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Group President for Resource Industries of Caterpillar Inc.
Mr. Rapp was appointed in late 2014 as the Caterpillar Inc. group president for resource
industries. He previously served at Caterpillar as group president based in Singapore in 2013 and
2014 and as the chief financial officer from 2010 to 2013, and he was named a group president in
2007. Mr. Rapp is presently a board member for FM Global and Junior Achievement USA. He is
currently a member of the University of Missouri College of Business Strategic Development Board
and a board member of the U.S.-China Business Council. As a result of his tenure as group
Audit president and chief financial officer at Caterpillar Inc., Mr. Rapp has acquired management,
Public Policy operational, and financial expertise with extensive global experience and provides the board with
an informed perspective on financial and operational matters faced by a complex international
company.
Retired Group Vice President for North American Vehicle Sales, Service and Marketing of General
Motors Corporation
Mr. Roberts was the emergency financial manager for Detroit Public Schools from 2011 until his
retirement in 2013. Previously, he served as managing director of Reliant Equity Investors from
2000 to 2011. Mr. Roberts retired from General Motors in April 2000. At the time of his
retirement, he was group vice president for North American Vehicle Sales, Service and Marketing
of General Motors Corporation, having been elected to that position in October 1998. Mr. Roberts
Nominations & has served as director on the following boards: Thermon Manufacturing Company 2007-2010,
Governance Enova Systems, Inc., 2008-2011, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, 1991-2010, and Abbott
Public Policy Laboratories, 1998-2011. As a former executive of a major international corporation, Mr. Roberts
has a strong record of valuable business, leadership, operational, and management experience
which he brings to the board.
Class II—Directors Whose Terms Expire in 2017
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Ensign Professor of Medicine, Professor of Internal Medicine, and Dean of Yale School of Medicine
Dr. Alpern has served as the Ensign Professor of Medicine, Professor of Internal Medicine, and
Dean of Yale School of Medicine since June 2004. From July 1998 to June 2004, Dr. Alpern was
the Dean of The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Dr. Alpern also serves as a
director of Abbott Laboratories and as a director on the Board of Yale—New Haven Hospital. As
the Ensign Professor of Medicine, Professor of Internal Medicine, and Dean of Yale School of
Medicine, Dean of The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and as a director on the
Nominations & Board of Yale—New Haven Hospital, Dr. Alpern contributes valuable insights to the board through
Governance his medical and scientific expertise and his knowledge of the health care environment and the
Public Policy scientific nature of AbbVie’s key research and development initiatives.
2015 Proxy Statement 9
Edward J. Rapp
Committees:
Director since: 2013
Age: 57
Roy S. Roberts
Committees:
Director since: 2013
Age: 75
Robert J. Alpern, M.D.
Committees:
Director since: 2013
Age: 64
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