Leroy Ball, president and chief executive officer of Koppers, has been appointed to Highmark Inc.’s board of directors, according to a Wednesday news release.

Ball’s experience includes serving on the board of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated, the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia and the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania.

In 2010, Ball joined Koppers as vice president and chief financial officer.

Ball served as their chief operations officer in 2014 and was named president and CEO in 2015.

He received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Florida International University and earned an MBA from Robert Morris University.