Cor J. Clement Sr. has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors since August 1998 and as member of the Board of Directors since May 1992. Mr. Clement served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors from August 1994 to August 1998. Mr. Clement served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of NVD, an international provider of security and industrial fire protection services headquartered in the Netherlands, from February 1980 until his retirement in January 1997.
President and Chief Executive Officer Rural/Metro Corporation
Jack E. Brucker has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since February 2000 and has been a member of the Board of Directors since February 2000. Mr. Brucker served as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from December 1997 until February 2000. Mr. Brucker founded and served as President of Pacific Holdings, a strategic consulting firm, from July 1989 until December 1997. Mr. Brucker served as President of Pacific Precision Metals, a consumer products company, from September 1987 until June 1989.
Conrad A. Conrad was appointed as a member of our Board of Directors in October 2005. Mr. Conrad is former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Scottsdale-based Dial Corporation. Mr. Conrad joined the Dial Corporation in 2000 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In January 2001, he was appointed to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his service at Dial, Mr. Conrad held senior positions at Quaker State Corporation. From 1990 to 1994, he served as Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer He also was a member of Quaker State's Board of Directors from 1988 through 1998. Mr. Conrad also serves on the Board of Directors of Universal Technical Institute, Inc., where he is Chairman of the Audit Committee; and Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, where he also is Chairman of the Audit Committee.
Earl P. Holland was elected to the Board of Directors on March 27, 2008. Mr. Holland served from 1981 to January 2001 in a number of capacities, and most recently as the Chief Operating Officer and Vice Chairman, of Health Management Associates, Inc., a hospital company operator that trades on the New York Stock Exchange. He retired in January 2001 and is now a private investor. Mr. Holland currently serves as a director and member of the compensation committee of Team Health, a private company in the business of supplying physician staffing for hospitals and military bases. He is also a director of Orion Bancorp, a large private bank in Florida, where he serves as the chairman of each of the audit committee and compensation committee. Mr. Holland is also the Vice Chairman of the board of directors of Cornerstone National Insurance Co., a private automobile insurance company, and serves on its compensation committee. Mr. Holland is also a director of Medical Diagnostic Technology, a private company specializing in early cancer detection.
Louis G. Jekel has served as Secretary and as a member of the Board of Directors since 1968 and as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors since August 1998. Mr. Jekel directs Rural/Metro's Wildland Fire Protection Operations in relation to services provided for the State of Arizona and federal agencies. Mr. Jekel is a partner in the law firm of Jekel & Howard in Scottsdale, Arizona, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Fire Protection Association.
Eugene I. Davis was appointed to the Board of Directors on March 27, 2008. Mr. Davis has served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PIRINATE Consulting Group, L.L.C., a consulting firm specializing in turn-around management, mergers and acquisitions and strategic planning advisory services, since 1999. He served as Chief Operating Officer of Total-Tel USA Communications, Inc., an integrated telecommunications provider, from 1998 to 1999. Mr. Davis served in various capacities including as director, Executive Vice President, President and Vice Chairman of Emerson Radio Corp., a distributor of consumer electronics products, from 1990 to 1997. He served in various capacities including as a director, Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of Sports Supply Chain, Inc., a distributor of sporting goods and athletic equipment, from 1996 to 1997. Prior to such time, Mr. Davis was an attorney in private practice. Mr. Davis presently serves as Chairman of the Board of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc., Atari, Inc. and Foamex International, Inc. Mr. Davis also serves as a Director of American Commercial Lines, Inc., Delta Air Lines, Inc., Knology, Inc., Medicor Ltd., Oglebay Norton Company, Silicon Graphics, Inc., Footstar Inc. and Pliant Corporation.
Christopher S. Shackelton was appointed to the Board of Directors on March 27, 2008. Mr. Shackelton is a managing partner and co-founder of Coliseum Capital Management, LLC. Coliseum is a private investment partnership that makes long-term investments in both public and private companies. Prior to founding Coliseum, Mr. Shackelton was an analyst at Watershed Asset Management from 2003 through 2005. Earlier in his career, Mr. Shackelton worked in the investment banking division of Morgan Stanley & Co. Mr. Shackelton presently serves as a Trustee for the Walter Johnson Foundation. He earned a BA in Economics from Yale University.
Henry G. Walker has been a member of the Board of Directors since September 1997. Since April 1997, he has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Sisters of Providence Health System, comprised of hospitals, long-term care facilities, physician practices, managed care plans, and other health and social services. From 1996 to March 1997, Mr. Walker served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Health Partners of Arizona, a statewide managed care company. From 1992 to 1996, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Health Partners of Southern Arizona, a healthcare delivery system. Mr. Walker is a member of the National Advisory Council of the Healthcare Forum, and also serves as a director of Consolidated Catholic Healthcare, a private non-profit company.
Robert E. Wilson has served as a member of our Board of Directors since November 2003. He was employed by Arthur Andersen LLP from 1972 to 2001, becoming a partner in 1986. Among other responsibilities as a partner, he served as a member of the firm's national healthcare industry business turnaround practice. Since September 2001, Mr. Wilson has provided commercial litigation and financial due diligence consultation services through FTI Consulting Inc., a national consulting firm. Mr. Wilson serves as a member of the Audit and Finance Committees of John C. Lincoln Health Network, a not-for-profit community healthcare system.
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