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Deborah L. DeHaas

Deborah L. DeHaas

Age: 64
Director since 2021
Committees Served: Audit, Governance and Nominating

Business Experience:

  • CEO of the Corporate Leadership Center, a non-profit leadership development forum
  • Former Vice Chairman and National Managing Partner of the Center for Board Effectiveness at Deloitte
    • Former member of the U.S. Executive Committee
    • Former Vice Chairman and Chief Inclusion Officer
    • Former member of the U.S. Board of Directors
    • Former Vice Chairman and Central Region Managing Partner
    • Former Vice Chairman and Midwest Regional Managing Partner
    • Former Regional Managing Partner, Strategic Clients
  • Former positions of increasing responsibility at Arthur Andersen, an audit, financial advisory, tax and consulting firm, most recently as Managing Partner & Business Advisory Assurance, Central Region

Other Board Experience:

  • CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
John Gilbertson 2022

H. John Gilbertson, Jr.

Age: 67
Director since 2018
Committees Served: Finance, Governance and Nominating

Business Experience:

  • Retired Managing Director at Goldman Sachs
  • Served as Advisory Director and Partner-in-Charge, Midwest Region Investment Banking Services
  • Served as Managing Director at Travelers Group Inc.
  • Former Associate, Mergers and Acquisitions at Morgan Stanley
  • Former Consultant, Corporate Strategy at Bain & Company
  • Former Assistant Treasurer, Corporate Banking at Chase Manhattan Bank
  • Former News Reporter at The Providence Journal Company

Other Board Experience:

  • Director and Chair of Audit Committee of Meijer, Inc. (“Meijer”)
kristiane-graham

Kristiane C. Graham

Age: 66
Director since 1999
Committees Served: Compensation, Governance and Nominating

Business Experience:

  • Private Investor
Marc Howze

Marc A. Howze

Age: 60
Director since 2023
Committee Served: Audit

Business Experience:

  • Former Senior Advisor, Office of the Chairman at Deere & Company (“Deere”)
    • Former Group President, Lifecycle Solutions and Chief Administrative Officer
    • Former Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer
    • Former Vice President of Global Human Resources and Employee Communications
    • Former Manager of Business Development, Ag & Turf division
    • Former Associate General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Other Board Experience:

  • Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
  • Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.
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Michael F. Johnston

Age: 76
Director since 2013
Committees Served: Compensation, Governance and Nominating (Chair)

Business Experience:

  • Former CEO and President of Visteon Corporation (“Visteon”)
  • Former Chief Operating Officer of Visteon
  • Former President of North America/Asia Pacific, Automotive Systems Group, of Johnson Controls, Inc. (“Johnson Controls”)
  • Former President of Americas Automotive Group of Johnson Controls

Other Board Experience:

  • Former Chairman and Director of Visteon
  • Former Director of Armstrong World Industries, Armstrong Flooring, Inc., Flowserve Corporation, and Whirlpool Corporation
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Michael Manley

Age: 60
Director since 2023
Committees Served: Compensation, Finance

Business Experience:

  • Chief Executive Officer AutoNation, Inc.
  • Former head of Americas and member of the Group Executive Council for Stellantis N.V.
  • Former Chief Executive Officer of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (“FCA”), a predecessor to Stellantis N.V.
    • Former Executive Vice President - International Sales & Marketing, Business Development and Global Product Planning Operations
    • Former Chief Executive Officer of Jeep
    • Former Chief Executive Officer of Ram
    • Former Chief Operating Officer for the Asia Pacific region
    • Former FCA Global Executive Council member

Other Board Experience:

  • Director of AutoNation, Inc.
  • Former Director of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc
danita-ostling

Danita K. Ostling

Age: 63
Director since 2023
Committee Served: Audit (Chair)

Business Experience:

  • Former partner and senior leader at Ernst & Young LLP, serving in various leadership roles from 1999 until her retirement in 2021
    • Former Professional Practice Director, U.S. East Region
    • Former Americas IFRS Technical Leader
    • Former co-Director of Assurance Professional Practice – Accounting
    • Former Deputy Director of Global Assurance Professional Practice — Accounting
  • Former Vice President, Corporate Accounting Policy and Advisory Group at Citigroup, Inc.
  • Former Project Manager, Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)

Other Board Experience:

  • Director and Chair of Audit Committee of Circle Internet Financial Limited
  • Director and Audit Committee member of nVent Electric plc
  • Director and Chair of Audit Committee of Varsity Brands, Inc.
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Eric A. Spiegel

Age: 66
Director since 2017
Committees Served: Audit, Finance (Chair)

Business Experience:

  • Special Advisor at Brighton Park Capital, a private equity firm, where he supports the firm’s sector investment teams and portfolio companies by providing strategic counsel on industry trends and growth strategies
  • Former President and CEO of Siemens USA
  • Former Managing Partner, Global Energy, Chemicals, and Power, and Managing Partner, Washington, D.C. office, and other roles at Booz & Company, Inc. (now known as Strategy&) and Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., global consulting firms
  • Former Associate, Energy and Industrials Practice, at Temple, Barker & Sloane, Inc. (now known as Oliver Wyman)
  • Former Marketing and Strategy Manager at Brown Boveri & Cie (now known as ABB), a Swiss group of electrical engineering companies
  • In connection with his position at Brighton Park Capital, Mr. Spiegel serves as Chair of Relatient, Inc.

Other Board Experience:

  • Director and Audit Committee Chair of Liberty Mutual Holding Company, Inc.
  • Director and Audit Committee Chair of Project Energy Reimagined Acquisition Corp.
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Richard J. Tobin

Age: 60
Director since 2016
Committee Served: None

Business Experience:

  • Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Dover
  • Former CEO of CNH Industrial NV (“CNH Industrial”)
  • Former Group Chief Operating Officer of Fiat Industrial S.p.A
  • Former President and CEO of CNH Global NV
  • Former CFO of CNH Global NV
  • Former Chief Finance Officer & Head of Information Technology of SGS Group
  • Former Chief Operating Officer for North America of SGS Group

Other Board Experience:

  • Director of KeyCorp.
  • Former director of CNH Industrial
keith-wandell

Keith E. Wandell

Age: 74
Director since 2015
Committees Served: Compensation (Chair), Finance

Business Experience:

  • Former President and CEO of Harley-Davidson, Inc. ("Harley-Davidson")
  • Former President and Chief Operating Officer of Johnson Controls, Inc. ("Johnson Controls")
  • Former Executive Vice President of Johnson Controls
  • Former Corporate Vice President of Johnson Controls
  • Former President of the Automotive Experience business of Johnson Controls
  • Former President of the Power Solutions business of Johnson Controls

Other Board Experience:

  • Director of Dana Incorporated
  • Former Director of Constellation Brands, Inc. and Clarcor, Inc.
  • Former Chairman of Harley-Davidson

Committee Composition

Below is a summary of our committee structure and membership information. Click on each Committee to see its Charter.

Audit Committee

Deborah L. DeHaas*
Marc Howze
Danita K. Ostling* (Chair)
Eric A. Spiegel*

Compensation Committee

Kristiane C. Graham
Michael F. Johnston
Michael Manley
Keith E. Wandell (Chair)

Finance Committee

H. John Gilbertson, Jr.
Michael Manley
Eric A. Spiegel (Chair)
Keith E. Wandell

Governance & Nominating Committee

Deborah L. DeHaas
H. John Gilbertson, Jr.
Kristiane C. Graham
Michael F. Johnston (Chair)

*Financial expert

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