Ms Derica W. Rice
| Mr Derica W. Ricean is an independent director at Target Corp since September 12, 2007. Board of Eli Lilly & Co elected Derica as senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective May 1, 2006, for a term of office expiring on the date of the next following annual meeting of the board of directors to be held in April 2007. Mr. Rice joined Lilly in 1990 and has held a range of finance and general management positions in the company. Before assuming the position of vice president and controller in 2003, Mr. Rice held the positions of general manager of Lilly's United Kingdom affiliate, executive director of finance for European operations, and director of finance for Lilly Canada, among others. Executive Vice President, Global Services (since January 2010) and Chief Financial Officer (since May 2006). |
Ms Mary E. Minnick
| Ms Mary E. Minnick is a Partner of Lion Capital, a consumer-focused private investment firm, a position she has held since May 2007. Mrs Minnick is a director at Target Corp since August 12, 2005. Prior to joining Lion Capital, she completed a 23-year career with The Coca-Cola Company, a manufacturer, marketer and distributor of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups, in February 2007. At Coca-Cola, she served in a variety of global executive positions including Executive Vice President and President of Marketing, Strategy and Innovation and Chief Operating Officer of Asia responsible for 38 countries. |
Mr James Johnson
| James A. Johnson, 68, Director Since: May 1999. Career Highlights: Vice Chairman, Perseus LLC, merchant banking and private equity firm (April 2001 – Present). Johnson Capital Partners, a private investment company. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (January 2000 – March 2001). Consultant (March 2001 – Present). Fannie Mae: Chairman of the Executive Committee (1999). Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (February 1991 – 1998). Vice Chairman (1990 – February 1991). Other Professional Experience and Community Involvement: Chairman Emeritus, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Member, American Friends of Bilderberg. Honorary Trustee, The Brookings Institution. |
Mr Stephen W. Sanger
| Mr. Sanger served as the chairman of General Mills, Inc., a packaged food producer and distributor located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from May 1995 until he retired in May 2008. Mr. Sanger joined General Mills in 1974 and, progressing through a variety of positions, was named president in 1993 and chief executive officer in 1995. Mr. Sanger received a bachelor's degree in History from DePauw University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Michigan. Mr. Sanger is also a director of Pfizer Inc and Wells Fargo and Co senice 2003. He is an Independent Director at Pfizer Inc. |
Ms Anne M. Mulcahy
| Ms Anne M. Mulcahy is Lead Independent Director at Johnson and Johnson, age 59, served as Chairman of the Board of Xerox Corporation from 2002 until 2010 and served as Chief Executive Officer from 2001 through June 2009. From May 2000 through July 2001, she was President and Chief Operating Officer of Xerox. Mrs. Mulcahy has served as a Director of the Company since January 2008. She is Chairman of the Compensation Committee and also serves on the Executive Committee. Mrs. Mulcahy began her Xerox career as a field sales representative and assumed positions with increasing responsibility in sales and senior management. She was Vice President for Human Resources before becoming Chief Staff Officer and later Corporate Senior Vice President. She is a Director of Target Corporation, Johnson & Johnson and the non-profit organization Save the Children, where she serves as Board Chairman. Mrs. Mulcahy was a Director of Citigroup, Inc., until May 2010. Having served as Chairman and CEO of a large, global manufacturing and services company with one of the world's most recognized brands and track record for innovation, Ms. Mulcahy presents to our Board valuable insight into organizational and operational management issues crucial to a large public company, as well as a strong reputation for leadership in business innovation and talent development. She is an independent director at Target Corp since 1997. |
Mr Robert Silberman
