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Board of Directors

RPM International Inc. - Board of Directors. Seated, left to right: Dr. Jerry Sue Thornton, Joseph Viviano, Thomas Sullivan, and Frank Sullivan. Standing, left to right: Dr. Max Amstutz, Edward Brandon, Bradley Jones, William Papenbrock, Albert Ratner, Donald Miller, James Karman, and Bruce Carbonari.

Board of Directors:

Dr. Max D. Amstutz (2) Elected 1995; Chairman, Finter Bank Zurich, Switzerland; former Chairman, SGS Societe Generale de Surveillance Holding S.A., Geneva, Switzerland (world leader in verification, testing and certification); former Managing Director, Holderbank Financiere Glaris Ltd., Glaris, Switzerland (cement); former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Von Roll Holding Ltd. (machinery), and former Vice Chairman, Alusuisse-Lonza Holding Ltd., Zurich, Switzerland (aluminum, chemicals and packaging).

Edward B. Brandon (1), (3*) Elected 1989; retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, National City Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio (a financial holding company).

Bruce A. Carbonari (4) Elected 2002; President and Chief Executive Officer, Fortune Brands Home and Hardware (a consumer products company specializing in kitchen, bath and related products); Director, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland, Ohio.

E. Bradley Jones (1), (2) Elected 1990; retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Republic Steel Corporation, LTV Steel Company, Cleveland, Ohio, and Group Vice President, LTV Corporation, Dallas, Texas.

James A. Karman (1) Elected 1963; retired Vice Chairman, RPM International Inc.; Director, Shiloh Industries, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio; and A. Schulman, Inc., Akron, Ohio.

Donald K. Miller (2*) Elected 1972; Chairman, Axiom International Investor LLC, Greenwich, Connecticut (an international equity asset management firm); Director, Huffy Corporation, Dayton, Ohio; and Layne Christensen Company, Mission Woods, Kansas.

William A. Papenbrock (4) Elected 1972; retired Partner and past Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee, Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP, Cleveland, Ohio (attorneys at law).

Albert B. Ratner (1), (3) Elected 1996; Co-Chairman of the Board of Forest City Enterprises, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio (a diversified real estate development corporation).

Frank C. Sullivan (1*) Elected 1995; President and Chief Executive Officer; Director, the Greater Cleveland Chapter of the American Red Cross and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland, Ohio.

Thomas C. Sullivan (1) Elected 1963; Chairman of the Board; retired Chief Executive Officer, RPM International Inc.; Director, Huffy Corporation, Dayton, Ohio; Pioneer-Standard Electronics, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio; and Kaydon Corporation, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Dr. Jerry Sue Thornton (1), (3) Elected 1999; President of Cuyahoga Community College; Director, American Greetings Corporation; Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. and National City Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio; and OfficeMax, Inc., Shaker Heights, Ohio.

Joseph P. Viviano (4*) Elected 2001; retired Vice Chairman, Hershey Foods Corporation, Hershey, Pennsylvania; Director, Chesapeake Corporation, Richmond, Virginia; Harsco Corporation, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania; Huffy Corporation, Dayton, Ohio; and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc., Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

(1) Executive Committee
(2) Audit Committee
(3) Compensation Committee
(4) Governance & Nominating Committee
* Chairman to the Committee


Officers:

Frank C. Sullivan
President and Chief Executive Officer

P. Kelly Tompkins
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Ronald A. Rice
Senior Vice President - Administration and Assistant Secretary

Dennis F. Finn
Vice President - Environmental and Regulatory Affairs

Glenn R. Hasman
Vice President - Finance and Communications

Paul G. P. Hoogenboom
Vice President - Operations and Chief Information Officer

Stephen J. Knoop
Vice President - Corporate Development

Robert L. Matejka
Vice President - Chief Financial Officer and Controller

Keith R. Smiley
Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary