Rolf A. Classon became Chairman of the Board of the Company on March 20, 2006. He served as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of Hillenbrand from May 11, 2005 until March 20, 2006 and as Vice Chairman of the Board from December 4, 2003 until his election as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer. He was Chairman of the Executive Committee of Bayer HealthCare, a sub group of Bayer AG, from October 2002 to July 2004, and was President of Bayer Health Care L.L.C., a subsidiary of Bayer AG, from October 2002 to July 2004. Previously, he had been President of Bayer's Diagnostic Division and head of Bayer's Worldwide Business Group Diagnostics since 1995. Bayer is an international research-based company active in life sciences, polymers and chemicals. A native of Sweden, Mr. Classon joined Bayer's Miles Diagnostics business in 1991 as Executive Vice President, Worldwide Marketing, Sales and Service. During his career, Mr. Classon has held management positions with Pharmacia AB, Sweden; Swedish Match Group; and Asbjorn Habberstad AB. Prior to joining Bayer, he was President and Chief Operating Officer of Pharmacia Biosystems AB. Mr. Classon currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a company focused on oncology and antivirus pharmaceuticals, Millipore Corporation, a bioscience company that provides technologies, tools and services for the discovery, development and production of therapeutic drugs and for other purposes, PharmaNet Development Group, Inc., an international drug development services company, and Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company in the fields of urology and men's health. He also was a director of PharmaNet Development Group, Inc., an international drug development services company, until its acquisition by another company in March 2009.
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of H.B. Fuller Company, St. Paul, Minnesota
Elected 2009
James R. Giertz has served as a director of the Company since December 2009. He has been Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of H.B. Fuller Company, St. Paul, Minnesota, since March 2008. Formerly, he was the Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of GMAC ResCap from September, 2006 to April, 2007, Senior Vice President, Commercial and Industrial Products of Donaldson Company, Inc. from 2000 to September, 2006 and the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer thereof from 1994 to 2000. Prior thereto Mr. Giertz held various executive positions with General Motors Corporation. Mr. Giertz serves on the Board of Directors of Normandale Community College Foundation and Junior Achievement of the Upper Midwest.
Retired Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN
Elected 2002
Charles E. Golden has served as director of the Company since 2002. He retired as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for, and as a member of the Board of Directors of, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, a global provider of pharmaceutical products and health care information in April 2006. He joined Eli Lilly in those capacities in 1996. Prior to joining Eli Lilly, Mr. Golden served as a corporate Vice President of General Motors and Chairman of General Motors' vehicle operations in the United Kingdom from 1993 to 1996. He joined General Motors as part of its treasurer's office in 1970 and subsequently held positions in domestic and international operations, ultimately becoming Treasurer of GM. He serves on the Boards of Directors of Unilever N.V., Eaton Corporation, Unilever PLC, Clarian Health Partners and Crossroads of America Council (Boy Scouts of America) (as past President), Lilly Endowment, and on the Finance Committee of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, and as a Board member and Secretary/Treasurer of the Indiana Stadium and Convention Building Authority.
Retired President, ESG, Verizon Communications, New York, NY
Elected 2004
Eduardo R. Menascé has served as a director of the Company since 2004. He is the retired President of the Enterprise Solutions Group for Verizon Communications, Inc., New York City, New York. Prior to the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE Corporation, which created Verizon Communications, he was the President and Chief Executive Officer of CTI MOVIL S.A. (Argentina), a business unit of GTE Corporation, from 1996 to 2000. Mr. Menascé has also held senior positions at CANTV in Venezuela and Wagner Lockheed and Alcatel in Brazil and from 1981 to 1992 served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of GTE Lighting in France. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from Universidad Pontificia Católica de Rio de Janeiro and a Master's degree in Business Administration from Columbia University. Mr. Menasce currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Pitney Bowes Inc., a global provider of integrated mail and document management solutions, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., a developer, publisher and seller of products in print and electronic media for educational, professional, scientific, technical, medical, and consumer markets, KeyCorp, one of the nation's leading bank-based financial service companies, and Hillenbrand, Inc.
