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Name |
Company |
Action |
News |
Date |
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Roy
Disney
|
Walt
Disney Co. Inc. |
Resigns
Board |
Roy
Disney resigned from the board citing serious differences of opinion
with Michael Eisner, mismanagement of ABC Prime Time, mico-management,
creative brain drain and a host of other differences. |
12/4/2003 |
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Stanley
Gold
|
Walt
Disney Co. Inc. |
Resigns
Board |
Gold
resigned shortly after Disney in a protest against Michael Eisner's
leadership. |
12/4/2003 |
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John
S. Chen
|
Walt
Disney Co. Inc. |
Resigns
Board |
Chen,
CEO and chairman of Sybase Inc., a company that makes wireless and
database software for businesses, was named after the surprise resignations
of Disney and Gold. |
12/4/2003 |
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Phillip
Condit
|
Boeing
Co. |
Resigns
Board |
Condit
resigned after his CFO was fired for cause as a result of alleged
improper hiring practices. |
12/4/2003 |
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Mike
Sears
|
Boeing
Co. |
CFO
fired for cause |
Sears
was fired for cause after allegedly hiring an airforce employee
into Boeing while she was overseeing a tender offer for a government
contract. |
12/4/2003 |
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David
P. O'Brien
|
Royal
Bank of Canada |
Elected
Chairman |
O'Brien
will be the Bank's next non-executive chairman of the board following
the retirement of Guy Saint-Pierre at the company's annual meeting
in Toronto. |
12/4/2003 |
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Guy
Saint-Pierre
|
Royal
Bank of Canada |
Resigns
Chairman, Board |
Saint-Pierre,
who is also retiring from the RBC board following the annual meeting,
has been a director since 1990 and, prior to taking the chairman's
role, was the company's lead director. |
12/4/2003 |
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Lewis
E. Platt
|
Boeing
Co. |
Elected
Chairman |
Appointed
non-executive chairman, Platt joined Hewlett-Packard in 1966 in
medical products operations and then managed various parts of HP's
computer business. He became an executive vice president in 1987
and retired in 1999 after serving seven years as chairman, CEO and
president of HP. He was the CEO of Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates
from 2000 to mid-2001. |
12/4/2003 |
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Harry
Stonecipher
|
Boeing
Co. |
Elected
President, CEO |
Stonecipher's
aerospace career spans more than 47 and CEO years from his start
at General Motors' Allison Division as a lab technician to running
McDonnell Douglas and being elected vice chairman of Boeing Co.
in 2001. In 1960, he joined General Electric's aircraft engine operations,
and progressed through a series of engineering and program positions,
ending up running the division from 1984 to 1987. |
12/4/2003 |
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Rebecca
McDonald
|
Noble
Energy |
Joins
Board |
McDonald,
president of the Houston Museum of Natural Science, previously served
in executive management positions at several major energy companies.
Her addition increases the board's size to eight members. |
11/20/2003 |
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Dr.
Lee Todd Jr.
|
Equitable
Resources |
Joined
board |
Todd,
president of the University of Kentucky, will serve on the company's
compensation committee. He replaces E. Lawrence Keyes Jr., who is
retiring effective Dec. 31. |
11/20/2003 |
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Robert
Welding
|
Federal
Signal |
Elected
President, CEO |
Welding,
formerly an executive vice presdient of Borg Warner and a group
president, replaces Joseph Ross. Ross will continue to serve as
chairman of the board. |
11/20/2003 |
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Sherrill
Hudson
|
MasTec
Inc. |
Joined
board |
Hudson
was formerly managing partner for South Florida at Deloitte &
Touche. |
11/20/2003 |
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Christopher
Williams
|
Harrah's
Entertainment |
Joins
Board |
Williams
is CEO of The Williams Capital Group and Williams Capital Management. |
11/20/2003 |
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Richard
Wallman
|
Lear
Corp. |
Joined
board |
Wallman
recently served as CFO of AlliedSignal and Honeywell International. |
11/20/2003 |
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Brenda
Lauderback
|
Wolverine
World Wide |
Joins
Board |
Lauderback,
who fills a new seat on the board, was group president for wholesale
and retail at Nine West. |
11/20/2003 |
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Mike
Fister
|
Autodesk
Inc. |
Joined
board |
Fister
is senior vice president and general manager of Intel's Enterprise
Platforms Group. |
11/20/2003 |
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J.
Hicks Lanier
|
SunTrust
Banks |
Joins
Board |
Lanier,
who is president of Oxford Industries, has served as a member of
the advisory board of SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, for more than 20 years. |
11/20/2003 |
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H.
Carl McCall
|
Standard
Commercial |
Joined
board |
McCall
is vice chairman of HealthPoint, a private equity firm, and a former
comptroller of New York state. |
11/20/2003 |
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John
Spiegel
|
Colonial
Properties Trust |
Joins
Board |
Spiegel,
who is vice chairman and CFO of SunTrust Banks, will serve on the
company's audit committee. |
11/20/2003 |
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Michael
Noel
|
Avista
Corp. |
Joined
board |
Noel,
who is president of his own financial consulting firm, was formerly
a CFO of Edison International. His addition increases the board
to 11 members. |
11/20/2003 |
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Robert
Bohannon
|
Certegy
Inc. |
Resigns
Board |
Bohannon,
who joined the board in June 2001, chaired the company's nominating
and governance committee and was a member of its compensation and
human resources committee. The CEO of Viad Corp. resigned to devote
time to the spinoff of its payment services business and avoid the
appearance of impropriety should the spinoff explore business opportunities
with Certegy in the future. |
11/20/2003 |
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K.
Brent Somers
|
The
Boyds Collection Ltd. |
Joined
board |
Somers
will serve as chairman of the audit committee. Last week, Boyds
named Jan L. Murley, a consumer products industry veteran, CEO and
director. Somers was most recently a senior executive vice president
and CFO of KeyCorp. |
11/6/2003 |
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Wayne
A. Budd
|
McKesson
Corp. |
Joins
Board |
Budd
is EVP and Gen Counsel of John Hancock Financial Services Inc. of
Boston; the election of Budd brings the board to nine members. |
11/6/2003
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Edward
E. Birch
|
Pacific
Capital Bancorp |
Elected
Chairman |
Birch
will succeed as chairman following the 2004 annual meeting. Dale
R. Hanst will retire from the board. Robert W. Kummer and John R.
Mackall have been nominated. Roger C. Knopf has been appointed to
replace Birch as chair of the governance and compensation committee. |
11/6/2003 |
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Joan
E. Spero
|
IBM |
Joins
Board |
Spero
is president of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. |
11/6/2003 |
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Alfredo
Trujillo, Ben M. Haverty
|
Haverty
Companies Inc. |
Joined
board |
Rawson
Haverty Sr. stepped down as director but will remain chariman emeritus.
Trujillo is president and CEO of Recall Corp., a global information
management company; and Haverty is regional manager of the company's
Georgia operations. |
11/6/2003 |
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Ronald
L. Turner
|
Imagistics
International |
Joins
Board |
Turner
is chairman, president and CEO of Ceridian Corp. |
11/6/2003 |
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H.
Brian Thompson
|
Sonus
Networks |
Joined
board |
Thompson
worked in the telecommunications industry for more than 20 years.
He currently serves as chairman of the board for Comsat. He also
heads his own private equity investment and advisory firm, Universal
Telecommunications, Inc. |
10/28/2003 |
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John
L. Miclot
|
Respironics,
Inc. |
Elected
president and CEO |
Miclot
held the position of chief strategic officer of Respironics and
previously served as president of the homecare division for 3.5
years. He succeeds Liken who has been president and CEO since 1999.
Liken will assume the newly created role of vice chairman. |
10/27/2003 |
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Gerard
Vlak, PhD
|
Axonyx,
Inc. |
Appointed
vice chair of board |
Prior
to joining the board, Vlak was former member of the executive board
of Rabobank Nederland and is a former Executive VP and CFO of ABN
AMRO Bank, USA. He currently sits on several corporate boards, including
the Rouse Company and the Board of Trustees of Bank Julius Baer
Investment Funds.
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10/27/2003 |
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Gosse
B. Bruinsma, MD
|
Axonyx,
Inc. |
Elected
president |
Bruinsma
was president of Axonyx Europe and continues as COO of Axonyx, Inc. |
10/27/2003 |
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Glenn
Lyon
|
The
Finish Line, Inc. |
Elected
president |
Lyon
joined Finish Line in September 2001 and has served as Executive
Vice President and Chief Merchandise Officer since that time. |
10/27/2003 |
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Cecil
H. Moore, Jr. |
Perot
Systems Corporation |
Joined
board |
Moore
retired from KPMG LLP in 2000 after 37 years with the firm. From January 1990 to August 1999,
he served as managing partner of the KPMG-Dallas business unit. |
10/27/2003 |
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Lewis
Hay III and Mayo A. Shattuck III
|
Capital
One Financial Corp. |
Joined
board |
Hay
is Chairman, President and CEO of FPL Group, Inc. and Shattuck is
Chairman, President and CEO of Constellation Energy Group.
They will fill two newly created seats on the Board. |
10/27/2003 |
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Thomas
J. Marino
|
Somerset
Hills Bancorp |
Joined
board |
Marino
is a CPA and the Managing Partner of J.H. Cohn LLP, one of the fifteen
largest accounting and consulting firms in the US specializing in
middle market businesses. |
10/27/2003 |
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Mark
A. Cohen |
Trans
World Entertainment Corp. |
Joined
board |
Cohen
is currently the CEO of Sears Canada Inc. |
10/27/2003 |
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Larry
D. Thompson
|
Delta
Air Lines |
Joined
board |
Thompson
most recently served as Deputy Attorney General of the United States. |
10/24/2003 |
|
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Lawrence
Rosenthal
|
Andrx
Corporation |
Elected
president |
Rosenthal
was elected president of Andrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and will report
directly to Andrx's CEO. |
10/24/2003 |
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Hector
Garcia-Molina, Ph.D.; Alfred R. Berkeley III; Philip Heasley; Deborah
D. Rieman, Ph.D.; and Robert J. Korzeniewski, C.P.A.
|
Kintera
Inc. |
Joined
board |
Garcia
-Molina joined Kintera as a member of its advisory board in 2001
and has served as director since 2003. Berkeley joined Kintera as
a director in 2003. Heasley joined Kintera as a director in 2003.
Rieman joined Kintera as a director in 2003. Korzeniewski joined
Kintera as a director in 2003. |
10/21/2003 |
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Jan
L. Murley
|
The
Boyds Collection, Ltd. |
Elected
CEO and joins board |
Murley
spent three years as group vice president for Hallmark Cards, which
she joined following a more than 20-year tenure at Procter &
Gamble. |
10/21/2003 |
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Phillip
M. Schneider, MBA, CPA
|
CancerVax
Corporation |
Joined
board |
Will
serve as audit committee chairman. Schneider has 22 years of experience
in the pharmaceutical industry, including 15 years of financial
management experience at IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation where
he recently retired as senior vice president and chief financial
officer. Further, he serves as a member of the board and chairman
of the audit committee for Gen-Probe, Inc. |
10/20/2003 |
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Fred
Hassan |
EDS |
Stepping
down from board position |
Effective
immediately. To focus on his responsibiities as chairman and CEO
of Schering-Plough Corporation. |
10/20/2003 |
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Ronald
A. Williams
|
Lucent
Technologies |
Joined
board |
Williams
is the president and a member of the board of directors for Aetna.
Williams will serve on the Audit and Finance Committees. |
10/20/2003 |
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J.
Kenneth Glass |
FedEx
Corporation |
Joined
board
|
Glass
is president and CEO of First Tennessee National Corp. |
10/20/2003 |
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Douglas
W. Johnson
|
AFLAC
Incorporated |
Joined
board |
Johnson
will serve until the annual shareholders meeting, at which time
he will stand for election. Johnson served for more than 20 years
as an audit partner at Ernst & Young as coordinating partner
for the firm's largest American insurance client and numerous other
insurance clients; his experience includes extensive work with the
audit committees of publicly held companies. |
10/18/2003 |
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Julian
Banton |
SouthTrust
Bank |
Resigns
as CEO |
Banton
had been CEO since 1989 and was named president and COO of parent
company SouthTrust Corp. earlier this year. Banton is retiring to
spend more time with his family. Banton will be replaced by Glenn
Eubanks, now bank president and chief operating officer. |
10/16/2003 |
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Steven
C. Petruska
|
Pulte
Homes |
Elected
exec VP and COO |
Petruska
fills a position left vacant when Dugas assumed his current position
as the President and CEO in 2003. Further, Patrick J. Beirne and
Jeffrey K. Parsigian named as Regional Presidents. |
10/16/2003 |
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Victoria
F. Haynes |
PPG
Industries |
Joined
board
|
Currently
president and CEO of Research Triangle Institute. |
10/16/2003 |
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Charles
H. Noski
|
Northrop
Grumman Corp. |
Elected
VP and CFO |
Succeeding
Waugh, who is retiring after 25 years. Noski is former AT&T
executive. |
10/16/2003 |
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Robert
H. Jenkins |
AK
Steel |
Named
chairman of board |
Jenkins
is the first non-executive chairman of AK Steel in its history;
an AK Steel board member since 1996. Jenkins is former chariman
and CEO of Sundstrand Corp. |
10/16/2003 |
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James
L. Wainscott
|
AK
Steel |
Named
president, CEO and joins board |
Acting
CEO since 9/2003 |
10/16/2003 |
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Mark
Perry |
Nuvelo,
Inc. |
Joined
board
|
Perry
will replace Formela effective 10/13/2003. |
10/14/2003 |
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Stephan
F. Newhouse
|
Morgan
Stanley |
Named
president |
Effective
12/1/2003, to replace Scott (retiring after 33 years). |
10/13/2003 |
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Vincent
J. Trosino |
Vulcan
Materials Company |
Joined
board
|
Trosino
is Vice Chairman, President and COO of State Farm Automobile. |
10/13/2003 |
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Mark
Auerbach
|
Pharmaceutical
Resources, Inc. |
New
chairman |
Auerbach
;has been PRX's lead outside director since July. |
10/13/2003 |
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Susan
Wang |
Altera
Corporation |
Joined
board
|
Former
CFO of Solectron |
10/13/2003 |
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Retired
Adm. David E. Jeremiah
|
Todd
Shipyards Corp |
Joined
board |
Jeremiah
is president of Technology Strategies & Alliance Corp. |
10/13/2003 |
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Chuck
Crovitz |
QRS
Corp. |
Joined
board
|
He
had been executive vice president and chief supply chain officer
for Gap Inc. |
10/12/2003 |
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Warren
N. Lieberfarb
|
Sirius
Satellite Radio Inc. |
Joined
board |
Is
known in the home video industry as the "father of DVD." |
10/11/2003 |
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James
D. Taiclet |
American
Tower Corporation |
Named
CEO |
Will
be succeeding Dodge, who will continue as Chairman. |
10/10/2003 |
|
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Theo
Melas-Kyriazi
|
Thoratec
Corporation |
Leaving
board |
Melas-Kyriazi
is CFO at Thermo Electron. |
10/10/2003 |
|
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Neil
Dimick |
Thoratec
Corporation |
Joined
board
|
Jim
was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of American
Tower in September 2001 and has been responsible for the Company's
tower and services business since that time |
10/10/2003 |
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Charles
W. Mueller
|
Ameren
Corporation |
Stepping
down |
Consistent
with bylaws, Mueller is retiring as Chairman and CEO on 12/31/2003. |
10/10/2003 |
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Gary
L. Rainwater |
Ameren
Corporation |
Joined
board
|
Rainwater
is president and chief operating officer of Ameren. |
10/10/2003 |
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Ret.
Gen. Wesley Clark
|
Acxiom |
Leaving
board |
The
resignation is effective immediately due to growing demands as a
Democratic presidential candidate. |
10/9/2003
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Theodore
E. Martin |
C.
R. Bard, Inc. |
Joined
board
|
Martin
was president and chief executive officer of Barnes Group, Inc.,
a multinational manufacturer and distributor of precision metal
parts and industrial supplies, until his retirement in December
1998. |
10/9/2003 |
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Jack
Harding and Stephen Recht
|
Marimba,
Inc. |
Joined
board |
Harding
and Recht replace outgoing board members Zingale and Sclavos. |
10/9/2003 |
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Karen
Beckwith |
CNS,
Inc. |
Joined
board
|
Beckwith
is president and CEO for Gelco Information Network, Inc. |
10/8/2003 |
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Paul
R. Charron and Les C. Vinney
|
Campbell
Soup Company |
Joined
board |
Charron
and Vinney succeed Tom Field and David Li, who are retiring from
the Board. Charron is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Liz
Claiborne. Vinney is President and Chief Executive Officer of STERIS
Corporation. |
10/8/2003 |
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Bill
Russell |
webMethods,
Inc. |
Joined
board
|
Russell,
former vice president of Hewlett Packard has held a broad range
of senior level positions during a 23 year career; his term to end
in 2006. |
10/8/2003
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Cynthia
A. Niekamp
|
Delphi
Corp. |
Joined
board |
Niekamp
is senior vice president and chief financial officer of MeadWestvaco
Corporation based in Stamford, Connecticut, where she is responsible
for all aspects of financial management and reporting as well as
corporate strategy; she will serve on Delphi's Audit Committee. |
10/8/2003 |
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Douglas
Robinson
|
Computer
Associates International, Inc. |
New
CFO |
Robinson
is senior vice president, finance, will serve in role until new
CFO is found. Robinson joined the company in 1989. Prior to joining
CA, he served as chief financial officer at Cullinet Software, Inc. |
10/8/2003 |
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Steven
C. Smith
|
Greater
Bay Bancorp |
Stepping
down |
Will
resign at year end. Smith, a CPA with almost 30 years of service
to the financial services industry, joined Cupertino National Bancorp
in 1993 and was an integral part of the formation of Greater Bay
Bancorp when Cupertino merged with Mid-Peninsula Bancorp in 1996.
