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Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant
The directors and executive officers of the Company are listed below. All
officers of the Company are elected by the Board of Directors to serve one−year
terms. There are no family relationships among officers, or any arrangement or
understanding between any officer and any other person pursuant to which the
officer was selected. Unless otherwise indicated, positions listed in the table
have been held for more than five years.
Name Age Current Position
John J. Shalam 71 President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
of Directors
Charles M. Stoehr 58 Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and a Director
Patrick M. Lavelle 53 Senior Vice President and a Director
Ann M. Boutcher 54 Vice President, Marketing and a Director
Richard A. Maddia 46 Vice President, IT and a Director
Philip Christopher 56 Director
Paul C. Kreuch, Jr.* 66 Director
Dennis F. McManus* 54 Director
Irving Halevy* 89 Director
Peter A. Lesser* 69 Director (First elected Director in 2003)
* Member of the Audit and Compensation Committees
John J. Shalam has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and as
Director of Audiovox or its predecessor since 1960. Mr. Shalam also serves as
President and a Director of most of Audiovox's operating subsidiaries. Mr.
Shalam is on the Board of Directors of the Electronics Industry Association and
is on the Executive Board of the Consumer Electronics Association.
Charles M. Stoehr has been our Chief Financial Officer since 1979 and was
elected Senior Vice President in 1990. Mr. Stoehr has been a Director of
Audiovox since 1987. From 1979 through 1990, he was a Vice President of
Audiovox.
Patrick M. Lavelle has been a Vice President of the Company since 1980 and
was appointed Senior Vice President in 1991. He was elected to the Board of
Directors in 1993. Mr. Lavelle is Chief Executive Officer and President of the
Company's subsidiary, Audiovox Electronics Corp. Mr. Lavelle is also a member of
the Board of Directors and Executive Board of the Consumer Electronics
Association and serves as Chairman of its Mobile Electronics Division.
Ann M. Boutcher has been our Vice President of Marketing since 1984 and was
elected to the Board of Directors in 1995. Ms. Boutcher's responsibilities
include the development and implementation of our advertising, sales promotion
and public relations programs.
Richard A. Maddia has been our Vice President of Information Systems since
1992 and was elected to the Board of Directors in 1996. Prior thereto, Mr.
Maddia was Assistant Vice President, IT. Mr. Maddia's responsibilities include
development and maintenance of information systems.
Philip Christopher has served as a Director of Audiovox or its predecessor
since 1973. Up until November 1, 2004, Mr. Christopher had been Executive Vice
President of Audiovox and Chief Executive Officer of Audiovox's cellular
subsidiary, Audiovox Communications Corp. Mr. Christopher is currently the
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