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Corporate Governance
Ruth J. Simmons (non-executive director) - Ruth J. Simmons was appointed to the board of directors of
Chrysler Group LLC in June 2012. Simmons was President of Brown University from 2001 until June 30, 2012
and remains with the university as president emerita. Prior to joining Brown University, she was president of Smith
College, where she started the first engineering program at a U.S. women’s college. She also was vice provost at
Princeton University and provost at Spelman College and she held various positions of increasing responsibility
until becoming Associate Dean of the faculty at Princeton University; she previously was Assistant Dean and then
Associate Dean at the University of Southern California; she held various positions including Acting Director of
international programs at the California State University (Northridge); she was Assistant Dean at the College of
Liberal Arts, Assistant Professor of French at the University of New Orleans, Admissions Officer at the Radcliffe
College, instructor in French at the George Washington University and interpreter-Language Services Division at the
U.S. Department of State. Simmons serves on several boards, including those of Princeton University and Texas
Instruments. Simmons is a graduate of Dillard University in New Orleans (1967), and received her Ph.D. in Romance
languages and literatures from Harvard University (1973). Simmons is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts
and Sciences and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Born in 1945, American citizenship.
Ronald L. Thompson (non-executive director) - Ronald L. Thompson is the senior non-executive director of
FCA. He was appointed to the board of directors of FCA US on July 6, 2009. Thompson is currently chairman of the
board of trustees for Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association, or TIAA, a for-profit life insurance company that
serves the retirement and financial needs of faculty and employees of colleges and universities, hospitals, cultural
institutions and other nonprofit organizations. He also serves on the Board of Trustees for Washington University in
St. Louis, Mo., on the Board of Directors of the Medical University of South Carolina Foundation and as a member
of the Advisory Board of Plymouth Venture Partners Fund. Thompson was the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
of Midwest Stamping Company of Maumee, Ohio, a manufacturer of medium and heavy gauge metal components
for the automotive market. Under Thompson’s ownership, the company experienced rapid growth as a Tier One
automotive supplier and became one of the largest minority-owned companies in the U.S. He sold the company
in late 2005. Thompson has served on the boards of many different companies including Commerce Bank of St.
Louis, GR Group (U.S.), Illinova Corporation, Interstate Bakeries Corporation, McDonnell Douglas Corporation,
Midwest Stamping Company, Ralston Purina Company and Ryerson Tull, Inc. He was also a member of the Board
of Directors of the National Association of Manufacturers. He was General Manager at Puget Sound Pet Supply
Company and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Evaluation Technologies. Thompson has served on the
faculties of Old Dominion University, Virginia State University and the University of Michigan.
Thompson holds a Ph.D. and Master of Science in Agricultural Economics from Michigan State University and a
Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Michigan.
Born in 1949, American citizenship.
Patience Wheatcroft (non-executive director) - Patience Wheatcroft is a British national and graduate in law
from the University of Birmingham. She is also a member of the House of Lords and a financial commentator and
journalist. Ms. Wheatcroft currently serves on the advisory board of the public relations company Bell Pottinger
LLP. She also serves as non-executive director of the wealth management company St. James’s Place PLC.
Ms. Wheatcroft has a broad range of experience in the media and corporate world with past positions at the Wall
Street Journal Europe, where she was editor-in-chief, The Sunday Telegraph, The Times, Mail on Sunday, as well
as serving as non-executive director of Barclays Group PLC and Shaftesbury PLC. Since 2011, she has been a
member of the House of Lords. Finally, Ms. Wheatcroft is also on the board of trustees of the British Museum. Ms.
Wheatcroft has been an independent member of the board of directors of Fiat since April 4, 2012.
Born in 1951, British citizenship.