Smith will retire at year end. |
10/7/2003
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Donald
Wilkinson |
Giant
Industries Inc. |
Joined
board
|
Wilkinson
is chairman of Wilkinson O'Grady & Co. Inc., a global asset
management firm in NYC and is also a member of the board of visitors
of the Virginia Military Institute and is chairman of the board
of trustees for the Darden School. |
10/7/2003 |
|
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Dennis
Wood
|
Solectron
Corporation |
Leaving
board |
Resigned
to devote time to his personal business interests. |
10/7/2003 |
|
|
Karen
Dawes |
Genaissance
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
Joined
board
|
Dawes
is currently a principal at Knowledgeable Decisions, a biotech and
pharmaceutical industry consulting group. |
10/7/2003 |
|
|
Fran
Stoller and Stanley Barshay
|
Bed
Bath & Beyond Inc. |
Joined
board |
Stoller
is a Partner in the law firm of Loeb & Loeb LLP, where she serves
as Managing Partner of the firm's New York corporate practice. Barshay
is the Chairman of the Schering-Plough Consumer HealthCare Corporation
where he has responsibility for such brands as Claritin, Coppertone
and Dr. Scholls. |
10/7/2003 |
|
|
Mark
L. Perry
|
IntraBiotics
Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
|
Joined
board
|
Perry
is the executive vice president of operations for Gilead Sciences. |
10/7/2003 |
|
|
Karen
Edwards
|
RedEnvelope
Inc. |
Joined
board |
Edwards,
formerly a marketing executive with Yahoo! Inc., has joined the
board of the online retailer. |
10/6/2003
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|
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Daniel
Bane |
The
Ryland Group Inc. |
Joined
board
|
Bane,
CEO of Trader Joe's Co., has joined the board of the homebuilder. |
10/6/2003
|
|
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John
Rutherfurd Jr.
|
Moody's
Corp. |
New
chairman |
In
addition to his duties as CEO, Rutherfurd has been elected chairman,
succeeding Clifford Alexander Jr., who retired on Oct. 1. |
10/6/2003
|
|
|
Charles
Herington |
NII
Holdings Inc. |
Joined
board
|
Herrington,
CEO of America Online Latin America, has joined the board of the
mobile communications company. |
10/6/2003 |
|
|
Joerg
Agin, Joseph Fischer, and Warren Lieberfarb |
Digital
Theater Systems Inc. |
Joined
board |
Agin
has been appointed as the chair of the company's nominating and
corporate governance committee and will serve on the audit and compensation
committees as well. Fischer has been appointed as the chair of the
audit committee and will also serve on the nominating and corporate
governance committee. |
10/6/2003 |
|
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Rick
Valade |
Schlotzsky's
Inc. |
Stepping
down |
Valade,
the company's CFO, is leaving to pursue other interests. |
10/3/2003 |
|
|
James
Ringler |
NCR
Corp. |
Joined
board |
Ringler,
vice chairman of Illinois Tool Works Inc., has been elected to the
board of the technology company. |
10/3/2003 |
|
|
J.W.
Davis |
The
South Financial Group |
Joined
board
|
Davis,
former CEO of MountainBank, has joined the board of the South Financial
Group as part of MountainBank's merger with the company. |
10/3/2003 |
|
|
Bob
Frankenberg, Ralph Godfrey, and Archie Clemins |
Extended
Systems Inc. |
Joined
board |
Frankenberg
and Godfrey have been appointed as Class II directors to serve until
2006, and Clemins has been appointed as a Class III director to
serve a term expiring in 2004. |
10/2/2003 |
|
|
David
Burner |
Engelhard
Corp. |
Joined
board
|
Burner,
former CEO and chairman of Goodrich Corp., has been elected to the
board of the surface and materials science company. |
10/2/2003 |
|
|
John
Miclot |
Respironics
Inc. |
New
CEO |
Miclot
succeed James Liken at the CEO post; Liken will assume the newly
created role of vice chairman. |
10/2/2003 |
|
|
Warren
Lieberfarb |
SIRIUS |
Joined
board
|
Lieberfarb,
credited as the architect of the DVD, has joined the board of the
satellite radio service company. |
10/2/2003 |
|
|
Ruth
Ann Marshall |
American
Standard Companies Inc. |
Joined
board |
Marshall,
president of MasterCard North America, has been elected to the board
of the air conditioning, plumbing, and vehicle control systems manufacturer. |
10/2/2003
|
|
|
Tim
Barfield |
The
Shaw Group Inc. |
Joined
board
|
Barfield
has been named COO and will also serve on the company's board. |
10/1/2003 |
|
|
Bob
Sasser |
Dollar
Tree Stores Inc. |
New
CEO |
Sasser
has been promoted to CEO of the discount variety store chain. Macon
Brock Jr. will continue to serve as chairman. |
10/1/2003 |
|
|
Daniel
Burnham and Jack Greenberg |
First
Data Corp. |
Joined
board
|
Burnham,
chairman of the board for Raytheon, and Greenberg, the retired CEO
of McDonald's Corp., have joined the board of First Data Corp. |
10/1/2003 |
|
|
Jack
Henry |
SureBeam
Corp. |
Leaving
board |
Henry,
CEO of Sierra Blanca Ventures, is resigning from the board due to
the time demands of other business commitments. He was chairman
of the audit committee and a member of the compensation committee.
|
10/1/2003 |
|
|
C.
Stephen Cordial |
Somera
Communications Inc. |
New
CEO |
Cordial,
the company's CFO, has been appointed to the CEO post. He succeeds
Rick Darnaby, who is leaving the company to pursue other business
opportunities. |
9/30/2003 |
|
|
Meg
Whitman and Jim Schneider |
Gap
Inc. |
Joined
board |
Whitman,
CEO of Ebay, and Schneider, CFO of Dell, have joined the Gap board.
The company also named Bob Martin as lead independent director. |
9/30/2003 |
|
|
Bill
Wheat |
D.R.
Horton Inc. |
New
CFO/board member |
Wheat
has been promoted to CFO and elected to the board of the homebuilder. |
9/30/2003 |
|
|
Sherrill
Hudson |
SportsLine.com
Inc. |
Joined
board |
Hudson,
who retired from Deloitte & Touche last year, will serve as
chairman of the audit committee and qualifies as an audit committee
financial expert. |
9/30/2003 |
|
|
Deborah
Farrington |
Collectors
Universe Inc. |
Joined
board
|
Farrington,
founder and co-chairman of StarVest Partners, a private equity fund,
has joined the board. |
9/30/2003 |
|
|
J.
Kenneth Glass |
FedEx
Corp.
|
Joined
board |
Glass,
the CEO of First Tennessee National Corp., has been elected to the
FedEx board. |
9/29/2003
|
|
|
Thomas
R. Watjen |
UnumProvident
Corp. |
New
CEO |
Watjen,
who has been serving as the company's interim CEO since March, has
been been officially named to the post. |
9/29/2003 |
|
|
Neil
Wilkin |
Optical
Cable Corp. |
New
CEO |
Wilkin,
the company's CFO, has been promoted to CEO and chairman. Tracy
Smith, controller, will succeed Wilkin at the CFO position. |
9/26/2003 |
|
|
Thomas
Stemberg |
CarMax
Inc. |
Joined
board
|
Stemberg,
founder and executive chairman of Staples Inc., has joined the board
of the used car retailer. |
9/26/2003 |
|
|
Eddie
Pearson and John McCauley |
American
Retirement Corp. |
Joined
board |
Pearson,
CEO of DigiScript, and McCauley, an official with Vanderbilt University,
have joined the board of the senior housing and health care services
provider. |
9/25/2003 |
|
|
John
Miles |
Inamed
Corp. |
Joined
board
|
Miles,
CEO of DENTSPLY International Inc., has joined the board of the
healthcare company. |
9/25/2003 |
|
|
Paul
Varga |
Brown-Forman
Corp. |
Joined
board |
Varga,
CEO of Brown-Forman Beverages, has been elected to the board. |
9/25/2003 |
|
|
Daniel
Welsh |
InterMune
Inc. |
New
CEO
|
Welsh,
most recently CEO of Triangle Pharmaceuticals Inc., has been appointed
to the top post at InterMune and has been appointed to the board.
Interim CEO William Ringo will remain chairman. |
9/25/2003 |
|
|
Chuck
Crovitz |
QRS
Corp. |
Joined
board |
Crovitz,
a former exec with Gap Inc., has joined the QRS board. |
9/25/2003 |
|
|
Aylwin
Lewis
|
The
Walt Disney Co. |
Joined
board
|
Lewis,
an executive with Yum! Brands Inc., joins the board as an independent
director, effective January 2004. He is also a board member at Halliburton
Co. |
9/24/2003
|
|
|
Claudia
Morf
|
Jacuzzi
Brands Inc. |
Joined
board |
Morf
served as CFO of Rodale Inc. until 2002. Her appointment brings
the number of directors at Jacuzzi to 10. |
9/24/2003 |
|
|
Gary
Kunkle Jr.
|
DENTSPLY
International Inc.
|
New
CEO |
Kunkle
will take the top post when current CEO John Miles retires at the
end of the year. Miles will remain chairman of the board. |
9/24/2003 |
|
|
Daniel
Villanueva |
Fleetwood
Enterprises Inc. |
Joined
board |
Villanueva,
chairman of a private investment firm and a former NFL player, has
joined the board of the recreational vehicle maker. He fills the
seat vacated by Glenn Kummer, who is retiring. |
9/24/2003 |
|
|
Edward
Bernica |
Energy
West Inc. |
Stepping
down |
Bernica
resigned from the CEO post at the natural gas utility; John Allen,
the company's general counsel, is now the interim CEO. |
9/23/2003 |
|
|
W.
Tennent Houston |
Cornerstone
Realty Income Trust Inc.
|
Joined
board |
Houston,
the managing member of Merry Land Properties LLC, has joined the
board of the REIT. |
9/23/2003 |
|
|
Margaret
Preston
|
McCormick
& Co. |
Joined
board
|
Preston,
executive vice president of Mercantile Safe Deposit & Trust
Co., has joined the spice maker's board. |
9/23/2003 |
|
|
Mac
Tichenor Jr. and Fernando Aguirre |
Univision
Communications Inc. |
Joined
board |
Tichenor,
former CEO of Hispanic Broadcasting, has joined the board as a result
of that company's merger with Univision. Aguirre, an exec with Proctor
& Gamble, has also joined the board. Their additions bring the
board to nine members. |
9/22/2003
|
|
|
Edward Grady
|
Brooks
Automation Inc.
|
Joined
board
|
Grady,
the company's COO, has been elected to the board. |
9/23/2003 |
|
|
James
McCaslin |
Maytag
Corp. |
Joined
board |
McCaslin,
the COO of Harley-Davidson Motor Co., has joined the board of the
appliance maker. |
9/23/2003 |
|
|
Stephen Smith
|
The Med-Design Corp.
|
Joined
board
|
Smith,
a nephew of the late President John F. Kennedy, has joined the board
of the safety needle developer. |
9/23/2003 |
|
|
James
Irish |
American
Technology Corp. |
Stepping
down |
Irish
has resigned as CEO and a director by mutual agreement with the
board of directors. |
9/22/2003 |
|
|
George
Williams |
Allied
Capital Corp. |
Leaving
board |
Williams
is retiring from the board. |
9/22/2003 |
|
|
Michael
Chesser |
Great
Plains Energy Inc. |
New
CEO |
Chesser
has been named chairman and CEO and will succeed Bernie Beaudoin,
who will retire at the end of December. |
9/22/2003 |
|
|
Christopher
Galvin |
Motorola
Inc. |
Stepping
down |
Galvin,
the grandson of the company's founder, announced that he would step
down as CEO, citing differences with the board. |
9/20/2003 |
|
|
Abe
Reichental |
3D
Systems Corp. |
New
CEO |
Reichental
has been named CEO and director of the solid imaging company. |
9/19/2003
|
|
|
Helmut
Panke and Charles Noski |
Microsoft
Corp.
|
Nominated
to board |
Microsoft
announced that it is nominating Panke, chairman of the board at
BMW, and Noski, former AT&T vice chairman, for election at its
annual meeting in November. |
9/19/2003 |
|
|
Carly
Fiorina |
Cisco
Systems Inc. |
Stepping
down |
Fiorina
will step down from the Cisco board in November. According to Cisco,
Fiorina chose not to stand for re-election. |
9/18/2003 |
|
|
James
Wainscott |
AK
Steel Corp. |
Interim
CEO |
Wainscott,
the company's CFO, has been appointed interim CEO in the wake of
resignations by CEO Richard Wardrop Jr. and president John Hritz.
The board has begun a search for a permanent CEO. |
9/18/2003 |
|
|
Thomas
Middelhoff |
The
New York Times Co. |
Joined
board |
Middlehoff
is head of Europe for corporate investment at Investcorp and joins
the board of the media company. |
9/18/2003
|
|
|
Kim
Robak |
Fiserv
Inc. |
Joined
board
|
Robak,
the former lieutenant governor of Nebraska, has joined the Fiserv
board. |
9/18/2003 |
|
|
Steven
Rowley |
Centex
Construction Products Inc.
|
New
CEO
|
Rowley,
the company's COO, has been promoted to CEO and has been elected
to the board. |
9/18/2003
|
|
|
Cynthia
Feldman |
Hanger
Orthopedic Group Inc. |
Joined
board
|
Feldman,
a former partner with KPMG, has been elected to the board of Hanger,
a provider of orthotic and prosthetic patient care services. |
9/18/2003
|
|
|
David
Young/Barry Phelps |
Somera
Communications Inc. |
Joined
board/new chairman |
Young,
the audit committee chairman of Financial Executives International,
has joined the board of Somera, a provider of network equipment
asset management solutions. In separate news, Phelps, a director
since 1999, has been named chairman of the board. |
9/18/2003
|
|
|
Kevin
Hunt and David Skarie |
Ralcorp
Holdings Inc. |
Co-CEOs
|
Hunt
and Skarie have been named co-CEOs of the company, replacing Joe
Micheletto, who will retire as CEO but will remain a director. |
9/18/2003 |
|
|
John
Rossi |
Omnivision
Technologies Inc. |
New
CFO |
Rossi,
a board member, succeeds retiring CFO H. Gene McCown. |
9/17/2003 |
|
|
Ronald
Sugar |
Northrop
Grumman Corp. |
New
chairman |
Sugar,
the CEO, will serve as chairman when the current chairman, Kent
Kresa, steps down on Oct. 1. |
9/17/2003 |
|
|
Trevor
Fetter |
Tenet
Healthcare |
New
CEO |
Fetter,
the former acting CEO, has been named CEO and given a seat on the
board of the hospital chain. |
9/17/2003 |
|
|
Sue
Billat |
PDF
Solutions Inc. |
Joined
board
|
Billat,
principal of Benchmark Strategy, has joined the board of PDF Solutions. |
9/17/2003 |
|
|
C.
Ray Holman |
RehabCare
Group Inc. |
Joined
board |
Holman,
the former CEO of Mallinckrodt Inc., has joined the board of the
rehabilitation program management provider. |
9/17/2003 |
|
|
Robert
B. Lockhart |
Hilb
Rogal and Hamilton Co. |
Joined
board
|
Lockhart,
the company's COO, has joined the board of the insurance and risk
management company. |
9/17/2003
|
|
|
Raymond
Cohen |
Cardiac
Science Inc.
|
New
chairman |
Cohen,
the company's CEO, has been elected chairman. The former chairman,
Howard Evers, has been elected COO and will remain a member of the
board. IN addition, two medical-device executives--Jeffrey O'Donnell,
CEO of PhotoMedex Inc., and Bruce Barclay, CEO of Vascular Architects
Inc--have joined the board. |
9/17/2003 |
|
|
George
de Urioste |
Rainmaker
Systems Inc.
|
Joined
board
|
de
Urioste replaces James Richardson and will serve as chairman of
the audit committee. He is the CFO of Savi Technology. |
9/17/2003
|
|
|
Geoffrey
Ribar |
Asyst
Technologies Inc.
|
Departing
CFO
|
Ribar
is leaving the company to pursue personal and business interests,
the company said. |
9/16/2003
|
|
|
Terrance
Bruggeman |
SureBeam
Corp. |
New
CEO |
Bruggeman
has been elected to the CEO post, and the company has announced
that it will begin a review of its businesses following slower-than-expected
growth. |
9/16/2003 |
|
|
Charles
Gallagher |
NTL
Inc.
|
Joined
board |
Gallagher
is CFO of Viewpointe Archive Services, a provider of digital check
imaging and archiving, and joins NTL as a non-executive director. |
9/16/2003 |
|
|
Stephen
Snider
|
T-3
Energy Services Inc.
|
Joined
board
|
Snider,
CEO of Universal Compression Holdings Inc., has joined the board
of T-3, which provides products and services to customers in the
oil and gas industry. |
9/16/2003 |
|
|
Scott
Tarriff/Mark Auerbach |
Pharmaceutical
Resources Inc. |
New
CEO/chairman
|
At
the CEO position, Tarriff replaces Ken Sawyer, who retired in July.
Auerbach has been the company's lead outside director since July;
he is the CFO of Central Lewmar L.P. |
9/16/2003 |
|
|
Robert
Turner |
Crown
Financial Group |
New
CFO |
Turner
will join the company as CFO and treasurer and has also been elected
to the position of vice chairman. |
9/16/2003 |
|
|
John
Rose |
Eli
Lilly and Co. |
Joined
board |
Rose,
the CEO of Rolls-Royce Group, has been elected to the board of the
drug maker. |
9/16/2003
|
|
|
J.
Livingston Kosberg and Dennis McCuistion |
ACS |
Joined
board
|
The
two new board members are independent, the company said, giving
ACS a majority of independent directors. |
9/15/2003 |
|
|
Howard
Pien |
Chiron
Corp.
|
New
chairman
|
Pien,
the company's CEO, will succeed Sean Lance as chairman of the board.
Lance intends to retire at the annual meeting in May 2004. |
9/15/2003 |
|
|
Bami
Mastani, Steven Bilodeau, and Garry McGuire |
Globespan
Virata Inc. |
Joined
board
|
While
adding Mastani, Bilodeau, and McGuire to the board, the company
has also accepted the resignations of James Coulter and Hermann
Hauser. The changes bring the total number of board members to eight. |
9/12/2003 |
|
|
Steven
Fischer |
Mechanical
Technology Inc.
|
Joined
board |
Fischer
will serve as the audit committee chairman, according to the company.
He is chairman of Urbach Kahn & Werlin Advisors Inc. |
9/12/2003
|
|
|
Neil
Harrison |
The
Hain Celestial Group
|
Joined
board
|
Harrison,
an executive with Heinz, has joined the board of the snack-food
company. |
9/12/2003 |
|
|
Len
Hendrickson |
BioSource
International Inc.
|
Stepping
down |
Hendrickson,
the company's CEO, has taken an indefinite medical disability leave
of absence. The board has appointed director Robert Weltman as interim
Ceo while it searches for a long-term replacement. |
9/11/2003
|
|
|
David
A. Jones
|
Pentair
|
Joined
board
|
Jones,
CEO of Rayovac Corp., has joined the board of the Minnesota-based
manufacturer. |
9/11/2003 |
|
|
May
Ann Gray |
Telik
Inc.
|
Joined
board |
Gray,
president of a biotechnology strategic planning and advisory firm,
has joined the board of Telik, a drug development company. |
9/11/2003
|
|
|
Zachary
Leonard
|
MarketWatch.com
Inc.
|
Joined
board
|
Leonard,
a managing director with the Financial Times, has been named to
the board of the multimedia business publisher. |
9/10/2003 |
|
|
Alfred
C. Koeppe |
New
Jersey Resources Corp.
|
Joined
board |
Koeppe,
the retiring COO of Public Service Electric and Gas Co., has joined
the NJR board. |
9/10/2003 |
|
|
Michael
Goldberg and John Poling |
Kreisler
Manufacturing Corp.
|
Joined
board
|
Goldberg,
CEO of Rx Medical Services, and Poling, a partner with Tatum CFO
Partners, have joined the Kreisler board. Both qualify as audit
committee financial experts, according to the company. |
9/10/2003 |
|
|
Robert
Tieken |
Graphic
Packaging Corp.
|
Joined
board |
Tieken
is the CFO at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Graphic Packaging Corp.
is a provider of paperboard packaging solutions. |
9/10/2003 |
|
|
Thomas
Kelly
|
FEI
Co.
|
Joined
board
|
Kelly,
the CEO and chairman of BlueStar Solutions, has joined the board
of the nanotechnology company. |
9/10/2003
|
|
|
John
Faraci |
International
Paper
|
New
CEO/chairman
|
Faraci
replaces John Dillon, who will retire as the company's CEO and chairman
on Oct. 31, 2003. |
9/9/2003 |
|
|
R.
