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GENTEX CORP

NASDAQ: GNTX. Canonical company identity and public leadership record.

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Alpha ID
alpha:company:c61d4a59-b20d-4c66-b558-c5e24de20940
SEC CIK
0000355811
Record version
vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Oct 15, 2026
Newest evidence
May 3, 2026
Monitoring
Not yet monitored Details
Integrity
Not yet signed Methodology
CEO
Steve DowningPresident and Chief Executive Officer
Chair
Not published
Independent
7 / 88 directors published
Published claims
303 distinct sources
Evidence records
80 pinned
Source conflicts
0None open

Built from 3 distinct sources and 8 evidence records. Every Claim links to where it appears. Where nothing was published, the record states the coverage gap.

CorroboratedSource reportedAlpha inferenceNot disclosed

Public record. Alpha publishes governance facts about this organization from regulatory filings and company statements. Private enterprise overlay data is never projected here. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. How this works

DIRECTOR APPOINTED

Billy Pink seat on GENTEX CORP, effective 2024-01-01.

EffectiveEffective Jan 1, 2024E2

Monitoring

Continuous

What the published record states about identity, evidence, evaluation, monitoring, authority, and freshness. Watched-source schedules are not published for this record.

  • Identityunclaimed
    Published
  • Evidencesource_reported
    Published
  • Evaluationnot_evaluated
    Published
  • MonitoringNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • AuthorityNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • Freshnesscurrent
    Published

Leadership

Evidence
RolePersonSinceStatusClaim
Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer and TreasurerKevin NashNot capturedunknownSource reportedE3
Chief Sales Officer and Senior Vice President, SalesMatthew ChiodoNot capturedunknownSource reportedE4
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology OfficerNeil BoehmNot capturedunknownSource reportedE5
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate SecretaryScott RyanNot capturedunknownSource reportedE6
President and Chief Executive OfficerSteve DowningNot capturedunknownSource reportedE7

Board of directors

Evidence

8 directors published. 7 of 8 with a published determination are independent.

DirectorStatusSinceCommitteesClaim
Billy PinkIndependent2024None publishedSource reportedE2
Brian WalkerIndependent2018AuditAudit; CompensationCompensationSource reportedE2
Garth DeurIndependent2023Audit, chairAudit · Chair; CompensationCompensationSource reportedE2
Kathleen StarkoffIndependent2018AuditSource reportedE2
Ling ZangIndependent2021Nominating and GovernanceSource reportedE2
Lisa A. BrownIndependent2016Nominating and Governance, chairNominating and Governance · ChairSource reportedE2
Richard SchaumIndependent2011Compensation, chairCompensation · ChairSource reportedE2
Steve DowningNot independent2020None publishedSource reportedE2
John C. KennedyIndependentNot publishedNone publishedSource reportedE2

Committees and risk ownership

Evidence
CommitteeChairMembersRisks assigned
AuditGarth DeurGarth Deur, Brian Walker, Kathleen StarkoffNot described in the published record
Audit · Chair; CompensationNot publishedGarth DeurNot described in the published record
Audit; CompensationNot publishedBrian WalkerNot described in the published record
CompensationRichard SchaumRichard Schaum, Brian Walker, Garth DeurNot described in the published record
Compensation · ChairNot publishedRichard SchaumNot described in the published record
Nominating and GovernanceLisa A. BrownLisa A. Brown, Ling ZangNot described in the published record
Nominating and Governance · ChairNot publishedLisa A. BrownNot described in the published record
Committee RecordAudit: Chair Garth Deur; Members Garth Deur (Chair); Brian Walker; Kathleen Starkoff
Source reportedE8
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Committee AppointmentGarth Deur: chair, Audit
Source reportedE8
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Committee AppointmentBrian Walker: member, Audit
Source reportedE8
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Committee AppointmentKathleen Starkoff: member, Audit
Source reportedE8
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Committee RecordCompensation: Chair Richard Schaum; Members Richard Schaum (Chair); Brian Walker; Garth Deur
Source reportedE8
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Committee AppointmentRichard Schaum: chair, Compensation
Source reportedE8
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Committee AppointmentBrian Walker: member, Compensation
Source reportedE8
company:c61d4a59-b20d-4c66-b558-c5e24de20940:committee_appointment:26
Committee AppointmentGarth Deur: member, Compensation
Source reportedE8
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Committee RecordNominating and Governance: Chair Lisa A. Brown; Members Lisa A. Brown (Chair); Ling Zang
Source reportedE8
company:c61d4a59-b20d-4c66-b558-c5e24de20940:committee_record:28
Committee AppointmentLisa A. Brown: chair, Nominating and Governance
Source reportedE8
company:c61d4a59-b20d-4c66-b558-c5e24de20940:committee_appointment:29
Committee AppointmentLing Zang: member, Nominating and Governance
Source reportedE8
company:c61d4a59-b20d-4c66-b558-c5e24de20940:committee_appointment:30

Control and voting power

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Authority to act

Evidence and agent registry

Who can act for the company, and on whose authority. This is what a counterparty's agent checks before it accepts an order, signs, or pays.

