Team

The Palmer Foundry Team

The Palmer Foundry team includes 95 highly trained full time employees, dedicated to the Palmer Foundry standards of excellence, working in our 75,000 square foot facility on our 9-acre campus. With an average tenure of ten years, our workforce is knowledgeable, experienced, dedicated, and efficient. We’d like to introduce you to the people you’ll work with the most here at Palmer Foundry…

Robert Logan

PRESIDENT

After an extensive career in real estate investments, working in both acquisitions and asset management roles at R4 Capital LLC, Hunt Capital Partners LLC and Centerline Capital Group, Inc., Rob returned to work in the family business full-time in May 2019. Rob’s focus at Palmer is to develop new business opportunities, expand product offerings and ensure ongoing customer satisfaction.

Danny Distler

ENGINEERING MANAGER

As Engineering Manager, Danny is responsible for interfacing directly with customers on a technical level to provide DFM inputs for new products, working casting designs, sales and quoting. Danny brings 10+ years of engineering experience from various industries including aerospace, defense, medical and automotive from companies including Boeing, Cadence, Inc., and EaglePicher Technologies.

Jon Vershon

CONTROLLER

Jon is responsible for all aspects of Accounting/Finance and IT. Jon brings 7+ years of experience in Finance coming to Palmer Foundry from Newell Brands, specifically Yankee Candle where he held roles of increasing responsibility ranging from Commercial Finance to Supply Chain Finance.

Christopher DIener

QUALITY MANAGER

Chris Diener has worked in a variety of industries; Connectors, Aerospace and Rail Transportation at Component Sources International, Bombardier Transportation, and WABTEC, Vapor Stone Rail Systems. He’s held various roles in Project Management, Industrial Engineering and Quality Assurance. Chris is driven to continuously improve our business development and product realization processes.

Donna Toupin

HR DIRECTOR

Donna is the Director of HR at Palmer Foundry and joined the team in June 2022. With 25+ years of combined experience in HR, Operations, and Humanitarian Services, Donna is a people-focused leader with an expertise in employee relations, talent acquisition, leadership and development, as well organizational and cultural development solutions that help Palmer Foundry harness the full power of our most valuable assets – our people. She is dedicated to creating a robust company culture that promotes continuous business growth by empowering and motivating our employees to realize their full potential and bring their best to the job.