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Board of Directors Board of Director Qualification Guidelines Committee Legend (bold indicates chairperson) 1: Audit 2: Board Governance 3: Compensation and Human Resources 4: Public Policy
Todd M. Bluedorn
became Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and was elected as a director of
our company in April 2007. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Bluedorn
served in numerous senior management positions for United Technologies
since 1995, including President, Americas - Otis Elevator Company;
President, North America - Commercial Heating, Ventilation and Air
Conditioning for Carrier Corporation; and President, Hamilton Sundstrand
Industrial. He began his professional career with McKinsey & Company in
1992. A graduate of West Point with a B.S. in electrical engineering,
Bluedorn served in the United States Army as a combat engineer officer
and United States Army Ranger from 1985 to 1990. He received his MBA
from Harvard University School of Business in 1992. Mr. Bluedorn serves
on the Board of Directors of Eaton Corporation, a diversified industrial
manufacturer. Steven R. Booth has served as a
director of our company since 2002. He became the President and CEO of
Polytech Molding Inc., a plastic injection molding company serving the
industrial, health care and automotive markets, in 2001. From 1994 to
2001, Mr. Booth was employed by Process Science Inc., a designer and
manufacturer of equipment and products using hydrostatic extrusion
technology. James J. Byrne has served a
director of our company since 1990. Since January 2007, he has been an
Executive Professor in Residence at the Duquesne University Graduate
School of Business. In addition, since 1995, he has been Chairman of
Byrne Technology Partners, Ltd., a firm that provides interim management
services at the CEO and senior executive levels for technology
companies. Mr. Byrne assists his clients by assuming executive
responsibility with their investments and in that regard served as
Chairman and CEO of OpenConnect Systems Incorporated, a developer of
computer software products, from 1999 to 2001. Mr. Byrne served as the
CEO of the Entrepreneurs Foundation of North Texas, an organization that
promotes community involvement and philanthropy with emerging technology
companies, from 2004 to 2007. Prior to his current roles, he held a
number of positions in the technology industry including President of
Harris Adacom Corporation, a network products and services company,
Senior Vice President of United Technologies Corporation’s Semiconductor
Operation and President of the North American Group of Mohawk Data
Sciences, a manufacturer of distributed computer products. Mr. Byrne
began his career in technology with General Electric Company. He
currently serves as a Fellow of the Legacy Center for Public Policy. Janet K.
Cooper has served as a director of our company since 1999. From
2002 to 2008, Ms. Cooper served as Senior Vice President and Treasurer
of Qwest Communications International Inc. From 2001 to 2002, she served
as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) and Senior Vice President of McDATA
Corporation, a global leader in open storage networking solutions. From
2000 to 2001, she served as Senior Vice President, Finance of Qwest.
From 1998 to 2000, she served in various senior level finance positions
at US West Inc., a regional Bell operating company, including Vice
President, Finance and Controller and Vice President and Treasurer. From
1978 to 1998, Ms. Cooper served in various capacities with the Quaker
Oats Company, including Vice President, Treasurer and Tax from 1997 to
1998 and Vice President, Treasurer from 1992 to 1997.Ms. Cooper serves
on the Board of Directors and as Audit Committee Chair of The TORO
Company, a manufacturer of equipment for lawn and turf care maintenance,
and on the Board of Directors of MWH, a firm providing water,
wastewater, energy, natural resource, program management, consulting,
and construction services to clients around the world. C. L.
(Jerry) Henry has served as a director of our company since 2000.
Prior to his retirement, Mr. Henry served as Chairman, President, and
CEO of Johns Manville Corporation, a leading manufacturer of insulation
and building products, from 1996 to 2004. Mr. Henry served as Executive
Vice President and CFO for E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, a
global science and technology company, from 1993 to 1996. Mr. Henry
currently serves on the Board of Directors of MWH, a firm providing
water, wastewater, energy, natural resource, program management,
consulting, and construction services to clients around the world. John E. Major has served as a
director of our company since 1993. Mr. Major is President of MTSG, a
company that provides consulting, management and governance services,
which he formed in 2003. From 2003 to 2006, he served as CEO of Apacheta
Corporation, a mobile wireless software company whose products are used
to manage inventory and deliveries. From 2000 to 2003, he served as
Chairman and CEO of Novatel Wireless, Inc., a leading provider of
wireless Internet solutions. Prior to joining Novatel Wireless, Mr.
