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| Lawrence I. Sills has served as our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since December 2000 and has been a director of the Company since 1986. From 1986 to 2000, Mr. Sills served as our President and Chief Operating Officer. From 1983 to 1986, he served as our Vice President of Operations. Mr. Sills is the brother of Arthur S. Sills and Peter J. Sills, each a director of the Company, and is the father of Eric Sills, our Vice President Global Operations. Mr. Sills holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Dartmouth College. |
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| William H. Turner has served as our Presiding Independent Director since January 2006 and as a director of the Company since May 1990. He also serves as a director of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and Volt Information Sciences, Inc. Formerly, Mr. Turner served as a director of Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. and New Jersey Resources Corporation. Since 1985, he has served as the Chairman of the International College, Beirut, Lebanon and, from June 2008 to January 2010, as Acting Dean of the Business School at Montclair State University. From 2004 to 2008, Mr. Turner was the Dean of the College of Business at Stony Brook University. Mr. Turner served as the Senior Partner of Summus Ltd., a consulting firm, from 2002 to 2004. From 1997 to 2002, he served in various capacities at PNC Bank NJ, including President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman Northeast Region. He was President and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. from 1996 to 1997. Prior to that time, he was the Vice Chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank and its predecessor, Chemical Banking Corporation. Mr. Turner completed the Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School, and he holds an MBA from New York University and a BA from Trinity College. |
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| Pamela Forbes Lieberman has served as a director of the Company since August 2007. Ms. Forbes Lieberman also serves as a director of A.M. Castle & Co. and VWR Funding, Inc. From March 2006 to August 2006, Ms. Forbes Lieberman served as the interim Chief Operating Officer of Entertainment Resource, Inc. Ms. Forbes Lieberman also served as President and Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors of TruServ Corporation (now known as True Value Company) from November 2001 to November 2004, as TruServ’s Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer from July 2001 to November 2001, and as TruServ’s Chief Financial Officer from March 2001 to June 2001. Prior to March 2001, Ms. Forbes Lieberman held Chief Financial Officer positions at ShopTalk Inc., The Martin-Brower Company, LLC, and Fel-Pro, Inc. and served as an automotive industry consultant from 1998 to 1999. Ms. Forbes Lieberman holds an MBA from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, and a BS from the University of Illinois. Ms. Forbes Lieberman is a Certified Public Accountant. |
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| Joseph W. McDonnell has served as a director of the Company since October 2012. Mr. McDonnell also serves as the Dean of the College of Management and Human Service at the University of Southern Maine, which includes the Schools of Business, Education, Social Work and Public Service. Mr. McDonnell previously served as the Interim Dean of the College of Business at Stony Brook University and was the President and Chief Executive Officer of the New York International Commerce Group, Inc., which provides services for companies doing business in China. Mr. McDonnell holds an Executive Program Certificate from Harvard Business School, a PhD in Communications from the University of Southern California, and an MA and BA from Stony Brook University. |
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Alisa C. Norris has served as a director of the Company since October 2012. Ms. Norris also serves as the Chief Marketing Officer of R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, a global provider of communications solutions. Prior to joining R.R. Donnelley in February 2013, Ms. Norris served as the Chief People Officer of Opera Solutions, LLC, a predictive analytics company, where she was responsible for human capital development and management since 2008. Ms. Norris was a founding member of Opera Solutions in 2004, and served as a Principal from its founding until she assumed the position of Chief People Officer. Prior to Opera Solutions, Ms. Norris served as a Senior Vice President and was a founding member of Zeborg, Inc., and as a strategy consultant for A.T. Kearney and Mitchell Madison Group. Ms. Norris holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Trinity College, where she was Phi Beta Kappa.
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| Arthur S. Sills has served as a director of the Company since October 1995. Mr. Sills was an educator and administrator in the Massachusetts school districts for 30 years prior to his retirement in 2000. Mr. Sills is the brother of Lawrence I. Sills and Peter J. Sills, and is the uncle of Eric Sills. Mr. Sills holds an MEd from Hampton University and a BA from Colby College. |
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| Peter J. Sills has served as a director of the Company since July 2004 and from December 2000 to May 2004. Mr. Sills is a writer and an attorney. Mr. Sills is the brother of Arthur S. Sills and Lawrence I. Sills, and is the uncle of Eric Sills. Mr. Sills holds a JD from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and a BA from Trinity College. |
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| Frederick D. Sturdivant has served as a director of the Company since December 2001. Mr. Sturdivant is a director of Dennen Steel, an independent consultant, and has served as a Visiting Professor at the Warrington College of Business at the University of Florida since 2004. From 2000 to 2002, Mr. Sturdivant was Chairman of Reinventures LLC. From 1998 to 2000, he was Executive Managing Director of Navigant Consulting. From 1996 to 1998, he was President of Index Research and Advisory Services, a subsidiary of Computer Sciences Corporation. Previously, he served as a director of Fel-Pro, Inc., State Savings Bank, Columbus, and The Progressive Corporation. Mr. Sturdivant holds a PhD from Northwestern University, an MBA from the University of Oregon and a BS from San Jose State. After completing his PhD at Northwestern University, Mr. Sturdivant held professorships at the University of Southern California, the University of Texas at Austin, the Harvard Business School, and an endowed chair at Ohio State University. |
