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Roger W. Hale, Independent Consultant and retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, LG&E Energy Corp.

Roger Hale, 65, has been a director of Ashland since 2001. He is chairman of the Audit Committee and is also a member of the Finance Committee.

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.

Chair of the Audit Committee
Member of the Finance Committee

Bernadine P. Healy, M.D., Columnist and Health Editor, U.S. News and World Report

Dr. Bernadine Healy, 64, has been a member of Ashland's board of directors since 1998 and serves on the Audit, Environmental, Health & Safety and Governance & Nominating committees.

Dr. Healy is a columnist and health editor for U.S. News and World Report. Previously, she was president and chief executive officer of the American Red Cross from 1999 to 2001, and from 1995 to 1999, she served as dean, College of Medicine and Public Health, and professor of medicine, The Ohio State University. She is a director of National City Corp., The Progressive Corp. and Invacare Inc. She is also a trustee of Battelle Memorial Institute.

Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Governance & Nominating Committee
Member of the Environmental Health & Safety Committee

Kathleen Ligocki, Chief Executive Officer, GS Motors (Mexico City), and Principal, Pine Lake Partners Inc.

Chairman of the Environmental, Health & Safety Committee and a member of the Audit and Personnel & Compensation committees, Kathleen Ligocki, 52, has served on Ashland's board of directors since 2004.

Ms. Ligocki is chief executive officer of GS Motors, a subsidiary of a Mexico City-based conglomerate, and a principal in the consulting firm Pine Lake Partners Inc. Previously, from 2003 until 2007, she served as president and chief executive officer of Tower Automotive Inc. She has also held positions at Ford Motor Co., United Technologies and General Motors Corp. Ms. Ligocki serves on a number of nonprofit and academic boards focused on women, families and lifelong education.

Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Personnel & Compensation Committee
Chair of the Environmental Health & Safety Committee

Vada O. Manager, Global Consultant and former Senior Director, Global Issues Management, Nike Inc.

Vada Manager, 47, became a member of Ashland's board of directors in 2008 and serves on the Finance and Personnel & Compensation committees.

Currently an independent global consultant, Mr. Manager formerly held the position of senior director of global issues management for Nike Inc. Mr. Manager joined Nike in 1997 and held various management positions including senior strategist, advisor to senior management and project manager. Before joining Nike, he performed similar roles 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.

Member of the Finance Committee
Member of the Personnel & Compensation Committee

James J. O'Brien, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ashland Inc.

Chairman of the board and chief executive officer since 2002, Jim O'Brien, 54, has presided over the transformation of Ashland from a multi-industry petroleum refiner and marketer with holdings in chemicals and transportation construction into a specialty chemicals 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. A past "big," Mr. O'Brien serves on the board of directors of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. He is also chairman of the board of trustees of Midway College and a member of the Dean's Advisory Council for the Fisher Graduate College of Business at The Ohio State University.

Barry W. Perry, Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Engelhard Corp.

Barry Perry, 62, joined Ashland's board of directors in 2007 and is a member of the Environmental, Health & Safety, 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 Arrow Electronics Inc. and Cookson Group PLC.

Member of the Governance & Nominating Committee
Member of the Personnel & Compensation Committee
Member of the Environmental Health & Safety Committee

Mark C. Rohr, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Albemarle Corp.

Mark Rohr, 57, joined Ashland's board of directors in 2008 and serves on the Audit and Environmental, Health & Safety committees.

Mr. Rohr is chairman and chief executive officer of Albemarle Corp. Prior to this, he held several executive positions with Albemarle, including chief operating officer and executive vice president – operations. Before joining Albemarle, he served with Occidental Chemical Corp. as senior vice president – specialty chemicals. He is a director of Celanese Corp. and serves on the executive committee of the American Chemistry Council and the board of directors of the Wildlife Habitat Council.

Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Environmental Health & Safety Committee

George A. Schaefer, Jr., Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Fifth Third Bancorp

George Schaefer, 63, has been a director of Ashland since 2003 and serves as chairman of the Governance & Nominating Committee. He is also a member of the Audit and Finance committees.

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 Foundation and as a trustee of the University of Cincinnati Medical School Advisory Board.

Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Finance Committee
Chair of the Governance & Nominating Committee

Theodore M. "Tim" Solso, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Cummins Inc.

A director of Ashland since 1999, Tim Solso, 61, is lead independent director, as well as chairman of the Personnel & Compensation Committee and a member of the Governance & Nominating Committee.

Mr. Solso is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Cummins Inc., where he has held executive positions including president and chief operating officer. He is a director of Ball Corp. and the Indiana Economic Development Corp. He also serves as chairman of the Cummins Foundation and as an advisory trustee of DePauw University. He is co-chair of the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum and a member of the board of the Earth University Foundation.

Member of the Finance Committee
Member of the Governance & Nominating Committee
Chair of the Personnel & Compensation Committee

John F. Turner, Former Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Oceans and International and Scientific Affairs

John Turner, 66, joined Ashland's board of directors in 2006 and serves on the Finance, Governance & Nominating and Environmental, Health & Safety committees.

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 and director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 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.

Member of the Governance & Nominating Committee
Member of the Environmental Health & Safety Committee

Michael J. Ward, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CSX Corp.

Michael Ward, 58, has been a director on Ashland's board since 2001. He is chairman of the Finance Committee and also serves on the Personnel & Compensation Committee.

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 Kentucky Coal Council.

Chair of the Finance Committee
Member of the Personnel & Compensation Committee

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