| Mr. Robert S. Silberman has been Chairman of the Board since February 2003 and Chief Executive Officer since March 2001. From 1995 to 2000, Mr. Silberman served in a variety of senior management positions at CalEnergy Company, Inc., including as President and Chief Operating Officer. From 1993 to 1995, Mr. Silberman was Assistant to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of International Paper Company. From 1989 to 1993, Mr. Silberman served in several senior positions in the U.S. Department of Defense, including as Assistant Secretary of the Army. Mr. Silberman has been a Director of Strayer since March 2001. He serves on the Board of Directors of Covanta Holding Company. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Phillips Exeter Academy and on the Board of Visitors of The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. Mr. Silberman is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Mr. Silberman holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Dartmouth College and a master’s degree in international policy from The Johns Hopkins University. |
Ms Teri L. List-Stoll
| Ms. List-Stoll has served on Danaher’s Board of Directors since September 2011. She was originally proposed to the Nominating and Governance Committee for election as a director by a third party recruiting firm. She has been Senior Vice President and Treasurer of The Procter & Gamble Company since 2009, and has served in a series of progressively more responsible positions in the Procter & Gamble accounting and finance organization since joining the company in 1994. Prior to joining Procter & Gamble, Ms. List-Stoll was employed by the accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche for almost ten years. Currently she serves as Board member at Microsoft since October 2014. |
Mr John Schwieters
| John T. Schwieters, age 72, director since 2005. Senior Advisor of Perseus LLC since 2009 and Vice Chairman of Perseus LLC from April 2000 until 2009; Managing Partner of Arthur Andersen’s Mid-Atlantic region 1989 to 2000; head of Arthur Andersen’s tax practice from 1974 to 1989. Mr. Schwieters is a director of the Danaher Corporation and Smithfield Foods, Inc. In the past five years, Mr. Schwieters has also served as a director of Manor Care, Inc. and Union Street Acquisition Corp. |
Mr Alan Spoon
| Alan G. Spoon, age 60, has been a director of IAC since February 2003. Since May 2000, Mr. Spoon has been General Partner at Polaris Venture Partners, a private investment firm that provides venture capital and management assistance to development-stage information technology and life sciences companies. Mr. Spoon was Chief Operating Officer and a director of The Washington Post Company from March 1991 through May 2000 and served as President from September 1993 through May 2000. Prior to that, he held a wide variety of positions at The Washington Post Company, including President of Newsweek from September 1989 to May 1991. Mr. Spoon has served as a member of the board of directors of Danaher Corporation from July 1999 to the present and as a member of the boards of directors of Getty Images and TechTarget, Inc. at certain times during the past five years. In his not-for-profit affiliations, Mr. Spoon is a member of the Board of Regents at the Smithsonian Institution (formerly Vice Chairman) and a member of the MIT Corporation. |
Mr Steven M. Rales
| Mr. Rales is a co-founder of Danaher and has served on Danaher’s Board of Directors since 1983, serving as Danaher’s Chairman of the Board since 1984. He was also CEO of the Company from 1984 to 1990. In addition, for more than the past five years he has been a principal in private business entities in the areas of manufacturing and film production. |
Mr Walter G. Lohr
| Mr. Lohr has served on Danaher’s Board of Directors since 1983. He has been a partner of Hogan Lovells, a global law firm, for over five years and has also served on the boards of private and non-profit organizations. Prior to his tenure at Hogan Lovells, Mr. Lohr served as assistant attorney general for the state of Maryland. |
Mr Mitchell Rales
| Mitchell P. Rales (55) is a co-founder of Colfax and has served as a director of the Company since its founding in 1995. He is the Chairman of our Board of Directors. Mr. Rales has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Danaher Corporation since 1983 and as Chairman of Danaher’s Executive Committee since 1984. Mr. Rales has been a principal in a number of private business entities with interests in manufacturing companies and publicly traded securities for over 25 years. Mr. Rales was instrumental in the founding of our Company and has played a key leadership role on our Board since that time. Mr. Rales helped create the Danaher Business System, on which the Colfax Business System is modeled, and he has provided critical strategic guidance in the Company’s growth. |
Mr Donald J. Ehrlich
| Mr. Ehrlich has served on Danaher’s Board of Directors since 1985. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Schwab Corp., a manufacturer of fire-protective safes, files, cabinets and vault doors, from January 2003 until his retirement in July 2008, and has also served on the boards of private and non-profit organizations. |
Mr Thomas P. Joyce
