Mr. Hillenbrand has been chairperson of the board since Feb. 8, 2008. He previously served as a director of Hillenbrand Industries (the company's former parent corporation) from 1970 until March 31, 2008, and as that company's chairman of the board from Jan. 17, 2001, until March 31, 2006. Mr. Hillenbrand was employed by and active for 19 years in the management of Hillenbrand Industries prior to his resignation as senior vice president and member of the office of the president in 1977. He is president of Dakota Charitable Foundation. Mr. Hillenbrand is also manager of the Dakota Partnership and the RJH Partnership, family investment partnerships, and Prairie Edge Inc., a family retail company. He is chairman of the board of the downtown Rapid City, S.D., Economic Development Corporation. He is also chairman of the Investment Committee and on the Finance Committee of the Catholic Diocese of Rapid City. Mr. Hillenbrand is a cousin of both W August Hillenbrand and Thomas H. Johnson.
James A. Henderson Vice Chairperson, Hillenbrand, Inc.
Chairperson of Compensation and Management Development Committee
Retired President, Chairman and CEO, Cummins Inc.
Mr. Henderson has served as a director of the company since March 31, 2008. He was chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Cummins Inc. prior to his retirement in December 1999. Mr. Henderson is chairman of the board and a director of Nanophase Technologies Corporation. He also currently serves as chairman emeritus of The Culver Educational Foundation board of trustees and was a member of the Princeton University board of trustees, where he also served as chairman of the Executive Committee. He has previously served as a director of AT&T Inc., International Paper Company, Rohm and Haas Company, and Ryerson, Inc.
Kenneth A. Camp President and CEO of Hillenbrand, Inc.
Mr. Camp has served as a director and as president and chief executive officer of the company since Feb. 8, 2008. He previously served as president of Batesville Casket Company, Inc. from May 1, 2001, until June 16, 2008. Mr. Camp previously held various positions with Hillenbrand Industries, commencing Oct. 8, 2001. He served as senior vice president from Oct. 1, 2006, until his resignation from Hillenbrand Industries March 31, 2008. He also has held various positions at Batesville since beginning his business career with that company in 1981, including vice president/general manager of operations from 1995 to 2000; vice president of sales and service; vice president of marketing; and vice president of strategic planning. Mr. Camp also serves on the boards of the Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI and the National Association of Manufacturers.
F. Joseph Loughrey Retired President and Chief Operating Officer, Cummins Inc. Chairperson of Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee
Mr. Loughrey has served as a director of the company since Feb. 11, 2009. On April 1, 2009, he retired from Cummins Inc. after serving in a variety of roles for 35 years, most recently as vice chairman of the board of directors and as the company's president and chief operating officer. Mr. Loughrey served on the Cummins board from July 2005 until May 2009. He has also served as a director of Tower Automotive, Inc. (1994-2007), and Sauer-Danfoss, Inc. (200-2010). Mr. Loughrey currently serves on a number of boards, including as chairman for Conexus Indiana and as a member of the boards of AB SKF, Vanguard Group, Lumina Foundation for Education, the V Foundation for Cancer Research and Oxfam America. He is chairman of the advisory council to the College of Arts & Letters at the University of Notre Dame, where he also serves on the advisory board to the Kellogg Institute for International Studies.
Mr. Menascé has served as a director of the company since Feb. 8, 2008. He also is a director of Hill-Rom Holdings (formerly Hillenbrand Industries), having served on that board since 2004. Mr. Menascé is a member of the New York Chapter of National Association of Corporate Directors and is the retired president of the Enterprise Solutions Group for Verizon Communications, Inc., in New York. Prior to the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE Corporation, which created Verizon Communications, he was the chairman, president and chief executive officer of CTI MOVIL S.A. (Argentina), a business unit of GTE Corporation, from 1996 to 2000. Mr. Menascé has also held senior positions at CANTV in Venezuela and Wagner Lockheed and Alcatel in Brazil, and from 1981 to 1992 served as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of GTE Lighting in France. Mr. Menascé currently serves on the boards of directors of Pitney Bowes Inc., a global provider of integrated mail and document management solutions, and John Wiley & Sons, Inc., a developer, publisher and seller of products in print and electronic media for educational, professional, scientific, technical, medical and consumer markets.
Stuart A. Taylor II Chairperson of Mergers and Acquisitions Committee
Chief Executive Officer, The Taylor Group LLC
Mr. Taylor has served as a director of the company since Sept. 26, 2008. He is the chief executive officer of The Taylor Group LLC in Chicago, a private equity firm focused on creating and acquiring businesses in partnership with women and minority entrepreneurs. Mr. Taylor has previously held positions as senior managing director at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., and managing director and head of CIBC World Market’s Global Automotive Group and Capital Goods Group. He also served as managing director of the Automotive Industry Group at Bankers Trust following a 10-year position in corporate finance at Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated. Mr. Taylor has been a member of the board of directors for Ball Corporation since 1999, where he currently serves as chairman of the Human Resources Committee.
William J. Cernugel Retired Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Alberto-Culver Company
Mr. Cernugel has served as a director of the company since March 31, 2008. He was senior vice president and chief financial officer of Alberto-Culver Company from May 2000 until his retirement in March 2007. Prior to that, he served in various other financial capacities for Alberto-Culver Company, including senior vice president of finance. Mr. Cernugel also serves on several not-for-profit boards. He is currently a board member and chairman of the Audit and Finance Committee of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. Mr. Cernugel is also a board member and secretary-treasurer of Gottlieb Memorial Foundation and until June 2008 was a board member of Gottlieb Health Resources, Inc. and chairman of its Audit and Finance Committee. He was on the board of directors and a member of the Audit Committee of the Illinois CPA Society from 2007 to 2009. Mr. Cernugel is a certified public accountant.
