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About the Board

Rolf A. Classon

Rolf A. Classon, 62
Chairman, Hillenbrand Industries, Batesville, IN

Board Member Since 2002

Mr. Classon became Chairman of the Board of the Company on March 20, 2006. He served as
Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company from May 11, 2005 until March 20,
2006 and as Vice Chairman of the Board from December 4, 2003 until his election as Interim
President and Chief Executive Officer. He was Chairman of the Executive Committee of Bayer
HealthCare, a sub group of Bayer AG, from October 2002 to July 2004, and was President of Bayer Health Care L.L.C., a subsidiary of Bayer AG, from October 2002 to July 2004. Previously, he had been President of Bayer’s Diagnostic Division and head of Bayer’s Worldwide Business Group – Diagnostics since 1995. Bayer is an international research-based company active in life sciences, polymers and chemicals. A native of Sweden, Mr. Classon joined Bayer’s Miles Diagnostics business in 1991 as Executive Vice President, worldwide marketing, sales and service. During his career, Mr. Classon has held management positions with Pharmacia AB, Sweden; Swedish Match Group; and Asbjorn Habberstad AB. Prior to joining Bayer, he was President and Chief Operating officer of Pharmacia Biosystems AB. Mr. Classon currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a company focused on oncology and antivirus pharmaceuticals, ISTA Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a company involved in opthamological pharmaceuticals, Millipore Corporation, a bioscience company that provides technologies, tools and services for the discovery, development and production of therapeutic drugs and for other purposes, PharmaNet Development Group, Inc., an international drug development services company, and Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company in the fields of urology and mens’ health.

 
Joanne C. Smith, MD

Joanne C. Smith, M.D., 47
President and CEO of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Vice Chairperson of the Board, Hillenbrand Industries

Board Member Since 2003

Dr. Smith was elected Vice Chairperson of the Board of Directors effective May 11, 2005. She was elected as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago in October 2006. She had been the President of the National Division of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago since November 2005. Prior to that, Dr. Smith had been the Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Business Development for the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago since April 2002. Since 1992 she has been an attending physician at the same institution. From 1997 through April 2002, Dr. Smith was the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Corporate Partnership Division of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and from 1992 to 1997 she held various management positions there. She also serves on the Boards of Directors of AptarGroup, Inc., a leading supplier of personal care, cosmetics, pharmaceutical, food and beverage dispensing systems, and the AON Memorial Education Fund, a fund dedicated to supporting the educational needs of the children who suffered the loss of a parent in the World Trade Center attack.

 
Charles E. Golden

Charles E. Golden, 61
Retired Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN

Board Member Since 2002

Mr. Golden retired as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for, and as a member
of the Board of Directors of, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, a global provider of
pharmaceutical products and health care information in April 2006. He joined Eli Lilly in those
capacities in 1996. Prior to joining Eli Lilly, Mr. Golden served as a corporate Vice President of
General Motors and Chairman of General Motors’ vehicle operations in the United Kingdom from
1993 to 1996. He joined General Motors as part of its treasurer’s office in 1970 and subsequently
held positions in domestic and international operations, ultimately becoming Treasurer of GM.
He serves on the Boards of Directors of Unilever N.V. and Unilever PLC, Clarian Health Partners and Crossroads of America Council (Boy Scouts of America) (as past President), on the Board of Trustees of Park Tudor School, and on the Finance Committee of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, and as a Board member and Secretary/Treasurer of the Indiana Stadium and Convention Building Authority.

 
John A. Hillenbrand II

John A. Hillenbrand II, 76
Personal Investments, Batesville, IN

Board Member From 1972 to 1979 and Since 1981

Mr. Hillenbrand has managed personal and family investments since 1979. He has been the
Chairman Emeritus of Able Body Manufacturing and Assembly, LLC, a manufacturer of truck and
farm equipment bodies, since June 2002, prior to which he served as its Chairman. Since January 2005 he has been Chairman Emeritus of Nambé Mills, Inc., a producer of handcrafted alloy items for cooking, serving and decorating and tabletop products, prior to which he served as Chairman. Mr. Hillenbrand is also the Vice Chairman of Pri-Pak, Inc., a provider of packaging for energy drinks and spirits. Mr. Hillenbrand was employed by and active in the management of the Company prior to his resignation as an officer in 1979. Mr. Hillenbrand has served on the Boards of Directors of Merchants National Bank, National City Bank of Indiana, National City Trust of Florida, Cinergy Corporation, PSI Resources, PSI Energy, Benicorp and Physicians Practice Management, Inc. Mr. Hillenbrand has also served as Chairman of the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce, as an officer and member of the Boards of Directors of the Health Industries Association and the Indiana Manufacturers Association.

