President of Reliance effective January 1, 2023. She served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Metals Service Center Institute from 2009 to 2020 and has served on the Board of Directors of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. since 2021. Ms. Lewis earned a BS degree in Business from The Ohio State University.