Karla R. Lewis, president and chief executive officer of Reliance, Inc., was elected to the Board of Directors of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company on April 12, 2021.

Lewis was named president and chief executive officer of Reliance, Inc., a leading global diversified metal solutions provider and the largest metals service center company in North America, in January 2021.  She joined Reliance in 1992 as corporate controller and has held various positions of increasing responsibility since then, including serving as chief financial officer from 1999 until January 2021. She was promoted to senior vice president in 2000, executive vice president in 2002 and senior executive vice president in 2015.

For four years prior to joining Reliance, Lewis was a certified public accountant for Ernst & Young LLP (then Ernst & Whinney). She has more than 30 years of financial management experience from her service as controller and chief financial officer of Reliance. 

Lewis also serves as a director for Reliance, Inc.