Steve Church, Senior Vice President, Avnet, Inc.

In August 2010 Steve Church was named executive leader of the Avnet Logistics Services business unit, later rebranded as Avnet Integrated Resources. Steve is charged with growing this reverse logistics business organically and through strategic acquisitions. Economic, environmental and technological issues have created new global opportunities for repair or refurbishment of end-user goods, and for recapture of base and rare earth materials, and plastics. Avnet Integrated Resources' mission is to provide these lifecycle management services to benefit industrial customers, consumers and the earth.

Additionally, Steve is responsible for Avnet's global customer engagement program, corporate business development and innovation. The corporate communications function reports to him as well. He reports to CEO Rick Hamada.