1. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
DOUGLAS M. BAKER, JR. HANS VAN BYLEN ROBERT K. GIFFORD
Chairman of the Board, President and Executive Vice President, Henkel KGaA Senior Vice President –
Chief Executive Officer, Ecolab Inc., (chemicals, household and personal care Global Supply Chain
Director since 2004 products and adhesives), Director since
2007 THOMAS W. HANDLEY
LESLIE S. BILLER Executive Vice President –
Chief Executive Officer of Greendale JOHN J. ZILLMER Industrial Sector
Capital, LLC (private investment and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
advisory firm), Director since 1997, Allied Waste Industries, Inc. (solid waste MICHAEL A. HICKEY
Compensation and Finance* Committees management), Director since 2006, Senior Vice President –
Audit and Governance Committees Global Business Development
RICHARD U. DE SCHUTTER
COMMUNICATIONS WITH
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive DIANA D. LEWIS
DIRECTORS
Officer, DuPont Pharmaceutical Company Senior Vice President –
(drug manufacturer), Director since Stakeholders and other interested Human Resources
2004, Audit and Governance Committees parties, including our investors and
employees, with substantive matters PHILLIP J. MASON
JERRY A. GRUNDHOFER requiring the attention of our board Executive Vice President –
Chairman of the Board, U.S. Bancorp (e.g., governance issues or potential Asia Pacific and Latin America
(financial services holding company), accounting, control or auditing
Director since 1999, Compensation* and irregularities) may use the contact JAMES A. MILLER
Finance Committees information for our board located Executive Vice President –
on our Web site at Institutional Sector North America
STEFAN HAMELMANN www.ecolab.com/investor/governance
Member of the Shareholders’ Committee, SUSAN K. NESTEGARD
Henkel KGaA (chemicals, household and In addition to online communications, Senior Vice President – Research,
personal care products and adhesives), interested parties may direct Development and Engineering and
Director since 2001, Finance Committee correspondence to our board at: Chief Technical Officer
Ecolab Inc.
JOEL W. JOHNSON Attn: Corporate Secretary DANIEL J. SCHMECHEL
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive 370 Wabasha Street North Senior Vice President and Controller
Officer, Hormel Foods Corporation (food St. Paul, MN 55102
products), Director since 1996, Audit* THOMAS W. SCHNACK
OTHER COMMUNICATIONS
and Governance Committees Senior Vice President –
Matters not requiring the direct North America Food & Beverage
JERRY W. LEVIN attention of our board – such as
Chairman and interim Chief Executive employment inquiries, sales solicitations, C. WILLIAM SNEDEKER
Officer, Sharper Image Corp. (national questions about our products and other Executive Vice President –
specialty retailer), Director since 1992, such matters – should be submitted to Global Services Sector
Compensation and Governance* the company’s management at our
Committees St. Paul headquarters, or online at ROBERT P. TABB
www.ecolab.com/contact/frmcontact.asp Vice President and
ROBERT L. LUMPKINS Chief Information Officer
CORPORATE OFFICERS
Chairman of the Board, The Mosaic
Company (crop and animal nutrition JAMES H. WHITE
DOUGLAS M. BAKER, JR.
products and services), Director since Senior Vice President –
Chairman of the Board,
1999, Audit and Governance Committees Strategy and Marketing Development
President and Chief Executive Officer
BETH M. PRITCHARD LAWRENCE T. BELL
President and Chief Executive Officer, Senior Vice President,
Dean & Deluca, Inc. (gourmet and General Counsel and Secretary
specialty foods), Director since 2004,
Compensation and Finance Committees ANGELA M. BUSCH
Vice President –
Corporate Development
KASPER RORSTED
Executive Vice President, Henkel KGaA
JOHN J. CORKREAN
(chemicals, household and personal care
Vice President and Treasurer
products and adhesives), Director since
2005, Finance Committee
STEVEN L. FRITZE
Executive Vice President and
* Denotes Committee Chair
Chief Financial Officer
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