Andrew Eckert |
Chordiant
Software Inc.
|
Joined
board
|
Eckert,
CEO of Docent Inc., has been appointed to the board and will fill
the position being vacated by Bill Ford, who is stepping down at
the end of the quarter. |
9/5/2003
|
|
|
Michael
O'Reilly |
The
Chubb Corp.
|
Joined
board |
O'Reilly,
the CFO, has been elected to the board. |
9/5/2003
|
|
|
Donn
Wilson |
8x8
Inc.
|
Joined
board
|
Wilson
will serve as a member of the audit and compensation committees
at 8x8, which markets semiconductors and software that enable voice
and video communication over IP networks. |
9/5/2003
|
|
|
Janice
Teal |
Arch
Chemicals |
Joined
board
|
Teal,
the chief science officer at Avon Products Inc., has been elected
to the board of the chemical company. |
9/4/2003
|
|
|
Renee
Hornbaker |
Eastman
Chemical Co. |
Joined
board
|
Hornbaker,
CFO of Flowserve Corp., has joined the board, increasing its size
from nine to 10 members. Eastman manufactures and markets chemicals,
fibers, and plastics. |
9/4/2003 |
|
|
Andrea
Camerana |
Fossil
Inc.
|
Joined
board |
Camerana
is vice president of marketing and licensing of the Armani Group,
which has a licensing agreement with Fossil. The company's 10-member
board includes five members of management and five independent directors,
according to the company. |
9/4/2003
|
|
|
Thomas
McDade |
El
Paso Corp. |
Leaving
board
|
McDade
has resigned from the El Paso board, reducing the number of directors
to 12. |
9/4/2003 |
|
|
Robert
Ruscher |
Salix
Pharmaceuticals
|
Leaving
board
|
Ruscher,
the company's chairman, will leave Salix by the end of the year
and make way for John Chappell, a former senior executive with SmithKline
Beecham. |
9/3/2003
|
|
|
Charles
Grako |
UnionBancorp
Inc. |
Stepping
down |
Charles
Grako has resigned as CEO of the company in order to pursue other
avenues, the company said. Dewey Yaeger will serve as interim CEO
while the company conducts a search for his successor. |
9/3/2003
|
|
|
Barry
Teague |
Post
Properties Inc.
|
Leaving
board
|
Teague,
who serves on the audit and nominating committees, said in a statement
that he is resigning to avoid potential conflicts of interest; he
is a "significant unitholder" of Post Apartment Homes
L.P., the operating partnership that holds the company's assets,
and wants to be in a position to make offers on certain properties
that the company is preparing to sell. |
9/3/2003
|
|
|
Bill
Graves
. |
International
Speedway Corp.
|
Joined
board
|
Graves,
the former governor of Kansas and the CEO of the American Trucking
Association, has joined the board of the motorsports operator. |
9/3/2003 |
|
|
Robert
Johnson |
Phelps
Dodge Corp.
|
Joined
board |
Johnson,
CEO of Honeywell Aerospace, has joined the board of the copper producer. |
9/3/2003
|
|
|
Seong-Hoon
Hong |
Nara
Bancorp Inc. |
New
CEO
|
Hong,
former CEO of Asiana Bank, has replaced Benjamin Hong as president
and CEO of Nara Bancorp. Benjamin Hong will continue to serve as
a director of the company. |
9/3/2003
|
|
|
Ajay
Shah |
Solectron
Corp.
|
Leaving
board
|
Shah
has resigned in order to devote more time to his business interests
and investments, according to the company. |
9/2/2003
|
|
|
Brian
Hayden |
Bone
Care International Inc.
|
New
CFO
|
Hayden
has been named CFO, effective Oct. 1, and will replace Robert Beckman. |
9/2/2003
|
|
|
James
F. Clingman Jr. |
CarMax
Inc.
|
Joined
board |
Clingman,
retired COO of the H.E. Butt Grocery Co., has been elected to the
board of the used car retailer. |
9/2/2003
|
|
|
David
Harrison |
National
Oilwell Inc. |
Joined
board |
Harrison,
CFO of Pentair, has joined the board of the oil and gas drilling
equipment manufacturer. |
8/31/2003
|
|
|
David
Feldman |
Super
Vision International Inc. |
Joined
board |
Feldman,
president of Cooper Lighting, has been elected to the board. Cooper
Lighting is a shareholder of SuperVision International. |
8/29/2003
|
|
|
Nancy
Pedot/Franklin Johnson |
Party
City Corp.
|
Stepping
down/Joined board
|
Pedot,
the company's acting CEO, has informed the company that she does
not wish to be considered for the CEO position on a permanent basis.
She will remain as acting CEO until a successor is named and will
serve on the board afterwards. Franklin R. Johnson has also been
named to the board and will serve as the audit committee financial
expert. |
8/29/2003 |
|
|
W.
Grant Gregory, Judity Haberkorn, Laurence Harris, Eric Holder, and
David Matlin |
MCI
|
Joined
board |
The
five new members increase the total number of directors at MCI to
nine. The new board appointments will become effective on the day
the company formally emerges from bankruptcy protection. |
8/29/2003
|
|
|
Richard
Haddock and Christopher Dyball |
Drexler
Technology Corp.
|
New
CEOs
|
Haddock
and Dyball have been promoted to co-CEOs of the company. The two
replace Jerome Drexler, 75, who has been CEO since founding the
company and will continue to serve as chairman. |
8/28/2003
|
|
|
M.
Walker Rast |
EarthShell
Corp.
|
Joined
board |
Rast,
former CEO of Keyes Fibre Corp., has joined the board of EarthShell,
a company that licenses technology for the manufacture of foodservice
packaging. |
8/27/2003
|
|
|
Richard
Marcantonio |
G&K
Services Inc.
|
New
CEO
|
Marcantonio
replaces Thomas Moberly, who was diagnosed with a rare blood disorder
two years ago, which spurred the board to accelerate its succession
plan. Moberly will serve out his current term on the board and will
work with Marcantonio over the next four months to help with the
transition. |
8/27/2003
|
|
|
Shelia
Mahony |
Cablevision
Systems Corp.
|
Leaving
board
|
Mahony,
the only woman on the board of directors and the company's executive
vice president for communications, government and public affairs,
will retire Jan. 2. |
8/27/2003 |
|
|
James
C. Reagan |
American
Management Systems Inc.
|
New
CFO |
Reagan
replaces John S. Brittain Jr., who is leaving to pursue other interests,
according to the company. |
8/27/2003 |
|
|
Lance
Isham |
Polo
Ralph Lauren Corp.
|
Leaving
board
|
Isham
will retire from the company in March 2004. |
8/26/2003 |
|
|
Zoe
Baird and David Whitwam
. |
Convergys
Corp.
|
Joined
board
|
Baird,
president of the Markle Foundation, and Whitwam, CEO of Whirlpool
Corp., have been elected to the Convergys board. |
8/26/2003 |
|
|
Ted
Wood |
King
Pharmaceuticals Inc.
|
Joined
board
|
Wood's
appointment fills the vacancy created by the decision of James Gregory
to resign to pursue other opportunities. |
8/26/2003
|
|
|
Carl
G. Anderson Jr. |
Carpenter
Technology Group
|
Joined
board |
Anderson's
election reflects retirements from Carpenter's board, which had
10 directors before Anderson's election, according to the company.
Anderson will become chairman and CEO on September 1, when founder
Marlin Miller Jr. retires. |
8/25/2003
|
|
|
Harry
J. Phillips Jr. |
Cornell
Companies Inc.
|
New
CEO
|
Phillips
has been serving as executive chairman since February and will remain
chairman, but the board also decided to name an independent lead
director and expects that role to be finalized by the end of the
year. |
8/25/2003
|
|
|
Thomas
Flahie |
eUniverse
|
New
CFO
|
Flahie,
a former executive with Balance Bar, has been named CFO for the
interactive entertainment network. |
8/25/2003
|
|
|
Gregory
Parseghian |
Freddie
Mac
|
Stepping
down
|
The
mortgage financing giant is removing Parseghian from the CEO post
after being ordered to do so by its regulator, the Office of Federal
Housing Enterprise Oversight. |
8/22/2003
|
|
|
John
Kang |
Liquidmetal
Technologies Inc.
|
New
chairman
|
Kang,
the company's CEO, has been elected chairman and succeeds James
Kang, who is stepping down. |
8/22/2003
|
|
|
William
Colombo |
Gibraltar
|
Joined
board
|
Colombo,
COO of Dick's Sporting Goods Inc., has been appointed to the board
of Gibraltar a metal processor and manufacturer of steel and metal
products. |
8/22/2003
|
|
|
Michael
Bennett and Ann Newhall |
Alliant
Energy Corp.
|
Joined
board |
Bennett,
CEO of Terra Industries Inc., and Newhall, COO of Rural Cellular
Corp., bring the total number of directors at the energy services
provider to 12. |
8/22/2003
|
|
|
James
Stoffel |
Harris
Corp.
|
Joined
board
|
Stoffel,
chief technical officer for Eastman Kodak Co., has been elected
to the Harris board. |
8/22/2003
|
|
|
Mike
Volpi and Mike Homer |
Opsware
Inc.
|
Joined
board |
Volpi,
a Cisco executive, and Homer, CEO of Kontiki, have joined the Opsware
board as independent directors. |
8/21/2003 |
|
|
David
Rynne and Peter Simone |
Zoran
Corp.
|
Joined
board
|
Rynne
and Simone, former directors at Oak Technology Inc., have joined
the board following Zoran's acquisition of Oak Technology. |
8/21/2003
|
|
|
Jeff
Sagansky |
Paxson
Communications Corp.
|
Leaving
board
|
Sagansky
has resigned from the board to explore job opportunities in the
broadcast industry, the company said. Sagansky is a reported candidate
to become CEO of Vivendi Universal Entertainment if its parent company
opts to take it public. |
8/20/2003
|
|
|
George
E. Deese |
Flowers
Foods
|
New
CEO
|
Deese
has been elected CEO effective Jan. 4, 2004. Amos McMullian will
retire as CEO but will serve as non-executive chairman of the board. |
8/20/2003
|
|
|
Charles
Boyer |
Veritec
Inc.
|
Joined
board |
Boyer
is currently the COO of Tech Logic Corp. Veritec is a developer
of coding software. |
8/20/2003
|
|
|
Gary
Drook |
NorthWestern
Corp.
|
New
CEO
|
Drook
was elected interim CEO in January and has been guiding the company
through its turnaround efforts. H was previously CEO of AFFINA Inc. |
8/20/2003
|
|
|
Baxter
F. Phillips Jr. |
Massey
Energy Co.
|
New
CFO
|
Phillips
replaces Kennety Stockel, who has resigned due to family considerations. |
8/20/2003
|
|
|
Warren
F. Bryant |
Longs
Drug Stores
|
New
chairman |
Bryant,
the company's CEO, has been elected chairman of the board. He succeeds
Robert M. Long, who will remain on the board as chairman emeritus.
Donald Sorby, an independent director, will remain lead director. |
8/20/2003
|
|
|
David
Thompson/Steven Brooks and Jeffrey Harris
|
Proxim
Corp.
|
New
CFO/Joined board
|
Thompson
replaced Keith Glover. Brooks is managing director of Broadview
Capital Partners, and Harris is managing director at Warburg Pincus. |
8/20/2003
|
|
|
Peter
Scherer |
TCF
Financial Corp. |
Joined
board
|
Scherer,
CEO of Scherer Bros. Lumber Co., has joined the board of the Minnesota-based
financial holding company. |
8/12/2003
|
|
|
Larry
Ellberger
|
AVANT
Immuno-therapeutics Inc. |
Joined
board |
Ellberger,
a former executive with Powderject Pharmaceuticals, has joined the
AVANT board. He currently serves as chair of the audit committee
of PDI, Inc. |
8/12/2003
|
|
|
J.
Terrence Lanni |
KB
Home |
Joined
board
|
Lanni,
chairman and CEO of MGM MIRAGE, has been elected a director of the
homebuilder. |
8/12/2003
|
|
|
Kirbyjon
Caldwell/ Steven Miller |
Reliant
Resources Inc. |
Joined
board |
Caldwell,
a pastor in Houston, and Miller, chairman and president of SLM Discovery
Ventures, have joined the board. The two are classified as Class
I directors whose terms expire in 2006, according to the company. |
8/12/2003
|
|
|
Dr.
Ker Zhang |
interWAVE |
Joined
board
|
Zhang,
the current CEO of VIA Telecom, has joined the board of the network
solutions provider. |
8/12/2003
|
|
|
Charles
Hull |
3D
Systems Corp. |
Interim
CEO |
Co-founder
Charles Hull has been named interim CEO, and Kevin McNamara has
been named acting CFO. Brian Service has decided to resign from
his positions as officer and director immediately. |
8/11/2003
|
|
|
David
Barram/ Maureen McNichols |
NetIQ
Corp. |
Lead
director/ Joined board |
Barram
has been appointed lead independent director and McNichols has joined
the board. The company also announced that Doug Erwin will resign
from the board, effective immediately. |
8/11/2003
|
|
|
Enoch
Dawkins |
Superior
Energy Services Inc. |
Joined
board |
Dawkins,
a former executive with Murphy Exploration and Production Co., brings
the total number of directors to seven, four of which are independent,
according to the company. |
8/11/2003
|
|
|
David
T. Gibbons/ Peter Formanek |
The
Perrigo Co. |
New
chairman/ Lead director |
Gibbons,
the company's CEO, has been elected chairman, succeeding Michael
Jandernoa, who will remain adirector. The board also elected Formanek
as lead independent director and announced the retirement of L.R.
Jalenak Jr. and the election of Laurie Brlas to the board. |
8/11/2003
|
|
|
Mark
Rajkowski |
Performance
Tech |
Joined
board |
Rajkowski,
an executive with Kodak, has joined the board of Performance Technologies,
a networking equipment manufacturer. |
8/11/2003
|
|
|
Armando
Anido |
Adolor
Corp. |
Joined
board
|
Anido,
an executive with MedImmune Inc., has joined the board of the biopharmaceutical
company. |
8/11/2003
|
|
|
George
Reyes |
BEA
Systems Inc. |
Joined
board |
Reyes,
the CFO of Google, has joined the board of the software company. |
8/11/2003
|
|
|
Timothy
M. Ring |
C.R.
Bard Inc. |
New
CEO |
Ring
succeeds William H. Longfield as chairman and CEO of the medical
technology company. Longfield will remain on the board. |
8/8/2003
|
|
|
Hugh
J. Murphy/ Thomas R. Beecher Jr. |
Albany
International
|
Joined
board/ Lead director |
The
addition of Murphy increases the number of directors to 12. Beecher,
the longest-tenured director of the company, will act as liaison
between the board and CEO, facilitate communication among the directors,
and chair the meetings of non-management directors, the company
said. |
8/8/2003
|
|
|
George
J. Harad |
The
Dial Corp. |
Joined
board
|
Harad,
chairman and CEO of Boise Cascade Corp., has been named to the Dial
board, joining nine current members. |
8/7/2003
|
|
|
William
B. Lawrence |
Brush
Engineered |
Joined
board |
Lawrence
was general counsel and secretary for Materials Inc. TRW Inc. before
its sale to Northrop Grumman Corp. He has served on the board of
Ferro Corp. since 1999. |
8/7/2003
|
|
|
Doug
Neugold |
ATMI
Inc. |
Joined
board
|
Neugold
has been appointed to the company's board and has been named chief
operating officer of the company. ATMI provides specialty materials
and related equipment and services to the semiconductor industry. |
8/6/2003
|
|
|
F.
William Barnett/ Philip Guarascio |
Papa
John's Int’l
|
Joined
board |
Barnett, a recently retired consultant with McKinsey & Company
Inc., and Guarascio, who retired as vice president of advertising
and corporate marketing for General Motors in 2000, have joined
the pizza chain's board. |
8/6/2003
|
|
|
Dr.
Edward Bersoff/ Edward J. Smith |
Fargo
Electronics Inc. |
Joined
board
|
Bersoff
has been appointed to the governance committee and Smith has been
appointed to the compensation committee. With the additions, Fargo's
board now has eight members, including seven outside directors,
according to the company. |
8/5/2003
|
|
|
Don
Correll |
Pennichuck
Corp. |
New
CEO |
Correll,
former chairman and CEO of United Water, replaces Dr. John Kreick
as CEO of Pennichuck. Kreick will continue to serve as chairman. |
8/5/2003
|
|
|
Vincent
J. Milano/ Gregory G. Schott |
Verticalnet
Inc. |
Joined
board
|
Milano
and Schott will both serve on the company's audit committee, which
Milano will chair. |
8/5/2003
|
|
|
Dr.
Bruce S. Appelbaum/ John N. Seitz |
Input/Output
Inc. |
Joined
board |
With
the appointment of Appelbaum and Seitz, Input/Output now has seven
directors, six of whom are independent as defined by the NYSE, according
to the company. |
8/5/2003
|
|
|
William
S. McCalmont |
ACE
Cash Express Inc. |
New
CFO |
McCalmont
was previously a founding member and principal with The Turtle Creek
Group. ACE Cash Express is the largest owner, operator, and franchiser
of check-cashing stores in the U.S. |
8/5/2003
|
|
|
Dan
McCranie/ Robert H. Smith |
Virage
Logic Corp. |
Joined
board |
McCranie
joins the board as chairman and Smith joins as a board member. McCranie
also serves as chairman of ON Semiconductor and Xicor, and he holds
a directorshipwith ASAT Holdings Limited. Smith serves on the boards
of Cirrus Logic Inc., PLX Technology, and Epicor. |
8/5/2003
|
|
|
Brad
McWilliams |
McDermott
International Inc. |
Joined
board
|
McWilliams,
former CFO for Cooper Industries, will be a member of the audit
and compensation committees. |
8/4/2003
|
|
|
Bruce
Claflin |
AMD
|
Joined
board |
Claflin,
president and CEO of 3Com Corp., has been appointed to the AMD board.
He also serves on the board of Time Warner Telecom. |
8/4/2003
|
|
|
Martin
Dietrich |
NBT
Bancorp Inc.
|
Future
CEO
|
Dietrich,
the company's COO, will be promoted to CEO of the company on Jan.
1, 2006. Daryl Forsythe, the current CEO, will remain chairman.