Principal executive officerSteve Downing, President and Chief Executive Officer
Source reportedE7
company:c61d4a59-b20d-4c66-b558-c5e24de20940:leadership_role:19
Who can authorize an agentNot assessedNo Alpha inference about signing authority or board-reserved matters is published for this record.
Not assessed
bind
AI agents registered by the companyNot registered in the public RegistryAgent Deployments, Agent Use Cases, Authority Grants, TrustChecks, Action Ledger entries and Governance Receipts live in the private enterprise overlay. They are never projected into the public Registry without explicit cross-plane authorization. Absence here is a plane boundary, not evidence that the enterprise operates no agents.
Agent registry
agents
Delegations publishedNot disclosedBoard and officer delegation resolutions are not public filings and are not published in this record.
Search scope
delegations

Financials and market context

Evidence
Security ListingGNTX (NASDAQ)
Source reportedE1
company:c61d4a59-b20d-4c66-b558-c5e24de20940:security_listing:31
Index membershipsNo current membership is published in Alpha's tracked index universe.This is not evidence that the company is absent from every market index.
None publishedAs of Oct 16, 2026. Rights-filtered public evidence only; no redistribution or model training is granted. Only source-backed memberships with an explicit public redistribution basis are returned.

Governance and policies

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Risk, audit, and cyber

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

AI oversight and accountability

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Compensation

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Other published claims

Evidence

Published Claims that belong to no section above. Each keeps its permalink, evidence, and assertion state.

Legal NameGENTEX CORP
Source reportedE1
company:c61d4a59-b20d-4c66-b558-c5e24de20940:legal_name:1
Entity StatusPublic listing published
Source reportedE1
company:c61d4a59-b20d-4c66-b558-c5e24de20940:entity_status:3
Published FactConsumer Discretionary
Source reportedE1
company:c61d4a59-b20d-4c66-b558-c5e24de20940:published_fact:5

Not yet in this record

Coverage

A gap is a coverage state, not a negative finding. These sections are expected for this entity class and are not yet published.

  • Corporate structureNot reviewed. Parent, subsidiary and predecessor structure explains who is governed.
  • OwnershipNot reviewed. Ownership and voting power determine who can influence the board.
  • FinancialsNot reviewed. Governance-relevant financial context frames capital and audit decisions.
  • CompensationNot reviewed. Pay design shows how incentives are governed.
  • GovernanceNot reviewed. Governing documents and provisions set the rules of the enterprise.
  • Shareholder governanceNot reviewed. Meeting and vote records show shareholder dissent and support.
  • AuditNot reviewed. Auditor, controls and restatements show assurance over reporting.
  • LegalNot reviewed. Material legal and regulatory matters show enforcement exposure.
  • RiskNot reviewed. Risk ownership links the board, committees, executives and controls.
  • CyberNot reviewed. Cyber and data governance is a disclosed oversight domain.
  • AI governanceNot reviewed. AI oversight is a differentiated Alpha governance domain.
  • Markets externalNot reviewed. Auditors, advisors, investors and regulators form the external ecosystem.
  • Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.
  • Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.
  • Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.
  • Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.
  • This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.

Subject and corrections

Public-role doctrine

This record exists because the company is in the published Registry. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. Corrections are versioned and the original stays in history.

Basis
Published company record built from public sources
Sources
8 evidence records cited. 0 with redistribution rights.
Never published
Private enterprise overlay data: deployments, authority grants, TrustChecks, receipts, telemetry
Record claimed
No
Open disputes
0
Identity ownership
unclaimed
Claiming not yet available

If the company claims the record, its statements appear as their own assertion state and never overwrite the cited evidence.

Evidence

Authority and rights
  1. E1
    Alpha canonical company public projection
    Alpha canonical company public projection. canonical identity. Retrieved Oct 15, 2026. Cited by 5 Claims.
    Open web
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  2. E2
    Gentex Corporation DEF 14A 2026-04-09
    sec proxy. Published Apr 9, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 9 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  3. E3
    GNTX executive roster source
    sec filing. Published May 3, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authority not assessed
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  4. E4
    GNTX executive roster source
    sec filing. Published May 3, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authority not assessed
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  5. E5
    GNTX executive roster source
    sec filing. Published May 3, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authority not assessed
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  6. E6
    GNTX executive roster source
    sec filing. Published May 3, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authority not assessed
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  7. E7
    GNTX executive roster source
    sec filing. Published May 3, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authority not assessed
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  8. E8
    Audit
    board_seats. board seats. Cited by 11 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned

What changed in version public-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce

vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Oct 15, 2026
  • Billy Pink seat on GENTEX CORP, effective 2024-01-01.
  • Garth Deur seat on GENTEX CORP, effective 2023-01-01.
  • Audit · Chair; Compensation committee of GENTEX CORP, effective 2023-01-01.
  • Garth Deur member of Audit · Chair; Compensation, effective 2023-01-01.
  • Ling Zang seat on GENTEX CORP, effective 2021-01-01.
  • Ling Zang member of Nominating and Governance, effective 2021-01-01.
  • Steve Downing seat on GENTEX CORP, effective 2020-01-01.
  • Brian Walker seat on GENTEX CORP, effective 2018-01-01.
  • Kathleen Starkoff seat on GENTEX CORP, effective 2018-01-01.
  • Audit; Compensation committee of GENTEX CORP, effective 2018-01-01.
  • Brian Walker member of Audit; Compensation, effective 2018-01-01.
  • Lisa A. Brown seat on GENTEX CORP, effective 2016-01-01.
  • Nominating and Governance · Chair committee of GENTEX CORP, effective 2016-01-01.
  • Lisa A. Brown member of Nominating and Governance · Chair, effective 2016-01-01.
  • Richard Schaum seat on GENTEX CORP, effective 2011-01-01.
  • Compensation · Chair committee of GENTEX CORP, effective 2011-01-01.
  • Richard Schaum member of Compensation · Chair, effective 2011-01-01.
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  10. Risk0
  11. AI oversight0
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  14. Other published claims4
  15. Coverage gaps17
  16. Linked people13
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