President and CEO of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Vice Chairperson of the Board, Hillenbrand Industries
Elected 2003
Joanne C. Smith, M.D. has served as a director of the Company since 2003 and as Vice Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Company since 2005. She was elected as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago in October 2006. She had been the President of the National Division of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago since November 2005. Prior to that, Dr. Smith had been the Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Business Development for the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago since April 2002. Since 1992 she has been an attending physician at the same institution. From 1997 through April 2002, Dr. Smith was the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Corporate Partnership Division of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and from 1992 to 1997 she held various management positions there. She also serves on the Boards of Directors of AptarGroup, Inc., a leading supplier of personal care, cosmetics, pharmaceutical, food and beverage dispensing systems, and the AON Memorial Education Fund, a fund dedicated to supporting the educational needs of the children who suffered the loss of a parent in the World Trade Center attack.
Chairman and CEO of Gentiva Health Services, Inc., Melville, NY
Elected 2007
Ronald A. Malone has served as a director of the Company since July 2007. He has been Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gentiva Health Services, Inc. since January 2009, having served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Gentiva from June 2002 to December 2008. He served as Executive Vice President of Gentiva from March 2000 to June 2002 and as President of Gentiva's home health services division from January 2001 to June 2002. Prior to joining Gentiva, he served in various positions with Olsten Corporation including Executive Vice President of Olsten Corporation and President, Olsten Staffing Services, United States and Canada, from January 1999 to March 2000. From 1994 to December 1998, he served successively as Olsten's Senior Vice President, Southeast Division; Senior Vice President, Operations; and Executive Vice President, Operations.
W August Hillenbrand has served as a director of the Company since 1972 and served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company from 1989 until 2000. Mr. Hillenbrand also served as President of the Company from 1981 until 1999. Prior to his retirement in December 2000, the Company had employed Mr. Hillenbrand throughout his business career. Mr. Hillenbrand is the Chief Executive Officer of Hillenbrand Capital Partners, an unaffiliated family investment partnership. He is on the Board of Directors of Hillenbrand, Inc., which the Company spun-off during 2008. Mr. Hillenbrand retired from the Boards of Directors of DPL Inc. of Dayton, Ohio and Pella Corporation of Pella, Iowa during 2008.
John J. Greisch
President and CEO, Hill-Rom, Batesville, Ind.
John J. Greisch was elected as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company on January 8, 2010. Previously, he held various executive positions with Baxter International, Inc., which develops, manufactures and distributes healthcare products, systems and services, since 2002, including President, International Operations, since 2006; Chief Financial Officer from 2004 to 2006; and President, Bioscience Division, from 2003 to 2004. Prior to his time at Baxter, Mr. Greisch was President and Chief Executive Officer of Fleetpride Corporation, a private distribution company serving the transportation industry. Mr. Greisch serves on the Board of Directors of TomoTherapy, Inc. and Children's Memorial Hospital Foundation and on the Board of Trustees of the John G. Shedd Aquarium.
Katherine S. Napier
CEO of Arbonne Interntional, LLC
Katherine S. Napier has served as a director of the Company since July 2009. She has been Chief Executive Officer of Arbonne International, LLC since August 2009. From March 2006 to becoming Arbonne's CEO, Ms. Napier served on various public company and non profit Boards of directors, including Alberto Culver Company, Exact Sciences Corporation, Mentor Corporation, Third Wave Technologies, and Catholic Health Care Partners. Formerly, she was the Senior Vice President of Marketing at McDonald's Corporation from July 2005 to March 2006, prior to which she held various executive level marketing roles at McDonalds since 2002. Ms. Napier also held various senior executive roles at The Procter & Gamble Company from 1979 to 2002, including her most recent role as Vice President, North American Pharmaceuticals & Corporate Women's Health & Vitality. Ms. Napier now serves on the Board of Directors of EXACT Sciences Corporation and Xavier University. She also served on the Board of Alberto Culver Company until August 2009.