Dietrich will also be appointed to the board, effective Jan. 1,
2005. |
8/1/2003
|
|
|
Pirkko
H. Borland |
Cascade
Natural Gas Corp.
|
Joined
board |
Borland,
a CPA, will serve on Cascade's audit and pension committee. |
8/1/2003
|
|
|
Dato
Wan Malek Ibrahim |
World
Airways
|
Leaving
board
|
Ibrahim
cited health reasons for tendering his resignation. The board will
discuss a replacement for him at the August 7 board meeting.
|
8/1/2003
|
|
|
Bruce
Byrnes/Lawrence Bouman |
Cincinnati
Bell Inc.
|
Joined
board/Leaving board
|
Byrnes,
an executive with Proctor and Gamble, has joined the board, while
Bouman is resigning. |
7/31/2003
|
|
|
John
M Berra |
Ryder
System Inc.
|
Joined
board
|
Berra
is president of Emerson Process Management and has been elected
to the Ryder board. |
7/31/2003
|
|
|
Frank
McCormick |
Exelixis
Inc.
|
Joined
board |
McCormick,
a cancer research specialist with the University of California,
San Francisco, has joined the board, and Peter Stradler has resigned
from the board. Exelixis is a drug discovery company. |
7/31/2003
|
|
|
Philip
Schulz |
Olin
Corp.
|
Joined
board
|
Schulz,
formerly a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers, has joined the board
of the manufacturer. |
7/30/2003
|
|
|
Robert
J. Clanin |
Serologicals
Corp.
|
Joined
board |
Clanin,
the former CFO of United Parcel Service (UPS), also serves on the
boards of Caraustar Industries Inc., CP Ships LTD., John H. Harland
Co., Transplace.com, and he is chairman of Overseas Partners Ltd. |
7/30/2003
|
|
|
T.
Curtis Holmes |
MetaSolv
|
New
CEO
|
Holmes,
the company's COO, has been named CEO. Founder and current CEO James
Janicki has been appointed chairman of the board. |
7/30/2003
|
|
|
Dennis
Wolf |
Vitria
|
Joined
board |
Wolf
is the CFO for Omnicell and will serve as chair of the audit committee
for Vitria, a provider of business process integration services. |
7/30/2003
|
|
|
William
Albertini |
Airgas
Inc.
|
Joined
board
|
Albertini,
who served as CFO of Bell Atlantic Global Wireless Inc. until his
retirement in 1999, has joined the board of the gas distributor. |
7/29/2003
|
|
|
Lloyd
Carney |
Micromuse
Inc.
|
New
CEO
|
Most
recently an executive vice president with Juniper Networks, Carney
has been appointed CEO and chairman of Micromuse. |
7/29/2003
|
|
|
Dr.
Solomon Aronson |
Medwave
Inc.
|
Joined
board
|
Aronson,
a professor at the University of Chicago, joins the Medwave board
effective August 7. |
7/29/2003
|
|
|
R.
Scott Greer |
Sirna
Therapeutics
|
Joined
board |
Greer,
chairman of the board of Abgenix, has joined the Sirna board, bringing
the total number of members to six. |
7/29/2003
|
|
|
Dr.
Thomas Monahan
|
Ariba
Inc.
|
Joined
board
|
Monahan,
an accounting professor at Villanova University, has joined the
board of Ariba. |
7/29/2003
|
|
|
Gregory
Santora
|
Align
Technology Inc.
|
Joined
board |
Retired
Intuit CFO Santora has joined the board and will serve as chairman
of the audit committee. Align Technologies manufactures Invisalign,
a method of straightening teeth without wires or brackets. |
7/29/2003
|
|
|
Anthony
Nicolosi
|
Super
Vision International Inc.
|
Joined
board
|
Nicolosi,
the COO for Volvo Finance North America, has been elected to the
board of Super Vision. |
7/28/2003
|
|
|
John
Cassidy
|
Cincinnati
Bell Inc.
|
New
CEO
|
Cassidy,
previously the company's COO, has been named CEO. |
7/28/2003
|
|
|
Donald
Fusilli Jr.
|
RTI
International Metals Inc.
|
Joined
board
|
Fusilli,
the president and CEO of Michael Baker Corp., has been elected to
the RTI board. |
7/28/2003
|
|
|
Ivor
J. Evans
|
Textron
Inc.
|
Joined
board |
Evans,
COO of Union Pacific Railroad, has joined the Textron board. |
7/28/2003
|
|
|
Paul
Reyelts
|
Banta
Corp.
|
Joined
board
|
Reyelts,
CFO of The Valspar Corp., has joined the Banta board. His election
brings the total number of board members to 10. |
7/28/2003
|
|
|
John
Ryan and William Freeman
|
CIT
Group Inc.
|
Joined
board
|
Ryan,
president of the SUNY Maritime College, and Freeman, president of
the public communications group of Verizon Communications, have
joined the CIT board. |
7/28/2003
|
|
|
William
L Davis
|
RR
Donnelley
|
Stepping
down
|
Davis,
the chairman and CEO, announced his plans to retire from the company.
The board is conducting a search for his successor. |
7/28/2003
|
|
|
John
Wiehoff
|
Donaldson
Co.
|
Joined
board
|
Wiehoff,
the CEO of C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc., will serve on the corporate
governance and audit committees. Donaldson is a provider of filtration
systems and replacement parts. |
7/25/2003
|
|
|
Marty
Kaplan |
Tekelec |
Joined
board |
Kaplan,
chairman of JDS Uniphase, has joined the Tekelec board. |
7/24/2003 |
|
|
Michael
Ferrara
|
X-Rite
Inc.
|
New
CEO
|
Ferrara
has been appointed as the company's new CEO and has also joined
the board. |
7/24/2003 |
|
|
Frederick
Ball
|
Electro
Scientific Industries Inc.
|
Joined
board
|
Ball
has joined the board of the electronic equipment manufacturer. |
7/24/2003
|
|
|
Graham
Savage and Hon. Raymond G.H. Seitz
|
Hollinger
International
|
Joined
board |
Savage
and Seitz have joined the board and will serve on the special committee
conducting an investigation into the company's governance, which
is being led by former SEC chairman Richard Breeden. |
7/24/2003
|
|
|
Lynette
Boggs McDonald
|
Station
Casinos Inc.
|
Joined
board
|
Boggs
McDonald, a Las Vegas councilwoman, will replace Tim Poster, who
recently resigned his position on the company's board. |
7/24/2003
|
|
|
Eran
Broshy
|
Neurogen
Corp.
|
Joined
board |
Broshy,
the CEO of Ventiv Health, has been named to the board of the drug
discovery and development company. |
7/24/2003
|
|
|
Jeffrey
M. Peek
|
CIT
Group Inc.
|
Future
CEO
|
Wall
Street veteran Peek has left CSFB to become COO at CIT Group and
has been named as a successor to CEO Albert Gamper. |
7/23/2003
|
|
|
A.W.
Dahlberg
|
SunTrust
|
Leaving
board
|
Dahlberg
resigned from the board due to a conflict of interest--SunTrust
participated in a credit line to Mirant, where Dahlberg serves as
chairman and which has filed for bankruptcy. The SunTrust board
is now at 14 members. |
7/23/2003
|
|
|
Ken
Tamblyn
|
Gulf
Island Fabrication Inc.
|
Joined
board
|
Tamblyn
will serve as an independent director on the board's audit committee,
the company said. He also serves on the board of Offshore Logistics
Inc. |
7/23/2003
|
|
|
Barry
Rowan/James Perry
|
Nextel
Partners Inc.
|
New
CFO/Joined board
|
Rowan
will join the company's senior management team on August 18. Perry
is a managing director of Madison Dearborn Partners, which he co-founded
in 1993. |
7/23/2003
|
|
|
Mark
Slaven
|
Terayon
Communication Systems Inc.
|
Joined
board
|
Slaven,
CFO for 3Com Corp., will serve on the company's audit committee. |
7/23/2003
|
|
|
Judy
Bruner
|
Ciphergen
Biosystems Inc.
|
Joined
board |
Bruner,
the CFO of Palm Inc., has joined the board and will also chair Ciphergen's
audit committee. |
7/23/2003
|
|
|
Thomas
Rohrs and Chet Silvestri
|
Magma
Design Automation Inc.
|
Joined
board
|
Rohrs
and Silvestri have joined the board of Magma, a provider of chip
design solutions. |
7/22/2003
|
|
|
Edward
Kangas
|
Tenet
Healthcare Corp.
|
New
chairman
|
Kangas,
an independent director and the former chairman and CEO of Deloitte
Touche Tohmatsu, has been elected as non-executive chairman. |
7/22/2003
|
|
|
Gideon
Argov and Stanley Stern
|
Fundtech
|
New
chairman/joined board
|
Argov,
managing director of Parthenon Capital, has been named chairman,
and Stern, head of investment banking for C.E. Unterberg, Towbin,
has been named to the board. |
7/22/2003
|
|
|
Stephen
C. Patrick
|
Arrow
Electronics
|
Joined
board |
Patrick,
the CFO of Colgate-Palmolive Co., will serve as an independent board
member. |
7/22/2003
|
|
|
Kenton
Sicchitano
|
MetLife
Inc.
|
Joined
board
|
With
the addition of Sicchitano, a former managing partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers,
the board will have 15 members, the company said. Sicchitano is
also a board member at PerkinElmer Inc. and Analog Devices. |
7/22/2003
|
|
|
Deborah
Miller and Carlos Duno
|
Libbey
Inc.
|
Joined
board |
Miller
is the CEO of Enterprise Catalyst group, an technology consulting
firm, and Duno is the chairman and CEO of Clean Fuels Technology.
The board now numbers nine members, seven of whom are outside directors,
according to the company. |
7/22/2003
|
|
|
William
Jennings
|
NYFIX
Inc.
|
Joined
board
|
Jennings
is a former PricewaterhouseCoopers partner who led the firm's risk
management and internal controls consulting practice. |
7/22/2003
|
|
|
Stephen
W. Sanger
|
Wells
Fargo & Co.
|
Joined
board
|
Sanger,
the chairman and CEO of General Mills Inc., has been elected to
the board. Sanger is also a director of Target Corp. |
7/22/2003
|
|
|
Bruce
Diamond, Robert Lowe, Stavro Prodromou, and Dag Wittusen |
WJ
Communications |
Joined
board |
The
board at the semiconductor company remains at nine members with
these additions.
|
7/21/2003 |
|
|
James
Richardson |
FEI
Co. |
Joined
board |
Richardson,
who most recently was CFO of WebTrends Corp., has been named to
the board of the nanotechnology company. |
7/21/2003 |
|
|
Eric
Erdman/ Jeffrey Diamond |
Genesis
Microchip Inc. |
Interim
CEO/ new chairman |
James
Donegan has resigned as chairman and CEO, and Erdman will serve
until his successor is determined, the company said. Diamond has
been elected to the chairman's position.
|
7/20/2003 |
|
|
Robert
F. Apple |
InKine
Pharmaceutical Company Inc.. |
Joined
board |
Apple
currently serves as COO and CFO of InKine, a biopharmaceutical company
focused on the diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal disorders. |
7/18/2003 |
|
|
Ellen
Carnahan |
WPS
Resources Corp. |
Joined
board |
Carnahan,
managing director of William Blair Capital Partners, replaces Michael
Ariens, who retired from the board.
|
7/18/2003 |
|
|
Marty
Kittrell |
Andrew
Corp. |
New
CFO |
Kittrell,
former CFO of Celiant Corp, which wasacquired by Andrew Corp. in
June 2002, has been named CFO of the communications equipment manufacturer. |
7/17/2003 |
|
|
J.
Pedro Reinhard |
The
Coca-Cola Co. |
Joined
board |
Reinhard,
CFO of the Dow Chemical Co., has been elected as a Coca-Cola director.
Reinhard is also a director of Dow's board and chairman of its finance
committee.
|
7/17/2003 |
|
|
Rich
Templeton |
Texas
Instruments Inc. |
Joined
board |
Texas
Instruments Inc.elected to the board. |
7/17/2003 |
|
|
Gary
Ruff |
INTERMET
Corp. |
New
CEO |
Ruff
succeeds John Doddridge, who will continue as chairman. INTERMET
is a manufacturer of cast-metal automotive components.
|
7/17/2003 |
|
|
Mark
Hoffman |
Charlotte
Russe Holding Inc. |
New
CEO |
Hoffman
succeeds Bernard Zeichner, who will remain chairman of the board.
Charlotte Russe Holding is a specialty retailer of women's apparel
and accessories. |
7/17/2003 |
|
|
Nickolas
W. Vande Steeg |
Trimble |
Joined
board |
Steeg,
a senior vice president with Parker Hannifin Corp., has joined the
Trimble board.
|
7/17/2003 |
|
|
George
Parker / Jody Lindell |
First
Republic Bank |
Joined
board |
Parker,
a Stanford business professor, and Lindell, a former accounting
executive with KPMG who now runs her own asset management company,
have been elected to the board of the San Francisco-based bank. |
7/17/2003 |
|
|
Roderick
McGeary/ Arun Sarin |
Cisco
Systems Inc. |
Joined
board |
McGeary
replaces outgoing member Arun Sarin, who has been named CEO of Vodafone
in London and has resigned from the Cisco board..
|
7/16/2003 |
|
|
William
Aldinger/ Amos Hostetter, Jr. |
AT&T |
Joined
board/Leaving board |
Aldinger,
chairman and CEO of Household International, has joined the AT&T
board, which remains at nine members. Hostetter decided to resign
for personal reasons, AT&T said. |
7/16/2003 |
|
|
Daniel
Lender
|
QAD
Inc.
|
New
CFO
|
Lender
succeeds Kathleen Fisher at the CFO position for the software provider. |
7/15/2003
|
|
|
Virgis
W. Colbert
|
The
Stanley Works
|
Joined
board |
An
executive vice-president with Miller Brewing Company, Colbert serves
as a director with Delphi Corp., The Manitowoc Company Inc., HRC
Manor Care Inc., and Weyco Group Inc. |
7/15/2003
|
|
|
Ronald
Adams, Charles Taylor, and Albert Klavora
|
PECO
II Inc.
|
Leaving
board
|
The
three board members are resigning due to other business and personal
commitments, which preclude them from dedicating the level of time
and attention that the restructuring of PECO II demands, the company
said. The company anticipated filling all three vacancies on the
nine-member board. In other news, Sandra Frankhouse has been named
to the CFO position. |
7/14/2003
|
|
|
Michael
Thaman
|
FPL
Group Inc.
|
Joined
board
|
Thaman
is chairman of the board and CFO at Owens Corning. He is one of
11 board members at FPL Group, a company focused on energy-related
products and services. |
7/11/2003
|
|
|
Richard
Levin and Karl Krapek
|
Lucent
Technologies
|
Joined
board
|
Levin,
the president of Yale University, and Krapek, the former COO of
United Technologies Corp., bring the total number of board members
to 10. The board also appointed director Robert Denham as chairman
of its audit and finance committee, replacing Paul Allaire, who
resigned in June. |
7/11/2003
|
|
|
Don
Leclair
|
Ford
Motor Co.
|
New
CFO
|
Leclair
will report to his successor, Allan Gilmour, who had come out of
retirement to help with the company's turnaround. |
7/10/2003
|
|
|
Jesse
Casso Jr.
|
FirstFed
Financial Corp.
|
Joined
board
|
Casso,
a former investment banker with Merrill Lynch, has been appointed
to the FirstFed board. |
7/10/2003
|
|
|
Ernest
J. Novak Jr.
|
A.
Schulman Inc.
|
Joined
board
|
Novak,
a former partner with Ernst & Young, will become a member of
the audit committee and will fill the unexpired term of former director
Rene Rombouts, who retired in February. |
7/10/2003
|
|
|
Scott
Farmer
|
Scott
Farmer
|
New
CEO
|
Farmer,
the company's COO, has been named CEO by the company's board. He
will succeed Robet Kohlhepp, who is now vice chairman. |
7/10/2003
|
|
|
Richard
Glasier
|
Argosy
Gaming Co.
|
Joined
board
|
Glasier,
the company's CEO, has been appointed to serve as a director until
the annual meeting of shareholders in 2006. |
7/9/2003 |
|
|
George
Fellows
|
Senetek
PLC
|
Joined
board
|
Fellows,
the former CEO of Revlon, has joined the board of Senetek, which
develops products for the anti-aging markets. |
7/9/2003
|
|
|
George
V. Hager Jr.
|
Adolor
Corp.
|
Joined
board
|
Hager,
the CEO of Genesis HealthCare Corp., will serve as a member of the
audit committee. Adolor is a biopharmaceutical company that develops
pain-treatment products.
|
7/9/2003
|
|
|
Elizabeth
Gibson |
Good
Guys Inc. |
Joined
board |
Gibson,
a specialist in leadership and organizational development with RHR
International, has joined the board of the consumer electronics
retailer.
|
7/8/2003 |
|
|
Michele
Hooper |
DaVita
Inc. |
Joined
board |
Hooper
has joined the board of the dialysis services provider. She also
serves on the boards of AstraZeneca, Target Corp., and PPG Industries. |
7/7/2003 |
|
|
Stephen
Newlin |
Stepan
Co. |
Leaving
board |
Newlin
resigned from the Stepan board in connection with his new position
at Ecolab, a Stepan customer. Newlin's new position is inconsistent
with the NYSE's standards for director independence, the company
said.
|
7/3/2003 |
|
|
W.
William Coon |
Willis
Lease Finance Corp. |
Joined
board |
Coon,
formerly an executive with GE Aircraft Engines, has joined the board
following the resignation of Hans Jorg Hunziker. He will hold the
board seat nominated by FlightTechnics LLC as part of the November
2000 transaction in which FlightTechnics acquired a 15 percent stake
in the company. |
7/1/2003 |
|
|
Kent
Kleeberger |
Shoe
Carnival Inc. |
Joined
board |
Kleeberger
is the COO and CFO of Too Inc. He will serve as a member of the
audit committee for Shoe Carnival.
|
7/1/2003 |
|
|
Michael
Atieh |
OSI
Pharmaceuticals Inc. |
Joined
board |
Atieh
will join the audit committee and will assume its chairmanship with
the start of the new fiscal year in October. OSI is a biotechnology
company focused on oncology products that extend and improve the
quality of life for cancer patients. |
7/1/2003 |
|
|
James
Postl |
Cooper
Industries Ltd. |
Joined
board |
Postl,
retired CEO of Pennzoil-Quaker State Co., has been been elected
to the Cooper board. His election to the board is in anticipation
of the retirement of Warren Batts, who will be stepping down in
August in accordance with the company's tenure policy. Postl also
serves on the board of AutoZone Inc.
|
7/1/2003 |
|
|
William
Swanson |
Raytheon
Co. |
New
CEO |
Swanson
has been president of Raytheon since July 2002 and succeeds Daniel
Burnham, who will remain chairman of the board "for a period
of time," according to the company. |
7/1/2003 |
|
|
Hank
Carabelli |
Pac-West
Telecomm Inc. |
New
CEO |
Carabelli,
formerly the company's COO, succeeds Wally Griffin, who will continue
to serve as chairman of the board.
|
7/1/2003 |
|
|
Julie
Dobson/Susan Mayer |
LCC
International |
Joined
board/Leaving board |
Dobson,
the former COO of TeleCorp PCS, will join the LCC board of directors.
