| Mr Clayton W. Williams
| Mr Clayton W. Williams, JR., is Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Clayton Williams Energy Inc, having served in such capacities since September 1991. For more than the past five years, Mr. Williams has also been the chief executive officer and a director of the Williams Entities. Mr. Williams beneficially owns, either individually or through his affiliates, approximately 26% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock. |
| Mr Jordan R. Smith
| Mr Jordan R. Smith is a Director and member of the Audit, Compensation and Nominating and Governance Committees of the Board at Clayton Williams Energy Inc. Mr Smith has served as a Director of Clayton Williams Energy Inc since July 2000. Mr Smith is President of Ramshorn Investments, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nabors Industries, having served in such capacity for more than the past five years. Mr Smith serves as a director of Delta Petroleum Corporation, a publicly owned corporation in the energy business, and has served on the Board of the University of Wyoming Foundation and the Board of the Domestic Petroleum Council. |
| Mr Robert L. Parker
| Mr Robert L. Parker is a director and a member of the Audit, Compensation and Nominating and Governance Committees of the Board at Clayton Williams Energy Inc. Mr Parker has served as a director of Clayton Williams Energy since May 1993. Mr Parker is retired. Until his retirement in April 2006, he was the Chairman of the Board of Parker Drilling, a publicly owned corporation providing contract drilling services, a position he held since 1969. |
| Mr Davis L. Ford
| Mr Davis L. Ford is a director and a member of the Audit, Compensation and Nominating and Governance Committees of the Board at Clayton Williams Energy Inc. Dr Ford has served as a director of Clayton Williams Energy Inc since February 2004. Dr Ford has been president of Davis L. Ford & Associates, an environmental engineering and consulting firm, for more than the past five years and is also an adjunct professor at The University of Texas at Austin. Dr Ford is a distinguished engineering graduate of both Texas A&M University and The University of Texas at Austin and is also a member of the National Academy of Engineering. |
| Mr Mel G. Riggs
| Mr Mel G. Riggs has served as a director since July 2009. Mr Riggs has served as executive vice president and chief operating officer since December 2010, and as a director since 1994, of Clayton Williams Energy, Inc., a public exploration and production company that develops and produces oil and natural gas. From 1991 to December 2010, Mr Riggs served as senior vice president—finance, secretary, treasurer, and chief financial officer of Clayton Williams Energy, Inc. |
| Mr Richard Barker
| On January 23, 2012, Celgene Corporation announced the election of Richard W. Barker, D. Phil., to its Board of Directors effective on January 20, 2012. Barker is a global thought leader in healthcare systems and government policy. He served as Director General of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), and as a board member for the European and International pharmaceutical industry federations, addressing critical issues and working closely with government health agencies. During his career, Dr. Barker was Chief Executive of Chiron Diagnostics, General Manager of IBM’s Worldwide Healthcare Solutions division and leader of McKinsey & Company’s European healthcare practice. Dr. Barker holds a D.Phil. in biophysics and a B.A. in Chemistry, both from Oxford University. |
| Mr Michael A. Friedman
| Mr Michael A. Friedman is a member of board of directors at MannKind Corp since December 2003. Currently, Dr. Friedman is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the City of Hope National Medical Center. Previously, from September 2001 until April 2003, Dr. Friedman held the position of Senior Vice President of Research and Development, Medical and Public Policy, for Pharmacia Corporation and, from July 1999 until September 2001, was a senior vice president of Searle, a subsidiary of Monsanto Company. From 1995 until June 1999, Dr. Friedman served as Deputy Commissioner for Operations for the Food and Drug Administration, and was Acting Commissioner and Lead Deputy Commissioner from 1997 to 1998. Dr. Friedman received a bachelor of arts degree, magna cum laude, from Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, and a doctorate in medicine from the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School. |
| Mr Gilla Kaplan
| Gilla Kaplan, Ph.D. has served as one of our directors since April 1998 and is a member of the Audit Committee. Dr. Kaplan is head of the Laboratory of Mycobacterial Immunity and Pathogenesis at The Public Health Research Institute Center at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark, New Jersey, where she was appointed full Member in 2002 and Assistant Director in 2006. Dr. Kaplan also was appointed, in 2005, Professor of Medicine at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Previously, Dr. Kaplan was an immunologist in the Laboratory at Cellular Physiology and Immunology at The Rockefeller University in New York where she was an Associate Professor. |
| Robert Hugin
