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Environmental, Health & Safety
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Governance & Nominating
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Personnel & Compensation
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Roger W. Hale
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 Independent Consultant and former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
LG&E Energy Corp.
Roger Hale, 68, has been a director of Ashland since 2001. He is a member of the Environmental, Health & Safety and Governance & Nominating committees.
Currently an independent consultant, Mr. Hale retired in 2001 as chairman and chief executive officer of LG&E Energy Corp., a position he had held since 1990. Prior to joining LG&E, he held various executive positions with BellSouth Corp. and AT&T Co. He is a director of Hospira Inc.
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Kathleen Ligocki
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 Chief Executive Officer,
Next Autoworks Co.
Chair of the Environmental, Health & Safety Committee and a member of the Audit and Personnel & Compensation committees, Kathleen Ligocki, 55, has served on Ashland's board of directors since 2004.
Ms. Ligocki assumed the position of chief executive officer of California-based Next Autoworks Co. in 2010. Since 2007, she has also been a principal in Pine Lake Partners Inc., a consulting firm focused on turnarounds and startup companies. Ms. Ligocki previously served as chief executive officer of GS Motors, a subsidiary of a Mexico City-based conglomerate, from 2007 to 2010. From 2003 until 2007, she served as president, chief executive officer and a director of Tower Automotive Inc. She has also held positions at Ford Motor Co., United Technologies and General Motors Corp. A member of the Next Autoworks board of directors, Ms. Ligocki also serves on a number of nonprofit and academic boards focused on women, families and lifelong education.
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Vada O. Manager
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 Senior Vice President,
APCO Worldwide
Vada Manager, 50, became a member of Ashland's board of directors in 2008 and serves on the Audit and Personnel & Compensation committees.
A senior vice president of APCO Worldwide, Mr. Manager joined the Washington, D.C., office of the public affairs and strategic communications consultancy in 2010. Previously, he was an independent global consultant. From 1997 to 2009, Mr. Manager held various management roles with Nike Inc., culminating with the position of senior director of global issues management from 2006 to 2009. Before joining Nike, he performed a similar role at Levi Strauss & Co. and was also a vice president of the Washington, D.C.-based public affairs firm Powell Tate, a part of Weber Shandwick.
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James J. O'Brien
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 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Ashland Inc.
Chairman of the board and chief executive officer since 2002, Jim O'Brien, 57, has presided over the transformation of Ashland from a multi-industry petroleum refiner and marketer with holdings in chemicals and transportation construction into a global specialty chemical company. With Ashland for more than 30 years, he has a wealth of experience from corporate and operations management to chemical and motor oil sales and marketing.
He is a director of Humana Inc. He is also chairman of the board of trustees of Midway College, a member of the Dean's Advisory Council for the Fisher Graduate College of Business at The Ohio State University, and a member of the board of directors of the American Chemistry Council.
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Barry W. Perry
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 former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Engelhard Corp.
Barry Perry, 65, joined Ashland's board of directors in 2007. He is lead independent director and a member of the Audit, Governance & Nominating and Personnel & Compensation committees.
Mr. Perry served as chairman and chief executive officer of Engelhard Corp. from 2001 to 2006. Prior to this, he held various management positions with Engelhard beginning in 1993. He was a group vice president with Rhone-Poulenc from 1991 to 1993. Mr. Perry also held a number of executive positions during his 22 years with General Electric Co. He is also a director of Albemarle Corp. and Arrow Electronics Inc.
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Mark C. Rohr
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 Executive Chairman,
Albemarle Corp.
Mark Rohr, 60, joined Ashland's board of directors in 2008 and serves on the Audit and Environmental, Health & Safety committees.
Mr. Rohr is executive chairman of the board of Albemarle Corp. and will serve in this capacity until Feb. 1, 2012. Previously, he held several executive positions with Albemarle, including chief executive officer, president and chief operating officer. Before joining Albemarle, he served with Occidental Chemical Corp. as senior vice president – specialty chemicals. He is a director of Celanese Corp. and has been named chairman and chief executive officer of Celanese effective April 2, 2012. Mr. Rohr also serves on the executive committee of the American Chemistry Council and the advisory board of Mississippi State University College of Arts and Sciences.
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George A. Schaefer Jr.
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 former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Fifth Third Bancorp
George Schaefer, 66, has been a director of Ashland since 2003 and serves as chair of the Audit Committee. He is also a member of the Governance & Nominating Committee.
Mr. Schaefer retired as chairman of the board of Fifth Third Bancorp in 2008, having previously served Fifth Third as chief executive officer, president and chief operating officer during his tenure. He is a director of Wellpoint Inc. He also serves as a member of the board of trustees of the University of Cincinnati Healthcare System.
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John F. Turner
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 former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State,
Bureau of Oceans and International and Scientific Affairs
John Turner, 69, joined Ashland's board of directors in 2006. He is chair of the Governance & Nominating Committee and serves on the Environmental, Health & Safety Committee.
Mr. Turner served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Oceans and International and Scientific Affairs from 2001 to 2005. Previously, he was president and chief executive officer of The Conservation Fund. He also served in the Wyoming state legislature for 19 years and is a past president of the Wyoming State Senate. He currently serves as a director of Peabody Energy Co., International Paper Co. and American Electric Power Co. Inc. He is a managing partner of Triangle X Ranch in Wyoming, chairman of the Ruckelshaus Institute of Environmental Natural Resources at the University of Wyoming, and a senior associate of The Conservation Fund.
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Michael J. Ward
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 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
CSX Corp.
Michael Ward, 61, has been a director on Ashland's board since 2001. He is a member of the Environmental, Health & Safety and Personnel & Compensation committees.
Mr. Ward is the chairman and chief executive officer of CSX Corp., having previously served as president of the company's CSX Transportation rail unit. He is also a director of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, City Year and Take Stock in Children. He is a member of The Florida Council of 100, The Business Roundtable and the Hubbard House Foundation.
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