The company also announced that Susan Mayer is stepping down after
two and a half years. |
6/30/2003 |
|
|
Al
Koch |
Champion
Enterprises Inc. |
Interim
CEO |
Koch
has been appointed chairman and interim CEO. Koch recently served
as CFO of Kmart Corp. and is chairman of the turnaround firm Alix
Partners. Koch succeeds Walter Young and will help the board recruit
a permanent leader.
|
6/30/2003 |
|
|
Jack
Bowman |
NeoRx
Corp. |
New
CEO |
Bowman,
appointed chairman of the board in March, has been appointed CEO.
He succeeds Douglass Given, who has resigned to rejoin Bay City
Capital as an executive in residence. |
6/30/2003 |
|
|
Joan
Carter |
CarrAmerica
Realty Corp. |
Joined
board |
Carter,
president of UM Holdings Ltd., will serve on the audit, executive
compensation, and conflicts committees.
|
6/30/2003 |
|
|
William
R. Ringo |
InterMune
Inc. |
Interim
CEO |
Ringo
has been named interim CEO following the resignation of Scott Harkonen.
The board has established a search committee and will engage an
executive search firm to identify qualified candidates to fill the
CEO position for the biopharmaceutical company. |
6/30/2003 |
|
|
Howard
Lance |
Harris
Corp. |
New
chairman |
Lance,
the CEO of the international communications technology company,
has been elected chairman of the board.
|
6/30/2003 |
|
|
Gasper
Mir |
Luby's |
New
chairman |
Mir
will become the new chairman effective August 28, 2003. Mir currently
serves as chairman of the finance and audit committee of the Luby's
board. |
6/27/2003 |
|
|
Nicholas
Simon and Dennis Henner |
Rigel
Pharmaceuticals Inc. |
Joined
board |
Concurrent
with the closing of a $46 million private placement led by MPM Capital,
Simon and Henner, both of whom are general partners of MPM Capital,
will become members of Rigel's board.
|
6/27/2003 |
|
|
Edgar
F. Heizer Jr. and Eugene W. Emmerich |
Material
Sciences Corp. |
Leaving
board |
Heizer
and Emmerich are retiring as directors after deciding not to stand
for re-election. |
6/26/2003 |
|
|
David
Dillon |
The
Kroger Co. |
New
CEO |
Dillon,
the company's COO, will succeed Joseph Pichler at the CEO position.
Pichler will remain chairman of the board.
|
6/26/2003 |
|
|
M.
Michele Burns |
Wal-Mart
Stores Inc. |
Joined
board |
Burns,
CFO of Delta Air Lines, has joined the retailer's board. Burns will
serve on the board's audit committee. Before joining Delta, she
worked for 18 years with Arthur Andersen. |
6/25/2003 |
|
|
Steven
Lant |
CH
Energy Group |
New
CEO |
Effective
July 1, Lant will take over as CEO, reporting to his predecessor,
Paul Ganci, who will continue to serve as chairman. Lant will also
continue to serve as CFO.
|
6/25/2003 |
|
|
Bert
Notini |
MSL |
Joined
board |
Notini,
the CFO of MSL, has been elected to the board of the electronic
manufacturing services company. He also serves on the boards of
ePresence and Sonus Networks Inc. |
6/24/2003 |
|
|
Wolf
Hengst |
Sylvan
Learning Systems Inc. |
Joined
board |
Hengst,
president of hotel operations for Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts,
has joined the Sylvan board.
|
6/24/2003 |
|
|
Claes
Dahlback and Edward Liddy |
Goldman
Sachs |
Joined
board |
Dahlback,
the nonexecutive chairman of Investor AB, and Liddy, CEO and chairman
of the Allstate Corp., have joined the Goldman Sachs board, bringing
the total number of members to 10. |
6/24/2003 |
|
|
Lorenzo
Zambrano |
IBM |
Joined
board |
Zambrano
is the CEO and chairman of CEMEX S.A. de C.V., a producer of cement
and concrete products.
|
6/24/2003 |
|
|
Thomas
Friel |
Heidrick
& Struggles |
New
CEO |
Friel
has been named CEO and chairman of the executive search firm. |
6/24/2003 |
|
|
Michael
J. Evers and George Heenan |
HEI
Inc. |
Joined
board |
Evers,
a professor at the University of St. Thomas, and Heenan, director
of the Institute for Strategic Management at the University of St.
Thomas, have joined the board of HEI.
|
6/24/2003 |
|
|
Ann
Spector Lieff and Carl Youngman |
Claire's
Stores Inc. |
Joined
board |
Lieff
and Youngman, both of whom work in corporate consulting, joined
the board as independent directors at the 2003 annual meeting. |
6/24/2003 |
|
|
Terry
Peets |
QRS
Corporation |
Joined
board |
Peets
has joined the board as an independent Class II director. He currently
serves as an advisor to JP Morgan Partners.
|
6/24/2003 |
|
|
John
P. O'Brien |
Oglebay
Norton Co. |
Joined
board |
O'Brien,
the managing director of private investment firm Inglewood Associates,
has joined the board of the industrial minerals provider. |
6/23/2003 |
|
|
Carlene
Ziegler |
Heidrick
& Struggles |
Leaving
board |
Ziegler,
managing partner of Artisan Partners LP, has resigned from the board,
citing increased time commitments. Four of the remaining five board
members are independent, and the company plans to add two more members
before the end of the year.
|
6/20/2003 |
|
|
Michael
A. Smith |
Radyne
ComStream Inc. |
Joined
board |
Smith,
a retired Honeywell executive, has been elected to the board. |
6/20/2003 |
|
|
Vaughn
Clarke |
E-Trade
Group Inc. |
Leaving
board |
Clarke,
who recently stepped down as CFO of Freddie Mac, has resigned from
the E-Trade board. In a filing with the SEC, E-Trade indicated that
it plans to fill the vacancy with an independent outside director.
|
6/19/2003 |
|
|
Gerald
E. Johnston |
Clorox
Co. |
New
CEO |
Johnston,
who has been COO since 1999, will become the company's next CEO
and will also join the board. He will replace G. Craig Sullivan,
who will continue to serve as chairman until he retires at the end
of the year. |
6/19/2003 |
|
|
Gail
J. McGovern |
The
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. |
Joined
board |
McGovern,
a marketing professor at Harvard and former president of Fidelity
Personal Investments, has joined the board of The Hartford.
|
6/19/2003 |
|
|
Gene
Wulf |
A.O.
Smith Corp. |
Joined
board |
Wulf,
the CFO of Bemis Company Inc., has been appointed to the board of
the motor manufacturer. |
6/18/2003 |
|
|
T.
Kent Smith |
TeamStaff
Inc. |
New
CEO
|
Smith
succeeds Donald Kappauf as CEO of the outsourcing and professional
staffing company.
|
6/18/2003 |
|
|
Michael
Gallagher |
Enterasys
Networks Inc. |
Joined
board |
Gallagher,
president of Flarion Technologies, has joined the board of the network
provider. |
6/17/2003 |
|
|
Sen.
Bill Bradley and Olden Lee |
Starbucks
Coffee Co. |
Joined
board |
Bradley
and former PepsiCo executive Olden Lee have joined the coffee maker's
board. Their addition brings the number of board members to 12,
three-quarters of whom now meet the independence requirements of
Nasdaq and the SEC, according to the company.
|
6/17/2003 |
|
|
Michael
T. Chalifoux |
Circuit
City Stores Inc. |
Leaving
board |
Chalifoux
is retiring as CFO and is also relinquishing his board seat. He
will be replaced as CFO by Michael E. Foss, who joins the company
from TeleTech Holdings Corp. Foss has not been appointed to the
board. |
6/17/2003 |
|
|
Dennis
Winger |
Cephalon
Inc. |
Joined
board |
Winger,
the CFO of Applera Corp., will chair the audit committee and will
be designated as that committee's financial expert.
|
6/16/2003 |
|
|
Stephen
Everett |
Dialysis
Corporation of America |
New
CEO |
Everett,
the company's president, has been appointed as CEO. He succeeds
Thomas Langbein, now chairman of the board. |
6/13/2003 |
|
|
Craig
Ueland |
Frank
Russell Company |
New
CEO |
Ueland, the COO, will become CEO on January 1, 2004. Mike Phillips,
currently the chairman and CEO, will remain chairman. Ueland will
also become a board member on July 1, 2003. |
6/13/2003 |
|
|
Michael
B. Polk |
The
Yankee Candle Company Inc. |
Joined
board |
Polk,
a Kraft Foods vice president, has been appointed to the board, succeeding
Michael Ovitz, who chose not to stand for re-election. |
6/12/2003 |
|
|
Spencer
Browne |
Delta
Financial Corp. |
Joined
board |
Browne
is a principal of Strategic Asset Management, an investment firm,
and he will serve on the audit committee. Delta's board now consists
of seven members, four of whom are independent.
|
6/12/2003 |
|
|
Laurence
G. Walker |
Silicon
Laboratories Inc. |
Joined
board |
Walker
has joined the board of Silicon, a designer of integrated circuits.
He brings the total number of board members to eight, five of which
are independent. |
6/12/2003 |
|
|
Timothy
Manganello |
BorgWarner
Inc. |
New
chairman |
Manganello,
the company's CEO, succeeds John Feidler, who retired as chairman
last month. BorgWarner is a maker of power train products for the
world's automakers.
|
6/12/2003 |
|
|
Ruth
E. Ruch |
Mellon
Financial Corp. |
Joined
board |
Bruch,
chief information officer for Lucent Technologies, has been elected
to the Mellon board. |
6/11/2003 |
|
|
John
Diefenbach and Marcel Gani |
The
Chalone Wine Group Ltd. |
Joined
board |
Diefenbach
co-founded TrueBrand, an international brand consulting company,
and Gani joined Juniper Networks in 1997 as CFO.
|
6/10/2003 |
|
|
Edward
Smith and Robert Howard |
SMTEK
International Inc. |
Joined
board |
Smith
is the CEO of SMTEK, and Howard is the CEO of TMW Enterprices Inc.,
a private equity investment company. |
6/10/2003 |
|
|
Richard
Widdicombe |
21st
Century Holding Company |
New
CEO |
Widdicombe
has been appointed to the CEO post at the financial services holding
company. Widdicombe had been president of three subsidiary companies.
|
6/10/2003 |
|
|
Geoffrey
Stringer |
Kimball
International |
Joined
board |
Stringer,
a former Bank One executive, has been appointed to the Kimball board,
filling a seat that was vacated by the death of vice chairman Thomas
Habig last year. |
6/10/2003 |
|
|
August
Busch IV and John Edwardson |
FedEx
Corp. |
Joined
board |
Busch,
president of Anheuser Busch Inc., and Edwardson, chairman and CEO
of CDW Computer Centers Inc., were added to the FedEx board. The
FedEx board now has 14 members. Busch will serve on the compensation
committee, and Edwardson will serve on the audit committee.
|
6/10/2003 |
|
|
Gregory
Parseghian/Shaun O'Malley |
Freddie
Mac |
New
CEO/chairman |
Parseghian
and O'Malley replace Leland Brendsel, who resigned as CEO and chairman.
Vaughn Clarke, the company's CFO, also resigned and was replaced
by Marty Baumman. COO David Glenn was fired for not cooperating
with the company's audit. |
6/9/2003 |
|
|
Paul
Evanson |
Allegheny
Energy Inc. |
New
CEO and chairman |
Evanson,
currently the president of Florida Light and Power Company, will
be the new CEO and chairman of Allegheny Energy, effective June
16.
|
6/9/2003 |
|
|
Erwin
Leichtle |
interWAVE
Communications International Ltd. |
New
CEO |
Leichtle,
an Ericsson executive, is the new CEO of interWAVE, a provider of
compact wireless communications systems. Leichtle will also join
the board. |
6/5/2003 |
|
|
Sharon
Patrick/Jeffrey Ubben |
Martha
Stewart Living Omnimedia |
New
CEO/chairman |
Patrick
and Ubben have taken the reins while Stewart has stepped down to
deal with her indictment. Until recently, Patrick has served as
COO, and Ubben is managing partner of ValueAct Capital Partners,
owner of 22 percent of MSO. Arthur Martinez has been named lead
director.
|
6/5/2003 |
|
|
John
Carlyle |
Pediatrix
Medical Group |
New
chairman |
Carlyle
has been named non-executive chairman, part of Pediatrix's efforts
to improve its corporate governance. Roger Medel remains the company's
CEO. |
6/5/2003 |
|
|
Thomas
C. Theobald |
Ventas
Inc. |
Joined
board |
Theobald
will sit on the company's nominating and governance committee and
its executive compensation committee. He is also a director at The
MONY Group, Anixter International, and Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.
|
6/5/2003 |
|
|
William
E. Mayer |
Reader's
Digest Association Inc. |
Joined
Board |
Mayer
is the founer of Park Avenue Equity Partners and was CEO of The
First Boston Corporation (now Credit Suisse First Boston). His appointment
to the board is the result of an agreement between the company and
Highfields Capital Management LP, which owns 8.5 percent of the
company's common stock. |
6/4/2003 |
|
|
Arden
Shisler |
Nationwide
Financial Services |
New
chairman |
In
a move to separate the roles of chairman and CEO, Shisler has been
elected to a one-year term as chairman of the board. He replaces
W.G. Jurgensen, who will remain as CEO.
|
6/4/2003 |
|
|
Alberto
Cribiore |
Merrill
Lynch & Co. |
Joined
Board |
Cribiore
is the managing partner of Brera Capital Partners, a private equity
investment firm. His election to the Merrill board brings the total
number of members to 11. |
6/4/2003 |
|
|
David
Kolb |
Aaron
Rents Inc. |
Joined
Board |
Kolb,
who is also chairman of Mohawk Industries Inc., has been elected
to the board of Aaron Rents.
|
6/4/2003 |
|
|
Paul
Unruh |
Homestore
Inc. |
Joined
Board |
Unruh
will serve on the audit committee at Homestore and brings the number
of independent directors to six and total number of board members
to eight. |
6/3/2003 |
|
|
Eula
Adams |
NetBank
Inc. |
Joined
Board |
Adams,
a CPA, has joined the 11-member board of NetBank, the parent company
of the Internet bank.
|
6/3/2003 |
|
|
Simon
Freakley |
Kroll
Inc. |
Joined
Board |
Freakley
has been president of Kroll's corporate advisory and restructuring
group since September 2002. |
6/3/2003 |
|
|
James
Carreker |
The
Bombay Company |
New
CEO |
Carreker,
who has been chairman since December, has been named CEO of the
home accessories company.
|
6/3/2003 |
|
|
Nate
Davis |
Vibrant
Solutions |
Joined
Board |
Davis,
former chief operating officer for XO Communications, has joined
the board of Vibrant Solutions, a provider of cost and revenue management
solutions for the telecom industry. |
6/3/2003 |
|
|
Daniel
Geise |
Sun
Bancorp Inc. |
Joined
Board |
Geise,
president of Mid-Penn Insurance Associates Inc., has been appointed
to the Sun Bancorp board.
|
6/3/2003 |
|
|
Richard
Crandall and Wayne Mackie |
Novell
Inc. |
Joined
Board |
Crandall,
founder of Comshare, and Mackie, a former partner with Arthur Andersen,
have joined the Novell board. |
6/2/2003 |
|
|
Mike
Shannon |
StarTek
Inc. |
Joined
Board |
Shannon,
CEO of KSL Recreation Corporation, replaces Jack Rehm, who retired
from the board.
|
5/30/2003 |
|
|
John
E. Simkins |
Piedmont
Natural Gas |
Leaving
board |
Simkins
is retiring from the board after 37 years of service to the Charlotte-based
energy services company. |
5/30/2003 |
|
|
L.
Ben Lytle |
U.S.I.
Holdings Corp. |
Joined
Board |
Lytle
has been elected to chair USI's nominating and governance committee
and to serve on the compensation committee. |
5/30/2003 |
|
|
Howard
Behar |
Gap
Inc. |
Joined
Board |
Behar,
a former Starbucks executive, is joining the clothier's board of
directors. He also serves on the boards of Starbucks and Shurgard
Storage Centers Inc. |
5/29/2003 |
|
|
Gregory
Cash |
Vasomedical |
New
CEO |
Cash
has been named CEO and has been elected to the company's board of
directors, effective June 30. He will replace Photios T. Paulson,
who will remain on the board. |
5/29/2003 |
|
|
Timothy
Probert |
Input/Output
Inc. |
Leaving
board |
Probert,
the former CEO of I/O, has resigned from the board. He resigned
as an officer of I/O in February when he joined Halliburton Co.
as a senior vice president. |
5/29/2003 |
|
|
W.
