Dr. William S. Stavropoulos

Overview

Dr. Stavropoulos, age 68, joined our Board in March 2007. Dr. Stavropoulos was the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Dow Chemical Company, where his career spanned 39 years until his retirement in 2006. While at Dow, Dr. Stavropoulos served in a variety of positions in research, marketing and general management. Dr. Stavropoulos graduated from Fordham University with a B.S. in pharmaceutical chemistry and from the University of Washington with a Ph.D. in medicinal chemistry. He serves on the board of the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research and is a special advisor to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc. Dr. Stavropoulos also serves as a director of Chemical Financial Corporation and Maersk Inc., is a trustee to the Fidelity Group of Funds and is on the Advisory Board for Metalmark Capital LLC and Trinsium Group.