Danna Stone

Danna B. Stone is Vice President Marketing, St. Louis District for Graybar, a leading distributor of electrical and communications products and related supply chain management and logistics services.

Stone started her career with GE Supply and held various manager and director positions.  As Director of Operations for its global sales organization, she was responsible for the company’s strategic accounts and global affiliates. From there she was appointed Vice President – Supply Chain, a position she held approximately four years before joining Graybar in 2014.  Her first role at Graybar was VP – Strategic Accounts.  Today, she is District Vice President for the St. Louis District, a 565MM P&L with 20 locations and 560 employees.

Stone is a native of Champaign, Illinois, and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Distribution Management from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  She has completed executive leadership programs at the International Institute of Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne, Switzerland, as well as the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

She lives in St. Louis with her husband Steve, and their children, Devan and Dade.  Stone is a corporate partner team member for the St. Louis Symphony, the St. Louis Art Museum, and the St. Louis Ronald McDonald House Organization.  She was a recipient of the STL Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 award in 2015, and a Courage Award recipient of the Melanoma Research Foundation in 2018. Further, Stone received Graybar’s WINGS Leadership Award in October of 2019, and President’s Club for 2017 and 2019 performance.