Dudley Lehman |
Snap-on
Inc. |
Joined
Board |
Lehman
has been appointed to the board of Snap-on, a manufacturer of tools
and equipment. |
5/29/2003 |
|
|
Hugh
Grant |
Monsanto
Co. |
New
CEO |
Grant,
who has served as the company's COO for the past three years, has
been named CEO and has also been elected to the board of Monsanto. |
5/29/2003
|
|
|
Robert
Anestis and Peter Scannell |
Genesee
& Wyoming Inc. |
Joined
Board |
Anestis,
CEO of Florida East Coast Industries Inc., and Scannell, the CEO
of Rockwood Service Corporation, have joined the board at GWI, an
operator of short line and regional freight railroads. |
5/29/2003 |
|
|
Timothy
Anderson |
Cerus
Corp. |
Joined
Board |
Anderson,
a retired senior vice president of Baxter International, has joined
the board of Cerus, a provider of medical systems and therapeutics. |
5/28/2003 |
|
|
Trevor
Fetter |
Tenet
Healthcare Corp. |
Interim
CEO |
Fetter
succeeds Jeffrey Barbakow, who resigned by mutual agreement with
the board. The company said it will begin a search for a permanent
CEO. |
5/28/2003 |
|
|
Claude
Canizares |
L-3
Communications |
Joined
Board |
Professor
Canizares, a faculty member at MIT, succeeds John Montague, who
has announced his resignation. |
5/27/2003
|
|
|
John
Swanick and Robert Domanski |
Thistle
Group Holdings Co. |
Joined
Board |
Swanick
and Domanski will serve on the company's audit committee. |
5/27/2003 |
|
|
Thomas
J. Falk |
Centex
Corp. |
Joined
Board |
Falk,
the chairman and CEO of Kimberly-Clark Corp., has been elected to
the board. |
5/27/2003
|
|
|
Kevin
Roberg/Brock Nelson and Joe Whitters |
Omnicell
Inc. |
New
lead director/Joined board |
Roberg
has been designated lead outside director, and Nelson and Whitters
have been elected to the board. |
5/27/2003 |
|
|
Rick
Rickersten and Jeffrey White |
Convera
Corp. |
Joined
Board |
Rickersten,
COO of Thayer Capital, and White, the former CFO for Major League
Baseball, have joined the board of Convera, which provides search
and categorization software. |
5/23/2003
|
|
|
David
Peterschmidt |
Electronics
For Imaging |
Joined
Board |
Peterschmidt,
the former CEO of Inktomi, has joined the board of Electronics for
Imaging, a provider of imaging solutions for network printing. |
5/22/2003 |
|
|
Patrick
McManus |
Mentor
Graphics Corp. |
Joined
Board |
McManus,
a retired executive from Charles Schwab, has joined the board of
Mentro Graphic, a provider of electronic hardware and software design
solutions. |
5/22/2003 |
|
|
Thomas
Wertheimer |
Fiserv
|
Joined
Board |
Wertheimer,
a retired senior audit partner for PricewaterhouseCoopers, has been
named to the board of Fiserv. |
5/22/2003 |
|
|
Robert
Smith |
Epicor
Software Corp. |
Joined
Board |
Smith,
the former CFO of Novellus Systems has joined the board, bringing
the total number of directors to five. |
5/22/2003 |
|
|
Paul
Toback |
Bally
Total Fitness Holding Corp. |
New
chairman |
Toback,
the company's president and CEO, has been appointed chairman of
the board, effective immediately. |
5/21/2003
|
|
|
Peter
J. Manning |
Thermo
Electron Corp. |
Joined
Board |
Manning,
a former executive with FleetBoston Financial, has joined the board
of Thermo Electron Corp., a manufacturer of high-tech scientific
instruments. |
5/21/2003 |
|
|
David
E. Zuern |
Waypoint
Financial Corp. |
New
CEO |
Zuern succeeds Chairman Charles Pearson Jr. as CEO of the financial
services company. |
5/21/2003 |
|
|
JoMei
Chang/Gary Velasquez |
Vitria |
New
chairman/CEO |
Chang
has been named chairman effective July 1. Velasquez will succeed
Chang as CEO and will also join the board. |
5/21/2003 |
|
|
Peter
Leparulo |
Novatel
Wireless |
Joined
Board |
Leparulo, the CEO of Novatel Wireless, has joined the company's
board and replaces John Major, who has resigned. |
5/20/2003 |
|
|
Alan
Baratz |
Versata
Inc. |
Joined
board |
Baratz,
former CEO of Zaplet Inc., has been appointed to the board of Versata. |
5/20/2003 |
|
|
Gerald
E. Daniels |
PRG-Schultz |
Joined
Board |
Schultz, CEO of Engineered Support Systems, has joined the board
of PRG-Schultz, a provider of recovery audit services. |
5/20/2003 |
|
|
William
S. Ayer |
Alaska
Air Group |
New
chairman |
Ayer,
president and CEO of Alaska Air Group, succeeds John F. Kelly, who
is retiring. |
5/20/2003 |
|
|
William
Ruh |
Ceres
Group Inc. |
New
chairman |
Ruh, an co-founder of investment management firm Castle Creek Capital,
has been elected chairman of the board, effective immediately. |
5/20/2003 |
|
|
Keith
O. Rattie |
Questar
Corp. |
New
chairman |
Rattie,
Questar's president and CEO, was selected as the board's new chairman
at the company's annual meeting. He succeeds R. Don Cash, who retired
as CEO last year but will remain a director. |
5/20/2003 |
|
|
Arthur
B. Krause |
Inergy
L.P. |
Joined
Board |
Krause,
the former CFO of Sprint, will serve on the audit committee at Inergy,
which markets, sells, and distributes propane.
|
5/19/2003 |
|
|
Ronald
B. Woodard |
Continental
Airlines |
Joined
Board |
Woodard,
former president of the Boeing Commercial Airplane Group, has been
elected to the Continental board. |
5/16/2003 |
|
|
August
Watanabe |
Eli
Lilly and Co. |
Leaving
board |
Watanabe,
president of Lilly Research Laboratories, will retire effective
June 30. |
5/16/2003 |
|
|
Michael
Rocca/Geoffrey Moore |
Lawson
Software Inc. |
Joined
board/Leaving board |
Rocca
will serve on the audit committee at Lawson Software, a provider
of business software solutions. Moore, who has served on the board
since 1998, is leaving effective May 19. |
5/16/2003 |
|
|
Daniel
Gold |
Entercom
Communications Corp. |
Joined
Board |
Gold,
CEO of Leonard Whitcup Inc., a music publisher, has joined the board
of the radio broadcaster. He is also a director of Data Harbor Inc.,
a medical software developer. |
5/16/2003 |
|
|
Ned
Mountain |
WEGENER
Corp. |
Joined
Board |
Mountain
has been elected to fill the vacancy created by the resignation
of James Morgan, Jr. WEGENER is a provider of digital solutions
for IP data, video and audio networks. |
5/16/2003 |
|
|
Bernard
Michel |
IMC
Global Inc. |
Joined
Board |
Michel,
the retired chairman and CEO of Cameco Corp., was elected to the
board at the annual meeting. The addition brings the number of board
members to nine. |
5/16/2003 |
|
|
Stephen
G. Butler |
ConAgra
Foods |
Joined
Board |
Butler,
the retired chairman and CEO of KPMG, has joined the food company
as a board member. He also serves on the board of Cooper Industries. |
5/16/2003 |
|
|
R.
Barry Borden |
FASTNET
Corp. |
New
CEO |
Borden
replaces Stephen Hurly, who has resigned as CEO from FASTNET, a
provider of broadband services. Hurly will continue to advise the
company on a consulting basis. |
5/16/2003 |
|
|
Jon
Marshall |
GlobalSantaFe
Corp. |
New
CEO |
Marshall
has been elected as CEO and a board member at offshore drilling
contractor GlobalSantaFe. |
5/15/2003 |
|
|
Ronald
Consiglio |
Natrol
Inc. |
Joined
Board |
Consiglio
will serve as chairman of the audit committee at Natrol, a manufacturer
and marketer of branded dietary supplements. |
5/15/2003 |
|
|
Tom
Hewitt and Barry Reisig |
GTSI
Corp. |
Joined
Board |
The
election of Hewitt and Reisig brings the total number of board members
to nine at GTSI, an information technology company. |
5/15/2003 |
|
|
David
C. Phillips |
Cintas
Corp. |
Joined
Board |
Phillips
has been elected to the board. He also serves on the boards of Meridian
Bioscience Inc. and Summit Mutual Fund. |
5/15/2003 |
|
|
Scott
Mercer |
Conexant
Systems Inc. |
Joined
Board |
Mercer,
the CFO of Wester Digital Corp., has been elected to the board of
Conexant. He replaces Richard Bressler, who retired. |
5/14/2003 |
|
|
W.
Steve Albrecht |
Red
Hat Inc. |
Joined
Board |
Albrecht,
a business professor at Brigham Young University and a CPA, has
joined Red Hat's board. |
5/14/2003 |
|
|
Gary
D. Forsee |
Sprint |
New
chairman |
Forsee,
the company's president and CEO, succeeds Bill Esrey, who retired
at the company's annual meeting. |
5/14/2003 |
|
|
Alfred
Verrecchia |
Hasbro
Inc. |
New
CEO |
The
board has approved the promotion of Verrechia to the position of
CEO. Alan Hassenfeld will retain the role of chairman of the board. |
5/13/2003 |
|
|
James
F. Flaherty |
Health
Care Property Investors Inc. |
New
CEO |
The
board unanimoulsy elected Flaherty president and CEO on May 7; Flaherty
was also re-elected to a two-year term on the company's board of
directors. Flaherty succeeds Kenneth Roach, who remains chairman
of the board. |
5/12/2003 |
|
|
Larry
Glasscock |
Anthem
Inc. |
New
chairman |
The
board of directors has elected Glasscock, the president and CEO,
as chairman. Glasscock succeeds outgoing chairman Ben Lytle, who
retired after serving in the role for five years. |
5/12/2003 |
|
|
Edwin
Stephan |
Royal
Caribbean |
Leaving
board |
Stephan,
a founder of Royal Caribbean Cruises, will retire following the
company's May 20 meeting in Miami. |
5/12/2003 |
|
|
Robert
Turner/Martin Meyerson |
Crown
Financial Group Inc. |
Joined
board/Leaving board |
Turner
has been elected to the board as chairman of the audit committee.
He recently retired from the Knight Trading Group, where he served
as CFO. The company also announced that founder Martin Meyerson
retired on April 21. |
5/12/2003 |
|
|
Alexis
Herman |
Entergy
Corp. |
Joined
Board |
Herman,
former U.S. secretary of labor, was elected to the board of Entergy,
the largest power supplier in Louisiana. |
5/9/2003 |
|
|
Gene
Buding and Frank Becker |
Westar
Energy Inc. |
Leaving
board |
Buding
and Becker have resigned, both citing personal reasons. |
5/9/2003 |
|
|
Michael
C. Mac Donald |
US
Lec Corp. |
Joined
Board |
Keough,
a former Coca-Cola president, and Murphy, former CEO of Capital
Cities/ABC, have been named directors at Berkshire Hathaway. |
5/9/2003 |
|
|
Don
Keough and Thomas Murphy |
Berkshire
Hathaway |
Joined
Board |
Doornick
is chief executive of Activision Publishing Inc., the company's
direct operating subsidiary. |
5/5/2003 |
|
|
Philip
M. Pead |
Per-Se
Technologies Inc. |
New
chairman |
Pead,
president and CEO, succeeds David McDowell, who has stepped down
as chairman. John Pope has agreed to serve as lead independent director. |
5/9/2003 |
|
|
Steven
Rauscher |
Genome
Therapeutics |
New
chairman |
Rauscher,
president and CEO, succeeds Robert J. Jennessey, who has completed
his term after serving as chairman for nine years.
|
5/9/2003 |
|
|
Thomas
D. Bell Jr. |
Lincoln
National Corp. |
New
lead director |
Bell
takes over the lead director position from Jack Pietruski, who is
retiring from the board. Bell joined the board in 1988 and has served
as a member of the audit and compensation committees. He was elected
chair of the compensation committee in 2001.
|
5/9/2003 |
|
|
John
Gleeson |
AMCORE
Financial Inc. |
Joined
Board |
Gleeson
will be replacing the Milt Brown, who is retiring from the board. |
5/9/2003 |
|
|
Robert
Guyett |
Maxwell
Technologies |
New
chairman |
Guyett,
president and CEO of Crescent Management Enterprises, joined the
board in 2000. |
5/9/2003 |
|
|
Jonathan
T. Lord |
TheraSense
Inc. |
Joined
Board |
Lord
replaces Mark Gainor, president and CEO of Lucor Holdings, who has
been on the board since 1999. The total number of board members
remains eight. |
5/9/2003 |
|
|
Dan
Murphy |
ATK |
Joined
Board |
Murphy
is group vice president, precision systems, for ATK (Alliant Techsystems). |
5/8/2003 |
|
|
Mary
Alice Taylor |
Exult
Inc. |
Joined
Board |
Taylor,
former chairman and CEO of HomeGrocer.com, has been appointed to
the board effective May 7. |
5/8/2003 |
|
|
Anthony
Muller and Robert Marcus |
Time
Warner Telecom Inc. |
Joined
Board |
Muller,
retired CFO for JDS Uniphase Corp., will serve as an independent
director. Marcus is senior vice president, mergers and acquisitions,
for AOL Time Warner Inc. |
5/8/2003 |
|
|
Robert
Nakasone |
Tenet
Healthcare Corp. |
Joined
Board |
Nakasone,
the former CEO of Toys "R" Us, has been elected to the
company's board. |
5/7/2003 |
|
|
Robert
J. Keegan |
Goodyear
Tire & Rubber Co. |
New
chairman |
Keegan, the company's CEO, has been elected to succeed chairman
Samir Gibara, who will resign as chairman effective June 30. |
5/7/2003 |
|
|
Edward
Horowitz |
iVillage
Inc. |
Joined
Board |
Horowitz,
former chairman of e-Citi, joined the board effective April 15,
2003. |
5/7/2003 |
|
|
John
L. Bakane |
Cone
Mills Corp. |
New
chairman |
Bakane will replace Dewey Trogdon, who has been chairman since 1981
and will reach mandatory retirement from the board at the 2004 annual
meeting. Trogdon will remain on the board until that time. |
5/6/2003 |
|
|
Zuheir
Sofia and Carl Nelson |
Dominion
Homes Inc. |
Joined
Board |
Sofia,
the chairman of Sofia & Company, has been elected to serve until
2005, and Nelson, a retired partner of Arthur Andersen, has been
elected to serve until 2004.
|
5/6/2003 |
|
|
Michael
C. Mac Donald |
US
Lec Corp. |
Joined
Board |
Mac
Donald, president of the North American Solutions Group for Xerox
Corp., was elected as the eighth member of its board.
|
5/5/2003 |
|
|
Ronald
Doornick |
Activision
Inc. |
Joined
Board |
Doornick
is chief executive of Activision Publishing Inc., the company's
direct operating subsidiary. |
5/5/2003 |
|
|
Dennis
Raney |
Equinix
Inc. |
Joined
Board |
Raney,
chief financial officer of eOne Global LP, has joined the board
serving as chairman of the audit committee. |
5/5/2003 |
|
|
James
Ksansnak |
Tasty
Baking Co. |
New
Chairman |
The
company named Ksansnak chairman following his election as a director
earlier the same day. Ksansnak was the former vice chairman, executive
vice president and CFO of Aramark Corp.
|
5/2/2003 |
|
|
Charles
J. Robel |
Borland
Software Corp. |
Joined
Board |
The
company said that the addition of Robel to the board increases its
membership to seven, all of whom, other than the president and CEO
Dale L. Fuller, are non-employee directors. |
5/2/2003 |
|
|
James
W. Linn, David L. Fist |
Parker
Drilling Co. |
Departing
Board |
The
“retirement” of Linn and Fist, both 17-year members
of the board, was effective immediately May 1. Parker Drilling said
it does not intend to fill the vacancies and will operate with an
eight-member board.
|
5/1/2003 |
|
|
H.
Hugh Shelton |
Red
Hat. Inc. |
Joined
Board |
Retired
Gen. Shelton, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has
joined Red Hat's board. |
5/1/2003 |
|
|
Sasson
(Sass) Somekh |
Applied
Materials Inc. |
Joined
Board |
Sasson
(Sass) Somekh, executive vice president and chairman of the company’s
global executive committee, has been appointed to serve on the board.
|
4/30/2003 |
|
|
Ivor
J. "Ike" Evans |
Cooper
Industries Ltd. |
Joined
Board |
Evans
is president and COO of Union Pacific Railroad Co. |
4/29/2003 |
|
|
James
W. Dennis |
HealtheTech
Inc. |
New
CEO |
Dennis,
the company's current president and COO, was elected by the board
to the additional role of CEO. He will also continue to serve on
the company's board. Co-founder James R. Mault, has resigned as
chairman and CEO.
|
4/29/2003 |
|
|
Richard
Birnbaum |
Travis
Boats & Motors Inc. |
New
Chairman |
Birnbaum,
who joined the board in 2001 and was last January appointed to the
operating committee formed by the board , was elected chairman. |
4/29/2003 |
|
|
Donald Kiernan |
Seagate
Technology |
Joined
Board |
Kiernan,
former senior executive vice president and chief financial officer
of SBC Communications, was named to the board and will sit as chairman
of the audit committee. |
4/28/2003 |
|
|
Robert
Ted Enloe III |
Silcon
Laboratories Inc. |
Joined
Board |
Enloe,
elected to the board, is currently a director of Leggett & Platt
Inc. and previously served as a director of the Federal Reserve
Bank of Dallas.
|
4/24/2003 |
|
|
Edward A. Kangas |
Tenet
Healthcare Corp. |
Joined
Board |
Kangas
is the former chairman and chief executive of accounting firm Deloitte
Touche Tohmatsu. |
4/24/2003 |
|
|
Randall
W. Larrimore |
Olin
Corp. |
New
Chairman |
Larrimore,
currently an independent director of Olin, succeeded Donald W. Griffin
who was re-elected to the board for another term as a director. |
4/24/2003 |
|
|
Bonnie G. Hill, David
N. Kennedy |
California
Water Sercies Group |
Joined
Board |
Hill's
consulting firm, B. Hill Enterprises LLC, specializes in corporate
governance and board organizational and public policy issues. Kennedy
is a former Director of the California Department of Water Resources. |
4/23/2003 |
|
|
Gregory
R. Page, Kiran M. Patel |
Eaton
Corp. |
Joined
Board |
Page
and Patel fill vacancies left by Moseley and A. William Reynolds,
who last year reached the mandatory retirement age. |
4/23/2003 |
|
|
Paul
R. Garcia |
Verso
Technologies Inc. |
Joined
Board |
"Garcia
is the chairman, president and chief executive officer of Global
Payments Inc. He has also agreed to serve on Verso's audit committee." |
4/24/2003 |
|
|
Charles
Blackmon |
Concurrent
Computer Corp. |
Joined
Board |
Blackmon,
whose appointment to the Board was effective April 22, 2003, currently
serves as vice president of MagnaTrax Corp., will also sit on the
audit committee. |
4/24/2003 |
|
|
Henry
D. G. Wallace |
Diebold
Inc. |
Joined
Board |
Wallace
is currently retired but was formerly group vice president of Mazda
and Ford Asia Pacific. |
4/24/2003 |
|
|
James
W. Christmas, William N. Hahne |
KCS
Energy Inc. |
Joined
Board and New Chairman |
Christmas,
president and CEO, has been named chairman replacing Stewart B.
Kean, who passed away last year. The board also established
the role of lead independent director and named Robert Raynolds
to that position. Hahne, executive vice president and COO,
was named president and COO and also joins the board. |
4/23/2003 |
|
|
Duncan
Soukup |
Colorado
MEDtech Inc. |
Departing
Board |
In
a resignation letter, Soukup said he stepped down since shareholder
value has risen with the company's pending sale to an affiliate
of KRG Capital Partners LLC. |
4/25/2003 |
|
|
Myron
E. (Mike) Ullman III |
Taubman
Centers Inc. |
Joined
Board |
Ullman
will serve as an independent member of the board to fill the existing
vacancy in the class of directors whose term will expire in 2005. |
4/24/2003 |
|
|
Robert
J. Torcolini |
Carpenter
Technology Corp. |
New
Chairman |
Torcolini,
president, COO, and a director, will become chairman, president,
and CEO on July 1. Dennis M. Draeger, 62, current chairman and CEO,
will retire June 30. |
4/25/2003 |
|
|
Charles
E. (Eddie) Adair |
Torchmark
Corp. |
Joined
Board |
Adair,
55, is a partner in Cordova Ventures, a venture capital management
company headquartered in Atlanta. |
4/25/2003 |
|
|
Alfred
J. Stein |
ESS
Technology Inc. |
Joined
Board |
Stein,an
independent consultant to technology companies, joined effective
April 26, 2003. |
4/29/2003 |
|
|
Creighton
(Kim) Early |
DPAC
Technologies Corp. |
Joined
Board |
Early
is currently a Consulting Principal for the Environmental Financial
Consulting Group in New York. |
4/24/2003 |
|
|
William W. Hunt, Irving
Levit, Gary E. Hindes |
Penn
Treaty American Corp. |
New CEO
and Chairman |
Hunt,
currently president and COO, will succeed Levit as CEO. Levit, the
company's founder and sole chief executive officer during its 36-year
history, is giving up daily operations and management. Hindes, a
managing director of Deltec Asset Management LLC, will become chairman. |
4/29/2003 |
|
|
Cinda
A. Hallman |
Toys
"R" Us Inc. |
Joined
board |
Hallman,
president and CEO of Spherion Corp., will join the board. |
4/24/2003 |
|
|
David A. Bell, Charles
R. Perrin |
The
Warnaco Group Inc. |
Joined
Board |
Bell
and Perrin joined the board effective April 25, 2003. Bell has been
appointed to the compensation, nominating, and corporate governance
committees; Perrin has been appointed to the audit and compensation
committees. |
4/28/2003 |
|
|
Daniel
P. Burnham, William H. Swanson |
Raytheon
Co. |
Departing
Board |
Burnham,
56, steps down as CEO but will continue to serve as non-executive
chairman. Swanson, 54, currently president of Raytheon, will become
CEO on July 1. |
4/23/2003 |
|
|
Don Carty, Edward A.