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| Richard S. Ward has served as a director of the Company since July 2004. Mr. Ward also serves as a member of the University of Virginia School of Law Business Advisory Council, the American Law Institute, the Association of General Counsel, and the Board of Trustees (Executive Committee) of the International College, Beirut, Lebanon. Mr. Ward is a private investor and legal consultant. In 2000, Mr. Ward served as Chairman of the Large, Complex Case Committee of the American Arbitration Association. From 1969 to 1998, he served in various legal and managerial capacities at ITT Corporation, including Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, and as a member of the ITT Management Committee. Previously, he served on the Boards of the American Arbitration Association, STC plc, a British telecommunications company, ITT Sheraton Corporation, First State Insurance Company, Boeing Industrial Technology Group Corporation, and Caesars World, Inc. Mr. Ward completed the Finance for Senior Executives program at Harvard Business School and holds an LLB from University of Virginia School of Law and a BSME from Yale University. Mr. Ward is a member of the Bars of New York and Virginia, and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of International Trade and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. |
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| Roger M. Widmann has served as a director of the Company since May 2005. Mr. Widmann also serves as Chairman of Cedar Realty Trust, Inc., Chairman of Keystone National Group, a private equity fund of funds, and a Vice Chair of Oxfam America. He is a senior moderator of the Aspen Seminar at The Aspen Institute and the Liberty Fellowship (South Carolina), and a senior mentor of the Henry Crown Fellowship Program. Previously, Mr. Widmann served from 2007 to 2011 as a director of GigaBeam Corporation, a telecommunications company, and before that time as a director and, most recently, as Chairman of the Board of Lydall, Inc., a manufacturing company, as a principal of Tanner & Co., Inc., an investment banking firm, and as the Senior Managing Director of Chemical Securities Inc. (now JPMorgan Chase Corporation). Mr. Widmann holds a JD from the Columbia Law School and an AB from Brown University. |
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| John P. Gethin, who has been in the Automotive Aftermarket for over 37 years, became Standard’s President and Chief Operating Officer in December 2000. From 1997 to 2000, Mr. Gethin was our Senior Vice President of Operations. He also simultaneously held the position of General Manager, Temperature Control Division from 1998 to 2003. He was Vice President and General Manager of EIS Brake Parts Division (a former SMP business unit) from 1995 to 1997. Mr. Gethin started his career in the automotive industry in 1972 with Echlin and was also the President of Wagner Brake and Lighting for five years. |
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| James J. Burke has been Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer since October 1999. Previously he served as Director of Finance, Chief Accounting Officer and before that was Corporate Controller. He joined the Company in 1986 when SMP bought EIS Brake Parts (a former SMP division) from the Parker Hannifin Company. |
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| Carmine J. Broccole became Vice President General Counsel and Secretary in January 2006 after serving as General Counsel from August 2004 to January 2006. Before joining Standard Motor Products, Mr. Broccole was a Partner of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP where he was outside counsel to Standard for more than ten years. |
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| Dale Burks has served as our Vice President Global Sales and Marketing since January 2013. From November 2011 to January 2013, Mr. Burks served as our Vice President Corporate Sales and Marketing, and from 2006 to November 2011, as our Vice President Temperature Control Division. From 2003 to 2006, Mr. Burks served as our General Manager – Temperature Control Division. From 1984 to 2003, he served in various capacities in our Company including Director – Sales & Marketing, Regional Manager and Territory Manager. Mr. Burks has completed Executive Education programs at Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, and Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, and holds a BS from Oregon State University. |
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| Robert Kimbro has served as our Vice President International Sales since April 2013. From 2006 to April 2013, Mr. Kimbro served as our Vice President Distribution Sales. From 1984 to 2006, Mr. Kimbro served in a variety of sales capacities in our Company, most recently as Regional Sales Manager for the East Region beginning in 1997. Mr. Kimbro studied business at the University of Tennessee. |
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| Ray Nicholas has served as our Vice President Information Technology since 2006 and as our Chief Information Officer since February 2013. From 1990 to 2006, Mr. Nicholas served as the Manager and Director of Information Systems for our Temperature Control Division. Mr. Nicholas completed the Automotive Aftermarket Professional program at University of the Aftermarket, Northwood University, and an Executive Education program at University of Virginia, Darden School of Business, and holds a BS from Northeast Louisiana University. |
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| Eric Sills has served as our Vice President Global Operations since January 2013. From 2006 to January 2013, Mr. Sills served as our Vice President Engine Management Division. From 1991 to 2006, Mr. Sills served in various capacities in our Company, most recently as General Manager, LIC Operations, Director of Product Management, and Plant Manager, Oxygen Sensor Business Unit. He is the son of Lawrence I. Sills and the nephew of Arthur S. Sills and Peter J. Sills. Mr. Sills holds an MBA from Columbia University and a BA from Bowdoin College. |
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| Thomas S. Tesoro has served as Vice President Human Resources since September 2006 after joining the company in July 2006. From 1999 to July 2006, Mr. Tesoro served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Vertrue Inc. Previously he held senior Human Resources positions for a number of Fortune 500 companies, such as SPX Corporation, Guiness America and Hoffman-LaRoche. He began his career as an attorney specializing in labor and Employment Law. |
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| William J. Fazio has been Chief Accounting Officer since March 2008. From September 2007 to March 2008, Mr. Fazio served as Director, Corporate Accounting. From April 2001 to September 2007, he was the Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of Hexcel Corporation a NYSE manufacturer of composite materials for the aerospace industry. Prior to that, Mr. Fazio was Vice President, Controller of Kodak Polychrome Graphics. Mr. Fazio is a Certified Public Accountant. An accounting graduate of Saint John’s University with an MBA in Finance from Hofstra University, Bill began his career at Price Waterhouse and is a Certified Public Accountant. |
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| Robert H. Martin has been Treasurer and Assistant Secretary since 1999. From 1993 to 1999, Mr. Martin was the Controller of the Engine Management Division. From 1989 to 1993, he was the Division Controller of Stanric, our Puerto Rican subsidiary (which has since been closed.) Prior to joining Standard Motor Products, Mr. Martin held a number of financial and general management positions with multi-national corporations. He is a Certified Public Accountant. |
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