Management

Management Biography

Mark Hershey
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Chief Compliance Officer

In July 2011, Mark Hershey became senior vice president, general counsel, secretary and chief compliance officer of Armstrong World Industries, Inc., in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Mark came to Armstrong from Ricoh Americas Corp., a $6 billion subsidiary of Ricoh Company Ltd., a global manufacturer and leader in digital office equipment, software and solutions. There, he was senior vice president, general counsel and secretary with responsibility for corporate governance, customer and vendor transactions, strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions, employment litigation and counseling, commercial litigation, ethics, physical security and regulatory and enterprise compliance. Prior to his role with Ricoh, Mark worked for IKON Office Solutions. When Ricoh acquired IKON in October 2008, he played a key role in driving the integration of the Ricoh and IKON business units and realigning the Legal Department to support reorganized operations. Mark started with IKON in 1999 as counsel, progressing rapidly to senior counsel, to vice president – Transactional Law, and then to senior vice president, general counsel and secretary for this $5 billion distributor of office equipment and document management solutions. Before IKON, Mark was an associate in the Corporate Department of Stradley, Ronon, Stevens and Young, LLP in Philadelphia, PA.

Mark holds a bachelor's degree in Finance from The Pennsylvania State University and a law degree from Villanova University.