Brennan, Gerard J. Arpey |
AMR |
Departing
Board / New Chairman |
Carty
resigned as CEO and chairman. The board named Brennan as executive
chairman, and current president and COO Gerard J. Arpey as the new
CEO. Arpey continues as president. |
4/24/2003 |
|
|
Arthur
Laffer, Richard Heckmann |
MPS
Group Inc. |
Joined
Board |
Laffer,
62, is the founder and chairman of Laffer Associates, an economic
research and consulting firm. Heckmann, 59, founded United States
Filter Corp. and served as its chairman and CEO. |
4/28/2003 |
|
|
Yves C. de Balmann, Lynn
Martin |
Constellation
Energy Group |
Joined
Board |
De Balmann
currently serves as co-chair of Bregal Investments, a private equity
fund. Martin served as U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1991 to 1993. |
4/28/2003 |
|
|
Victor
L. Lund, James R. Long |
NCR
Corp. |
Joined
Board / Departing Board |
Lund,
non-executive chairman of the board of Mariner Health Care Inc.,
joins the board and will sit on the audit committee. No further
word was given by NCR for Long's resignation. |
4/25/2003 |
|
|
Gary C. Youngblood |
Energen
Corp. |
Joined
Board |
Youngblood,
retired president and COO of Alabama Gas Corp., was elected for
a three-year term. |
4/23/2003 |
|
|
J.
Carter Beese Jr. |
Nastech
Pharmaceutical Company Inc. |
Joined
Board |
Beese,
a former SEC commissioner, serves as senior advisor to the Center
for Strategic and International Studies. His nomination must be
ratified by shareholders at their June 11, 2003, meeting. |
4/29/2003 |
|
|
Robert T. Blakely |
Lufkin
Industries Inc. |
Departing
Board |
Blakely,
who joined the board in February 2003, was recently named CFO of
MCI and, in his letter of resignation, cited the time commitment
required in this new position as the reason for his decision. |
4/29/2003 |
|
|
James
J. Forese |
Anheuser-Busch
Cos. Inc. |
Joined
Board |
Forese,
67, most recently was chairman of the board of IKON Office Solutions
Inc. |
4/23/2003 |
|
|
William Crouse, Robert
Hugin, Robert Savage |
The
Medicines Co. |
Joined
Board |
The
three pharmaceutical industry executives joined the board April
22, 2003. Crouse is a managing director and a general partner at
HealthCare Ventures. Hugin is a director and CFO at Celgene. And
most recently, Savage was president for the general therapeutics
and inflammation business for Pharmacia Corp. |
4/23/2003 |
|
|
J.
Smoke Wallin, Darrell R. Splithoff, Len Finelli, Thomas Pennell |
Centiv
Inc. |
Joined
Board |
Wallin,
Splithoff, Finelli, and Pennell fill the vacancies created by the
resignations of Al Sisto, Frank Dalton, Steve Carnevale, and Kim
Feil. |
4/22/2003 |
|
|
David G. Ludvigson, David
P. Binkley, William H. Rastetter
|
Argonaut
Technologies Inc. |
Joined
Board / Departing Board
|
Ludvigson
was appointed to the board while the company said Binkley and Rastetter
were departing. |
4/22/2003 |
|
|
Jonathan
Bulkeley |
EDGAR
Online Inc. |
Joined
board |
Bulkeley,
former AOL executive and current chairman of QXL, has joined the
board and will serve as non-executive vice-chairman. |
4/21/2003 |
|
|
Steven
G. Murdock |
Meade
Instruments Corp. |
New
CEO |
Murdock
succeeds John Diebel, who will resign as chairman and CEO effective
May 31. Harry Casari, a member of the board since 1997, will assumed
the position of chairman. Diebel will continue to serve as a board
member. |
4/21/2003
|
|
|
Edward
P. Smoot |
Reed-Rite
Corp. |
Joined
board |
Smoot,
who currently serves as chairman of Anacomp Inc., has been appointed
to the board of Reed-Rite, which manufactures magnetic recording
heads for disk drives and tape drives. |
4/21/2003 |
|
|
Fred
Hassan |
Schering-Plough
Corp. |
New
CEO |
Hassan,
chairman of the board, has been elected to be the company's CEO.
Hassan succeeds Richard Jay Kogan, who is retiring. Before joining
Schering-Plough, Hassan was chairman and CEO of Pharmacia. |
4/20/2003 |
|
|
Donald
E. Morel Jr. |
West
Pharmaceutical Services Inc. |
New
CEO |
Morel,
the company's CEO, has been elected chairman of the board. Morel
succeeds William Little, who is retiring from the board and who
retired as the company's CEO in April 2002. |
4/18/2003 |
|
|
Gay
Geisel |
Provident
Bankshares Corp. |
New
CEO |
Geisel
succeeds Peter Martin, who stepped down after the annual stockholders
meeting. |
4/17/2003 |
|
|
Patricia
Priest, Walter Humann, David Pittaway |
Dave
& Buster's |
Joined
board |
The
three new board members are all independent directors, bringing
the total number of independent directors on the board to six, according
to the company. Priest is CFO of the Beck Group, a real-estate services
company; Humann is CEO of WJH Corp. a real-estate partnership; and
Pittaway is senior managing director of Castle Harlan Inc., a private
equity investment firm. Prist and Pittaway qualify as financial
experts, according to the company. |
4/17/2003 |
|
|
Michael
J. Clementz |
Frontier
Financial Corp. |
New
CEO |
Clementz
succeeds Robert J. Dickson, who has been elected chairman of the
board. |
4/17/2003 |
|
|
Seymour
Holtzman and James Mitarotonda |
Liquid
Audio Inc. |
New
CEOs |
Holtzman
and Mitarotonda have been elected co-chairmen of the board and co-CEOs
of the corporation. Mel Brunt has been named CFO, and Robert Flynn
and Stephen Imbler have resigned as directors effective immediately. |
4/17/2003 |
|
|
William
Boardman and Robert Oakley |
Ohio
Casualty Corp. |
Joined
board |
Boardman
is a retired executive of Bank One Corp. Oakley is the former CFO
of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. |
4/16/2003 |
|
|
Paul
S. Beideman |
Associated
Banc-Corp |
New
CEO |
Beideman
replaces Robert C. Gallagher, who is stepping down as CEO but will
stay on as chairman. Beideman most recently served as chairman of
Mellon Financial Corp.'s Mid-Atlantic region. |
4/16/2003 |
|
|
John R. Cooper |
Acovent
Corp. |
New chairman |
Cooper
was elected as chairman in addition to his role as CEO. He succeeds
Stephen Thornton, who continues as a director. The board of directors
has also elected Edwin L. Harper as lead independent director. |
4/16/2003 |
|
|
Edward
E. Hagenlocker |
Lucent
Technologies |
Joined
board |
Hagenlocker,
former vice chairman of Ford Motor Co., will serve on the technology
committee and the corporate governance and compensation committee. |
4/16/2003 |
|
|
Dominick D'Agosta |
The
MIIX Group Inc. |
Joined
board |
D'Agosta
has been appointed to the board of MIIX, a provider of medical professional
liability insurance services. |
4/15/2003 |
|
|
Marshall
Larsen |
Goodrich |
New
CEO |
Larsen
succeeds David Burner, who will remain as chairman until the company's
October 2003 board of directors meeting, when the board intends
to elect Larsen to the post. Larsen joined the company in 1977 as
an operations analyst and financial manager. |
4/15/2003 |
|
|
Joseph W. Ralston
|
The
Timken Company |
Joined
board |
Ralston,
a retired U.S. Air Force general, was elected to the board for a
three-year term. The Timken Company is a manufacturer of bearings,
alloy, and specialty steels and components. |
4/15/2003 |
|
|
Donald
R. Chappel |
Williams |
New
CFO |
Chappel,
who previously served twice in the late 1990s as CFO of Waste Management,
has been named CFO of Williams, which finds, produces, gathers,
processes, and transports natural gas. |
4/15/2003 |
|
|
Michael T. O'Neill and
Peter J. Simone |
Newport
Corp. |
Joined
board |
O'Neill,
president and CEO of Miragene Inc., and Simone, a consultant to
venture capital firms, have joined the board of Newport, a supplier
of technology products and systems to the semiconductor, communications,
electronics, and research markets. |
4/15/2003 |
|
|
James
F. Orr |
Mellon
Financial Corp. |
Joined
board |
Orr,
chairman of the Rockefeller Foundation, has been elected to the
Mellon board of directors. |
4/15/2003 |
|
|
Gary S. McKissock |
Sapient |
Joined
board |
Lt.
Gen. McKissock has been elected to the board of Sapient, a business
and technology consultancy. |
4/14/2003 |
|
|
Steven
King |
Peregrine
Pharmaceuticals Inc. |
New
CEO |
King
will replace Edward Legere as CEO. Legere will remain a director
of the company. |
4/14/2003 |
|
|
Steve Letbetter |
Reliant
Resources |
Leaving
board |
Letbetter
has resigned as chairman and CEO of Reliant Resources, which provides
electricity and energy services to retail and wholesale customers.
Joel Staff has been named interim chairman and CEO. |
4/13/2003 |
|
|
William
Gordon/Mark Hansen |
Amazon.com |
Joined
board/Leaving board |
Gordon,
co-founder of Electronic Arts, has been named to the board, while
Hansen has declined to stand for re-election. Hansen was ousted
last month as CEO and chairman of Fleming Cos. |
4/11/2003 |
|
|
Chuck Bay/Mark Bertelsen |
KANA |
New Chairman |
Bay
replaces Jay Wood, who is retiring as chairman. Bertelsen is a partner
at the law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. He is also
a board member at Autodesk Inc. and Informatica Corp. |
4/11/2003 |
|
|
Michael
Morrissey |
Westar
Energy Inc. |
Joined
board |
Morrissey,
a CPA, will serve on the board's audit and finance committee. He
also chairs the audit committee of Ferrellgas Inc. |
4/11/2003 |
|
|
John Loftus |
eMerge
Interactive Inc. |
Joined
board |
Loftus,
a principal of Safeguard Scientifics Inc., has been elected to the
board. The appointment is in connection with a 1999 securities purchase
agreement in which two of the company's major shareholders have
agreed to elect two appointees from Safeguard to the eMerge board. |
4/11/2003 |
|
|
Mary
Sammons |
Rite
Aid Corp. |
New
CEO
|
Sammons,
Rite Aid's chief operating officer, will become CEO effective June
25, 2003. Bob Miller, the current CEO, will continue to serve as
chairman. |
4/10/2003 |
|
|
E. Linn Draper Jr.
|
American
Electric Power Inc.
|
Retiring
CEO
|
Draper
has announced that he will retire in April 2004 as CEO of one of
the country's largest utilities. The board will start a search for
a replacement and will consider internal and external candidates. |
4/9/2003 |
|
|
Robert
J. Deluccia
|
MacroChem
Corp. |
New
CEO |
CEO
Robert Palmisano has resigned to pursue another career opportunity,
and DeLuccia has been appointed as the company's interim CEO. |
4/10/2003
|
|
|
Massoud Entekhabi |
Ixia |
Joined
board |
Entekhabi
is a managing director at TL Ventures, a venture capital firm. |
4/9/2003 |
|
|
Michael
H. Jordan
|
Dell
Computers Corp.
|
Leaving
board
|
Jordan
has resigned from the Dell board, citing the demands of his new
position as chairman and CEO at Electronic Data Systems Corp.
|
4/9/2003
|
|
|
Mike Keough |
ClearOne
Communications Inc. |
New CEO
|
Keough
and now-COO Greg Rand had been interim co-CEOs since the company's
former CEO, Frances Flood, was placed on administrative leave.
|
4/9/2003
|
|
|
Bernice
Bratter, Maurice DeWald, and Lester Korn
|
Tenet
Healthcare Corp.
|
Leaving
board
|
Bratter,
DeWald, and Korn, the company's three longest-serving outside members,
will retire from the board at the company's shareholder meeting.
The company announced that it has begun a search for four new independent
directors and will name a non-executive chairman as well.
|
4/8/2003
|
|
|
Vaughn Clarke, Michael
Parks, C. Cathleen Raffaeli, and Donna Weaver
|
E*TRADE
Group Inc.
|
Joined
board
|
The
four new members will all serve as unaffiliated, independent outside
directors, according to the company. William E. Ford has also announced
that he will resign effective April 23, and Peter Chernin will not
seek re-election at the May shareholder meeting.
|
4/8/2003
|
|
|
Joseph
Califano, William Cohen, Alan Greenberg
|
Viacom
Inc.
|
Nominated
to board
|
Viacom's
board will be reduced to 17 members from 18 with the additions of
Califano, Cohen, and Greenberg. The board will include 11 independent
directors, according to the company. Ken Miller, Brent Redstone,
and George Conrades will not stand for re-election.
|
4/7/2003
|
|
|
James Dunlap, Michael
Talbert, Robert Goldman, John Whitmire
|
El Paso
Corp.
|
Nominated
to board
|
Dunlap,
Talbert, Goldman, and Whitmire are part of El Paso's proposed slate,
which has been introduced as dissident shareholder Selim Zilkha
has proposed a board of his own. Byron Allumbaugh, James Gibbons,
and William Wise, the company's former CEO, will not be standing
for re-election in June.
|
4/7/2003
|
|
|
Arthur
Blank
|
Post
Properties Inc.
|
Leaving
board
|
Blank,
who co-founded Home Depot and is now owner of the Atlanta Falcons,
intends to resign from the board at the company's May meeting. Blank
cited the multiple demands on his time.
|
4/4/2003
|
|
|
Frank Marrs
|
Hastings
Entertainment Inc.
|
Joined
board
|
Marrs,
CEO of Gupton Marrs International, a management consulting firm,
has joined the board of the superstore retailer.
|
4/4/2003
|
|
|
Steven
Fink and Joseph Harch
|
Nobel
Learning Communities Inc.
|
Joined
board
|
Fink
and Harch are affiliated with NLCI's largest shareholder, KU Learning.
Chairman and CEO A. "Jack" Clegg also announced that the
board has accepted his recommendation that the chairman and CEO
positions be split; he will remain as CEO until a candidate is selected
and will then remain as chairman.
|
4/4/2003
|
|
|
David Bronner
|
US Airways
Group Inc.
|
New chairman
|
Bronner,
CEO of the Retirement Systems of Alabama, has been named chairman
of the 15-member board.
|
4/4/2003
|
|
|
Jack
Kemp
|
IDT
Corp.
|
Joined
board
|
Kemp,
former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, has joined
the board of long-distance telephone carrier IDT. According to IDT,
with Kemp, the board has nine outside directors and seven affiliated
with the company.
|
4/3/2003
|
|
|
Phil Soran
|
Stellent
Inc.
|
Joined
board
|
Soran,
CEO of Compellent Technologies, has been appointed to the board
of Stellant, a provider of content management solutions.
|
4/3/2003
|
|
|
Vanessa
Wittman
|
InfoSpace
Inc.
|
Joined
board
|
Wittman,
CFO of Adelphia Communications Corporation, has been appointed to
InfoSpace's board and audit committee.
|
4/3/2003
|
|
|
David A. Perdue
|
Dollar
General Corp.
|
New CEO
|
Perdue,
formerly chairman and CEO of Pillowtex Corp., has been named CEO
and a member of the board, effective April 2. Cal Turner, current
chairman, announced that he will not seek re-election in June and
that Perdue will assume the chairmanship duties at that time.
|
4/3/2003
|
|
|
Timothy
J. Ng |
Magma
Design Automation Inc. |
Joined
board |
Ng
fills the board seat vacated by Andreas Bechtolsheim, who resigned
in February. |
4/2/2003 |
|
|
Kathleen Perone, Gerald
Gorman, and Bart Shigemura
|
Tellium
Inc.
|
Joined
board
|
Perone,
president and CEO of Focal Communications; Gorman, founder and chairman
of EasyLink Services Corp.; and Shigemura, chairman of Alidian Networks,
have joined Tellium's board and replace five resigning directors:
William Bunting, Jeffrey Feldman, Edward Glassmeyer, William Roper,
and Richard Smith.
|
4/2/2003
|
|
|
Rose
Marie Bravo
|
The
Estee Lauder Companies Inc.
|
Joined
board
|
Bravo,
chairman and CEO of luxury goods company Burberry, has been elected
to the board and brings the number of directors to 10.
|
4/2/2003
|
|
|
Richard Agnich and Ray
Miles
|
Forgent
Networks
|
Joined
board
|
Agnich
and Miles have been appointed to the board of Forgent, a provider
of meeting management software and services.
|
4/2/2003
|
|
|
Robert
Eckert, Cary McMillan, and John Rogers/Donald Keough and Gordon
Gray
|
McDonald's
|
Nominated
to board/leaving board
|
Eckert,
chairman and CEO of Mattel; McMillan, CEO of Sara Lee branded apparel;
and Rogers, chairman and CEO of the Ariel Appreciation Fund, have
been nominated to the board. Keough and Gray will retire.
|
4/2/2003
|
|
|
Edward Lampert, et al.
|
Kmart
Corp.
|
Nominated
to board
|
Financier
Edward Lampert and seven others have been nominated to Kmart's board:
William Crowley, Thomas Tisch, Steven Mnuchin, E. David Coolidge
III, William Foss, Anne Reese, and Brandon Stranzl. The nominees
were filed in bankruptcy court and would serve with president and
CEO Julian Day, who started in January.
|
4/2/2003
|
|
|
Philip
A. Laskawy
|
Heidrick
& Struggles
|
Leaving
board
|
Laskawy,
citing the increased time required to meet his other commitments,
including his other board memberships, has resigned from the board.
|
4/2/2003
|
|
|
Mickey P. Foret
|
URS
Corp.
|
Joining
Board
|
Foret,
who was most recently CFO of Northwest Airlines, has joined the
URS board, effective immediately.
|
4/1/2003
|
|
|
Leon
S. Gross
|
Arotech
Corp.
|
Leaving
board
|
Gross
has decided to resign from the board, citing the difficulties of
participating actively at age 97.
|
4/1/2003
|
|
|
Edward H. West
|
Entercom
Communications Corp.
|
Joined
board
|
West,
the CEO and chairman of ICG Commerce, has joined the board of radio
broadcaster Entercom, effective immediately.
|
4/1/2003
|
|
|
Burl
Osborne
|
J.C.