| Robert J. Hugin has been a director since April 2003. Since June 2010, Mr. Hugin has served as president and chief executive officer of Celgene Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company focused on cancer and immunological diseases. From May 2006 to June 2010, Mr. Hugin served as the president and chief operating officer of Celgene, and from June 1999 to May 2006, Mr. Hugin served as the senior vice president and chief financial officer of Celgene. From 1985 to 1999, Mr. Hugin held positions with J.P. Morgan & Co. Inc., an investment banking firm, serving most recently as a managing director. Mr. Hugin is a director of Celgene Corporation and Atlantic Health System, Inc. In the past five years, Mr. Hugin has also served as a director of Coley Pharmaceutical Group, Inc. Mr. Hugin received an A.B. from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from the University of Virginia. |
| Mr James Loughlin
| James J. Loughlin has served as one of our directors since January 2007, as Chairman of the Audit Committee since June 2008 and a member of the Compensation Committee since June 2008. Mr. Loughlin served as the National Director of the Pharmaceuticals Practice at KPMG LLP (or KPMG), and a five-year term as member of the Board of Directors of KPMG. Additionally, Mr. Loughlin served as Chairman of the Pension and Investment Committee of the KPMG Board from 1995 through 2001. He also served as Partner in charge of Human Resources, Chairman of the Personnel and Professional Development Committee, Secretary and Trustee of the Peat Marwick Foundation and a member of the Pension, Operating and Strategic Planning Committees. In addition, Mr. Loughlin served as a member of the Board of Directors of Alfacell Corporation (until 2008) and Datascope Corp. (until January 2009). |
| Mr Eduardo Mestre
| Eduardo G. Mestre, 66, has served as a director at Comcast since May 2011. Since February 2012, he has been a Senior Managing Director and Chairman of Global Advisory of Evercore Partners Inc., an independent investment banking advisory firm. From October 2004 until February 2012, he was a Vice Chairman of Evercore Partners. From 2001 to 2004, Mr. Mestre served as Chairman of Citigroup’s global investment bank. From 1995 to 2001, he served as head of investment banking and, prior to that, as co-head of mergers and acquisitions at Salomon Smith Barney. Prior to joining Salomon in 1977, Mr. Mestre practiced law at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP. Mr. Mestre serves as a director of Avis Budget Group, Inc. |
| Mr Carl Bass
| Carl Bass joined Autodesk in September 1993 and serves as President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Bass served as Interim Chief Financial Officer from August 2008 to April 2009. From June 2004 to April 2006, Mr. Bass served as Chief Operating Officer. From February 2002 to June 2004, Mr. Bass served as Senior Executive Vice President, Design Solutions Group. From August 2001 to February 2002, Mr. Bass served as Executive Vice President, Emerging Business and Chief Strategy Officer. From June 1999 to July 2001, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Buzzsaw.com, Inc., a spin-off from Autodesk. He has also held other executive positions within Autodesk. Mr. Bass was a director of McAfee, Inc. until its acquisition by Intel Corporation on February 28, 2011. |
| Mr D Scott Davis
| Mr D Scott Davis is a Director at Johnson and Johnson ,Having served as Chairman and CEO of the world's largest publicly-traded logistics company, and given his knowledge and passion for emerging markets and international operations, deep understanding of public policy and global economic indicators, and expertise in management, strategy, finance and operations, Mr. Davis brings to our Board his unique expertise in supply chain logistics at a time of rapid global expansion in the health care industry,Mr Davis has served as our Executive Vice President, Chief Concept and Innovation Officer since May 2010, prior to which he served as our Senior Vice President, Chief Concept Officer since May 1999. Mr. Davis joined us in 1987, and from May 1996 until May 1999 served as our Director of Concept Services and Customer Experience. Mr. Davis, 63, joined the Board of Directors in 2014, and is a member of the Audit Committee and the Regulatory, Compliance & Government Affairs Committee. Mr. Davis is Chairman of United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS), the largest package delivery company in the world and a leading U.S. less-than-truckload transport and global supply chain solutions provider (shipment and logistics). From 2008 to September 2014, Mr. Davis served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of UPS, and prior to this, he served as Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Mr. Davis held various leadership positions with UPS, primarily in the finance and accounting areas. Prior to joining UPS, he was Chief Executive Officer of II Morrow Inc., a developer of general aviation and marine navigation instruments. Mr. Davis is a Certified Public Accountant. He previously served on the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (2003-2009), serving as Chairman in 2009.He has been a Director of Honeywell International Inc. since August 1, 2005. |
| Mr Kenneth A. Goldman