| Thomas P. Joyce is President and Chief Executive Officer of Danaher Corporation, a position he assumed in September 2014.he was appointed Executive Vice President in May 2006. He has served in a variety of general management positions since joining Danaher in 1990, including most recently as Vice President and Group Executive of Danaher from December 2002 until May 2006. |
Ms Linda Hefner Filler
| Ms. Hefner has served on Danaher’s Board of Directors since 2005. Since May 2007, she has served as Executive Vice President of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (an operator of retail stores and warehouse clubs) and since April 2009 as Chief Merchandising Officer for Sam’s Club, a division of Wal-Mart. From May 2004 through December 2006, Ms. Hefner served as Executive Vice President - Global Strategy for Kraft Foods Inc., a manufacturer and seller of branded foods and beverages. |
Mr Robert J. Bernhard
| Mr Robert J. Bernhard is a Director at Cummins Inc since October 2008. Mr Bernhard joined the University of Notre Dame as Engineering Professor in 2007 and prior to that was Associate Vice President for Research at Purdue University since 2004. He also held Assistant, Associate and full Professor positions at Purdue University, where he remains an Adjunct Professor. He was Director of the Ray W. Herrick Laboratories at Purdue's School of Mechanical Engineering from 1994 to 2005. Mr Bernhard is also a Professional Engineer and earned a B.S.M.E. and Ph.D., E.M. from Iowa State University in 1973 and 1982, and an M.S.M.E. from the University of Maryland in 1976. He is currently Secretary General of the International Institute of Noise Control Engineering (I-INCE), and is also a member of the Board of Directors of the INCE Foundation. |
Mr Robert K. Herdman
| On December 30, 2011, the Board of Directors of WPX Energy elected Robert K. Herdman as member of the Board, effective December 31, 2011. Also Mr Herdman is a Director at Cummins Inc since February 12, 2008. |
Mr Franklin R. Chang-Diaz
| Dr Franklin R. Chang-Diaz is an Independent Director at Cummins Inc since December 8, 2009. Mr Chang Diaz is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ad Astra Rocket Company, a U.S. spaceflight engineering company based in Houston, Texas and dedicated to the development of advanced plasma rocket propulsion technology. Dr Chang Diaz founded Ad Astra in 2005 following his retirement from NASA after a 25-year career during which he flew seven space missions and logged over 1,600 hours in space. In 1994, Dr Chang Diaz founded and directed NASA's Advanced Space Propulsion Laboratory at the Johnson Space Center where he managed a multicenter research team developing new plasma rocket technology. Dr Chang Diaz is a dual citizen of Costa Rica and the United States. As part of his involvement in Costa Rica's development, Dr Chang Diaz currently leads the implementation of the Strategy for the XXI Century, a plan to transform Costa Rica into a fully developed nation by the year 2050. Dr Chang Diaz received the Liberty Medal in 1986 from President Ronald Reagan and is a four time recipient of NASA's Distinguished Service Medal, the agency's highest honor. Dr Chang Diaz also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Physics at Rice University and the University of Houston. |
Mr Patrick J. Ward
| Mr Patrick J. Ward is a director of E I du Pont de Nemours and Co since October 23, 2013. Cummins Inc has appointed Mr Ward as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective May 1, 2008. Ward, is currently Vice President and Engine Business Controller. Ward has held a number of finance leadership positions in the Company over the last 20 years. He joined Cummins in 1987 as a member of the finance team for Cummins Generator Technologies and moved to the Fuel Systems operation as Controller in 1995. In 1996, he joined Corporate Finance as Director - Business Planning and Analysis. He became Director - Finance and Information Technology for Consolidated Diesel Company in 1998, and in 2000 was named Controller for Cummins Filtration, then known as Fleetguard. He became Power Generation Controller in 2003 and transferred to the Engine Business in 2005. He was named a Cummins Vice President in 2006. |
Mr Stephen B. Dobbs
| Mr Stephen B. Dobbs has been Senior Group President, Industrial & Infrastructure since January 2012. Prior to that, he was Senior Group President, Industrial & Infrastructure and Global Services from March 2009 to January 2012; a Director at Cummins Inc since October 2010; Senior Group President, Industrial & Infrastructure, Government and Global Services from March 2007 to March 2009; Group President, Industrial and Infrastructure from September 2005 to March 2007; President, Infrastructure from 2002 to September 2005; and President, Transportation from 2001 to 2002. Mr Dobbs joined the company in 1980. |