John F. Meier has been chairman and chief executive officer of Libbey Inc. since the company went public in 1993. He served as vice president of Owens-Illinois and executive vice president and general manager of its subsidiary, Libbey Glass. Meier is also a director of Applied Industrial Technologies Inc. since 2005. He has been a director of Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. since 1997 and its lead director since 2007.