Major served as President and CEO of Wireless Knowledge, Inc., a joint
venture between Microsoft Corporation and QUALCOMM Inc., from 1998
through 1999. From 1997 to 1998, he served as Executive Vice President
of QUALCOMM and President of its Wireless Infrastructure Division. Prior
to joining QUALCOMM, Mr. Major served as Senior Vice President and Chief
Technology Officer at Motorola, Inc., a manufacturer of
telecommunications equipment. Prior to that he served as Senior Vice
President and General Manager for Motorola’s Worldwide Systems Group of
the Land Mobile Products Sector. John W. Norris, III has served
as a director of our company since 2001. Mr. Norris is a co-founder of
Maine Network Partners and is the founding Chairman of the Environmental
Funders Network. From 2000 to 2005, he served as the Associate Director
of Philanthropy for the Maine Chapter of The Nature Conservancy. Mr.
Norris was Co-Founder and President of Borealis, Inc., an outdoor
products manufacturer, from 1988 to 2000 and served as an economic
development Peace Corps Volunteer in Jamaica, West Indies from 1985 to
1987. Before joining the Peace Corps, Mr. Norris completed a graduate
school internship at Lennox Industries Inc., a subsidiary of the
company, in 1983. Paul W. Schmidt has served as a
director of our company since 2005. In early 2007, Mr. Schmidt retired
from his position as Corporate Controller of General Motors Corporation,
a position he held since 2002. He began his career in 1969 as an analyst
with the Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors and subsequently
served in a wide variety of senior leadership roles for General Motors,
including financial, product and factory management, business planning,
investor relations and international operations. Mr. Schmidt also served
as Director of Capital, Performance and Overseas Analysis in General
Motors’s New York Treasurer’s Office. Terry D. Stinson has served as a
director of our company since 1998. Mr. Stinson currently serves as
Group Vice President of AAR Corp., an international, publicly traded
aerospace manufacturing and services firm. In addition, Mr. Stinson has
served as CEO of his own consulting practice, Stinson Consulting, LLC,
engaged in strategic alliances and marketing for the aerospace industry,
since 2001. From 2002 to 2005, Mr. Stinson served as CEO of Xelus, Inc.,
a collaborative enterprise service management solution company. From
1998 to 2001, Mr. Stinson was Chairman and CEO of Bell Helicopter
Textron Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of vertical lift
aircraft, and served as President from 1996 to 1998. From 1991 to 1996,
Mr. Stinson served as Group Vice President and Segment President of
Textron Aerospace Systems and Components for Textron Inc. Prior to that
position, he was President of the Hamilton Standard Division of United
Technologies Corporation, a defense supply company, since 1986. Jeffrey D. Storey, M.D.
has served as a director of our company since 2006. He is a founding
partner and President of Cheyenne Women’s Clinic in Cheyenne, Wyoming, a
position he has held since 2004. Dr. Storey graduated from Dartmouth
Medical School in 1993 and has been a practicing
obstetrician/gynecologist since 1997. He is also a Colonel in the U.S.
Air Force and the State Air Surgeon for the Wyoming National Guard. He
is a veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom. Dr. Storey also serves on
the Wyoming Board of Medicine. Dr. Storey is a Fellow in the American
College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and serves as an Adjunct
Clinical Faculty Member for the University of Wyoming, Department of
Family Practice. Richard L. Thompson has
served as a director of our company since 1993. He served as Vice
Chairman of the Board from February 2005 to July 2006 and was appointed
Chairman of the Board in July 2006. Mr. Thompson served as Group
President and Member of the Executive Office of Caterpillar Inc., a
manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, from 1995 until his
retirement in 2004. He joined Caterpillar in 1983 as Vice President,
Customer Services. In 1989, he was appointed President of Solar Turbines
Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Caterpillar and manufacturer of gas
turbines. From 1990 to 1995, he served as Vice President of Caterpillar,
with responsibility for its worldwide engine business. Previously, he
held the positions of Vice President of Marketing and Vice President and
General Manager, Components Operations of RTE Corporation, a
manufacturer of electrical distribution products. Mr. Thompson serves as
a Director of Gardner Denver, Inc., a manufacturer of air compressors,
blowers and petroleum pumps, and of NiSource Inc., a natural gas and
electric utility. In addition, he is a former Director of the National
Association of Manufacturers, the nation’s largest industrial trade
association.
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