Ruffner Page was born in New York City and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. He graduated from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee with a B.A. in Philosophy and Psychology with a minor in Economics. Upon graduation he worked at Bankers Trust Company in New York City and Atlanta. He is also a 1986 graduate of the University of Virginia, Darden School of Business in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Ruffner has served on O’Neal Industries’ (ONI)Board since 2016. He retired in January 2022 from McWane, Inc. a global manufacturing business where he had served as President since 1999. Similar to ONI in size, McWane is involved in the manufacture of pipes, valves, water fittings, fire extinguishers, and propane tanks and in various technology companies. He joined McWane in 1993 working in mergers and acquisitions. He also previously served as Executive Vice President of National Bank of Commerce, a subsidiary of Alabama National Bancorporation, from 1989 until 1994.

Ruffner is very active in the Birmingham community and serves on several boards including as Vice Chairman of the Board for Southern Research, South State Bank and is a Trustee for the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business Foundation. He previously served for 12 years on the board of the Birmingham Airport Authority and as Chairman of the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham Board.