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