Marietta Edmunds Zakas (Martie)

Marietta (“Martie”) Edmunds Zakas became Chief Executive Officer in 2023, after previously serving as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Mueller Water Products since 2018. She has extensive leadership experience in finance, strategy and implementing proven strategies to deliver value. She has directed Mueller’s strategic planning, investor relations and corporate communications activities since 2006. 

Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Zakas spent five years in a variety of senior leadership roles at Russell Corporation, a $1.4 billion athletic apparel, footwear and equipment company prior to its 2006 acquisition by Berkshire Hathaway. From 1993 to 2000, Ms. Zakas served as corporate vice president, director of investor relations and corporate secretary for Equifax, Inc., a global data, analytics and technology company. 

Ms. Zakas began her career as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley. Ms. Zakas earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College (now known as Randolph College), a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business and a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law. Ms. Zakas is a director of BlueLinx Holdings, Inc., a former director of Atlantic Capital Bancshares, Inc. and serves on the Board of Trustees of the University of Virginia Darden School Foundation.