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2008 Annual Report

Around the Board Room

Board of Directors

  • Gen. John P. Abizaid (Retired) (3);
    Appointed 2008; retired four-star General in the U.S. Army and former commander of the U.S. Central Command
  • Bruce A. Carbonari (4);
    Elected 2002; President and Chief Executive Officer, Fortune Brands, Inc., Deerfield, Illinois (a leading consumer brands company)
  • David A. Daberko (3);
    Elected 2007; retired Chairman, National City Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio (a financial holding company)
  • James A. Karman (2);
    Elected 1963; retired Vice Chairman, RPM International Inc.
  • Donald K. Miller (2*);
    Elected 1972; Chairman, Axiom International Investors LLC, Greenwich, Connecticut (an international equity asset management firm)
  • Fredrick R. Nance (4);
    Elected 2007; Regional Managing Partner; Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P., Cleveland, Ohio (attorneys at law)
  • William A. Papenbrock (2), (3**), (4);
    Elected 1972; retired Partner and past Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee, Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP, Cleveland, Ohio (attorneys at law)
  • Charles A. Ratner (1), (3*);
    Elected 2005; President and Chief Executive Officer, Forest City Enterprises, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio (a diversified real estate development corporation)
  • Frank C. Sullivan (1*);
    Elected 1995; President and Chief Executive Officer, RPM International Inc.
  • Thomas C. Sullivan (1);
    Elected 1963; Chairman of the Board, retired Chief Executive Officer, RPM International Inc.
  • William B. Summers, Jr. (1), (2);
    Elected 2004; retired Chairman, McDonald Investments Inc., Cleveland, Ohio (an investment banking and securities firm and a subsidiary of KeyCorp)
  • Dr. Jerry Sue Thornton (1), (3), (4**);
    Elected 1999; President of Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio
  • Joseph P. Viviano (4*);
    Elected 2001; retired Vice Chairman, Hershey Foods Corporation, Hershey, Pennsylvania

Officers

  • Frank C. Sullivan
    President and Chief Executive Officer
  • Ronald A. Rice
    Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
  • P. Kelly Tompkins
    Executive Vice President - Administration and Chief Financial Officer
  • Paul G. P. Hoogenboom
    Senior Vice President - Manufacturing and Operations, Chief Information Officer
  • Stephen J. Knoop
    Senior Vice President - Corporate Development
  • Lonny R. DiRusso
    Vice President - Information Technology
  • Russell L. Gordon
    Vice President - Corporate Planning
  • Janeen B. Kastner
    Vice President - Corporate Benefits and Risk Management
  • John F. Kramer
    Vice President - Corporate Development
  • Randell McShepard
    Vice President - Public Affairs
  • Edward W. Moore
    Vice President - General Counsel and Secretary
  • Matt T. Ratajczak
    Vice President - Global Taxes
  • Barry M. Slifstein
    Vice President and Controller
  • Keith R. Smiley
    Vice President - Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
  • Thomas C. Sullivan, Jr.
    Vice President - Corporate Development
 
(1) Executive Committee (2) Audit Committee (3) Compensation Committee (4) Governance & Nominating Committee
* Chairman of the Committee ** Alternate member of the Committee