| Mr Kenneth A. Goldman is an independent director at GoPro Inc since December 2013. He has been an attorney and partner with Reed Smith LLP, an international law firm, since 2003. He was an attorney and director in the law firm of Crosby Heafey Roach & May, a Professional Corporation, from September 2000 to December 2002 and for more than five years prior thereto, an attorney and principal of Sanders, Barnet, Goldman, Simons & Mosk, a Professional Corporation. Mr Goldman has had substantial experience in legal and transactional aspects of business transactions and real estate and has a good understanding of real estate matters, particularly in the Los Angeles, California area where Gelson’s has its stores and wishes to open new ones. He has extensive experience concerning the Company and its business, history and financial information having served as a director of the Company for ten years which gives him a good understanding of the responsibilities of a director and the operations of the Company. Mr Goldman serves on the Nominating Committee of the Company. |
| Mr Gary E. Dickerson
| Mr Gary E. Dickerson is a director at Applied Materials Inc since September 1, 2013. Mr Dickerson has been appointed as President of Applied Materials Inc, effective June 19, 2012. Mr Dickerson previously served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of Varian Semiconductor Associates, Inc., from 2004 until Applied’s acquisition of Varian in November 2011. |
| Mr Willem P. Roelandts
| Mr Willem P. Roelandts is a Chairman at Applied Materials Inc since June 5, 2015. Willem has served as a director since 2008. Mr Roelandts was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Xilinx, Inc. from July 2003 until August 2009 and a member of the board of directors of Xilinx from 1996 until August 2009. Mr Roelandts served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Xilinx from January 1996 to January 2008. Prior to joining Xilinx, Mr Roelandts held various executive positions during a 29-year career at Hewlett-Packard Company, where he last served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Computer Systems Organizations. Mr Roelandts serves on the Board of Directors of Applied Materials, Inc., IMEC, a non-profit research company in Belgium, eSilicon Corporation, a privately held company, and the El Camino Hospital Foundation, a non-profit foundation, and on the Board of Trustees of the Lincoln Law School. Mr Roelandts received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rijks Hogere Technische School in Belgium. |
| Mr Stephen R. Forrest
| Mr Stephen R. Forrest is a director of Applied Materials Inc since June 2008. He has served as Vice President for Research at the University of Michigan since January 2006, where he also holds faculty appointments as Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the College of Engineering, and as Professor of Physics in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts. Dr. Forrest leads the University’s Optoelectronics Components and Materials Group. From 1992 to 2005, Dr. Forrest served in a number of positions at Princeton University, including as Chair of the Electrical Engineering Department, Director of the Center for Photonics and Optoelectronic Materials, and as director of the National Center for Integrated Photonic Technology. Prior to Princeton, Dr. Forrest was a faculty member of the Electrical Engineering and Materials Science Departments at the University of Southern California. |
| Mr James C. Morgan
| Mr James C. Morgan has served as Applied’s Chairman Emeritus since March 10, 2009. Mr. Morgan spent more than 31 years as a director and employee of Applied, including over 20 years as Chairman of the Board. Mr. Morgan first joined Applied in 1976 and served as Chief Executive Officer from 1977 to 2003. |
| Mr Aart J. De Geus
| Dr Aart J. de Geus is a director at Applied Materials Inc since July 24, 2007. He is a co-founded Synopsys and has served as Chairman of our Board of Directors since February 1998 and Chief Executive Officer since January 1994. Since the inception of Synopsys in December 1986, he has held a variety of positions, including President, Senior Vice President of Engineering and Senior Vice President of Marketing. Dr. de Geus has served as a director since 1986, and served as Chairman of our Board of Directors from 1986 to 1992 and again from 1998 until present. Dr. de Geus has also served on the board of directors of Applied Materials, Inc. since July 2007. As a co-founder of Synopsys, Dr. de Geus has led Synopsys for 25 years, and is considered a pioneer in the Electronic Design Automation (referred to in this Proxy Statement as EDA) industry. Effective May 21, 2012, the Board of Directors of Synopsys, Inc. appointed Dr. Aart de Geus, Synopsys’ current Chief Executive Officer, as its Co-Chief Executive Officer. Dr. de Geus will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors. |
| Mr Thomas J. Iannotti
| Mr Thomas J. Iannotti is a director of Applied Materials Inc since September 2005. He served as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Enterprise Services, for Hewlett-Packard Company, a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally, from February 2009 until his retirement in October 2011. From 2002 to January 2009, Mr Iannotti held various executive positions at Hewlett-Packard, including most recently as Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Enterprise Business Group, Americas. From 1978 to 2002, Mr Iannotti worked at Digital Equipment Corporation, a vendor of computer systems and software, and at Compaq Computer Corporation, a supplier of personal computing systems, after its acquisition of Digital Equipment Corporation. |
