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Executive Officers of the Registrant.*
The following table sets forth the names of the executive officers of Invacare, each of whom serves at the
pleasure of the Board of Directors, as well as certain other information.
Name Age Position
A. Malachi Mixon, III ............ 71 Chairman of the Board of Directors
Gerald B. Blouch ............... 65 President and Chief Executive Officer and Director
Robert K. Gudbranson ........... 48 Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Anthony C. LaPlaca ............. 53 Senior Vice President—General Counsel and Secretary
Joseph B. Richey, II ............. 75 President—Invacare Technologies, Senior Vice
President—Electronics and Design Engineering and Director
Louis F.J. Slangen ............... 64 SeniorVicePresident—CorporateMarketingandChiefProduct Officer
Patricia A. Stumpp .............. 50 Senior Vice President—Human Resources
Carl E. Will .................... 41 Senior Vice President—Global Commercial Operations
* The description of executive officers is included pursuant to Instruction 3 to Section (b) of Item 401 of
Regulation S-K.
A. Malachi Mixon, III has been a director since 1979. Mr. Mixon served as Chief Executive Officer from
1979 through 2010 and as President until 1996. He has served as Chairman of the Board since 1983. Mr. Mixon
serves on the Board of Directors of The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE), Cleveland, Ohio, a manufacturer
and distributor of coatings and related products and Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ), Cleveland, Ohio, a
diversified manufacturing services and products holding company. Mr. Mixon serves as Chairman Emeritus of
the Board of Trustees of The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, one of the world’s leading academic
medical centers. Mr. Mixon previously served on the Board of Directors of Lamson & Sessions from 1990 until
it was sold in November 2007.
Gerald B. Blouch has been President and a director of Invacare since November 1996. Effective January 1,
2011, Mr. Blouch became Chief Executive Officer of Invacare, after serving as interim Chief Executive Officer
from April 2010 through December 2010. Mr. Blouch served as Chief Operating Officer from December 1994
through December 2010 and has served as Chairman—Invacare International since December 1993. Previously,
Mr. Blouch was President—Homecare Division from March 1994 to December 1994 and Senior Vice
President—Homecare Division from September 1992 to March 1994. Mr. Blouch served as Chief Financial
Officer of Invacare from May 1990 to May 1993 and Treasurer of Invacare from March 1991 to May 1993.
Robert K. Gudbranson was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in April 2008.
From October 2005 until his appointment at Invacare, Mr. Gudbranson served as Vice President of Strategic
Planning and Acquisitions at Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: LECO), a $2.0 billion global
manufacturer of welding, brazing and soldering products located in Cleveland, Ohio. Prior to joining Lincoln
Electric, Mr. Gudbranson served as Director of Business Development and Investor Relations at Invacare from
June 2002 to October 2005. Mr. Gudbranson has also served as Invacare’s Assistant Treasurer and as the
European Finance Director.
Anthony C. LaPlaca was appointed Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary effective January
2009. Previously, Mr. LaPlaca served as Vice President and General Counsel for six and a half years with Bendix
Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC, a member of the Knorr-Bremse group, a supplier of commercial vehicle
safety systems. Prior to that, he served as Vice President and General Counsel to Honeywell Transportation &
Power Systems and General Counsel to Honeywell Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC.
Joseph B. Richey, II has been a director since 1980 and in September 1992 was named President—Invacare
Technologies Division and Senior Vice President—Electronic and Design Engineering. Previously, Mr. Richey
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