Board of Directors' Biographies
Michael E. Campbell
- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Arch Chemicals, Inc., since 1999
- Director, American Chemistry Council
- Director, National Association of Manufacturers (Vice Chairman)
- Director, Milliken & Company
Dr. Thomas W. Cole, Jr.
- Interim Chancellor, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, since 2007
- President and Chief Executive Officer, Great Schools, Atlanta, 2004-2006
- President Emeritus since 2002
- 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, Ridgeway Avenir, LLC, since 2001
- 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
- Operating Advisor, Pegasus Capital Advisors, L.P., since 2006
- Chairman's Counsel, Alcoa, Inc., 2006
- Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Alcoa, Inc., 1997-2005
- Director, PNC Financial Services
- Director, Lighting Science Group Corporation
James M. Kilts
- Founding partner of Centerview Partners Management, LLC, 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.
- 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, a private investment company with diversified interests in marketable securities and private equities.
- Managing Member, Lamont Partners, LLC, since 1999
- Director, Regency Centers Inc.
- Trustee, National Outdoor Leadership School
- Trustee, The Adirondack Council
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)
- Director and Chairman, Sustainable Forestry Initiative, Inc.
- Member, President's Export Council
- Trustee, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
- Trustee, American Forest Foundation
Robert C. McCormack
- Founding Partner, Trident Capital, a private equity investment firm, since 1993, Advisory Director, 2005
- Director, DeVry, Inc.
- 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
- Member of the Board of Governors, The Electrical Manufacturers Club
Edward M. Straw
- President of Global Operations for the Estée Lauder Companies, 2000-2004
- Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain and Manufacturing, Compaq Computer Corporation, 1998-2000
- President, Ryder Integrated Logistics, 1997-1998
- Prior to joining the private sector, Mr. Straw had a 35 year career in the U.S. Navy, retiring as a three-star Vice Admiral in 1996
- Director, Eddie Bauer Holdings Inc.
- Director, Panther Expedited Services, Inc.
- Director, Odyssey Logistics & Technology
- Director, Ply-Gem Industries
- Trustee, U.S. Naval Academy Foundation
- Member of the Board of Advisors, The George Washington University
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
- Director, Tenneco Corporation
- Trustee, Kettering University