 
Ray J. Hillenbrand

Ray J. Hillenbrand, 73
Chairman Emeritas, Hillenbrand Industries, Batesville, IN

Board Member Since 1970

Mr. Hillenbrand served as Chairman of the Board of the Company from January 17, 2001 until
March 20, 2006. He has been engaged in the management of personal and family investments
for much of his career. Mr. Hillenbrand was employed by and active in the management of the
Company prior to his resignation as an officer in 1977. Mr. Hillenbrand is President of Dakota
Charitable Foundation and serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. He is past Chairman of the Board of Rushmore Health Systems, which includes Rapid City Regional Hospital.

 
W August Hillenbrand

W August Hillenbrand, 67
Personal Investments, Batesville, IN

Board Member Since 1972

W August Hillenbrand served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company from 1989 until 2000. Mr. Hillenbrand also served as President of the Company from 1981 until 1999. Prior to his retirement in December 2000, the Company had employed Mr. Hillenbrand throughout his business career. Mr. Hillenbrand is the Chief Executive Officer of Hillenbrand Capital Partners, an unaffiliated family investment partnership. He is also a director of DPL Inc. of Dayton, Ohio and Pella Corporation of Pella, Iowa.

 
Eduardo R. Menascè

Eduardo Menascé, 62
Retired President, ESG, Verizon Communications, New York, NY

Board Member Since 2004

Mr. Menascé is the retired President of the Enterprise Solutions Group for Verizon Communications, Inc., New York City, New York. Prior to the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE Corporation, which created Verizon Communications, he was the President and Chief Executive Officer of CTI MOVIL S.A. (Argentina), a business unit of GTE Corporation, from 1996 to 2000. Mr. Menascé has also held senior positions at CANTV in Venezuela and Wagner Lockheed and Alcatel in Brazil and from 1981 to 1992 served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of GTE Lighting in France. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Universidad Pontificia Catolica de Rio de Janeiro and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Columbia University. Mr. Menascé currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Pitney Bowes Inc., a global provider of integrated mail and document management solutions, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., a developer, publisher and seller of products in print and electronic media for educational, professional, scientific, technical, medical, and consumer markets, and KeyCorp, one of the nation’s leading bank-based financial service companies. He also serves on the Board of Advisors of Adventis, a leading management and strategy consultancy to the converging global information industries.

 

Ronald A. Malone

Ronald A. Malone, 53
Chairman and CEO of Gentiva Health Services, Inc., Melville, NY

Board Member Since 2007

Ronald Malone has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (Nasdaq:GTIV), the nation’s largest provider of comprehensive home health and related services, since 2002. He previously led Gentiva’s home nursing unit and Home Health Division.  Before Malone joined Gentiva, he was Executive Vice President and President of Olsten Staffing Services, North America, one of the world’s largest staffing services companies at the time. A graduate of Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, Malone also serves as director of the National Association for Homecare and Hospice, the leading trade association of the home care industry.

 

Patrick T. Ryan

Patrick T. Ryan, 49
President and CEO of PolyMedica Corporation, Wakefield, MA

Board Member Since 2007

Patrick Ryan is an accomplished health care CEO with expertise and experience in many aspects of the industry, including home care delivery, purchasing behavior and reimbursement trends. He is President and Chief Executive Officer of  PolyMedica Corporation (NASDAQ/NM: PLMD), a leading direct-to-consumer provider of health care products and services for individuals with chronic diseases. He has served as CEO of two separate publicly traded companies and been on the boards of three public companies. His past experience includes roles with large market leading companies such as American Hospital Supply Corporation and several entrepreneurial situations. Ryan is a graduate of the University of Rochester in New York. He currently serves on the board of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc., an asset management company with equity investments in a diverse group of growing, boutique investment management firms.

 
Peter H. Soderberg

Peter H. Soderberg, 61
President and CEO, Hillenbrand Industries, Batesville, IN

Board Member Since 2002

Mr. Soderberg was elected as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective March 20, 2006. Prior to becoming President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, he served, since 2000, as President and Chief Executive Officer of Welch Allyn, Inc., Skaneateles Falls, N.Y. Welch Allyn, Inc. is a privately held global technology company with units that manufacture innovative medical diagnostic equipment, patient monitoring systems and miniature precision lamps. Mr. Soderberg was previously Group Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Welch Allyn, Inc. His prior experience includes 23 years at Johnson & Johnson where he served in a variety of operations, marketing and management positions in four of its over-the-counter and professional product companies. Most recently, he was President of Johnson & Johnson Health Management, a Johnson & Johnson portfolio company. His career also includes roles as President and Chief Executive Officer of an industrial technology company and the founder and President of a venture capital business. He is on the Boards of Directors of Greatbatch, Inc. (NYSE:GB), the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), and prior to his relocation to Indiana, the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra (as its Vice Chairman), the Metropolitan Development Authority of Central New York (as its Vice Chairman) and CNYMedtech (as its Chairman).

 
 
       

 
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