Penney Co.
|
Joined
board
|
Osborne,
65, the chairman of the board of the Associated Press and retired
president of Belo Corp's publishing division, has been elected to
the board of J.C. Penney.
|
4/1/2003
|
|
|
Bert Notini
|
Sonus
Networks
|
Joined
board
|
Notini,
CFO of Manufacturers Services Limited, has been appointed to the
board.
|
3/31/2003
|
|
|
Tom
Watjen
|
UnumProvident
Corporation
|
New
CEO
|
The
board has appointed Watjen to serve as CEO on an interim basis.
Watjen replaces Harold Chandler, who previously served as chairman,
president, and CEO. Chandler will receive severance of $8.5 million
and pension benefits of $8.5 million.
|
3/31/2003
|
|
|
Edward Saliba
|
Electroglas,
Inc.
|
Joined
board
|
Saliba
will replace board member Roger Emerick, who recently retired. The
company anticipates that Saliba will fulfill the financial expert
requirement of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
|
3/27/2003
|
|
|
Ira
D. Hall |
The
Pepsi Bottling Group |
Joined
board |
Hall,
CEO of Utendahl Capital Management, has been elected to the board. |
3/27/2003 |
|
|
Danny Phillips/David
George
|
AdvancePCS
|
Joined
board/Leaving board
|
Phillips,
executive vice president of corporate development, will replace
George, the company's president, who will be stepping down for personal
and family reasons.
|
3/27/2003
|
|
|
L.
Patrick Gage
|
Protein
Design Labs
|
Joined
board
|
Gage
has been elected a member of the board effective March 11. Protein
Design Labs is a developer of humanized antibodies to prevent or
treat various disease conditions.
|
3/27/2003
|
|
|
David Courtney
|
Silicon
Image
|
Joined
board
|
Courtney,
the CFO at TiVo Inc., has been appointed to the board of Silicon
Image, a high-bandwith semiconductor and system solutions for mass
markets.
|
3/27/2003
|
|
|
Edward
Blechschmidt/Mark McKenna and Curt Nonomaque
|
Neoforma,
Inc.
|
Joined
board/Leaving board
|
Blechschmidt,
retired CEO of Gentiva Health Services, has been appointed to the
board, effective immediately. Mark McKenna and Curt Nonomaque are
stepping down as part of a planned transition to increase the independence
of the company's board.
|
3/27/2003
|
|
|
James DeBello
|
Mitek
Systems
|
New CEO
|
DeBello
succeeds John Thorton, who will continue as chairman of the board
of Mitek, a provider of check imaging software.
|
3/26/2003
|
|
|
Peter
Starrett and Thomas Murnane
|
Pacific
Sunwear of California
|
Joined
board
|
Starett
is president of Peter Starrett Associates, a retail advisory firm,
and Murnane retired as a partner from PricewaterhouseCoopers in
2002.
|
3/26/2003
|
|
|
Brad Nutter
|
Haemonetics
Corporation
|
New CEO
|
Nutter
will become president and CEO effective April 1, following the retirement
of James Peterson. Nutter will also replace Peterson on the board.
|
3/26/2003
|
|
|
John
Elliott
|
Neuberger
Berman Inc. |
Joined
board
|
Elliott,
dean of Baruch College's School of Business, joins the board effective
April 1.
|
3/26/2003
|
|
|
Nadir Mohamed
|
Sierra
Wireless, Inc.
|
Joined
board
|
Mohamed,
president and CEO of Rogers Wireless Communications, has been appointed
to the board, effective immediately.
|
3/26/2003
|
|
|
Koichi
Nishimura
|
AT&T
Wireless
|
Joined
board
|
Nishimura
has been named to the board, effective April 1. Dr. Nishimura was
CEO of Solectron Corp. until his retirement in January. AT&T
Wireless will now have a total of nine directors.
|
3/26/2003
|
|
|
Michael Durham and Jeff
Wooley
|
Asbury
Automotive Group, Inc.
|
Joined
board
|
Durham,
former CEO of Sabre Inc., and Wooley, CEO of Courtesy Automotive
Group, increase the size of the board to 12 members. Durham has
also been appointed to the audit committee.
|
3/26/2003
|
|
|
Robert
Allison, Jr.
|
Anadarko
Petroleum Corp.
|
New
CEO
|
CEO
John Seitz resigned in an apparent response to the board' s dissatisfaction
with the company's stock price. He was replaced by chairman Robert
Allison Jr.
|
3/25/2003
|
|
|
Bill Berry, Bruce Jaffe,
Jami Nachtsheim
|
Southwall
Technologies
|
Joined
board
|
Berry,
Jaffe, and Nachtsheim are joining the board, while Bruce Alexander
has announced that he will not run for re-election. This brings
the number of members to eight, seven of whom the company believes
are independent.
|
3/25/2003
|
|
|
Martin
Vaughan
|
Hilb,
Rogal and Hamilton Company
|
New
CEO and chairman
|
Vaughan
has served as chief operating officer since 1999 and succeeds Andrew
Rogal, who will retire as CEO and chairman following the company's
May 6 annual meeting.
|
3/25/2003
|
|
|
Jeffrey Poore
|
Paradigm
Medical Industries
|
New CEO
|
Poore,
55, has been named president and CEO of Paradigm, which develops,
manufactures, and markets surgical and diagnostic equipment for
the medical industry.
|
3/24/2003
|
|
|
Louise
Goeser
|
PPL
Corporation
|
Joined
board
|
Goeser,
vice president of quality for Ford Motor Company, joins the board
and will be in a class of directors whose terms run through April
2005.
|
3/24/2003
|
|
|
Paul Anderson and Kent
Kresa/Thomas Gossage
|
Fluor
Corporation |
Joined
board/Leaving board
|
Anderson,
former CEO of BHP Billiton, and Kresa, retiring CEO of Northrop
Grumman Corporation, have been elected to the board of Fluor. Gossage,
director since 1997, has decided to retire at the annual meeting
in May.
|
3/17/2003
|
|
|
Jeffrey
Erickson
|
Atlas
Air
|
Joined
board |
Erickson
has joined the board and has become president of Atlas Air's holding
company, Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings.
|
3/15/2003 |
|
|
John Curtis and John
Stokely
|
Transaction
Systems Architects |
Joined
board
|
Curits
and Stokely have joined the board of the e-commerce company, bringing
the total number of members to seven.
|
3/14/2003
|
|
|
Charles
Rossotti/Roger Sant
|
AES
Corporation
|
Joined
board/chairman stepping down |
Rossotti,
who was chairman of American Management Systems (AMS), joins the
board as an independent member. Chairman Roger Sant said he expects
to step down as chairman following the company's May 1 meeting,
with Richard Darman, former director of the OMB and a partner of
the Carlyle Group, expected to replace him.
|
3/14/2003
|
|
|
William Murphy, Thomas
Berry/John Cassese
|
Computer
Horizons Corp. |
New CEO
and chairman
|
Cassese,
the company's CEO, president, and chairman, has taken a leave of
absence as CEO and president and resigned as chairman. Cassese has
been informed that the Justice Department has obtained an indictment
relating to Cassese's June 1999 purchase and sale of an unrelated
company's shares. Murphy has been named acting president and CEO,
and Berry has been named chairman.
|
3/14/2003
|
|
|
Pauline
Richards/John Malone
|
Cendant
Corporation
|
Joined
board/Leaving board |
Richards,
54, joins the board as an independent director and replaces Malone,
who has resigned from the board. Richards will replace Brian Mulroney
on the audit committee; Mulroney will remain on the board as a member
of the corporate governance committee.
|
3/14/2003
|
|
|
Dale Crandall
|
BEA
Systems, Inc.
|
Joined
board
|
Crandall,
a former managing partner at Price Waterhouse, has joined the board
of BEA, an application infrastructure software company.
|
3/14/2003
|
|
|
Robert
Burt
|
Janus
Capital Group
|
Joined
board
|
Burt,
the retired chairman and CEO of FMC Corp. has joined the board.
|
3/14/2003
|
|
|
Jeff Cavins/Phil Gioia,
Chad Waite, Gary Sbona
|
Loudeye
Corp.
|
New CEO/Departing
CEO and board members
|
Goia,
named president and CEO on Feb. 4, has been replaced by Cavins,
who joined Loudeye as senior vice presdient of worldwide sales in
November. Waite, managing director at OVP Venture Partners, and
Sbona, CEO of Regent Pacific, have resigned from the board.
|
3/13/2003
|
|
|
Ronald
Kuehn
|
El
Paso Corp.
|
New
chairman and CEO
|
Kuehn,
the lead director of the board, has been appointed as interim chairman
and CEO and replaces William Wise, who resigned in February but
had planned to stay on until a replacement is found. The company,
facing a proxy contest from shareholder Selim Zilkha, said the board
made the move "to provide strong leadership and stability while
in search of a permanent CEO." |
3/13/2003
|
|
|
Richard Schumacher
|
Boston
Biomedica, Inc.
|
Leaving
Board
|
The
company's board of directors has terminated Schumacher as chairman
and CEO for personal financial reasons. William Wilson, a director,
was named chairman of the board. Kevin Quinlan, president and chief
operating officer, will lead day-to-day operations.
|
3/11/2003
|
|
|
Lewis
Sanders/Bruce Calvert |
Alliance
Capital Management Holding |
New
CEO
|
Sanders,
56, has been named chief executive of Alliance, while Calvert, also
56, will stay on as chairman. |
3/10/2003 |
|
|
Reuben Mark
|
Citigroup
Inc.
|
Leaving
Board
|
Mark,
an outside director and the chairman and CEO of Colgate-Palmolive
Co., agreed on Jan. 21 not to stand for re-election, according
to a Wall Street Journal article. According to the report, Mark
was frustrated that Citigroup's succession process would not be
opened up to the full board. |
3/10/2003
|
|
|
Richard
Fox
|
aQuantive,
Inc.
|
Joining
Board
|
aQuantive,
a digital marketing services and technology company, announced that
Fox, a former managing partner with Ernst & Young, has been
elected to the board.
|
3/10/2003
|
|
|
John Schwarz and Victor
Cohn
|
Verity,
Inc.
|
Joining
Board
|
Schwarz,
president and COO of Symantec Corporation, and Cohn, founder and
principal of Focal Point Partners, have been appointed to the board
of Verity, a provider of enterprise software. The addition brings
the total number of board members to eight.
|
3/10/2003
|
|
|
Thomas
Beard
|
AHL
Services, Inc.
|
Joining
Board
|
Beard,
a managing director at Deutsche Bank, has joined the board of AHL,
a provider of marketing support services.
|
3/7/2003
|
|
|
G. Michael Lynch
|
Champion
Enterprises
|
Joining
Board
|
Lynch,
CFO for Federal-Mogul Corporation, has been named to the board of
the housing manufacturer. |
3/7/2003
|
|
|
Henry
Tang
|
Foamex
International
|
Joining
Board
|
Tang,
a partner at Baker Botts LLP, has been named to the Foamex board.
Foamex is a manufacturer of flexibile polyurethane and advanced
polymer foam products. |
3/6/2003
|
|
|
Alan Noia |
Allegheny
Energy, Inc.
|
Leaving
Board
|
Noia,
chairman, president, and CEO of the company, has informed the board
that he plans to retire. He has agreed to remain with the company
until a replacement is found. |
3/6/2003
|
|
|
William
Albertini, David Komansky, William Demchak, and William Mutterperl |
BlackRock,
Inc. |
Joined
Board |
The
elections of Albertini, Demchak, and Mutterperl are effective immediately,
and Komansky's election is effective as of May 1. The additions
bring the total number of directors to twelve. |
2/27/2003 |
|
|
Larry Bump |
EMCOR
Group, Inc. |
Joined
Board |
The
election of Bump, chairman of the board of Willibros Group, Inc.,
brings the number of EMCOR directors to seven. |
3/4/2003 |
|
|
Robert
Lipp, Stephen Burke |
Bank
One Corporation |
Joined
Board |
Lipp,
chairman and CEO of Travelers Property Casualty Corp., and Burke,
president of Comcast Cable Communications, Inc., were appointed
to the board on Feb. 28. Both will stand for election at the annual
meeting on April 15. The two appointments bring the total number
of Bank One board members to 13. |
2/28/2003 |
|
|
John Reid |
Minerals
Technologies |
Joined
Board |
Reid,
an adjunct professor in the garduate MBA program at New York University,
has been elected to the board. |
2/27/2003 |
|
|
David
Bell/John Dooner |
Interpublic
Group |
Joined Board/Leaving Board |
Bell
is succeeding Dooner as chairman and CEO of the Interpublic Group.
Dooner will become chairman and CEO of the McCann-Erickson WorldGroup,
Interpublic's largest unit. Both changes became effective Feb. 27. |
2/27/2003 |
|
|
Thomas Skains/Ware Schiefer,
John Maxheim, Ned McWherter |
Piedmont
Natural Gas |
Left Board |
Skains
became president and CEO, effective Feb. 28. Schiefer (CEO/vice
chairman), Maxheim (chairman), and McWherter (board member), retired
in accordance with the retirement policies of the board. |
2/28/2003 |
|
|
Ken
Goldman/Terry Carlitz |
Hyperion |
Leaving
Board/Joined Board |
Goldman,
CFO of Siebel Systems, resigned after questions by investors, who
viewed Siebel as a possible future competitor of Hyperion. Separately,
Hyperion announced that Carlitz has joined the board, becoming the
fifth outside director. Both moves became effective Feb. 27. |
2/27/2003 |
|
|
Douglas Watson/William
Crouse |
OraSure
Technologies, Inc. |
Joined Board/Leaving Board |
Watson
has been appointed chairman of the board. He is replacing Crouse,
who is retiring from the board |
3/3/2003 |
|
|
Bradley
Carver/Brian Hughes |
GlycoGenesys,
Inc. |
Joined Board/Leaving Board |
Carvier,
president and CEO and a member of the board since 1995, has been
elected interim chairman of the board, effective Feb. 28, and replaces
Brian Hughes, who resigned from the board on Feb. 24. |
2/28/2003 |
|
|
Christopher Hagerty/Scott
Kavanaugh |
Commercial
Capital Bancorp Inc. |
Joined Board/Left Board |
Hargerty,
executive vice president and chief financial officer aof CCBI, was
appointed to the company's board of directors, effective Feb. 26,
and replaces Scott Kavanaugh, who resigned to pursue other interests. |
2/26/2003 |
|
|
James
Schiro/Robert Morrison/Roger Enrico |
PepsiCo |
Joined Board/Leaving Board |
Schiro,
executive officer of Zurich Financial Services, was elected to the
board; Morrison retired from the board; and Enrico will not stand
for reelection when his term expires in May. |
1/30/2003 |
|
|
Ted
Turner |
AOL
Time Warner, Inc. |
Leaving
Board |
Vice
Chairman Ted Turner will leave the company in the spring to pursue
other opportunities. |
1/29/2003 |
|
|
James
Gould |
Anaren,
Inc. |
Joined
Board |
Gould
is president of Alesco Advisors, LLC. |
1/28/2003 |
|
|
Jonathan Klein |
RealNetworks |
Joined
Board |
Klein
is the chief executive officer at Getty Images. |
1/28/2003 |
|
|
Christos Cotsakos |
ETrade
Group Inc. |
Leaving
Board |
Cotsakos,
chairman and CEO of ETrade, came under fire for his $80 million
2001 pay package and has resigned. The online trading firm is attempting
to shore up its business. |
1/24/2003 |
|
|
Four board members |
Walt
Disney Co. |
Leaving
Board |
Disney's
board of directors nominated 13 existing board members for reelection.
Not among the 13 were Reveta Bowers, Sidney Poitier, Robert Stern,
and Andrea Van de Kamp. The move comes amidst concern that the company's
board is too closely aligned with CEO Michael Eisner. |
1/27/2003 |
|
|
Thomas Hebble/Gary Tice |
Sun
Bancorp, Inc. |
Leaving
Board/Joined Board |
Thomas
Hebble is leaving the board due to his recent promotion and relocation
to Florida. Gary Tice has been appointed to the Sun Bancorp, Inc.,
and SunBank boards of directors. He is president and CEO of F.N.B.
Corporation. |
1/23/2003 |
|
|
Entire board |
Kmart |
Leaving
Board |
Kmart
Corp plans to eliminate its entire board of directors as part of
the reorganization plan it has submitted to bankruptcy court. As
part of the plan, Kmart's creditors will select a new board of independent
directors to manage the company. |
1/21/2003 |
|
|
William Schleyer/Ron
Cooper |
Adelphia
Communications Corp. |
Joined
Board |
Two
former AT&T executives have been appointed to Adelphia Communications
Corp.'s board to aid the largest U.S. cable provider in getting
out of bankruptcy. William Schleyer will be the new chairman/CEO
and Ron Cooper will serve as COO. |
1/17/2003 |
|
|
Richard Parsons/Steve
Case |
AOL
Time Warner, Inc. |
Joined
Board |
AOL
Time Warner has announced that Chairman Steve Case will be replaced
by CEO Richard Parsons. Parsons will retain his CEO post, and Case
will remain on the board. |
1/17/2003 |
|
|
Bruce Gordon/Joseph Welch |
Tyco
International Ltd. |
Joined Board/Leaving Board |
Verizon
executive Bruce Gordon will replace Joseph Welch on Tyco International
Ltd.'s board. |
1/13/2003 |
|
|
Ira D. Hall |
Williams
Companies |
Left Board |
Former
Texaco, Inc., executive Ira D. Hall has resigned from the Williams
Cos. board to become Utendahl Capital Management LP's new president
and CEO. |
1/6/2003 |
|
|
Richard Scrushy/William
Owens/Malcolm McVay |
HeathSouth
Corp. |
Joined Board/Left Board |
HealthSouth
Corp. announced that Chairman Richard Scrushy will return to his
CEO post, replacing William Owens.
Owens will resume his post as CFO, and acting CFO Malcolm
McVay will resume his post as treasurer. |
1/6/2003 |
|
|
Brian Gilbertson/Chip
Goodyear |
BHP
Billiton PLC |
Left Board/Joined
Board |
Australian
mining giant BHP Billiton CEO Brian Gilbertson has resigned his
position citing "irreconcilable differences" with the
board. He was immediately replaced by Executive
Director Chip Goodyear. |
1/5/2003 |
|
|
Larry Alan Kay/Richard
Herzer |
IHOP
Corp. |
Joined Board/Left Board |
IHOP
veteran of 35 years, Chairman Richard Herzer, retired from the company's
board. The new chairman will be Larry Alan Kay. |
1/3/2003 |
|
|
Gary Winnick/Jeremiah
Lambert/Myron Ullman |
Global
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