Edward B. Cloues II Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, K-Tron International
Mr. Cloues has served as a director of the company since April 2, 2010. He also is a director and non-executive chairman of the board for AMREP Corporation, Penn Virginia Corporation and Penn Virginia Resource GP, LLC, which is the general partner of Penn Virginia Resource Partneres, L.P. Mr. Cloues previously served as chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of K-Tron International, Inc., from Jan. 5, 1998, until Hillenbrand acquired K-Tron in 2010. Prior to joining K-Tron, Mr. Cloues was a senior partner of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, one of the world's largest law firms. He has been a member of and chaired audit, compensation and nominating committees and has substantial experience with corporate governance issues. Mr. Cloues serves on the board of trustees of Virtua Health, Inc., a non-profit hospital and health care system, and as a member of the advisory board of the Rohrer College of Business at Rowan University..
Helen W. Cornell Retired Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Gardner Denver, Inc.
Ms. Cornell was appointed as a director of the company Aug. 10, 2011. In November 2010, she retired as executive vice president and CFO of Gardner Denver, Inc., a leading global manufacturer of compressors, blowers, pumps, loading arms and fuel systems for various industrial, medical, environmental, transportation and process applications. During her 22-year tenure at Gardner Denver, Ms. Cornell served in various operating and financial roles, including vice president and general manager of the Fluid Transfer Division and vice president of strategic planning. She chairs the Audit Committee for two boards: The Alamo Group, where she is also a member of the Compensation Committee, and the privately owned Owensboro Grain Company, where she is also a member of the Executive Committee. In Quincy, Illinois, Ms. Cornell also serveson the boards of several not-for-profit organizations and is a certified public accountant (CPA) and certified management accountant (CMA).
Mark C. DeLuzio President, Lean Horizons Consulting
Mr. DeLuzio has served as a director of the company since March 31, 2008. He is president and chief executive officer of Lean Horizons Consulting, LLC, a global management consulting business he founded in 2001. Prior to that, he served as vice president, Danaher Business Systems, for Danaher Corporation. Mr. DeLuzio serves as a member of the advisory board for Central Connecticut State University’s School of Business.
W August Hillenbrand CEO, Hillenbrand Capital Partners
Mr. Hillenbrand has served as a director of the company since Feb. 8, 2008. He also is a director of Hill-Rom Holdings (formerly Hillenbrand Industries), having served on that board since 1972. He served as that company’s chief executive officer from 1989 until 2000 and as president from 1981 until 1999. Prior to his retirement in December 2000, Hillenbrand Industries had employed Mr. Hillenbrand throughout his business career. He is a board member of the Ocean Reef Medical Center and of the Ocean Reef Medical Center Foundation and previously served on the boards of DPL, Inc. (1992-2008), and Pella Corporation (2001-2008). Mr. Hillenbrand is the chief executive officer of Hillenbrand Capital Partners, an unaffiliated family investment partnership. He is a cousin of Ray J. Hillenbrand.
Thomas H. Johnson Chairman, Johnson Consulting Group
Mr. Johnson has served as a director of the company since March 31, 2008. He founded and currently serves as chairman of Johnson Consulting Group, a firm focused on the death care industry. Prior to that, he founded and served as president and chief executive officer of Prime Succession. He has served in a variety of other capacities in the death care profession, including as an executive of Batesville. Mr. Johnson is the sole owner of Johnson Investment Group, LLC, which owns and operates two funeral homes in the Phoenix, Ariz., vicinity. He is also a 25 percent owner, and the managing member, of Fire and Stone Group, LLC, which owns and operates a funeral home in Batesville, Ind. Mr. Johnson currently serves on the board of Great Western Life Insurance and had previously served on the board of the Funeral Service Foundation from 2004 until October 2010. He is a cousin of Ray J. Hillenbrand.
Neil S. Novich Former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ryerson, Inc.
Mr. Novich has served as a director of the company since Feb. 24, 2010. He is the former chairman, president and chief executive officer of Ryerson, Inc., a global metals distributor and fabricator. Mr. Novich joined Ryerson is 1994 as chief operating officer, was named president and CEO in 1995. He served on Ryerson's board from 1994 until 2007, adding chairman to his title in 1999. He remained chairman and CEO until 2007, when the company was sold. Prior to his time at Ryerson, Mr. Novich spent 13 years with Bain & Company, an international management consulting firm, where he spent several years as a partner. He serves on the boards of Analog Devices, Inc., and W.W. Grainger, Inc., where he is a member of the Compensation Committee. Mr. Novich is also a trustee of both the Field Museum of National History and of Children’s Home & Aid in Chicago and is a member of the Visiting Committee to the Physical Sciences Division of the University of Chicago.
Ray J. Hillenbrand
James A. Henderson
Kenneth A. Camp
F. Joseph Loughrey
Eduardo Menascé
Stuart A. Taylor II
William J. Cernugel
Edward B. Cloues II
Helen W. Cornell
Mark C. DeLuzio
W August Hillenbrand
Thomas H. Johnson
Neil S. Novich