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American Woodmark Executive Compensation (FY25)

AMWD · Winchester, VA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025

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Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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M. Scott Culbreth
Latest say-on-pay support
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August 18, 2022
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee

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What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — M. Scott Culbreth: $6,780,834 → $4,886,047 (27.9% lower)
CEO pay ratio: 137.2:1 → 88.6:1 (35.4% lower)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is American Woodmark's chief executive and what were they paid?
M. Scott Culbreth, President and Chief Executive Officer, received $4,886,047 in total compensation for fiscal 2025. Culbreth's total moved 27.9% lower from the $6,780,834 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was American Woodmark's say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 96.9% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held August 18, 2022 for fiscal 2022.
Which companies are in American Woodmark's peer group?
The disclosed peer group includes Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., Apogee Enterprises, Inc., Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. and Gibraltar Industries, Inc., among others.
What is American Woodmark's chief executive pay ratio?
The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 88.6:1, against median employee compensation of $55,268.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
M. Scott Culbreth
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇———◇◇
Teresa M. May
Former Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇———◇◇
Robert J. Adams
Senior Vice President Value Stream Operations
◇—◇———◇◇
Paul Joachimczyk
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇———◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
M. Scott Culbreth
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Paul Joachimczyk
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
M. Scott Culbreth
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Paul Joachimczyk
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Robert Adams
Senior Vice President and Chief Manufacturing & Supply Chain Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Dwayne Medlin
Senior Vice President
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
M. Scott Culbreth
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Paul Joachimczyk
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Robert Adams
Senior Vice President and Chief Manufacturing & Supply Chain Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Dwayne Medlin
Senior Vice President
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
William Waszak
Senior Vice President Chief Information Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
CulbrethPSU◇—————◇
Dwayne L. MedlinPSU◇—————◇
Paul JoachimczykPSU◇—————◇
Robert J. AdamsPSU◇—————◇
William L. WaszakPSU◇—————◇
Fiscal 2023, 2024 are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Robert AdamsOption◇—◇09/06/33
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
William WaszakPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇09/06/33
PSU◇◇——
Dwayne MedlinPSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇09/06/33
Paul JoachimczykOption◇—◇09/06/33
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
M. Scott CulbrethPSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇09/06/33
RSU◇◇——
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Severance and change in control

The terms as written in the agreements.
Dwayne Medlin
Senior Vice President · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Excise tax treatment◇
Non-compete period◇
Non-solicit period◇
M. Scott Culbreth
President and Chief Executive Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
Severance multiple◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation◇
Excise tax treatment◇
Non-compete period◇
Non-solicit period◇
Paul Joachimczyk
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Excise tax treatment◇
Non-compete period◇
Non-solicit period◇
Robert Adams
Senior Vice President · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Excise tax treatment◇
Non-compete period◇
Non-solicit period◇
William Waszak
Senior Vice President Chief Information Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Excise tax treatment◇
Non-compete period◇
Non-solicit period◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Vance W. Tang
◇◇————◇
Daniel T. Hendrix
◇◇————◇
David A. Rodriguez
◇◇————◇
Emily C. Videtto
◇◇————◇
Philip D. Fracassa
◇◇————◇
Latasha M. Akoma
◇◇————◇
Andrew B. Cogan
◇◇————◇
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board cash retainer◇
Board equity retainer◇
Total board retainer◇
Board chair premium◇
Audit committee chair◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Nominating and governance chair◇
Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.
Stock ownership guideline: 5x annual cash retainer ($425,000)

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. WMS
  • Apogee Enterprises, Inc. APOG
  • Armstrong World Industries, Inc. AWI
  • Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. FBIN
  • Gibraltar Industries, Inc. ROCK
  • Griffon Corporation GFF
  • Hillman Solutions Corp. HLMN
  • HNI Corporation HNI
  • Installed Building Products, Inc. IBP
  • JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. JELD
  • MasterBrand, Inc. MBC
  • MillerKnoll, Inc. MLKN
  • Patrick Industries, Inc. PATK
  • Quanex Building Products Corporation NX
  • Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. SSD
  • Steelcase Inc. SCS
  • The AZEK Company, Inc. AZEK
  • Trex Company, Inc. TREX

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2022August 18, 2022=◇◇◇
2020August 20, 2020=◇◇◇
2019August 22, 2019=◇◇◇
2018August 23, 2018=◇◇◇

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Median employee compensation
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Chief executive total compensation
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4 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0000794619-25-000063
    Compensation Discussion and Analysis · EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION · Employment Agreement · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · and 4 more sections
  2. 0000794619-24-000059
    Summary Compensation Table
  3. 0000794619-23-000042
    Summary Compensation Table
  4. 0000794619-22-000077
  5. 0000794619-20-000069
  6. 0000794619-19-000066
  7. 0000794619-18-000098
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Peers American Woodmark discloses

The companies named in AMWD's own disclosed peer group.

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.Apogee Enterprises, Inc.Armstrong World Industries, Inc.Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.Gibraltar Industries, Inc.Griffon CorporationHillman Solutions Corp.HNI CorporationInstalled Building Products, Inc.JELD-WEN Holding, Inc.MasterBrand, Inc.MillerKnoll, Inc.Patrick Industries, Inc.Quanex Building Products CorporationSimpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.Steelcase Inc.Trex Company, Inc.

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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
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@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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