Board of Directors' Biographies

Michael E. Campbell

  • Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Arch Chemicals, Inc., since 1999
  • Director, American Chemistry Council
  • National Association of Manufacturers
  • Director, Milliken & Company

Dr. Thomas W. Cole, Jr.

  • Interim President of the Interdenominational Theological Center, since 2009
  • Interim Chancellor, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2007-2008
  • President and Chief Executive Officer, Great Schools, Atlanta, 2004-2006
  • President, Clark Atlanta University, 1989-2002

James G. Kaiser

  • Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Avenir Partners, Inc., since 1998
  • Manager, Kaiser Ridgeway LLC, since 2002
  • Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Pelican Banners & Signs, Inc., 2001-2003
  • President and Chief Executive Officer, Quanterra Incorporated, 1994-1996
  • Director, Sunoco, Inc.

Richard B. Kelson

  • Private equity investor and advisor to middle-market companies
  • President and Chief Executive Officer, Servco Holdings, LLC and Servco, LLC, since 2009
  • Operating Advisor, Pegasus Capital Advisors, L.P., 2006-2009
  • Chairman's Counsel, Alcoa, Inc., 2006
  • Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Alcoa, Inc., 1997-2005
  • Director, Commercial Metals Company
  • Director, PNC Financial Services
  • Director, KaBOOM!, Inc.
  • Member, University of Pittsburgh School of Law Board of Advisors

James M. Kilts

  • Founding partner of Centerview Partners LLC, since 2006
  • Vice Chairman, The Procter & Gamble Company, 2005-2006
  • Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Gillette Company, 2001-2005
  • President and Chief Executive Officer, Nabisco Holdings Corporation, 1998-2000
  • Director, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
  • Director, Pfizer, Inc.
  • Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Board, Nielson Holdings N.V.
  • Member of the Board of Trustees, Knox College
  • Member of the Board of Trustees, University of Chicago
  • Member of the Board of Overseers of Weill Cornell Medical College

Susan J. Kropf

  • President and Chief Operating Officer, Avon Products, Inc., 2001-2006; Chief Operating Officer, North America and Global Business Operations, 1999- 2001
  • Director, Coach, Inc.
  • Director, The Kroger Company
  • Director, The Sherwin-Williams Company
  • Director, Wallace Foundation

Douglas S. Luke

  • President and Chief Executive Officer, HL Capital, Inc., since 1999
  • Director, Regency Centers Inc.
  • Trustee, The Adirondack Nature Conservancy/Adirondack Land Trust

John A. Luke, Jr.

  • Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, MeadWestvaco Corporation, since 2002
  • Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Westvaco Corporation, 1996-2002
  • Director, American Forest and Paper Association
  • Director, FM Global
  • Director, The Bank of New York Mellon
  • Director, The Timken Company
  • Director, National Association of Manufacturers (Executive Committee Member)
  • Trustee, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
  • Trustee, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Robert C. McCormack

  • Founding Partner, Trident Capital, Inc., (1993-2004) and Advisory Director since 2004 
  • Director, Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
  • Director, Performance Equity Management, LLC
  • Director, The Northern Trust Corporation
  • Director, The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
  • Director, Naval Institute Foundation
  • Director, Poetry Foundation
  • Director, Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation

Timothy H. Powers

  • Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Hubbell, Inc., since 2004; President and Chief Executive Officer, 2001-2004; Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, 1998-2001
  • Director, National Electrical Manufacturers Association
  • Member of the Board of Trustees, Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI

Jane L. Warner

  • Executive Vice President, Illinois Tool Works (ITW) since 2007; Group Vice President, Worldwide Finishing Systems, 2005-2007
  • President, Plexus Systems, 2004-2005
  • Vice President, EDS and President Global Manufacturing and Communications Industries, 2002-2004
  • Managing Director, Automotive Industry Group, 2000-2002
  • Director, Tenneco Corporation
  • Director, Steppenwolfe Theatre
  • Director, John G. Shedd Aquarium

Alan Wilson

  • Chairman, President, and CEO of McCormick and Co
  • Board of Directors, Grocery Manufacturer’s Association
  • Board of Directors, Greater Baltimore Committee
  • Board of Directors, Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation
  • Member of the Maryland Economic Development Commission
  • Member of the Business Roundtable for Education
  • President of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Alumni Board
  • Member of the Board of Visitors of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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