RBC Bearings Incorporated announced that its Board of Directors has elected Dr. Amir Faghri a director of the Company. Dr. Faghri is a Class II director and will serve until the Company's annual meeting of stockholders in 2024. He will also serve on the Company's Compensation Committee.

Dr. Faghri is currently Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Distinguished Dean Emeritus of Engineering at the University of Connecticut. He is also currently Distinguished Adjunct Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. He was the Dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Connecticut from 1998 to 2006, and the Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department from 1994 to 1998.