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Joseph’s University, and the Board of Overseers of the School of Risk Management of St. John’s
University through June 2007.
Bruce S. Gordon—Mr. Gordon, age 61, joined our Board in January 2003. From August 2005
through April 2007, Mr. Gordon served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the NAACP. Until
his retirement in December 2003, Mr. Gordon was the President of Retail Markets at Verizon
Communications, Inc., a provider of wireline and wireless communications. Prior to the merger of Bell
Atlantic Corporation and GTE, which formed Verizon in July 2000, Mr. Gordon fulfilled a variety of
positions at Bell Atlantic Corporation, including Group President, Vice President, Marketing and Sales,
and Vice President, Sales. Mr. Gordon graduated from Gettysburg College and received an M.S. from
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. Gordon also serves as a director of CBS Corporation.
Rajiv L. Gupta—Mr. Gupta, age 62, joined our Board in March 2005. Mr. Gupta has served as
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Rohm and Haas Company, a worldwide producer
of specialty materials, from 1999 to the present. Previously, he served as Vice Chairman of Rohm and
Haas Company from 1998 to 1999, Director of the Electronic Materials business from 1996 to 1999,
and Vice President and Regional Director of the Asia-Pacific Region from 1993 to 1998. Mr. Gupta
holds a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, an M.S. in
operations research from Cornell University and an M.B.A. in finance from Drexel University.
Mr. Gupta also is a director of The Vanguard Group.
John A. Krol—Mr. Krol, age 71, joined our Board in August 2002. Mr. Krol was the Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, where he spent his entire career until
his retirement in 1998. E.I. du Pont de Nemours is a global research and technology-based company
serving worldwide markets, including food and nutrition, health care, agriculture, fashion and apparel,
home and construction, electronics and transportation. Mr. Krol also serves as a director of ACE
Limited, MeadWestvaco Corporation and the private Milliken & Company, and is on the Advisory
Board of Bechtel Corporation. Mr. Krol graduated from Tufts University where he received a B.S. and
M.S. in chemistry. Mr. Krol is the lead Director of the Board and Chair of the Company’s Nominating
and Governance Committee.
Brendan R. O’Neill—Dr. O’Neill, age 59, joined our Board in March 2003. Dr. O’Neill was Chief
Executive Officer and director of Imperial Chemical Industries PLC (‘‘ICI’’), a manufacturer of
specialty products and paints, until April 2003. Dr. O’Neill joined ICI in 1998 as its Chief Operating
Officer and Director, and was promoted to Chief Executive Officer in 1999. Prior to Dr. O’Neill’s
career at ICI, he held numerous positions at Guinness PLC, including Chief Executive of Guinness
Brewing Worldwide Ltd, Managing Director International Region of United Distillers, and Director of
Financial Control. Dr. O’Neill also held positions at HSBC Holdings PLC, BICC PLC and the Ford
Motor Company. He has an M.A. from the University of Cambridge and a Ph.D. in chemistry from the
University of East Anglia, and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
(U.K.). Dr. O’Neill is a director of Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd., Aegis Group Plc., Informa plc
and Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Inc. He serves on the Audit Committee of Aegis Group Plc.
William S. Stavropoulos—Dr. Stavropoulos, age 68, joined our Board in March 2007.
Dr. Stavropoulos was the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Dow Chemical Company,
where his career spanned 39 years until his retirement in 2006. While at Dow, Dr. Stavropoulos served
in a variety of positions in research, marketing and general management. Dr. Stavropoulos graduated
from Fordham University with a B.S. in pharmaceutical chemistry and from the University of
Washington with a Ph.D. in medicinal chemistry. He serves on the board of the American Enterprise
Institute for Public Policy Research and is a special advisor to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc.
Dr. Stavropoulos also serves as a director of Chemical Financial Corporation and Maersk Inc., is a
trustee to the Fidelity Group of Funds and is on the Advisory Board for Metalmark Capital LLC and
Trinsium Group.
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